GIMME TINNITUS

Let’s look back shall we to October 2008. It brings back memories of Radiohead remix contests, CMJ, and well, other stuff too.

Downloadables:
Teen Creeps (mp3) by No Age
Bastard In Love (mp3) by Mika Miko
Black Albino Bones (mp3) by Fucked Up
Call & Respond (mp3) by Times New Viking
White Elephant (mp3) by Volcano Suns
Idiotheque (Radiohead Cover) (mp3) by We Versus The Shark
I’ll Be Your Whore (mp3) by Boo And Boo Too
The Coconut (mp3) by Thee Oh Sees
Traces Of Alignment (mp3) by Skinner Pilot
For The Winter Coats (mp3) by Oxford Collapse
Artstar (mp3) by The Oranges Band
Hit The Wall (mp3) by Brendan Canning
Apple+Option+Fire (mp3) by Hot Lava
Flourescent Grey (Deerhunter Cover) (mp3) by Jay Reatard
Lawncare (mp3) by Women
Congressional Dubcision (mp3) by Ted Leo + The Pharmacists
Buzzards (mp3) by Daniel Friel
Reckoner (Iskra String Quartet Remix) (mp3) by Radiohead
In My Drink (mp3) by Yppah
Woebegone (Flying Lotus‘ Luckiest Charm) (mp3) by The Long Lost

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

Do you remember the postrock outfit named Somme? They sounded like this.

Downloadable: Massless (mp3)

Well, they have expanded their lineup and changed their name to Other Animals. Their eponymous new album was recorded mainly live in 4 days at Steve Albini’s Electrical Studios in Chicago and was mastered by Mr. Robert Spurr Weston IV (of Shellac and Volcano Suns fame). The album sounds like this.

Downloadable: Boxcar Blue (mp3)

The song above takes a little while to get going, but once it does it’s pretty awesome, no?

And did I mention that the band is presently giving the album away for free on their website. Go grab it.

Downloadable: Other Animals (zip)

If you live in the Chi-town area be sure to check them out live.

Myspace page is here.
Other Animals wordpress is here.