GIMME TINNITUS

Woah, 2010 was a pretty awesome year for music.

This here post is evidence of that fact. What follows is a compilation of all the tracks that have been stuck in my head all year long. Definitely check out the top 20 tracks, but also make sure you scroll through the whole list. Perhaps there is something down there that you missed (maybe)? Or to put it in terms that are “so 2010″, these songs are full of epic win.

This is my largest year end list yet (last year’s list is here), added up this list is over SEVEN HOURS of music. It was really difficult to edit down (it started with around 190 tracks). FYI: the Top 20 tracks should fit nicely onto a CD-R (if you still use that particular technology).

Did I miss something totally awesome? Then leave a comment and let me know. Have fun listening/downloading.

Here are the Top 20 Downloadables of the year (in order):

1. USA BOYS (mp3) by HEALTH
2. Glitter (mp3) by No Age
3. Friendly Ghost (mp3) by Harlem
4. Ambling Alp (mp3) by Yeasayer
5. Odessa (mp3) by Caribou
6. Four Fires (mp3) by ADULT THEMES
7. Magic Child (mp3) by True Womanhood
8. I’ve Gotta Get (mp3) by Woven Bones
9. Tell ‘Em (mp3) by Sleigh Bells
10. M.B.T. (mp3) by Susu
11. Sung (Not Said) (mp3) by Magnetic Island
12. IMHO (mp3) by Wonder Wheel
13. Drifting (mp3) by Young Adults
14. Message From Limbo (mp3) by Marie Stella
15. Diamond Way (mp3) by JEFF The Brotherhood
16. Summer Friends (mp3) by Junk Culture
17. Yellow Wings (mp3) by Keepaway
18. Not In Love (ft. Robert Smith) (mp3) by Crystal
         Castles
19. I Do (mp3) by Screaming Females
20. Revival (mp3) by Deerhunter

And here is every single other song that you absolutely must download right now in alphabetical order (by artist).

Airbrushed (mp3) by Anamanaguchi

Shake Shake Shake (Single Edit) (mp3) by Antimagic

Brussels Truffles (mp3) by Archers

CGI Fridays (mp3) by Back to the Future The Ride

Clamor (mp3) by Balmorhea

When I’m With You (mp3) by Best Coast

Ace (Demo) (mp3) by The Big Sleep

Modern Disbelief (mp3) by Blackbird Blackbird

Heat & Depression (mp3) by Blank Dogs

Here Sometimes (mp3) by Blonde Redhead

Never Mine (mp3) by Brilliant Colors

Medulla Oblongata (mp3) by Buke And Gāss

Gonna Listen To T Rex (All Night Long) (mp3) by Burnt Ones

Royal Orange (mp3) by Campfires

Even If It Worked Out (mp3) by Cloud Nothings

Dogma Sheen (mp3) by Coin Under Tongue

Doubt (mp3) by The Corin Tucker Band

Pollution Shampoo (mp3) by Coyote Clean Up

Shake The Shackles (mp3) by Crystal Stilts

Go Outside (mp3) by Cults

Teenage Whore (mp3) by Dinosaur Feathers

Phone Home from the Edge (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Burn Bridges (mp3) by DOM

Pillow Talk (mp3) by Double Dagger

MIRRORIMAGE (mp3) by Ducktails

Jail La La (mp3) by Dum Dum Girls

Handle (mp3) by Dunes

All the Things (Demo) (mp3) by Endless Endless Endless

Ouija Boarding (mp3) by Erase Errata

Daisy (mp3) by Fang Island

The Awkward Circuit Boards (Or: Look Out! I Think I’m Going
      To FEEL!) (mp3) by THE FIELD RECORDINGS

Rebuilt Leer (mp3) by Firebrand Boy

The Ghosts That Wake You (mp3) by Follow That Bird!

Lovers With Iraqis (MP3 version) (mp3) by Foot Village

You Won’t Be Happy (mp3) by The Forgery Series

Steady Hand (Feat. Andrew Thiboldeux) (mp3) by The Forms

Candy (mp3) by Frankie Rose And The Outs

i am the least of your problems (demo) (mp3) by Future Of The Left

Out, Don’t (mp3) by Gauntlet Hair

In Your Room (mp3) by Ghost Animal

Self Awakening (mp3) by Ernest Gonzales

Francis (mp3) by Gray Goods

Hold (mp3) by Hands

Memo to the Man (mp3) by Zach Hill

Hot Tub Freaks Like You (mp3) by The Hood Internet

Form (mp3) by Hooray for Earth

I Don’t Believe It (mp3) by Idle Times

Art Czars (mp3) by Japandroids

Vibrationz (mp3) by Javelin

In My Time (mp3) by Kurt Vile

Never Come Around (mp3) by La Sera

Remember (mp3) by Lali Puna

Transparency Is the New Mystery (mp3) by Marnie Stern

Latin Lover (mp3) by Mi Ami

Devil in Your Eyes (mp3) by MiniBoone

Rano Pano (mp3) by Mogwai

Fort Awesome (mp3) by Motico

See Waves (mp3) by Nice Nice

Blackout Sex (mp3) by Night Manager

Hawaii (mp3) by No Joy

Fog (Jamie xx Remix) (mp3) by Nosaj Thing

Maria Sabina (Retrograde Mix) (mp3) by Pollination

Vermont (mp3) by Procedure Club

Lizard Queen (mp3) by Quilty

Party With Children (mp3) by Ratatat

Wasting Time (mp3) by Reading Rainbow

Crushing Limbs (mp3) by Anni Rossi

Caesar (mp3) by Ty Segall

Virginia Reel (mp3) by SHAPERS

Shark? (mp3) by Shark?

Highway Scratch (mp3) by Sisters

Polylith (mp3) by Sleepies

Warm Regards (mp3) by Seth Smith

Throw Yourself Apart (mp3) by SOARS

C’mon (mp3) by The Soft Pack

Wanderings (mp3) by Spirituals

Years (Five – Eight) (mp3) by Starscream

Mountain (mp3) by Su

Lock And Key (mp3) by Super Wild Horses

Neon Beams (mp3) by Take

Real Life (mp3) by Tanlines

I Was Denied (mp3) by Thee Oh Sees

I Don’t Believe You (mp3) by The Thermals

No Room to Live (mp3) by Times New Viking

Fresh Hex (feat. Beck) (mp3) by TOBACCO

Leave Everywhere (mp3) by Toro Y Moi

Magical Date Night (mp3) by Total Slacker

4312 (mp3) by Tyvek

I Hate The 80′s (mp3) by The Vaselines

The History of Plastic (mp3) by The War On Drugs

Undertow (mp3) by Warpaint

End Times (mp3) by Weekend

Born Stoked (mp3) by Wet Illustrated

Chinatown (mp3) by Wild Nothing

Eyesore (mp3) by Women

With Fangs (mp3) by YVETTE

Oh, and be sure to check out the rest of our of best of posts.

Additionally, if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers (or your local independent record store):

Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music

Also, If you want to download all (or most of) the tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.

It’s time again to look back and reflect. What were we listening to one year ago?

Listen to the September 2009 Mix to find out…

Downloadables:

In Your Heart (mp3) by A Place To Bury Strangers

Mysterium (mp3) by Liturgy

Dimensional Bleedthrough (mp3) by Krallice

In A Free Land (Live) (mp3) by No Du

Someone Has His Fingers Broken (mp3) by Black Eyes

Heinz (Artery Cover) (mp3) by Little Girls

Move To California (mp3) by Times New Viking

Prize Fighter (mp3) by Golden Triangle

Stones Throw (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams

Forgive Me (mp3) by Le Loup

Overnite Religion (mp3) by Kurt Vile

Kids Aflame (mp3) by Arms

Ghost Colony (mp3) by Tape Deck Mountain

THB (mp3) by Graffitti Monsters

BEFORE TIGERS (CFCF RMX) (mp3) by HEALTH

Monolith (mp3) by CFCF

FROST (mp3) by Salem

Bejan (mp3) by Tanlines

If you haven’t done it already, make sure you check out the other monthly mixes.

And if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers:

Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music

Also, If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.

Wow, is it time for the next installment of the Best Downloadables series? Yes, it is. What can I say? I guess there are a lot of great songs being put out this year. You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page or just download the tracks. Listen…

Downloadables:

Jennifer Hills (mp3) by Day of the Woman

Shark’s Tooth (mp3) by Archie Bronson Outfit

A Dream (mp3) by Magnetic Island

Bummer Summer (mp3) by Young Adults

Magic Child (mp3) by True Womanhood

The Awkward Circuit Boards (Or: Look Out! I Think I’m Going To FEEL!) (mp3) by THE FIELD RECORDINGS

Art Czars (mp3) by Japandroids

Odessa (mp3) by Caribou

Scissor (mp3) by Liars

Clean Vs. Dirty (mp3) by Susu

Crying Underwater (mp3) by Cloud Nothings

Acting Hard (mp3) by Captain Ahab

Napping Captain (Dark Party Remix) (mp3) by Jogger

Real Life (mp3) by Tanlines

Vibrationz (mp3) by Javelin

Proboscidean (mp3) by SHAPERS

The Ghosts That Wake You (mp3) by Follow That Bird!

Daisy (mp3) by Fang Island

Generator ^ Second Floor (mp3) by Freelance Whales

Be sure to check out the rest of the year’s Best Downloadables:

Vol. 1 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4 | Vol. 5

Additionally, if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers:

Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music

Also, If you want to download all (or most of) the tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.

Although I think I like me the Ghosts On Tape remix (find it here) better than this actual Lemonade, this stuff is pure fun. If you can’t get into it, you may just be a miserable person. Did I mention they are playing tonight at Monster Island w/ Tanlines & Pictureplane? Lemonade Pure Moods EP comes out next week.

Preorder it here (WARNING: may contain bananas and ecstasy).

Streamable: Lifted (youtube) by Lemonade


Downloadable: Lifted (mp3)


I will see Frankie Rose & The Outs play live at some point in the near future (I hope). And maybe we will get a long player or an EP, or at least another single on Slumberland later this year??

Streamable: Frankie Rose & The Outs Live @ Club Europa (youtube)


Downloadable: Thee Only One (mp3)


Hat tip to Purple Plaid for this one. A few deets on the new Forms EP can be found here. This video is for a song off their stellar self-titled LP.

Buy The Forms on CD or vinyl @ Threespheres.

Streamble: White Dot (youtube) by The Forms




This has been another…

Here is a mix of some electronics to help you get through the rest of Winter.

Listen: Winter Electronics 2010 Mix (soundcloud)

You can grab the mp3 of the continuous mix from the download button on the widget or by following the link above.

Tracklisting:
1. Real Life (mp3) by Tanlines
The new Tanlines EP, Settings comes out on March 9th. Preorder it @ Matador.

2. Everything Will Be Alright (mp3) by Golden Ages
You can buy Tradition on Lala.

3. Me Thing Drawing Me (mp3) by Javelin
MPC/boombox collage artists Javelin mix up a bunch of thrift-store cassettes for this one. Watch them construct the track… here. You can get the digital of their new long player, NO MAS @ Luka Bop. Stream the whole thing… here.

4. Napping Captain (Dark Party Remix) (mp3) by Jogger
Dark Party strip the vocals to make this track awesome. You can download another Dark Party mp3 on the Ghostly Swim compilation @ Adult Swim. Get more Jogger @ their big cartel store.

5. Hide Me (mp3) by The Golden Filter
The Golden Filter‘s new album is out on April 26 via Brille.

6. Jennifer Hills (mp3) by Day of the Woman
The Day of the Woman album should be out later this year on Exponential.

7. Order Of The Golden Dawn (mp3) by Daedelus
Righteous Fists Of Harmony in out on March 22nd via Brainfeeder.

8. Heavy Pockets (mp3) by Brenmar
Props to Pukekos for this one.

If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should think about installing the DownThemAll! Firefox extension.