GIMME TINNITUS

I admit it. I am that guy taking photos at the show. Here are some of my favorite pictures that I have taken at shows over this past year.

This is the Year in Shitty Photos.

Grooms @ Cake Shop
Listen: Acid King Of Hell (Guitar Feelings) (mp3)



Wavves @ Mercury Lounge
Listen: No Hope Kids (mp3)



Dinowalrus @ Public Assembly
Listen: Nuke Duke ‘Em (mp3)



Japandroids @ Pianos
Listen: Rockers East Vancouver (mp3)



Buke & Gass @ Cake Shop
Listen: Run For You (mp3)



Double Dagger @ Market Hotel
Listen: No Allies (mp3)



ZAZA @ Cake Shop
Listen: Repetition (mp3)



Harlem @ Brooklyn Bowl
Listen: Friendly Ghost (mp3)



Sisters @ Public Assembly
Listen: Accolades (mp3)



BOAT @ Bruar Falls
Listen: Prince Of Tacoma (mp3)



HEALTH @ Bowery Ballroom
Listen: Die Slow (Tobacco Remix) (mp3)



Screaming Females @ Public Assembly
Listen: Fun (mp3)


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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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Charlie B. Barkin’ (mp3) by Car Stereo (Wars)

I Believe In Fate (Sebadoh Cover) (mp3) by Superchunk

You Don’t Have To (If You Don’t Want To) (mp3) by Gentleman Jesse And His Men

Starting Over (mp3) by The Black Lips

African Rhythms (mp3) by Mi Ami

Green Flag (mp3) by Growing

Harper Lewis (mp3) by Russian Circles

Daily I Will Calculate the Distance (mp3) by ((Sounder))

Hole In My Head (mp3) by Box Elders

Cuando Maavilla Fui (mp3) by El Guincho

What It’s All About (mp3) by Girl Talk

PWND (mp3) by The Mae Shi

Rize (mp3) by Blood On The Wall

Meltdown Cloud (mp3) by Blank Dogs

Finger On The Knife (mp3) by James Pants

Whenusleep (mp3) by Salem

The Offbeat (mp3) by FLYamSAM

Titus Andronicus (mp3) by Titus Andronicus

So Bored (mp3) by Wavves

Had Enough (mp3) by Gun Outfit

You Can Have A Cellphone That’s OK But Not Me (mp3) by Jonathan Richman

Red Herring (mp3) by Harlem

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!.

And now the 3rd installment of the Best Downloadables Of 2009 a/k/a The End Of Summer 2009 Mix…

When They Fight They Fight (mp3) by Generationals
(buy from the label)

1,2,3 Partyy! (matador mp3) by Mission Of Burma
(buy from matastore)

Robots (mp3) by Exercise
(buy from amazon)

Portofino (mp3) by Teengirl Fantasy
(buy from the band with paypal)

Mickey Mouse (Demo) (mp3) by Wavves
(buy from amazon)

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

Wet Hair (mp3) by Japandroids
(buy from the label)

Shark Suit (mp3) by UUVVWWZ
(buy from the label)

Invisible Forces (mp3) by The Fresh & Onlys
(buy from amazon)

Set-Up (mp3) by RENMINBI
(download EP for free)

Wet Gold (mp3) by The Octopus Project
(buy from the band)

Stats And Demographics (mp3) by Huak
(buy from the label)

When I’m Gone (mp3) by Vivian Girls
(buy from the label)

Name Tossers (mp3) by BOAT
(buy from the band)

Truth Is (mp3) by The Sky Drops
(buy from the band)

Beach Town (mp3) by Le Loup
(buy from the label)

Some Sun (Yppah Remix) (mp3) by Pollination
(buy from bandcamp)

Dreamsucker (mp3) by Grooms
(buy from the label on Oct 20)

Die Slow (Tobacco Remix) (mp3) by HEALTH
(buy from band)

Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell (Wallpaper. RMX) (mp3) by Das Racist
(download more tracks from elbo.ws)

Homeopathic Valtrex (mp3) by White Shit
(buy from the label)

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

And don’t forget to check out Vol. 1 and Vol. 2.

When: Tonight!

Where: Don Pedro’s @ 8pm $5

Who: DD/MM/YYYY
Listen: Digital Haircut (forcefield mp3)

Who: Anamanaguchi
Listen: So Bored (Wavves Cover) (8bc mp3)

Who: Spiral Beach
Listen: Domino (mp3)

Who: Graffiti Monsters
Listen: THB (mp3)

Why: It’s Impose’s Test Patterns Party (8-bit vs. Canadian Edition). The reason for the party… Impose Records is re-releasing DD/MM/YYYY’s latest album Black Square, digitally and as a limited edition cassette tape on September 15th. Also, Anamanaguchi is back in NYC.

Preorder Black Square on cassette… here.

So, lofihatermagnet Wavves has a new mp3 posted on the GHOST RAMP blawg. Much like the last mp3 he posted, this one is long… almost 6 minutes!! Not sure if I absolutely love the new direction that Mr. Williams is going with these longers jamz, but this one is growing on me. Also, it being reported that Hella/CHLL PLL (among others) drummer Zach Hill has joined the Wavves organization in a full-time capacity. Listen to the results…

Downloadable: Cool Jumper (mp3)

Upcoming Dates:
Sep 24 @ Santos Party House w/ Ganglians
Sep 25 @ Todd P Show (venue TBA) w/ Ganglians

Ghost Ramp is here.
Fat Possum is here.
Woodsist is here.
De Stijl is here.
Pukekos post is here.
Recent nyctaper post is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

When he is not (1) breaking his wrist, (2) melting down, (3) getting dissing by Psychedelic Horseshit or (4) blogging about Resident Evil 5, lofihypemagnet Wavves is a band that makes music. Mr. Williams decided to share this jam that he “never ended up coming back to and probably wont end up doing anything with.” Sounds promising, no?

Downloadable: Mickey Mouse (Demo) (mp3)

Audio geeks can grab the .aif file… here.

Ghost Ramp is here.
Fat Possum is here.
Woodsist is here.
De Stijl is here.
Pukekos post is here.
Recent nyctaper post is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Mission Of Burma’s new Bob Weston-produced album is entitled The Sound The Speed The Light. According to Matablog, “all the Burma trademarks are also present: the military snare drum, the melodic basslines high up on the neck, and the furiously experimental guitarwork, refracted and changed back into the songs via tape loops – all punctuated by the hoarse shouts of drummer Peter Prescott” The album drops this Fall on October 6th. Roger Miller has described the album thusly: “Casual but pretty rock. Doesn’t seem to suck.” Listen…

Downloadable: 1, 2, 3, Partyy! (matador mp3)

And yes, that’s “party” with an extra Y in the song title. Is this the beginning of the extra letter invasion on song titles? Maybe. They have already attacked band names (e.g. Wavves, Miike Snow, UUVVWWZ, Lovvers, and there are probably others but I can’t think of them now).

Preorder The Sound The Speed The Light… here.

Myspace page is here.
Matador page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

BONUS:
OK/No Way (matador mp3)
Max Ernst (matador mp3)
2wice (matador mp3)

Streamable: No Hope Kids (vimeo) by Wavves


Downloadable: No Hope Kids (mp3)
Props To The Fader


Streamable: I Am Not A Gambling Man (vimeo) by A Hawk And A Hacksaw


Downloadable: I Am Not A Gambling Man (mp3)


Streamable: Stillness Is The Move (youtube) by Dirty Projectors


Downloadable: Stillness Is The Move (mp3)
Props To Culture Bully


Streamable: Die Slow (Live) (youtube) by HEALTH


Downloadable: Die Slow (Live) (mp3 from flv rip)
Props to unARTigNYC


Streamable: Your Favorite Noise Band Is Nothing Special (youtube via CHUKLET)

If you like Blank Dogs and/or post-backlash pre-meltdown Wavves (and let’s not mention Joy Division or Cabaret Voltaire), then you should prolly get some Torontoindiefuzz from Little Girls. Their Tambourine EP was released by Paper Bag Records earlier this week. The band plans to release two more EPs before the end of the year.

Downloadable: Tambourine (mp3)

Now you may ask yourself… “Another band with ‘Girls’ in their name, how I am supposed to keep track of this indie band name trend”?? This post may help.

Also, I have it on good authority that that Little Girls is the offshoot of the distortedeverythingduo known as Pirate/Rock whom I had not heard of until now. Maybe they are your favorite new band? I hear they have an EP in the works.

Upcoming dates for Little Girls:
July 8 @ Cake Shop
July 10 @ Cameo Gallery with Japandroids
July 11 @ TBA

Paper Bag Records is here.
Mexican Summer is here.
Captured Tracks is on myspace.
Recent FADER post is here.
eMusic page is here.

BONUS: What We Did (mp3)