GIMME TINNITUS

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

Listen to the June 2009 Mix to find out…

Downloadables:

Forever (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams

Paper (Hot Sax Version) (mp3) by Explode Into Colors

For The Saints (mp3) by Browns*

Tambourine (mp3) by Little Girls

BEAD (mp3) by Dinowalrus*

Dead Kid Kicks (mp3) by GROOMS née The Muggabears*

Bio Hassle (mp3) by Boogie Boarder*

Electric Pilgrim (mp3) by Screaming Females*

Transformer (mp3) by Marnie Stern*

Video Challenge (mp3) by Anamanaguchi*

Useful Chamber (mp3) by Dirty Projectors

Shine On (mp3) by Air Waves*

Don’t Talk In Your Sleep (mp3) by Magik Markers

Yellow Red (mp3) by Coyote Eyes

What’s This Magical (mp3) by Celebration

Armor All’d Out (mp3) by Diego Bernal

Tortoise Pace (mp3) by Memory Cassette

Everynight (mp3) by Gary War*

Ghost Town (pt. 1) (mp3) by Daniel Friel*

Lemonade (mp3) by Talk Normal*

Easy Answers (mp3) by These Are Powers*

* = artist performed at Northside Fest 2009; Get your 2010 badge @ Brown Paper Tickets.

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

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

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.

Just what was July 2008 like? It was a little like this…

Downloadables:
Nowheres Nigh (mp3) by Parts & Labor

Let It All Go (mp3) by Jay Reatard

Africa Just Wants To Have Fun (mp3) by Volcano

Antoine And Birdskull (mp3) by Jaguar Love

The Kicking Machine (mp3) by Melvins

Keep It Wolf (hello sir mp3) by We Versus The Shark

Peew (mp3) by Made Out Of Babies

Cockles (jagjaguwar mp3) by These Are Powers

Removable Partial (mp3) by Motico

The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness (mp3) by The Feelies

Black Rice (flemish eye mp3) by Women

Merchants Of Soul (Demo) (spoontheband mp3) by Britt Daniel

Everybody Say (mp3) by Takka Takka

Lying In The Sun (stones throw mp3) by Koushik

Happy Melted City (bmsr mp3) by Black Moth Super Rainbow

No More Long Years (Crimp Yr Hair! rmx) (mp3) by Matt & Kim

I’ll Hit The Breaks (mp3) by Yppah

Nova (mp3) by Nomo

The Sun Smells Too Loud (matador mp3) by Mogwai

We’re Through (stones throw mp3) by James Pants

BONUS:
Sea Legs (Low Scores Remix) by The Shins

PWND Control by Yea Big + Kid Static (samples by The Mae Shi)

Streamable: Sacred Trickster (youtube) by Sonic Youth


Downloadable: Sacred Trickster (mp3)


Streamable: Easy Answers (pitchfork.tv) by These Are Powers


Downloadable: Easy Answers (mp3)


Streamable: The Hope That House Built (Live) (pitchfork.tv) by Future Of The Left


Downloadable: The Hope That House Built (not live beggars mp3)


Streamable: Vivre Sans Temps Mort (pitchfork.tv) by Double Dagger

Probably the best value of the Northside Festival is happening @ Public Assembly (70 North 6th Street) on Friday. The show was curated by Pop Tarts Suck Toasted and is sure to be filled with awesomeness. 7:30pm 21+? $10

__ The Front Room Lineup__
Brilliant Sweaters
Description: I hear they like Green Day (and not in a bad way either)
Listen: Sexy Genius (mp3)

Screaming Females
Description: Mind-blowing rock and/or roll from New Brunswick, NJ
Listen: Electric Pilgrim (mp3)
Watch: Bell (youtube)

Sisters
Description: This noisy duo makes noisepop not noisepoop
Listen: Skeletate (mp3)

Dinowalrus
Description: This is your brain on something that is like drugs but is just a little bit weirder
Listen: BEAD (mp3)

Grooms
Description: Former Muggabears create artrock just for you
Listen: Dead Kid Kicks (mp3)

The Great Unwashed
Watch: Winter Classic (Live) (youtube)

__The Back Room Lineup__
Home Video
Watch: I Can Make You Feel It (vimeo)

Eula
Description: Connecticutindierockers are catchy as hell and abrasive at the same time.
Listen: Housewolf (mp3)

Palomar
Watch: Albacore (youtube)

Murder Mystery
Watch: The World (youtube)

The Rabbits
Watch: Mechanical Animals (Live) (youtube)

More deets and and times… here.

NOTE: Some of the bands are missing descriptions (sorry duders), maybe I will fill them in after the show.

There’s a bunch more awesome bands playing tonight. Check the official schedule… here.

For Example:
Aa
Air Waves
Zaza
These Are Powers
Golden Triangle
Javelin
Real Estate
Pterodactyl
The Secret Life Of Sofia
Bottle Up And Go

Damn!

Where: The Bell House
Oh My Rockness Profile is here.

When: Tonight 4/9 @ 7:30pm / 18+ / $12

Who: The Forms
last.fm Description: “wiry, punchy indie pop”
Listen: Getting It Back (mp3)
Listen More: Redgun (mp3)

Who: These Are Powers
last.fm Description: “Exotic, abstract, hand-crafted sounds—made, found and electronically born”
Listen: Double Double Yolk (mp3)
Listen More: Chipping Ice (mp3)

Who: Enon
last.fm Description: “After Brainiac’s disbandment, guitarist Schmersal teamed up with ex-Skeleton Key members Lee and Calhoon to form Enon.”
Listen: Mirror On You (mp3)
Listen More: Natural Disasters (mp3)

Why: Did you look at that bill? Every freakin’ band is amazing. Go to this show (provided your mom won’t plotz)!

Time to kick back and reflect. Let’s look back to one year ago…

The McLaughlin Group (mp3) by Andrew WK

The Melody (mp3) by The Mae Shi

Low On Air (birdman mp3) by Monkeywrench

Widow Of My Dreams (Live) (mp3) by Obits

Who’s Lady R U? (mp3) by The Night Marchers

All Remote and No Control (mp3) by Eric Avery (of Jane’s Addiction fame)

Abandon (mp3) by French Kicks

J’Acusse (mp3) by Hot Cha Cha

Rattled By The Rush (mp3) by Pavement

One Too Many Mornings Anthem (mp3) by Brad Breeck

I Summon You (Demo) (mp3) by Spoon

Bats Over The Pacific Ocean (mp3) by Jaguar Love

Bang On (4ad mp3) by Breeders

Volatile (mp3) by The Old Haunts

The French Revolution (mp3) by Motico

Running Free (Iron Maiden Cover) (mp3) by Knyfe Hyts

Jackpot (mp3) by Soiled Mattress & The Springs

Palmitos Park (mp3) by El Guincho

Sweet Love For Planet Earth (mp3) by Fuck Buttons

Little Sisters Of Beijing (Brenmar Remix) (mp3) by These Are Powers + Brenmar

Problem Is (Thrust Lab Remix) (fanatic mp3) by HEALTH + Thrust Lab

Comfy in Nautica (XXXChange Remix) (mp3) by Panda Bear + XXXChange

All Of The Other Songs Remixed (cardboard mp3) by Trey Told ‘Em

Fucking February, I totally didn’t get a chance to post my monthly mix for February 2008. So now that it’s Smarch, sit back, relax, don’t go outside, and listen to some mp3s from a little over a year ago. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you…

The February 2008 Mix

Negative Thinking (mp3) by The Death Set

88th Precinct (mp3) by Team Robespierre

Excuse Me Dog (mp3) by Low Scores

Puerto Rican Jukebox (kill rock stars mp3) by Panther

Big Big Big Big Big (big mp3) by Dan Deacon

Lovely Allen (No Age Remix) (mp3) by Holy Fuck

Blue Skies (fanatic mp3) by Die! Die! Die!

Chipping Ice (mp3) by These Are Powers

You Can’t Do That To An Axe! (s.a.f. mp3) by The Mae Shi

Van v Art (sxsw mp3) by Necropolis

Hang Them All (beggars mp3) by Tapes ‘n Tapes

Lovely Weather (Live On Fair Game) (public broadcasting mp3) by The Vandelles

Right Away (home tapes mp3) by Pattern Is Movement

Top Drawer (mp3) by Man Man

Encouragement (mp3) by Bandit Teeth

Deja Vu (lumberjack mordam mp3) by SSM

Love Your Spaceman (mp3) by Robert Pollard

Nosy Parker (mp3) by The Tremolo Beer Gut

Down To Rest (sxsw mp3) by O’Death

Steven Fucking Spielberg (sxsw mp3) by Bearsuit

Morning Birds (cash mp3) by Kristin Hersh

Makeshift Fallout Sifter (mp3) by Rob Markoff

Gilt Complex (Acoustic) (mp3) by Sons And Daughters

BONUS TRACKS:
Balloons (sub pop mp3) by Foals

Max Ernst (matador mp3) by Mission Of Burma

Body Rot (mp3) by The Magik Markers

Sideways Here We Come (s.a.f. mp3) by Die! Die! Die!

- Download some awesome These Are Powers EPs and such over @ Pukekos… here.

- Read the I Rock Cleveland Rock-O-Meter review of the new Bob Pollard band Boston Spaceships… here. NOTE: They do not sound like Boston meets Spaceship covering Starship.

- The Promomp3 Corner:
Magic Tape (two syllable mp3) by BELL
Turn U Over (slumberland mp3) by Bricolage

- SoCal grimers Crocodiles are EVERYWHERE! (maybe I exaggerate). Get some @ NEVVER and @ the FADER… here and here.

- Download the new FADER featuring Beirut and Bats For Lashes… here.

- Finally, Beware Of The Blog has some coverage on the Facebook Album Cover Game… here. This is my album cover of what I imagine would be Welsh Indie Pop:

Frightened by Absurdities by Llanfyllin