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)

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

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)

For the next q and also a, Alex Tween of The Forms sent us these here answers.

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

a: bad romance (wiki) by lada gaga. i think that’s the song all of america has last heard.

q: What is your favorite food?

a: morningstar farms sausage patties. my freezer at any given point has a pile of boxes at least 5 high.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: that’s a tossup between the national and dirty projectors. in general most concerts are pretty boring i think, except when you love 90%-100% of the songs. then it’s awesome.

Listen:
Fake Empire (mp3) by The National
Fucked for Life (mp3) by Dirty Projectors

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

a: i love bell house and music hall of williamsburg.

q: OK, President Obama appoints you as the first Secretary of Culture, to whom do you give your first grant?

a: i’d start with noah kalina, a really brilliant photographer based in brooklyn.

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

a: a new EP called derealization will be out in the spring. it has lots of contributions from people in other local bands we really love. we built a studio in ridgewood, queens and recorded it there with scott solter, and we couldn’t be more thrilled with the results.

Here are a couple tracks from The Forms‘ latest self-titled album.

Listen:
Knowledge In Hand (mp3)
Getting It Back (mp3)

And here are a couple tracks from their earlier album, Icarus.

Listen:
Stravinsky (mp3)
Sunday (mp3)

We will post something from derealization as soon as it is available.

The Forms dot org is here.
Three Spheres are here.
Insound page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Here is a little preview of some of the albums coming out early this year.

Jan 18

UPDATE: The Vandelles EP by The Vandelles
Listen: Lovely Weather (mp3)

Jan 19

% by Dinowalrus
Listen: BEAD (mp3)
Listen: Nuke Duke ‘Em (mp3)

R and R and R by Susu
Listen: M.B.T. (mp3)
Help Susu self-release the vinyl @ Kickstarter

Astro Coast by Surfer Blood
Listen: Swim (To Reach The End) (mp3)
Listen: Floating Vibes (mp3)

Transference by Spoon
Listen: Written in Reverse (mp3)

Jan 26

Teen Dream by Beach House
Listen: Norway (mp3)

Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2008 by Fucked Up
Listen: Neat Parts (mp3)

Feb 2

The Soft Pack by The Soft Pack
Listen: C’mon (mp3)
Listen: Answer To Yourself (mp3)

A Chorus of Storytellers by The Album Leaf
Listen: Falling from the Sun (mp3)

Feb 9

Odd Blood by Yeasayer
Listen: Ambling Alp (mp3)

Feb 10

UPDATE: Singles by Screaming Females
Listen: I Do (mp3)

Feb 23

UPDATE: Been Meaning To Tell You by Ernest Gonzales
Listen: Self Awakening (mp3)
Listen: Upon the 49th Day (mp3)

Causers of This by Toro y Moi
Listen: Blessa (mp3)
Listen: Talamak (mp3)

UPDATE: Causers of This is now available on iTunes.

March 2

Double Jointer by Golden Triangle
[no mp3 yet]

March 9

jj no 3 by jj
Listen: 5 minuter med jj (mp3 sampler, maybe)

The Brutalist Bricks by Ted Leo + Pharmacists
Listen: Even Heroes Have to Die (mp3)

The Monitor by Titus Andronicus
Listen: Four Score and Seven (mp3)

April 6

Hippies by Harlem
Listen: Friendly Ghost (mp3)

April 12

UPDATE: Pumps by Growing
Listen: Hormone (vice mp3)

April 20

Cosmogramma by Flying Lotus
[no mp3 yet]
[no album art yet]


Also in April

Extra Wow by Nice Nice
Listen: See Waves (mp3)

[no album art yet]

Also in 2010

Debut LPs from Javelin and Sleigh Bells

LP3s from Arcade Fire and No Age

UPDATE: Buke And Gass is working on a new album right now

UPDATE: I totally forgot about that EP of reworked The Forms songs that was announced last year. We heard there are a lot of awesome guests on it. Matt Berninger of little band known as The National is one name that was thrown around. I suppose the EP is being meticulously tweaked in the band’s recording studio. I assume the EP will be released this year.

Oh, and I’m sure no one will notice a new release from LCD Soundsystem.


NOTE: you can click on the album names for pre-ordering/more album info.

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

While part one of my Best Of The Aughts list consisted of tracks I would have liked to have blogged about, part two here is sort of a Best Of GIMME TINNITUS. This list was supposed to be about 30 songs long, but it just kept growing. Download individual tracks or grab all of them in three zips or just stream them from the yahoo music dealie on the bottom left part of the window.

Here are the best songs I actually blogged about this decade.

Downloadables:

Songs 1-20 (sendspace zip)
Songs 21-40 (sendspace zip)
Songs 41-64 (sendspace zip)

1. Knowledge In Hand (mp3) by The Forms
(buy from the label)

2. Run To Your Grave (mp3) by The Mae Shi
(buy from the band)

3. Dart for My Sweetheart (mp3) by Archie Bronson Outfit
(buy it)

4. Bell (mp3) by Screaming Females
(buy from the band)

5. Die Slow (mp3) by HEALTH
(buy it)

6. Neck Escaper (mp3) by No Age
(buy from the label)

7. Enanz (mp3) by Low Scores
(not for sale)

8. Hot Pink, Distorted (mp3) by 50 Foot Wave
(download it)

9. Adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood (mp3) by Future Of The Left
(buy it)

10. All These Governors (mp3) by The Evens
(buy from the label)

11. Pine On (mp3) by Obits
(buy from the label)

12. The Psychic (mp3) by Double Dagger
(buy from the band)

13. The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth (mp3) by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
(buy it)

14. Cowbell (mp3) by Tapes ‘n Tapes
(buy from the band)

15. For Guys’ Eyes Only (mp3) by Hockey Night
(buy it)

16. “My Sword Hand’s Anger” (mp3) by Apostle Of Hustle
(buy it)

17. Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. David Wolf) (mp3) by HEALTH
(buy from the label)

18. Extinction (mp3) by The Soft Pack
(buy it)

19. Sister Jack (mp3) by Spoon
(buy it)

20. Black Mirror (mp3) by Arcade Fire
(buy it)

21. You’re A Target (mp3) by No Age
(buy from the label)

22. Plates (mp3) by Proton Proton
(not for sale)

23. Pace Or The Patience (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams
(buy from the label)

24. Fractured Skies (mp3) by Parts & Labor
(buy from the distributor)

25. Eraser (mp3) by No Age
(buy from the label)

26. Cassette Tape (mp3) by Day Of The Woman
(download the compilation)

27. Pile Of Gold (mp3) by The Blow
(buy from the label)

28. Comfy In Nautica (mp3) by Panda Bear
(buy it)

29. Triceratops (mp3) by HEALTH
(buy from the label)

30. It #1 (mp3) by Ty Segall
(buy from the label)

31. Black Rice (mp3) by Women
(buy from the distributor)

32. Gumball Machine Weekend (mp3) by Yppah
(buy it)

33. Palmitos Park (mp3) by El Guincho
(buy from the distributor)

34. Sinister Skies (mp3) by Pollination
(buy from bandcamp)

35. The Underdog (mp3) by Spoon
(buy it)

36. Chrome’s On It (mp3) by Telepathe
(buy it)

37. We Are Gods! We Are Wolves! (mp3) by Le Loup
(buy from the label)

38. Hibernation (mp3) by Blood On The Wall
(buy it)

39. Esses (mp3) by Pterodactyl
(buy from the distributor)

40. Ride The Nuclear Wave (mp3) by The Oranges Band
(buy it)

41. Murder (mp3) by The Big Sleep
(buy from the label)

42. Lovely Weather (mp3) by The Vandelles
(buy from the band)

43. To Fix The Gash In Your Head by A Place To Bury Strangers
(buy it)

44. Capricornations (mp3) by Mika Miko
(buy it)

45. Fake Empire (mp3) by The National
(buy it)

46. Like It Is (Demo) (mp3) by Gun Outfit
(buy from label)

47. Electronic Detective (mp3) by Motico
(not for sale)

48. Civilized Worm (mp3) by Melvins
(buy it)

49. Where Do You Run To (mp3) by Vivian Girls
(buy from the label)

50. Green Seat (mp3) by Shepherdess
(buy it)

51. (I’m A) Donkey for Your Love by BOAT
(buy from the label)

52. Bright And Shining (mp3) by Koushik
(buy it)

53. Lovely Allen (mp3) by Holy Fuck
(buy it)

54. Cat Swallow (mp3) by Royal Bangs
(buy it)

55. Head Spins (Extended Version) (mp3) by High Places
(buy it)

56. Please Visit Your National Parks (mp3) by Oxford Collapse
(buy from the label)

57. Buried Alive (Live) (mp3) by Black Lips
(buy it)

58. Mount Wroclai (Idle Days) (mp3) by Beirut
(buy from the label)

59. Fun (mp3) by Screaming Females
(buy from the band)

60. Crystal Ladies (mp3) by Blank Dogs
(buy it)

61. Letter From Mr. Smith (mp3) by The Exeter Popes
(buy it)

62. See A Penny (Pick It Up) (mp3) by YACHT
(buy it)

63. Run To The Facts (mp3) by Yea Big & Kid Static
(buy it)

64. Do The Whirlwind (mp3) by Architecture In Helsinki
(buy it)

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If figure there maybe one or possibly two songs that will get listed at the very end of the year so I am holding a couple spaces just in case there is anything totally fucking amazing that comes out between now and then.

If you want more Best Of The Decade style blog coverage head over to largehearted boy for some aggregation.