GIMME TINNITUS

Last year’s totallyblogtastic band, Vivian Girls are releasing their sophomore album on In The Red on September 8th, 2009. It is entitled Everything Goes Wrong. This is the latest in Wipers-inspired Tiger Trap-esque indierock. Reportedly, the band took “their time” and doubled their recording time compared to their last album. This translates to a whole six days. Listen to the results…

Downloadable: When I’m Gone (mp3)

Preorder Everything Goes Wrong… here.

Upcoming Dates:
Aug 25 @ Death By Audio w/ The Beets
Oct 31st/Halloween @ Ridgewood Temple (tentative)

Myspace page is here.
Vivian Girls are on Twitter.
Vivian Girls blogspot is here.
In The Red is here.
Woodsist is here.
Pukekos post is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Oldie BONUS:
Where Do You Run To (mp3)
Tell The World (mp3)
Lake House (mp3)

Time to do a little aural time travel. Your destination: June 2008 (you know, it was a time before the world started resembling Mad Max). June 2008 was awesome. Just listen.

Downloadables:
Fun (mp3) by Screaming Females

The Cock-A-Doodle-Doo-Of Democracy (mp3) by Shooting At Unarmed Men

Tell The World (mp3) by Vivian Girls

Attitude (Misfits Cover) (mp3) by Mika Miko

Willie The Pimp (mp3) by Qui

Suddenly It’s A Folk Song (Future of the Left Cover) (mp3) by We Versus The Shark

Come Saturday (mp3) by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Ghost In The Trees (mp3) by Thee Oh Sees

Four Beds for BOAT (mp3) by BOAT

China Lounger (mp3) by New York Times

GfC (mp3) by Albert Hammond, Jr.

Back To The Life (mp3) by Spoon

Highway Robbery (mp3) by Unicycle Loves You

Nude With Boots (mp3) by Melvins

Mumtaz Khan (mp3) by Ratatat

Play Your Part (Pt. 1) (mp3) by Girl Talk

Play Your Part (Pt. 2) (mp3) by Girl Talk

Tabloid Sores (Nosajthing Remix) (mp3) by Health

Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. David Wolf) (mp3) by Health

Streamable: Lamb And The Lion (vimeo) by The Mae Shi


Downloadable: Lamb And The Lion (mp3)
props to Ear Farm

Streamable: Upon Viewing Bruegel’s “Landscape With the Fall of Icarus” (youtube) by Titus Andronicus

Streamable: Moped Girls (pitchfork.tv) by Vivian Girls

Streamable: Lovely Allen (No Age Remix) by Holy Fuck a/k/a “The Larry Bird’s moustache of indie rock”


Streamable: Lovely Allen (No Age Remix) (mp3)
props to thefmly

So, I think it’s about time we start looking back on the year. I don’t know about you, but I think this is a pretty great year for music so far. Without any further ado, I give you the first installment of… The Best Downloadables Of 2009.

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

The Mountain (fat possum mp3) by Hearltess Bastards

Housewolf (mp3) by Eula

In the Dark (mp3) by Gun Outfit

Lake House (mp3) by Vivian Girls

Pine On (sub pop mp3) by Obits

New Guitar (mp3) by Mi Ami

First Daze (jajaguwar mp3) by Pterodactyl

Gumball Machine Weekend (mp3) by Yppah

Grinding Halt (mp3) by The Muslims

Fangela (mp3) by Here We Go Magic

So Fine (mp3) by Telepathe

Digital Haircut (mp3) by dd/mm/yyyy

Don’t Lie (mp3) by Abe Vigoda

So Bored (mp3) by Wavves

I Got A Lot (New New New) (mp3) by Mika Miko

Lips (beggars mp3) by Micachu & The Shapes

Bell (mp3) by Screaming Females

For the Saints (1928 mp3) by Browns

Preparation’s Kids Choir (mp3) by Prefuse 73

Cassette Tape (mp3) by Day Of The Woman

The Lie/The Truth (mp3) by Double Dagger

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

Pink Sabbath (mp3) by Dananananaykroyd

Tin Birds (mp3) by Blank Dogs

Mining 2009.sxsw.com, Vol. 10

In the spirit of the Sound Check Smackdown, today we have a grudge match in mp3 form. Today’s Question: Who is the best “girls”-named band playing at SXSW this year? Is it U.S. Girls or Girls or Vivian Girls or The Girls (not to be confused with Girls) or Parenthetical Girls?

Enjoy.

Downloadables:
A Day At The Races (sxsw mp3) by U.S. Girls
vs.
Lust For Life (sxsw mp3) by Girls
vs.
I Believe In Nothing (mp3) by Vivian Girls
vs.
Not I (sxsw mp3) by The Girls
vs.
A Song For Ellie Greenwich (sxsw mp3) by Parenthetical Girls

SXSW Schedules:
U.S. Girls schedule is here.
Girls schedule is here.
Vivian Girls schedule is here.
The Girls schedule is here.
Parenthetical Girls schedule is here.

Winner: uhh… Vivian Girls, I guess. What do you all think?

Note: there’s even more “girls”-named bands @ Gorilla Vs. Bear… here.

Anyway, have fun at SXSW y’all. Maybe I’ll go next year, provided our civilization doesn’t collapse.

- Check out some new new new Woods @ the FADER… here. Listen to some Woods: To Clean (mp3)

- Download another live Vivian Girls taping @ nyctaper… here.

- More live goodness at Chunklet. Download a boot of 90’s avantindie band Unrest… here.

- Investigate the latest leaks over @ PTST, featuring Dan Deacon, Mastodon, and Condo Fucks… here.

Image from Woods Mypace