GIMME TINNITUS

The Forms have a new EP called Derealization. As we previously reported, the EP features remixes made with some of the bands’ friends, including:

Matt Berninger of The National,
Craig Wedren of Shudder To Think,
Nat Baldwin of Dirty Projectors,
Daniel Hart of St. Vincent‘s band, and
Andrew Thiboldeaux of Pattern is Movement.

Threespheres and Ernest Jenning will be releasing the EP on February 15th along with a repressing of the band’s first EP, Icarus.

Additionally, we have word that the band will release an alternate version of Derealization on or around the week of release totally for free.

Here is the track featuring Matt Berninger of The National. Listen.

Downloadable: Fire To The Ground (ft. Matt Berninger) (mp3)

Upcoming NYC Show:

Feburary 12 @ The Rock Shop (Record Release Show)

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BONUS:
Steady Hand (Feat. Andrew Thiboldeux) (mp3) from Derealization
Black Metal (mp3) from Icarus

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 November 2009 Mix to find out…

Downloadables:

1. West Coast (mp3) by Junk Culture
2. The Pause Tape Trainer (mp3) by Diego Bernal
3. Tryouts (mp3) by Javelin
4. Nuke Duke ‘Em (Mae Shi Remix) (mp3) by Dinowalrus
5. Moon Fallout (mp3) by Dragon Turtle
6. Between Two Mysteries (mp3) by Mount Eerie
7. Scantrons (mp3) by Tape Deck Mountain
8. Killed by Cars (mp3) by Slothbear
9. M.B.T. (mp3) by Susu
10. Absolutely Anything (mp3) by Brilliant Colors
11. Answer To Yourself (mp3) by The Soft Pack
12. Thee Only One (mp3) by Frankie Rose
13. Rustic Arcadia (mp3) by Campfires
14. Cathedral With No Eyes (mp3) by railcars
15. Neat Parts (mp3) by Fucked Up
16. Widow Of My Dreams (Live) (mp3) by Obits

Best of the Aughts Supplement

17. Speakers Push The Air (mp3) by Pretty Girls Make Graves
18. Run To Your Grave (mp3) by The Mae Shi
19. Knowledge In Hand (mp3) by The Forms
20. OK Apartment (mp3) by The Oranges Band

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.

Vocalist/keyboardist Alex Tween and multi-instrumentalist Matt Walsh a/k/a The Forms have a new EP called Derealization. The project was spawned after the duo spent an afternoon listening to the vinyl of their self-titled album at different speeds. The decision was made on the spot to do a “remix” album. Once they started working on it, Tween and Walsh teamed up with a bunch of their friends to completely reconceptualized a number of their older songs from the bottom up.

Derealization was recorded at Walsh’s studio in Ridgewood with the help of producer Scott Solter. Also on the album are:

Matt Berninger of The National,
Craig Wedren of Shudder To Think,
Nat Baldwin of Dirty Projectors,
Daniel Hart of St. Vincent‘s band, and
Andrew Thiboldeaux of Pattern is Movement.

Thiboldeaux’s track recently hit the internet. Listen.

Downloadable: Steady Hand (Feat. Andrew Thiboldeux) (mp3)

A release date has been set. Threespheres and Ernest Jenning will be releasing the EP next year on February 15th. Reportedly, the band will also release an alternate version of Derealization on or around the week of release totally for free. More deets about that later.

Oh and here is the tracklisting:

1. Fire to the Ground (Feat. Matt Berninger)
2. Same Path Mantra
3. Steady Hand (Feat. Andrew Thiboldeaux)
4. Alpha Wave
5. Finally (Feat. Craig Wedren)
6. Derealization

The Forms are on the internet
The Forms are on Myspace
The Forms are on Facebook
The Forms are on Twitter
The Forms are on Bandcamp
The Forms are on Threespheres
The Forms are on Ernest Jenning
The Forms are on Triple Down Records
The Forms are on Insound
The Forms are on Amazon MP3
The Forms are on eMusic

BONUS: Bones (mp3)

And here is a BONUS monthly mix. What were we listening to during CMJ last year?

Listen to the October 2009 CMJ Supplement Mix to find out…

Downloadables:

1. Set-Up (mp3) by RENMINBI
2. Swim (To Reach The End) (mp3) by Surfer Blood
3. South Of France (mp3) by Harlem
4. Prize Fighter (mp3) by Golden Triangle
5. 100 Flowers (mp3) by Lovvers
6. Kilometer (mp3) by Tempo No Tempo
7. Sooner Or Later (mp3) by ZAZA
8. Elephants (mp3) by Warpaint
9. We’re Not Going (mp3) by Darlings
10. Red Gun (mp3) by The Forms
11. Growing (mp3) by Little Girls
12. Lindsay Brohan (mp3) by Javelin
13. Street Cars (mp3) by Sisters
14. Despicable Dogs (mp3) by Small Black
15. Kudos (mp3) by Surf City
16. Highway Robbery (mp3) by Unicycle Loves You
17. Song For The Winter Sun (mp3) by The Loom
18. Beach Comber (mp3) by Real Estate
19. Gloom Doom Buttercups (mp3) by Kittens Ablaze

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.