GIMME TINNITUS

Is it time to start listing the best tracks of year already? Why yes, yes it is. Now, a lot of these tracks have been available for a while (e.g. last year or in the GT 2010 preview), but they either had their official release this year or I just thought they should be on this list for some other reason or another. Without further ado, I give you the first volume of the Best Downloadables of 2010.

Downloadables:

Spector (mp3) by Signals

BEAD (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Swim (To Reach The End) (mp3) by Surfer Blood

M.B.T. (mp3) by Susu

C’mon (mp3) by The Soft Pack

Written In Reverse (mp3) by Spoon

Ambling Alp (mp3) by Yeasayer

I Do (mp3) by Screaming Females

Self Awakening (mp3) by Ernest Gonzales

Blessa (mp3) by Toro y Moi

Friendly Ghost (mp3) by Harlem

See Waves (mp3) by Nice Nice

some lonesome street corner (USF remix) (mp3) by cars & trains

Excuse Me (Memory Tapes Remix) (mp3) by Gucci Mane

Jail La La (mp3) by Dum Dum Girls

Me Thing Drawing Me (mp3) by Javelin

Everything Will Be Alright (mp3) by Golden Ages

Hold (mp3) by Hands

Years (Five – Eight) (mp3) by Starscream

Teenage Whore (mp3) by Dinosaur Feathers

Can’t Stay Awake (mp3) by Cloud Nothings

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

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.

The next band in our continuing q and also a series is The Soft Pack. The drummer, Brian sent us these answers.

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

a: Freak Train (mp3) by Kurt Vile was the last song I really listened to intently. Something about that shiny guitar and the slow-train tempo on that snare got my blood all hot and sticky.

q: What is your favorite food?

a: Mexican food from San Diego–it can’t be beat.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: Abe Vigoda or Obits. It’s a toss up because both bands blow me away.

Listen:
Dead City/Waste Wilderness (mp3) by Abe Vigoda
Two-Headed Coin (mp3) by Obits

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

a: The Bowery Ballroom for a few reasons: 1) it sounds great, 2) the people working there are the shit, 3) it feels classy, so I feel classy.

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

a: Ariel Pink, Bruce LaBruce (technically a Canadian though), and Brontez Purnell (great essay in BUTT mag).

Listen: Alisa (mp3) by Ariel Pink

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

a: The Soft Pack a new album came out February 2nd, and now we tour for the rest of eternity.

Here are a couple tracks from The Soft Pack’s latest self-titled LP.

Listen:
C’mon (mp3)
Answer To Yourself (mp3)

Here are a couple tracks from The Soft Pack’s (formerly eponymous) LP, The Muslims.

Call It A Day (mp3)
Extinction (mp3)

Upcoming Shows:
Apr 1 @ The Mercury Lounge w/ NODZZZ, Beaters
Apr 3 @ The Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Male Bonding, NODZZZ, Beaters

The Soft Pack is on Myspace.
The Soft Pack in on Facebook.
The Soft Pack is on Twitter.
Kemado page is here.
1928 Recordings is here.
Insound page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

This is still my fav track from the new Spoon album, Transference. The band keeps it classy in black and white.

Streamable: Written In Reverse (p4k) by Spoon


Downloadable: Written In Reverse (mp3)


If this vid is any indication, I can’t wait to see all the videos that will accompany Coconut. Preorder it.

Streamable: Shark’s Tooth (youtube) by Archie Bronson Outfit


Downloadable: Shark’s Tooth (mp3)
props to stereogum


What’s with the shots of screaming 60’s-style youth in this video? I’m not quite sure, but I dig the look and feel of this vid.

Streamable: C’mon (youtube) by The Soft Pack


Downloadable: C’mon (mp3)


The Strange Boys appear to be continuing the so-called flowerpunk revolution… now featuring the sax playing of former Mika Miko member Jenna E. Thornhill deWitt.

Streamable: Be Brave (youtube) by The Strange Boys


Downloadable: Be Brave (mp3)


All the ambientheads are psyched for the Eluvium album which drops on Feb 23rd. Preorder it.

Streamable: The Motion Makes Me Last (youtube) by Eluvium

Downloadable: The Motion Makes Me Last (mp3)


This has been another…

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.

So this post contains (pretty much) all of my favorite mp3s from 2009. I have not put them in any sort of preferential order. These are sorted by artist in alphabetical order.

Take your time, scroll slowly, there are some real gems here. You may notice some big names missing here. Well, you know you can find those mp3s elsewhere (right?).

I will be putting up best of 2009 posts all week, so make sure you check back here soon. Also, if you haven’t already, you should check out largehearted boy’s 2009 Year-End Online Music Lists. Good stuff.

Without any further ado, I present the Top 109 Downloadables of 2009.

The Downloadables:

Glow Wreath (mp3) by Aa (BIG A little a)

Don’t Lie (mp3) by Abe Vigoda

So Bored (Wavves Cover) (mp3) by Anamanaguchi

Two (mp3) by The Antlers

Perfect Fit (mp3) by Apostle Of Hustle

Walkabout (w/ Noah Lennox) (mp3) by Atlas Sound

Time (mp3) by Beach Fossils

Make You Mine (mp3) by Best Coast

Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise (mp3) by Black Moth Super Rainbow

Tin Birds (mp3) by Blank Dogs

Which One Of You Jerks Drank My Arnold Palmer? (mp3) by Blockhead

Name Tossers (mp3) by BOAT

Absolutely Anything (mp3) by Brilliant Colors

Rustic Arcadia (mp3) by Campfires

What’s This Magical (mp3) by Celebration

Love Is A Wave (mp3) by Crystal Stilts

Pink Sabbath (mp3) by Dananananaykroyd

We’re Not Going (mp3) by Darlings

Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell (Wallpaper. RMX) (mp3) by Das Racist

Cassette Tape (mp3) by Day Of The Woman

Digital Haircut (mp3) by dd/mm/yyyy

BEAD (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Useful Chamber (mp3) by Dirty Projectors

Knotty Pine (mp3) by Dirty Projectors + David Byrne

The Lie/The Truth (mp3) by Double Dagger

Moon Fallout (mp3) by Dragon Turtle

I Remember (mp3) by Endless Endless Endless

Self Awakening (Take Remix) (mp3) by Ernest Gonzales

Housewolf (mp3) by Eula

Robots (mp3) by Exercise

Thee Only One (mp3) by Frankie Rose

Greg The Nerd (mp3) by Frat Dad

Surf Solar (Edit) (mp3) by Fuck Buttons

Arming Eritrea (mp3) by Future Of The Left

When They Fight They Fight (mp3) by Generationals

Prize Fighter (mp3) by Golden Triangle

Two Weeks (mp3) by Grizzly Bear

Dreamsucker (mp3) by Grooms

In The Dark (mp3) by Gun Outfit

Friendly Ghost (mp3) by Harlem

Die Slow (mp3) by HEALTH

Before Tigers (CFCF RMX) (mp3) by HEALTH

Fangela (mp3) by Here We Go Magic

Stats And Demographics (mp3) by Huak

Rising 5 (mp3) by Hudson Mohawke

Young Hearts Spark Fire (mp3) by Japandroids

Bone Jam (mp3) by Jeff The Brotherhood

West Coast (mp3) by Junk Culture

Dimensional Bleedthrough (mp3) by Krallice

Overnite Religion (mp3) by Kurt Vile

Beach Town (mp3) by Le Loup

Roses In The Park (mp3) by Liechtenstein

Tambourine (mp3) by Little Girls

Mysterium (mp3) by Liturgy

Red Oak Way (mp3) by Lotus Plaza

Forever (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams

100 Flowers (mp3) by Lovvers

Junked! (mp3) by The Mayfair Set

Asleep At A Party (mp3) by Memory Cassette

Lips (mp3) by Micachu & The Shapes

Blues Not Speed (mp3) by Mika Miko

1,2,3 Partyy! (mp3) by Mission Of Burma

You’re A Target (mp3) by No Age

Invisible Cities (mp3) by NOMO

Pine On (mp3) by Obits

Two-Headed Coin (mp3) by Obits

When Your Mask Is Your Revealing Feature (mp3) by The Oranges Band

Young Adult Friction (mp3) by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Fences (The Soft Pack Remix) (mp3) by Phoenix

Goth Star (mp3) by Pictureplane

Sinister Skies (mp3) by Pollination

Preparation’s Kids Choir (mp3) by Prefuse 73

First Daze (mp3) by Pterodactyl

Gigantic (Pixies Cover) (mp3) by Puttin’ On The Ritz

Passion Of Saint Edmund (Rebirth) (mp3) by railcars

Fake Blues (mp3) by Real Estate

Set-Up (mp3) by RENMINBI

FROST (mp3) by Salem

Bell (mp3) by Screaming Females

Fear! (mp3) by Shark?

Truth Is (mp3) by The Sky Drops

Crown On The Ground (mp3) by Sleigh Bells

C’mon (mp3) by The Soft Pack

Los Angeles Guitar Dream (mp3) by Spanish Prisoners

Got Nuffin (mp3) by Spoon

Billy Ocean (mp3) by Super Tennis

Kudos (mp3) by Surf City

Swim (To Reach The End) (mp3) by Surfer Blood

M.B.T. (mp3) by Susu

Ghost Colony (mp3) by Tape Deck Mountain

Where Was My Brain? (mp3) by Ted Leo + The Pharmacists

Portofino (mp3) by Teengirl Fantasy

So Fine (mp3) by Telepathe

Kilometer (mp3) by Tempo No Tempo

Ruby Go Home (mp3) by Thee Oh Sees

Move To California (mp3) by Times New Viking

Blessa (mp3) by Toro Y Moi

It #1 (mp3) by Ty Segall

Shark Suit (mp3) by UUVVWWZ

When I’m Gone (mp3) by Vivian Girls

Elephants (mp3) by Warpaint

Belong (mp3) by Washed Out

Mickey Mouse (Demo) (mp3) by Wavves

So Bored (mp3) by Wavves

Homeopathic Valtrex (mp3) by White Shit

Psychic City (mp3) by YACHT

Ambling Alp (mp3) by Yeasayer

Gumball Machine Weekend (mp3) by Yppah

Sooner Or Later (mp3) by ZAZA

UPDATE: I knew I forgot something…

Coat Of Arms (mp3) by Nosaj Thing

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More Best of 2009 Coverage:
Albums | Videos | MP3 Blogs | Photos | Mixtape | Free Albums | Off My Radar

As you may or may not know by now, the non-pussy San Diego indierock band called The Soft Pack have a self-titled LP coming out next year on the excellent Kemado record label. Contained within this very post is The Soft Pack’s most recent song to hit the internets. You may remember the song from when I posted a live version it. It’s catchy as hell, as can be expected the band formerly known as The Muslims. Listen…

Downloadable: C’mon (mp3)

You can preorder The Soft Pack from the good folks at Insound… here.

The Soft Pack is on Myspace.
The Soft Pack is on Twitter.
Kemado page is here.
1928 Recordings is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

BONUS: Answer To Yourself (mp3)

Once again it’s time to look back into the past. This mix starts with two covers and it even has a remix of a Passion Pit song. Luckily, the remix is by Pollination. Just what was November 2008 like? It was a little like this…

Downloadables:

Banned From The Roxy (mp3) by Jeffrey Lewis

We Didn’t Start The Fire (mp3) by The Forms

Focus (mp3) by The Forms

Dickshakers Union (mp3) by Surf City

Parasites (mp3) by The Soft Pack

Phantom Of My Longest Day (mp3) by Valina

Manchasm (Live) (mp3) by Future Of The Left

Draped Up, Oxed Out (mp3) by Smart Growth

Run To The Facts (Brad Shi Shitty Emo Ending Mix) (mp3) by Yea Big + Kid Static

Old Year (mp3) by Jesu

How Heavy This Axe (mp3) by The Sword

Haze On The Mobius Strip (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Zodiac Girls (Pony Version) (mp3) by Black Moth Super Rainbow

Sleepyhead (Pollination Remix) (mp3) by Passion Pit

Some Are Lakes (mp3) by Land Of Talk

Fog (mp3) by Mason Proper

Strand The Test Of Time (mp3) by Wilderness

Nothing’s The Same (mp3) by Koushik

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

If you want to download all the tracks in this mix, you should install DownThemAll!.

Streamable: Sawtooth (youtube) by SUSU


Downloadable: Sawtooth (mp3)


Streamable: Answer To Yourself (stereogum) by The Soft Pack

Downloadable: Answer To Yourself (mp3)


This has been another…

And now another installment of Stuck In My Head, where I post some mp3s that are um, stuck in my head.

Downloadables:

Fences (Phoenix Cover) (mp3) by The Soft Pack

Day I Die (mp3) by Bottle Up & Go

Chicken Gorlet (mp3) by Hi Red Center

Passion Of Saint Edmund (Rebirth) (mp3) by railcars

The Colloquialism Is Simply “Gas” (mp3) by I Love You

Speaking of Shark?, they just opened for the ever-touring Soft Pack (formerly The Muslims). Now, I’m not sure if the band is going to release a proper full length album or if they will continue to release EPs. To tell you the truth, I don’t really care, just as long as they keep making catchy-ass postpunk tracks that sound like this. Listen.

Downloadable: Come On (Live At Vibes) (mp3)

Streamable: Come On (Live At Vibes) (vimeo)

Props to LaundroMatinee.

The Soft Pack is on Myspace.
The Soft Pack is on Twitter.
Kemado page is here.
1928 Recordings is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Many people do not want to think about September 2008. That is when a nice glob of economic feces totally hit the proverbial fan. Nevertheless, we here at GIMME TINNITUS choose to look back.

Downloadables:

The Hope That House Built (beggars mp3) by Future Of The Left

Crystal Ladies (mp3) by Blank Dogs

Blind Spot (mp3) by Vivian Girls

Two (mp3) by The Antlers

Teenage Lust (JAMC Cover) (mp3) by Oliver North Boy Choir

Extinction (mp3) by The Soft Pack (formerly The Muslims)

Everything With You (mp3) by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Sugarshack (mp3) by Unrest

Suspect Device (Stiff Little Fingers Cover) (mp3) by Ted Leo + The Pharmacists

Fear And Loathing In Mahwah, NJ (mp3) by Titus Andronicus

The Melody (mp3) by The Mae Shi

Silence (mp3) by Takka Takka

Loosen Up (mp3) by The Shaky Hands

The Exceptional Bastards (mp3) by Slothbear

You Gotta Feel It (Rehearsal) (mp3) by Spoon

George Washington (mp3) by Meho Plaza

Low Tide (mp3) by O’Death

Kalise (mp3) by El Guincho

Sunchips (Ghosts On Tape Remix) (mp3) by Lemonade

Safe For The Time Being (Low Scores Remix) (mp3) by Mason Proper

From Stardust to Sentience (mp3) by High Places

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

Streamable [with annoying ad before vid]: Bell (Live on It’s On With Alexa Chung) (mtv) by Screaming Females


Downloadable? [posted last week, ok]


Streamable [with annoying liquor ad pasted on it]: Telepathic Love (Live At Wonder Bar) (youtube) by Vivian Girls


Downloadable Wipers Cover: Telepathic Love (mp3)
Props to the FADER


Streamable: Falcon Jab (youtube) by Ratatat


Downloadable: Falcon Jab (mp3)


NSFW Streamable: skullcrush (youtube) by Salem


Downloadable: skullcrush (mp3)


Streamable: Surf Solar (vimeo) by Fuck Buttons


Downloadable: Surf Solar (Edit) (mp3)


Streamable: Pull Out (Live) (vimeo) by The Soft Pack

>> Hey people with remix skills, download the stems for the new Yppah remix contest… here.

>> Thee Oh Sees get the Pukekos treatment… here.

>> Grooms (the verb, not the noun I think based on the background image on thee olde myspacee) is the new name for Muggabears. I guess I understand, though their situation was nowhere near as dire as say The Muslims/Soft Pack, right? So, Grooms has a show coming up on the 19th of April @ Death By Audio with Jeff The Brotherhood, Sisters, and Survival (sorry no linky). Listen to my fav classic Muggabears track…

Downloadable: Now I’ve Got A Sword (mp3)

Death By Audio BONUS: Chart Topper (dba mp3) by Salt For Dessert

Now that For All The Saints (1928 Recordings) is stuck firmly in my head, I thought I should check some more songs from Browns of Brooklyn. I’m not gonna make a big deal over the fact that these guys were labelmates of The Soft Pack before the name change and move to Kemado. I’m just gonna say this… listen to this now.

Downloadable: Two Of You (1928 mp3)

The Browns’ album Family History is available from Other Music… here. Hopefully, they will book some shows in the area in the near future. (Why did I get to that Obits show late?)

1928 Recordings is here.
RCRD LBL page is here.

BONUS: Forgotten Son (1928 mp3)