GIMME TINNITUS

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

Listen to The May 2009 Mix…

Downloadables:

I Want You To Know (mp3) by Dinosaur Jr.

December (mp3) by Pterodactyl

Roses In The Park (mp3) by Liechtenstein

You Lose (mp3) by Cause Co-Motion!

Night Brigade (mp3) by Golden Triangle

Blues Not Speed (mp3) by Mika Miko

Sooner Or Later (mp3) by ZAZA

Ruby Go Home (mp3) by Thee Oh Sees

Billy Ocean (mp3) by Super Tennis

Perfect Fit (mp3) by Apostle Of Hustle

Hey Una (mp3) by Tyvek

Lessons Learned (YACHT Remix) (mp3) by Glasser

Twin Of Myself (mp3) by Black Moth Super Rainbow

Two Weeks (mp3) by Grizzly Bear

A Parking Lot Carnival (mp3) by Yppah

Apply (mp3) by Glasser

Paradise Knife Fights (mp3) by Vampire Hands

Psychic City (Voodoo City) (mp3) by YACHT

It Ain’t Gonna Save Me (mp3) by Jay Reatard

You can purchase music by the artists above at awesome online retailers like Other Music, Insound, and Amazon MP3, or if you are into the whole subscription thing there’s eMusic.

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.

So, I am not going to SXSW this year, but if I was here is a selection of mp3s from bands I would want to see. I was able to whittle down the list to 40 songs. No easy task. Listen.

Downloadables:

Mossy (mp3) by Aa

Raindrops in the River (mp3) by Autumn Owls

And It Goes (mp3) by Bad Sports

Big Weapons Anthem (mp3) by Bird Peterson

“kinda sorta” (mp3) by The Black Watch

Jimmy Dove (mp3) by Blind Man’s Colour

Wise Mr. Owl (mp3) by The Blind Shake

Bronzage (mp3) by dd/mm/yyyy

One More Workout Shawty (mp3) by DJ Car Stereo (Wars)

HELM (mp3) by Eagle Claw

50 Lashes (mp3) by Floating Action

The Ghosts That Wake You (mp3) by Follow That Bird!

Bluest Sky (mp3) by Goes Cube

Lulu’s Lips (mp3) by Grass Widow

Shutterbug (mp3) by Hammer No More The Fingers

High Wire (mp3) by The Happy Hollows

Witchgreens (mp3) by Harlem

The Lost White Brother (mp3) by Headdress

Cold Hands/Chapped Lips (mp3) by Hot Panda

Seasick (mp3) by Jazzus Lizard

Salto Alto (mp3) by Julia Says

Cloudbank (mp3) by Julianna Barwick

Wash on By (mp3) by La Strada

STRANGERS (mp3) by Lovvers

jmos revenge (mp3) by Migas

Skyling Slip (mp3) by Naam

The Sun is Out (mp3) by Reading Rainbow

hypermode (mp3) by A Shoreline Dream

Moon Guen Young (mp3) by So Cow

Summer Cats (mp3) by Summer Cats

On My Honor (mp3) by Tape Deck Mountain

Feel so good (mp3) by Thee Vicars

Buffalo (mp3) by Throttlerod

Take A Hike (mp3) by Thunder Power

Crime Wave (mp3) by Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger!

Dig (mp3) by Trash Talk

“GRASSROOTS!” Campaign (mp3) by truth universal

the Black Mask (mp3) by TV Torso

The Scalphunters (mp3) by U.S. Christmas

They Know What Ghost Know (mp3) by Yppah

If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should think about installing the DownThemAll! Firefox extension.

These mp3s (and 606 more) can be found on the Unofficial SXSW 2010 Showcasing Artists Part 1 torrent. (Note: Part 2 is now online and I will do my best to go through it).

Oh, and if you aren’t totally sick of Austin, TX check out the excellent Casual Victim Pile comp on Matador.

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

Listen to the February 2009 Mix to find out…

Downloadables:
First Daze (mp3) by Pterodactyl

New Guitar (mp3) by Mi Ami

Empty Legs (mp3) by Thank You

Cage Those Pythons (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Zontag (mp3) by Gary War

Bobbie Joe Wilson (Pollination Remix) (mp3) by Yppah

Yeti (mp3) by Like Bells

So Fine (mp3) by Telepathe

Don’t Lie (mp3) by Abe Vigoda

Troubles Like Mine (mp3) by Gun Outfit

Pine On (mp3) by Obits

Wasted Youth (mp3) by Lovvers

Lake House (mp3) by Vivian Girls

To Clean (mp3) by Woods

Sunlight (mp3) by Harlem Shakes

Is She There? (mp3) by Nodzzz

In the Parlor (mp3) by Pree

Tourniquet (mp3) by Sholi

Now We Can See (mp3) by The Thermals

Cable TV (Liars remix) by Fol Chen

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

If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should think about installing the DownThemAll! Firefox extension.

Next up in our q and also a series are the answers from the crafter of noise and beats named POLLINATION.

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

a: Redlights (mp3) by SALEM

q: What is your favorite food?

a: Any kind of New Mexican (I am required by state law to say this). Specifically, a carne adovada burrito from Garcia’s Kitchen. Or, alternately, a breakfast burrito from The Frontier.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: The Flaming Lips around the time they were touring for The Soft Bulletin. I’m a sucker for confetti and fake blood.

Listen: Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (You’re Invisible Now) (mp3) by The Flaming Lips

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

a: n/a. I have been to NY once but that was 10 years ago and I don’t remember anything about it except for freezing to death and buying a fake ID in a luggage store.

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

a: Hmm, probably Aether, or Zoon van snooK if I could give it to someone in the UK.

Listen:
Nothing Brings Me Down (mp3) by Aether
Bibliophone (mp3) by Zoon van snooK (mp3 removed per artist request)

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

a: Well, the DOTW album is coming out in a few months (ed. note: Day Of The Woman is a collaboration with Yppah and Stenographer). Also there are some new Pollination EPs waiting in the wings and hopefully some sort of tour… should be a pretty decent year.

Here is an advance track from the Day Of The Woman album.

Listen: Jennifer Hills (mp3) by Day Of The Woman

Here is one Pollination track as remixed two different ways by the other members of Day Of The Woman.

Listen:
Some Sun (Yppah Remix) (mp3)
Some Sun (Stenographer Remix) (mp3)

Here is a Pollination track that showed up recently on Soundcloud.

Listen: Quartz Controller (mp3)

Pollination is on Soundcloud.
Pollination is on Myspace.
Pollination is on Facebook.
Pollination is on Twitter.
Exponential Records is here.
Bandcamp page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Ernest Gonzales creates the blend of electronic and live instrumentation that will swirl around the small folds of your frontal lobe. Here are his answers in this installment of q and also a.

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

a: Literally the last song I heard was Ke$ha’s Tik Tok (youtube) (ed. note: click at your own risk) which I have a love/hate relationship with but really really heard was Wind it Up (youtube) by Mark Pritchard…that song is nerdy south hard!

q: What is your favorite food?

a: Cucumbers or pineapple with lime and chile.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: Hands down Grand Buffet is one of my favorite bands to see live. 200% energy with every song performed and the bits in between the songs are hilarious.

Listen: Cool As Hell (mp3)

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

a: Gotta go with Public Assembly…right before the show I ripped a huge whole in the ass of my pants so I changed in the sound booth and left them there…sorry to the soundguy if you are reading this.

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

a: I would give a lifetime grant to Michel Gondry to just keep doing his thing with a stipulation that he’d have to make a music video for me equal to or better than Sugar Water (youtube) from Cibo Matto.

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

a: My latest project is an artbook/album called Been Meaning to Tell You. I’d say go scoop up the vinyl before they are gone…its a 180 gram white vinyl that comes with a download of the book, 13 originals, and 16 remixes from Daedelus, Yppah, Take, Pollination, CYNE to name a few. Get it at www.beenmeaningtotellyou.com. BMTTY officially drops February 9th. I’m wrapping up a compilation album just in time for SXSW. The compilation is hosted by my label Exponential and will feature new music from Exponential as well as Ninja Tune, Stones Throw, Creaked, Friends of Friends, and Innovative Leisure.

Listen:
Fair Weather Friends by Daedelus
Gumball Machine Weekend by Yppah
Bee Sting by Take
Sinister Skies by Pollination
Pretty Apollo by CYNE

Here’s one track plus one remix from Been Meaning to Tell You…

Listen:
Self Awakening (mp3)
Self Awakening (Faunts Remix) (mp3)

Ernest Gonzales is on Twitter.
Exponential page is here.
Exponential is on Bandcamp.
Friends of Friends is here.
Friends of Friends is on Bandcamp.
Dublab Sprout Session is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.