Rat Is Dead (Rage) By CSS

First, not a lolcat:

This cat lives at Webster Hall. His name is Coco. He was photographed by someone in CSS. I think... I mean it's from their website, so I think it's a good assumption, no?



And now "The Post":

Do you know these hands?



They belong to CSS. This image associated with their new song from their new album, Donkey (which comes out this summer).

Listen:
"Rat Is Dead (Rage)" (sub pop mp3)
or
"Rat Is Dead (Rage)" (csshurts mp3)

Provided you haven't downloaded the song from here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here or here yet.

Myspace page is here.
Sub Pop page is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.

Consider Clicking
- Watch "Courtship Dating" by Crystal Castles @ Stereogum... here.

- The Rawking Refuses To Stop does not like High Places... here. Does this mean they have truly made now? They are experiencing blog backlash. Stop The Hate! with "New Grace" (box.net mp3)

- New New New Boris (w/ Merzbow), and I didn't even read about it on ptw first! "Flower, Sun, Rain" (mp3).

- There's a Bradford Cox themed post over @ music is art... here.

- The latest Contrast Podcast is all about "Sloth" (mp3)... here.

- Quasi is a band I had totally forgot about (sorry, Quasi). Luckily, they have a new Daytrotter session to help me (and possibly you) get reacquainted... here.

- EAR FARM made a mix for Brooklyn Based. You can listen to the "mux"... here, or download the whole thing in a zip... here.

The mix:


- Weiland + Albini = [shoulder shrug]

- WTF... Cigarette shapped tea?

- Did you get it this past weekend? If not, don't worry you can get... Free Free Kitten! "Seasick" (mp3)

- "Broken Calculator" (mp3) is a song by Royal Bangs. I think you should download it.

- Got an old pc? Put Xfce on it... here.

- Math + Rock = Polvo. More @ captain's dead... here.

- "Three Women" (p'fork mp3) is a new song by Stereolab. Dig the french electronic pop weirdness @ the Forkcast... here.

- NEVVER commits "harakiri" with The Ponys... here.

Hang Them All By Tapes 'n Tapes

Provided this here wee blog is not your only source for music on the internets, you probably have already downloaded the following song by the blogtastic Tapes 'n Tapes (here or here or here or here or here or maybe somewhere else). BUT if not then make with the downloading.

Downloadables:
"Hang Them All" (mp3)
"Hang Them All" (zipped flac for audio snobs)

Myspace page is here.
Emusic page is here.

Consider Clicking
- thepunkguy posts some live Metallica from the In Justice tour. Download it at your peril... here.

- Shooting At Unarmed Men has a ?new? vid for YES! TINNITUS! track "Girl's Music"... here. AND the "new" SAUM album Triptych will finally come out on 3/31/08. Ugh. Finally.

- Raven Sings The Blues posts some new material from Drone/Doom-heads Boris... here.

- This is just weird.

- NPR's All Songs Considered has a new DJ... Thom Yorke... here.

- Anti-Pacman? Yep. You play the ghosts... here.

- GvsB has a selection of SXSW mp3s for your perusal... here. We here at GT will be mining the SXSW site for some choice/interesting cuts, so keep an eye out. Previously mined bands include:
The Crack Pipes,
Deerhunter,
Die! Die! Die!,
The Manhattan Love Suicides,
Night Of Pleasure,
These Arms Are Snakes, and
The Willowz... among others.

Sideways Here We Come By Die! Die! Die!

I remember posting about Die! Die! Die! during last year's SXSW mining expedition (ooooh can't wait for this year's). I have to admit that their new effort, Promises, Promises is really growing on me. They have been much blogged about of late, but fuck it I'm posting 'em.

New:
"Sideways Here We Come" (mp3)
"A.T.T.I.T.U.D." (mp3)
"Whitehorses" (mp3)

Slightly Older:
"Auckland Is Burning" (mp3)
"Year Nine, Yeah!" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
SAF Records page is here.
Speak N Spell Records is here.
Emusic page is here.

Consider Clicking
- SUCKA PANTS posts a track by Japanther side project Plastik Caskit... here.

- The 1900s (not The 1990s) hit Daytrotter... here.

- Captain's Dead posts about (1) Dead Confederate, (2) The Doers, and (3) some classic rock band, maybe you've heard of them, The Beatles... here.

- XXJFG posts some weirdness by Boris and Salem... here.