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2009-02-22T12:15:00.005-05:00

So I done moved to wordpress.

The new blog is http://gimmetinnitus.com/.

The new feed is http://feeds2.feedburner.com/gimmetinnituscom.

I am leaving this blog up as an archive. The mp3s located herein will be available for a while.

Thanks!

Friday Night Vids: 2/20/09

2009-02-20T21:00:00.007-05:00

I am setting this up for a ROBOPOST. Enjoy your Friday Evening!

Streamable: "Tunnelvision" (p4k) by Here We Go Magic

Streamable: "What A Drag" (youtube) by Bear Hands

Streamable: "jewel of dew" (youtube) by Sore Eros and Gary War

Streamable: "Murder" (youtube) by The Big Sleep

Streamable: "Dancing In The Dark" (youtube) covered by Ted Leo

Streamable: "Cable TV" (p4k) by Fol Chen

HEALTH Megggamix (Mixed By Acid Girls)

2009-02-20T13:11:00.003-05:00

You may know the Acid Girls from their two Health remixes a la HEALTH//DISCO. Well now they have taken the music of GT favs, Health and crafted an almost 28 minute crazyass megamix. I tend to like my music in 1:30 to 3:00 minute punk-sized chunks, but in this case I am willing to make an exception. (You may have noticed) I have a tendency to describe things as awesome. Well, this IS awesome.

Listen: "HEALTH Megggamix (Mixed By Acid Girls)" (box.net mp3) (props to Urb)

In other Health related news, they are recording a long player presently entitled GET COLOR. Also, HEALTH//DISCO comes to wax in with a new sequence and a new remix from MATH HEAD. Maybe we will get to hear that soon (hint hint).

Myspace page is here.
LOVEPUMP Records is here.
HEALTH//DISCO project page is here.
Enhanced HEALTH//DISCO cd is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki is here.
eMusic page is here

Consider CLICKing
- Stop what you are doing right now and download some reposted Dickless over @ Lamestain.... here (also Cat Butt + much much more). FYI: Dickless sound kinda like TAD meets Babes In Toyland.

- Tonight... Issue Project Room is filled with amazing sounds @ 8pm - Qbico U-Nite XIII w/ Arthur Doyle (of Sonic Youth's "Mariah Carey and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream" (ysi mp3) fame) + Acid Birds + Muruga & Perry Robinson Duo w/ Special Guest Badal Roy + Direct Current. Tix and lots more info... here.

- Also Tonight... Less Artists More Condos @ 8pm w/ The Muggabears + Skeleton$ (with a dude from Zs) + Skinny Claire

- Stream interstellarpunks Mi Ami's February 16, 2009 performance on the Liz Berg Show on WFMU:
"New" (wfmu m3u)
"New Guitar" (wfmu m3u)
"New New" (wfmu m3u)

- Some New New New promomp3s to check out:
"Skeleton" (pirate mp3) by The Decks
"Killed By The Boom" (beggars mp3) by The Veils

- One new old promomp3 to check out:
"Gauze" (subpop mp3) by Red Red Meat

- NOT Math Rock... Rock Math! Dum Dum Girls + Blank Dogs = The Mayfair Set. More info and downloads @ the FADER... here.

- Listen to dark swirly (yet somehow slightly abraisive) goodness of The Spanish Armada @ Built On A Weak Spot... here.

- Finally, new newness from the overhyped-but-we-love-them-anyway Vivian Girls is available at p'fork (and on lots of other interwebsites)... here. What the hell, I'm posting it too. Why not? "Lake House" (box.net mp3)

Tourniquet By Sholi

2009-02-19T10:47:00.000-05:00

So, I assume you've heard the bad news about Touch & Go/Quarterstick going into survival mode... here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here or even here. Well, to cheer you up a little (maybe), here is some music from what may be Quarterstick's final release (hopefully not)... Sholi by Sholi

Listen: "Tourniquet" (box.net mp3)

Sholi is Payam Bavafa (vox, git), Jonathon Bafus (drum), and Eric Ruud (bass, vox). The eponymous album by the SF indie rock band was produced with Greg Saunier of Deerhoof. It looks like this:

The album is presently available in stores physical and digital.

Myspace page is here.
Touch & Go page is (still) here.
Holocene Music page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Consider CLICKing
- You knew it was coming right? new New NEW Yeah Yeah Yeahs! Grab the mp3 of "Zero" @ Indie Rocker Dot Net... here.

- Listen to latest Dirty Projector solo act (Angel) Deradoorian over @ Stereogum... here.

- Random REPOST: "Superball" (mary timony mp3) by Helium

Zontag By Gary War

2009-02-18T10:24:00.000-05:00

Mining 2009.sxsw.com, Vol. 1

Time to start mining 2009.sxsw.com for some nuggets of gold. Why not start with a man who has an invalid Myspace ID?... Gary War.

Dig the lofisynthpunk.

Downloadable: "Zontag" (sxsw mp3)

SXSW schedule is here.
last.fm page is here.
Old Raven Sings The Blues post is here.
SHDWPLY Records myspace is here.

Chas. Mtn. BONUS: "Cinematic, Unbearable" (western vinyl mp3)
FYI: Chas. Mtn. is Gary War and Ned Egg's freakfolk project (I assume there is only one Gary War).

Consider CLICKing
- New New New Fol Chen promomp3 remixed by Liars... "Cable TV (Liars Remix)" (forcefield mp3)

- Check out a mellow "I Fought The Law" cover by Bell X1 over @ Daytrotter... here.

Quiet Dog By Mos Def

2009-02-17T21:01:00.000-05:00

I downloaded this Mos Def track last month, and it is finally cycling up into my ipod listening. I have been enjoying it and figured I would share. Dig it.

Downloadable: "Quiet Dog" (box.net mp3)

And yes, if you are white you should already like Mos Def. This fact is well documented... here.

Downtown Recordings is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.
Excuse Me, This is the Yah Mos Def by The YMD is here. (FYI: as far as I know, Mos Def is not in any way involved in this project which mixes whiteboy rapping with hardcorepunk and mathrock samples)

Consider CLICKing
- Get the new new new The Secret Life Of Sofia EP, Empty Sleeves is available fer frees... here.

- Pinglewood leaks a track off the new as-yet-unreleased Dan Deacon album, Bromst... here.

- If you haven't picked up the 2007 eponymous A Place To Bury Strangers album, then go to Bandcamp and get it for free... here.

- There's a free Beirut track over at internetsuperstore Amazon... here.

- Two new bands to check out over at thepunkguy, Red Fang and This Town Needs Guns... here.

First Daze By Pterodactyl

2009-02-16T10:03:00.001-05:00

Bklynoiserockers Pterodactyl have a new album coming out on April 21. It looks like this:

Listen to the awesome promomp3: "First Daze" (scjag)

The band also has two upcoming dates in the area.

Feb 27 @ Cake Shop
with Sonoi (ex-Manishevitz ), Beach Fuzz and DM Stith

April 2 @ Glasslands
with USAisamonster, The Library Is On Fire, and Starring

Myspace page is here.
Jagjaguwar page is here.
Brah Records are here.
Cardboard Records are here.

BONUS:
"Esses" (scjag mp3)
"Reverbdactyl" (mp3)
"Polio (KALX with Disco Shawn, 7/21/06)" (mp3)

Consider CLICKing
- The Spinto Band's session recorded for Daytrotter is live on the internets... here.

- These Are Powers get recorded while playing live by our favorite taper, nyctaper... here. Also, These Are Powers are putting on a free show tonight at Other Music @ 8PM. More info... here.

Sunlight By Harlem Shakes

2009-02-14T12:18:00.000-05:00

It's been a while since we heard from the Harlem Shakes. Well, that is about to change. Tonight they are playing BAM SOUNDS LIKE BROOKLYN FESTIVAL @ Southpaw. They are playing with Phil And The Osophers and Shilpa Ray And Her Happy Hookers. Then, the Harlem Shakes are going on tour with Tokyo Police Club (and playing Webster Hall). And then on March 24th the new album, Technicolor Health comes out. Take a listen.

Downloadable: "Sunlight" (box.net mp3)

They are also playing SXSW. Speaking of which, the SXSW schedules went up, and you know what that means... mp3s! Lot's of 'em. Don't worry, we'll be mining that motherlode over the next few weeks. Let's start now.

Downloadable: "Strictly Game" (sxsw mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Gigantic Music is here.
Daytrotter Session is here.
WOXY Lounge Act is here.
eMusic page is here.

mp3 BONUSes:
- I assume you remember this catchy ditty... "Sickos" (box.net mp3)
- If you were wondering what Phil And The Osophers sound like..."They Threw A Shoe At You" (mp3). I hope Amy Goodman know about this song.

Consider CLICKing: Reissue Edition
- DNTEL is going to be rereleasing some old joints in a 3CD set on Phtalo Records. Some deets are... here. Listen: "Loneliness Is Having No One To Miss" (phthalo mp3)

- Indiecater Records is reissuing janglepop classic 1994 recording The Language Of Everyday Life by In Motion. Deets are... here. Listen: "Hollow Blow" (indiecater mp3)

Dig the Technicolor Health coverart by Jules de Balincourt

Troubles Like Mine By Gun Outfit

2009-02-14T00:39:00.001-05:00

Didn't get to post this on Friday in the AM. It's new new new Gun Outfit. This is off Dim Light, which comes out Tuesday 2/17. Dig it.

Downloadable: "Troubles Like Mine" (box.net mp3)

The album looks like this.

Post Present Medium page is here.

Consider CLICKing
- Get the full album download of Lemonade's Remixtape over at RCRDLBL... here.

- Read The Young Person's Guide To Silkworm @ The Unblinking Ear... here.

- MBV "Refuse[s] To Use Tune-Yards’ Exasperating Capitalization Scheme"... here.

- The FADER has a Tyvek a/k/a Tyvjk "freeload"... here.

- Titus Andronicus is the latest indie rock band to market itself with the iPhone. Prepare yourself for their tetris clone Loadin'... here.

- A Million Miles Away has featured The Feelies three posts in a row... here and here and here.

- Listen to a shoegazey Panda Riot mix over @ Loveless Music Group... here.

Friday Night Vids: 2/13/09

2009-02-13T22:38:00.000-05:00

Streamable: "Parasites (Live)" (youtube) by The Soft Pack

Streamable: "What'cha Gonna Do About It?" by Condo Fucks

Streamable: "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" by The Small Faces

Streamable: "Eugene Mirman's advice for surviving high school, getting into college, and surviving drugs and rock" (youtube) by Eugene Mirman

Streamable: "We're Through" (youtube) by James Pants

Streamable: "Boyfriend" (youtube) by Screaming Females

Streamable: "Apathy" (vimeo) by Bachelor Of Arts

Streamable: "Daylight" (youtube) by Matt & Kim

Cage Those Pythons By Dinowalrus

2009-02-12T10:47:00.005-05:00

Time for another pysch-mp3 from...
DINO
WAL
RU
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Downloadable: "Cage Those Pythons" (box.net mp3) from The Dinowalrus CD-R

"Cage Those Pythons" is also the B-side to new new new Electric Car, Gas Guitar 7". Dig the big SURF sound and get the 7" online... here (also available around NYC at Kim's, Other Music, Academy, EAT, passout, and Earwax).

Some deets:
- Insert screenprinting by Ian Graezter from Titus Andronicus.
- Audio mastering by Josh Bonati from Aa.
- Only 200 pressed.

Upcoming dates:
Feb 14 @ Death By Audio Valentines Day Benefit
Fiasco... download FREE "fabulous bozo EP"(beautiful zip)
Smarts

Mar 7 @ Dead Herring
The Forms
Bachelor Of Arts
Real Estate
boogie boarder

Myspace page is here
igetrvng is here.
Old GT posts are here.

Consider CLICKing
- New New New Casiotone For The Painfully Alone: "Optimist vs. The Silent Alarm (When The Saints Go Marching In)" (team clermont mp3)

- Preview bklyn-noisniks Pterodactyl's latest @ RCRDLBL... here.

- The FADER posts a pre-release track from ATL-all girl-punx The Coathangers, "Stop Stomp Stompin'"... here.

- Another Heartless Bastards promomp3 has surfaced. This one is less rockin... "Early In The Morning (Acoustic)" (fat possum mp3)

- Raven Sings The Blues about Aussie rawkers The Ooga Boogas... here.

Oh, the of the Electric Car, Gas Guitar 7" looks like this:

Pine On By Obits

2009-02-11T10:18:00.000-05:00

Ohboyohboy! Sub Pop dropped the first promo mp3 from the rock and roll unit called Obits last night.

Downloadable: "Pine On" (sub pop mp3)

I Blame You is now available for preorder (with a 3/24 release date)... here.

The record release show is at The Bell House in lovely Gowanus, Brooklyn. The deets:

Friday 3/27: 8pm / 18+ / $10 adv / $12 dos
Openers... Lycaon Pictus, The Browns, and Rope

Myspace page is here.
Sub Pop page is here.
Comedy Minus One is here.
eMusic page is here.

Consider CLICKing
- Also dropped yesterday, the new new new poppy single from former sub poppers, The Thermals. Listen: "Now We Can See" (krs mp3)

- Bushwick Is Beautiful posts a minimix featuring the iron and wine-y Mimicking Birds... here.

Dark Was The Night Widget Madness!!!

2009-02-10T09:59:00.000-05:00

And now... Dark Was The Night Widget Madness!!! Featuring Arcade Fire, Beirut, Grizzly Bear, Kronos Quartet, Riceboy Sleeps, Spoon, TV On The Radio, Yeasayer, Yo La Tengo (among others).

And it's for a good cause. Thanks 4AD.

The Streaming Widgets:

Preorder info is here.

Consider CLICKing
- To celebrate Dilla Month, Stones Throw dropped this live Jaylib boot from 2004: "Live Jaylib 2004" (stones throw mp3). Unrelated Oh No: "It All Comes Back" (stones throw mp3)

- Deerhunter posts a new new new... wait for it... 2 second song (huh?)... here.

- The Smudge posts some live KEXP mp3s from TPOBPAH... here.

- Here is the cover art to the new 50 Foot Wave:

now, when do we get an mp3??

Grinding Halt (Cure Cover) By The Muslims a/k/a The Soft Pack

2009-02-10T00:09:00.000-05:00

A good Cure cover?? Not an easy thing to find. Well, let me tell you, there is at least one worth listening to on Perfect as Cats: A Tribute to The Cure (which came out last year). It is by The Muslims d/b/a The Soft Pack. It is pretty faithful, methinks.

Downloadable: "Grinding Halt (Cure Cover)" (box.net mp3)

Streamable: "Grinding Halt (Live Melkweg 1979)" (youtube)

Kemado page is here.
1928 Recordings is here.
Sweet Tooth Records is here.
S'Gum Band To Watch post is here.
eMusic page is here.

Consider CLICKing
- Coin Under Tongue (a band with no internet presence) have put forth two new new new rock and roll mp3s at the Death By Audio blogspot... here. Listen to their "tribute to night gardening": "Night Weed" (killer rock and roll mp3)

Also, they have some dates coming up:
Feb. 26th 8PM
Cake Shop
152 Ludlow St., New York City, NY 10002
w/ Pursesnatchers, Von Haze, Colomboid

Feb. 28th 9PM
Death By Audio
S. 2nd St., Brooklyn
w/Fatal Film, Gold Tooth, Total Bolsheviks, Sisters

- In addition to taping Wavves, nyctaper also recorded NODZZZ (and maybe coming soon Blank Dogs?) at their recent Market Hotel gig... here.

Is She There By Nodzzz

2009-02-08T10:40:00.000-05:00

Today, I have a catchy little ditty for you. It comes all the way from San Francisco. It is by the band known as NODZZZ, who have been playing around the NYC area for the past few days. They have one more show to go. Here are the deets: 2PM at Underground Lounge 955 West End Ave @ 107th St $3 with Columbia ID $5 everybody else (presented by WBAR Barnard College Radio and Todd P). Also playing are Woods, Blank Dogs, and the mucho-hyped Wavves.

Listen: "Is She There" (box.net mp3)

The band's blogspot is here.
Make A Mess is here.
What's Your Rupture is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Consider CLICKing
- Speaking of Wavves, nyctaper recorded their recent set @ Market Hotel... here.

- The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart new self titled LP gets the big thumbs up from Your Favorite New Song... here.

Don't Lie By Abe Vigoda

2009-02-07T11:29:00.000-05:00

It's time. It's time to hear Abe Vigoda's newer melllower less-glittery (more shoegazey?) cut off their upcoming EP, Reviver. The EP comes out on 2/17.

Downloadable: "Don't Lie" (box.net mp3)(source: spinner)

Preorder Reviver... here.

Abe's life blog is here.
Post Present Medium page is here.
Not Not Fun is here.
Zum is here.
OMS-B is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Consider CLICKing
- Raven Sings The Blues posts an mp3 by postpunkers France Has The Bomb... here.

- Check out a preview of the cheeky new Attractive Eighties Woman CD over at Drive A Faster Car... here.

Friday Night Vids: 2/7/09

2009-02-07T00:31:00.004-05:00

Streamable: "3am (Pink Pony)" (p4k tv) by The Homosexuals

Streamable: "NYC @ 979 Broadway | Sep 13 2008" (youtube) by Krallice

Streamable: "Thebes" (vimeo) by Lines Drawing Circles

NSFW Streamable: "Live In India Dick Guitar Promo" (vbs) by The Black Lips

Streamable: "So Bored, live in L.A. November 2008" (youtube) by WAVVES

Streamable: "I Saw The Bright Shinies" by The Octopus Project

Charlemagne's Big Thaw By Colossal Yes

2009-02-07T00:10:00.001-05:00

Today, I have a little treat that showed up in my inbox the other day. It's a mellow little track (filled with Neil Young-i-ness) by Colossal Yes. Maybe you have seen it elsewhere on the internets? If not, make with the downloading.

Downloadable: "Charlemagne's Big Thaw" (box.net m4a)

Ba Da Bing Records page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Consider CLICKing
- Catbirdseat does a quick analysis of the whole new-lofi-hype-machine, plus you get an mp3 from UK all girl unit Pens... here.

- Francois Virot no longer plays crustpunk. This is pretty awesome... Listen: "Not The One" (fanatic mp3)

- Check out this This Week's Mix over @ Instrumental Analysis and maybe hear some French Horn Rebellion... here.

New Guitar By Mi Ami

2009-02-05T10:33:00.000-05:00

SF dubpunks Mi Ami are coming to town next week. On Wednesday (2/11), they will play the Cakeshop with the athletic rhythm/action unit from Baltimore, Thank You (check out the BONUS below).... THEN a Todd P show the next night:

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Thursday February 12th @ MONSTER ISLAND BASEMENT

:: Thank You
:::: Mi Ami

| MONSTER ISLAND BASEMENT |
128 River St @ Metropolitan Ave | Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L-Bedford, G-Metropolitan, JM-Marcy | 9:30pm | all ages | $7

They are also making a stop at WFMU while they are in the area. Furthermore, available as of (uhhh) Tuesday on RCRD LBL is the latest in Mi Ami free mp3 technology. The Quaterstick's free mp3 for the same song went up yesterday (I think). Here it is.

Downloadable: "New Guitar" (box.net mp3)

Mi Ami's full length, Watersports is now available as an ADVANCE at eMusic. The LP is due to drop on Feb 17.

Quarterstick Records page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.
Old GT post is here.

Thank You BONUS: "Empty Legs" (thrill jockey mp3)

Consider CLICKing
- Mining The Audio Motherlode (vol. 2) is up @ WFMU's Beware Of The Blog... here.

- Holy SHIT, Paul's Boutique is 20 years old. This almost as bad as when I heard "The One I Love" (youtube) on WCBS. In order to make me feel old, The Beastie Boys have put together a remastered version of the album with tons more goodies. Streams, vids, store, and more stuff are... here.

Here is a "Johnny Ryall" flash card (click "flip" to stream the song):

- Stereogum has a new new new Wavves mp3... here. Wavves is in town tomorrow (and the next day and the next day) (with PTST Band of the Week, NODZZZ)!

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Friday February 6th @ MARKET HOTEL

:: Woods
:::: Blank Dogs
:::::: Wavves
:::::::: Nodzzz
:::::::::: Gary War

| MARKET HOTEL |
1142 Myrtle Ave @ Bdwy | Bushwick, Bklyn
JMZ-Myrtle, L-Jefferson, G-Mrytle/Willoughby | 8pm | all ages | $10
| MYSPACE |– http://myspace.com/markethotelnyc

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Saturday February 7th @ LESS ARTISTS MORE CONDOS

:: Blank Dogs
:::: Woods
:::::: Wavves
:::::::: Nodzzz
:::::::::: Gary War

| LESS ARTISTS MORE CONDOS |
132 West 3rd St @ 6th Ave | Greenwich Village, Manhattan
BDFVACE-West 4th St, 1-Christopher St | 8pm | all ages | $10
| MYSPACE |– http://myspace.com/lessartistsmorecondos

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Sunday February 8th –| 2PM |– @ UNDERGROUND LOUNGE

|| WBAR BARNARD COLLEGE RADIO PRESENTS

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| UNDERGROUND LOUNGE |
955 West End Ave @ 107th St | Morningside Heights, Manhattan
1-110th St, B/C-110th St | –| 2PM |– | $donation | all ages

| organized by WBAR Barnard Radio |

This is what Watersports looks like

So Fine By Telepathe

2009-02-04T11:06:00.000-05:00

Republican-owned Urban Outfitters has a free compilation which features a new song by bklyndanceweirdos Telepathe (among others). Get the whole comp entitled, LSTN#3... here or download the Telepathe mp3 right now.

Listen: "So Fine" (box.net mp3)

Telepathe's Dance Mother is available now from eMusic. US physical release is reported to be on 2/17.

IAMSOUND Records is here.
Drowned In Sound page is here.
Drown-loads are here
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Editor's note: Yes, UO should sell a t-shirt that says "Fuck Urban Outfitters, I'll Just Go To The Salvation Army While We Leave These to the Suburban Kids" (props to Gothamist).

Consider CLICKing
- LDC's new single "Thebes" (with b-side, "Fit To Be Tied") is available for frees... here.

- new new new promomp3 weirdness from Black Dice: "Glazin'" (force field mp3)

- Built On A Weak Spot posts an mp3 by TX's slightly-mathy indierockers Handbrake... here.

Ate My Teeth By The Hunches

2009-02-03T11:21:00.000-05:00

The Hunches have a new album called Exit Dreams. Who are The Hunches? They are vocalist Hart Gledhill, bassist Sarah Epstein, guitarist Chris Gunnare, drummer Ben Spencer (of the The Real Pills). They play rawk and roll music. They are from Portland, Oregon. Dig it.

Downloadable: "Ate My Teeth" (box.net mp3)

Note: Exit Dreams is not presently available in digital form from eMusic or Amazon (but probably will be soon). Right now, you can get it through mail order.

In The Red is here.
Dusty Medical is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Yes. No. Shut It BONUS:
"Murdering Train Track Blues" (box.net mp3)
"Same New Thing" (box.net mp3)

Consider CLICKing
- Another free Lotus Plaza mp3 has appeared @ The FADER... here.

- Indie Muse has a nice little revue of Beirut new and old... here.

- It's VV's (as in WAVVES) and ZZZ's (as in NODZZZ) over @ Soundbites... here. C'mon, they use the word "charticle" isn't that worth a click?

- And yes, I did see that The Heartless Bastards recorded a Daytrotter session, thank you very much... here.

- Funny how The Dead Milkmen's song "Life Is Shit" (box.net mp3) is emerging as the theme to our times (note: this mp3 features the bonus reprise of "RC's Mom" which is a pretty sharp dig at James Brown). Thanks I Rock Cleveland... here. FYI: Official Dead Milkmen store is here.

Yeti By Like Bells

2009-02-02T10:21:00.001-05:00

Get ready for some postrock goodness, Like Bells. The band plays violin/viola, guitar, drums, and cpu. While these guys come out of the Oberlin/Cleveland scene they are not as noisy as the recent acts we have heard from Ohio. That is not a bad thing. Their self-titled Exit Stencil debut was engineered, mixed, and produced by the band. It comes out on May 19th, 2009. They will be in the NYC area sometime around May, 29, venue TBA.

Downloadable: "Yeti" (box.net mp3)

Exit Stencil page is here.

BONUS: "Atlas" (exit stencil mp3)

Consider CLICKing
- BOAWS posts his awesome monthly mix... here.

- WTF?

- Get the recording of the recent Antlers show at the Cake Shop over @ nyctaper... here.

- Tullycraft post a live BOAT track... here.

- ohboyohboy, 20 Jazz Funk Greats posts a new new new Mi Ami b-side, "Echononecho (Version)"... here.

- It's been a long time... but there is a new Sixeyes mix, featuring Primus???... here.

Wretched Wisdom By Krallice (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Black Metal)

2009-01-31T11:49:00.002-05:00

Most of the music I post here is in the indierock/electronic vein, but let me tell you I have a major soft spot for trash and speedmetal circa 1985-1992. I admit it. After the Metallica black album, that soft spot hardened. Time passed. Then metal crossed over into indie. I really liked that first album by The Sword. I wanted to get into Mastodon when I first heard of them, but it never really took. I dig them when they come up on random on iTunes, but I never really seek them out.

Downloadables:
"Barael's Blade" (box.net mp3) by The Sword
"March Of The Fire Ants" (box.net mp3) by Mastodon

Then I started checking out instrumental postmetal (via thepunkguy, thanks Krist), e.g. Russian Circles and Pelican, kickass. I think I liked the instrumental part of the equation as I am not a big fan of the cookie monster vocals.

Downloadables:
"Station" (box.net mp3) by Russian Circles
"City of Echoes" (box.net mp3) by Pelican

When I was checking into that genre, one name kept popping up... Krallice.

They look like this:

This is not instrumental postmetal. This is the non-satanist American variant of Black Metal played by guys who have roots in the prog/jazz/post/tech-metal of Orthrelm and Behold...The Arctopus. This is less noodly and proggy. Nevertheless, this is a commitment. The shortest song is on the Krallice self-titled album is 6:08. The mp3 below clocks in at 10:17. Because the screamy vocals are very low in the mix, for me this is a new genre almostinstrumentalblackmetal. It is AWE-some (in the true meaning of the word). I wish someone told me about this when it came out in July last year.

Downloadable: "Wretched Wisdom" (box.net mp3) by Krallice

Am I going to be sucked in to an investigation of Black Metal? I had always rejected the genre as "too extreme," but maybe I just wasn't ready for it. We'll see.

Profound Lore is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

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- Deerhunter side-proj, Lotus Plaza has a new new new mp3 available on Stereogum... here.

- Raven Sings The Blues brings you "two great female fronted doses of fuzzed pop." Check out the Blank Its and Golden Triangle... here. (Note: Methinks we'll see more of these bands around this here web presence).

The Krallice album

Friday Night Vids: 1/30/09

2009-01-30T21:13:00.001-05:00

Streamable: "So Fine" (youtube) by Telepathe

Streamable: "Crystal Mines" (p4k.tv) by CFCF

Streamable: "Mantis" (p4k.tv) by Psychic Ills

12 Awesome MP3s That Were Not Freakin' Everywhere In 2008

2009-01-30T13:48:00.002-05:00

A 2008 post? Why not? You know there is still stuff you missed last year. Like why didn't anyone tell me that Krallice album rules (a post about that coming soon)? Here are, umm, 12 awesome mp3s that were not freakin' everywhere in 2008. Enjoy.

Downloadables:
"Dog Years" (box.net mp3) by Ghetto Cross (2 posts)

"Draped Up, Oxed Out" (box.net mp3) by Smart Growth (2 posts)

"Hands Up (The Race)" (box.net mp3) by Susu (4 posts)

"Rum For You (Edit)" (box.net mp3) by BUKE AND GāSS (2 posts)

"Stains" (box.net mp3) by Flying (2 posts)

"The Greatest Gift (Scratch Acid Cover)" (box.net mp3) (mp3) by We Versus The Shark (1 post)

"GO to WHERE its Clear" (box.net mp3) by Paul Fuster (1 post)

"Rather Dull" (box.net mp3) by Psychedelic Horseshit (4 posts)

"Van v Art" (sxsw 2008 mp3) by Necropolis (2 posts)

"Crystal Ladies" (box.net mp3) by Blank Dogs (5 posts)

"The French Revolution" (box.net mp3) By Motico (1 post)

"Bastard In Love (Black Flag Cover)" (box.net mp3) by Mika Miko (1 post)

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- New New New Black Lips... "Short Fuse" (vice mp3)

- Happy belated B-Day largeheartedboy!... here.

- The Diamond Center has a new new new countryfried promomp3... "WTT" (box.net mp3)

- Part Two of the free and legal mp3 manifesto! Read it @ Fingertips... here.

- #1 elbo.ws blog TSURURADIO posts about bkylnbedroomrockers Here We Go Magic. Believe the hype... here.

- EARFARM reviews a recent show by Suckers... here.

- Watch the Wavves hits Austin over at Covert Curiosity... here.

- Listen to a Spoon FM boot? Where else? Captain's Dead... here.