GIMME TINNITUS

It’s time again to look back, reflect, and contemplate… what were we listening to one year ago?

Listen to the June 2010 Mix and find out.

Downloadables:

1. Awake but Not Aware (mp3) by Girls in the Eighties
2. Pollution Shampoo (mp3) by Coyote Clean Up
3. Bury Me In Smoke (mp3) by Burnt Ones
4. Asleep Forever (mp3) by Tan Dollar
5. Trackless (mp3) by MIRACLES
6. Angel Echoes (Caribou remix) (mp3) by Four Tet
7. Born Stoked (mp3) by Wet Illustrated
8. I Hate The 80′s (mp3) by The Vaselines
9. Even If It Worked Out (mp3) by Cloud Nothings
10. Cool Kids Cut Out of the Heart Itself (mp3) by MiniBoone
11. Actually (mp3) by Dinowalrus
12. You Won’t Be Happy (mp3) by The Forgery Series
13. Subterfuge (mp3) by Magnetic Island
14. Here Sometimes (mp3) by Blonde Redhead
15. Sleep Alone (mp3) by ASSS
16. Dogma Sheen (mp3) by Coin Under Tongue
    (d/l Reception @ deathbyaudiorecords.blogspot.com)
17. Warm Regards (mp3) by Seth Smith
18. Never Mine (mp3) by Brilliant Colors
19. Little Brown Haired Girls (mp3) by Frankie Rose And The Outs
20. Fever (mp3) by Sensual Harassment
21. a Tunnel into Your Dreams (demo) (mp3) by the band in Heaven

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

You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page OR if you are browsing with Chrome you can play (and scrobble) the whole page using the ex.fm extension OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice.

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.

Sohrab of Obits sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of our q and also a series.

q: What is the last song you (really) heard?

a: Recently I’ve been listening a lot to Les Archives De La Musique Arabe by Asmahan. She was born in Syria, but grew up in Egypt. I first heard of her because she sang Mohammed Abdel Wahab songs, who I’d become familiar with through Simon Shaheen‘s recordings on the Axiom label. Somewhat more restrained sounding than Umm Kulthum, Asmahan is nonetheless a formidable singer. As a side note, if you haven’t seen A Voice Like Egypt, the Umm Kulthum documentary, I highly recommend it.

Stream: يا حبيبي تعال الحقني (youtube)

q: What is your favorite beverage?

a: Definitely water. I usually start my day with two shots of espresso and a large glass of seltzer. More water with lunch and another espresso afterwards. Depending on what’s for dinner, I’ll drink beer or wine, as well as water. Occasionally I end the evening with a whiskey, either bourbon or rye.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: Disappears.

Listen:
Gone Completely (mp3)
Magics (mp3)

Editor’s Note: you can grab some more Disappears mp3s @ disappearsmusic.com.

q: What is your favorite venue in NYC (if applicable)?

a: The most recent place I went to see a show was The Rock Shop and I really liked it. Small room, friendly staff, and a good sound system.

q: What piece(s) of culture are you really really excited about right now?

a: It’s been around for nearly a decade, I think, but I’m a fan of storycorps.org. Along similar lines, in terms of preserving first-person accounts and oral histories of sorts, I am incredibly grateful for and inspired by record labels like Sublime Frequencies, Honest Jon’s, Dust-to-Digital and Soundway, who are so dedicated to keeping alive and sharing rare cultural artifacts from around the world.

Stream: Soundway Records’ New Miles Cleret tropical DJ Mix (follow the link)

q: Anything we should know about your latest project (whatever that might be)?

a: Obits has a new record called Moody, Standard and Poor. It’s coming out March 29th on Sub Pop. We’ll be touring sporadically throughout the year in North America and Europe. And we’re really hoping that before 2011 is finished we get to Japan or Australia and New Zealand. I’m also trying to work on new songs for The Forgery Series. During Obits‘ downtime I’d like to play a few shows locally and do some recording.

Here is almost an EP’s worth of Obits mp3s (brought to you by the good folks at Sub Pop).

Listen:
You Gotta Lose (mp3)
Shift Operator (mp3)
Pine On (mp3)
Two-Headed Coin (mp3)

You can preorder Moody, Standard and Poor @ subpop.com.

Upcoming NYC Show:

• April 2nd @ The Bell House (Record Release Show)

Be sure to check out the rest of the q and also a series… here.

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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 for the next installment of the Best Downloadables series. You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page or download any of the tracks at your leisure. Listen.

Downloadables:

DIE SLOW (NITE JEWEL RMX) (mp3) by HEALTH

Dead Youth (mp3) by The Sundelles

Little Brown Haired Girls (mp3) by Frankie Rose and the Outs

Dogma Sheen (mp3) by Coin Under Tongue

Here Sometimes (mp3) by Blonde Redhead

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

Subterfuge (mp3) by Magnetic Island

Actually (mp3) by DINOWALRUS

Born Stoked (mp3) by Wet Illustrated

Sleep Alone (mp3) by ASSS

Even If It Worked Out (mp3) by Cloud Nothings

Chinatown (mp3) by Wild Nothing

Shark? (mp3) by Shark?

Invisibility: Nonexistent (mp3) by Kurt Vile

Francis (mp3) by Gray Goods

Wanderings (mp3) by Spirituals

Youth (mp3) by Beach Fossils

Warm Regards (mp3) by Seth Smith

Never Mine (mp3) by Brilliant Colors

Magical Date Night (mp3) by Total Slacker

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

Crimes (mp3) by Paul A Rosales

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

Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4

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.

Here is some rock and roll for end of your Summer.

Downloadable/Streamable: Late Summer Rock 2010 (soundcloud)

Tracklisting:

1. Born Stoked (mp3) by Wet Illustrated

2. Dogma Sheen (mp3) by Coin Under Tongue

3. If It Feels Alright (mp3) by Woven Bones

4. Even If It Worked Out (mp3) by Cloud Nothings

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

6. Dead Youth (mp3) by The Sundelles

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

8. Subterfuge (mp3) by Magnetic island

9. Whirlpool (mp3) by Mermaids

10. Primitive 3D (mp3) by Deerhunter

You can download the continuous mix from the soundcloud widget above, or if you want to download all the individual tracks in this mix, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.

Also, 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

Oh, and make sure you check out the other seasonal mixes @ the GIMME TINNITUS SoundCloud.