December 2007 Mix

Instead of clamoring about what should be considered the best of 2008 (that'll come later), I say take some time and look back on December 2007.

Downloadable: "December 2007" (box.net zip)

The Tracks:
1. "Business Cats" (box.net mp3) by Mika Miko
2. "No Being Disgusting (Live)" (box.net mp3) by Screaming Females
3. "Wonderful People" (southern mp3) by Q And Not U
4. "I'd Rather Be Clogging" (punk in my vitamins mp3) by Karp
5. "Prisonship Martyrs" (mp3) by Freshkills
6. "What Needs Must Be" (matador mp3) by Dead Meadow
7. "Loosen Up (Daytrotter Session)" (box.net mp3) by The Shaky Hands
8. "Beat (Health, Life, and Fire)" (kill rockstars mp3) by Thao Nguyen
9. "Indestructible Life!" (fanatic mp3) by Old Time Relijun
10. "End Result (Crass Reworking)" by Jeffrey Lewis
11. "Me, Me, Just Me" by Feral Children
12. "Slippershell" (box.net mp3) by Kristin Hersh
13. "Mindfuck" (mp3) by Dirt Merchants
14. "Change (Blind Melon Cover)" (mp3) by Cassettes Won't Listen
15. "The Wizard (Live on Fair Game)" (fair game mp3) by Bat For Lashes
16. "Gila" (box.net mp3) by Beach House
17. "Chrome's On It" (i am sound mp3) by Telepathe
18. "Black Tape" by Low Scores
19. "So Post All 'Em (Instrumental)" (box.net mp3) by YACHT
20. "The Basement/Efant Terrible" by Yea Big & Kid Static

Consider CLICKing
- Check out this artpunk/postpunk jam from Bruno Wizard's The Homosexuals: "Slow Guns" (serious business mp3). 2nd pressing of the vinyl is here. eMusic page is here. Another mp3?: "Snapshots Of Nairobi (Live In Washington,D.C. 11.13.08)" (serious business mp3)

- Listen to El Guincho on WNYC's Soundcheck: "The resulting sound can be disorienting, manic -- and blissful." (wnyc mp3). Deets are here.

- Built On A Weak Spot is back up just in time for a new monthly mix... here. Note... We here at GT world headquarters are delighted to have influenced the choice of one song this month.

- Best Of 2008: Gorilla Vs. Bear's songs of the year... here.

- Raven Sings The Blues posts a track off the new Finally Punk 7"... here.

- Best of 9375: Future Post Year in Review @ Transmissions From Wintermute... here. More futureposts... here.

Fortune By Kirstin Hersh

Kirstin Hersh says her latest Speedbath track is "an interesting take on Wonder Bread and the East River and gold, smoking devil people". Dig it.

Downloadable: "Fortune" (cash mp3)

The individual cover art looks like this:


More CASH songs here.
Donate here.
Subscribe here.

Myspace page is here.
4AD page is here.
Yep Roc page is here.
Daytrotter Session is here.
Free Music EP is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

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- Here's another CASH music mp3. This one is from Colourmusic. Listen: "YES" (cash mp3). It is from the their newish album f, monday, orange, february, venus, lunatic, 1 or 13. Colourmusic's CASH page is here. World's Fair has a different mp3 for download: "Put In Little Gas" (world's fair mp3)

- Watch Eels frontman Mark Everett try to understand his father who created The Many Worlds Theory... here. Props to VSL.

- Here's the latest in Hot Chip remixology: "Let The Spirit (Hot Chip Remix Radio Edit)" (terrorbird mp3) by Roots Manuva

- Shitt Hott is giving away 1 album and 1 EP for FREES!!... here. Plus, they may have broke up. My fav Shitt Hott song: "Foreign Bees" (box.net mp3)

- Watch 41 Minutes of Nirvana from 1991... here or here. Props to EAR FARM and Consequence Of Sound.

- Here's my favorite part of PTST's mini-interview with Dan Friel of Parts & Labor:

PTST: Which album is better; Parts & Labor's Receivers or your solo album Ghost Town?
DF: The trick is to play them both at the same time. If you do that then Jesus will appear and save you from The Financial Crisis.

Read more (and grab 2 mp3s)... here.


(source: flickr)

The Next Best 26 Downloadables Of 2008 (So Far)

Let's look back on the past few months, here are the next best 26 downloadables of 2008 (so far).

"Antoine And Birdskull" (box.net mp3) by Jaguar Love

"Black Rice" (flemish eye mp3) by Women

"Calypso" (box.net mp3) by Abe Vigoda

"Catalogs" (FIXED box.net mp3) by Double Dagger

"The Cock-A-Doodle-Doo-Of Democracy" (box.net mp3) by Shooting At Unarmed Men

"Come Saturday" (box.net mp3) by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

"Cooker" (made out of babies mp3) by Made Out Of Babies

"Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. David Wolf)" (box.net mp3) by Health remixed by Crystal Castles and David Wolf

"Dilo Como Yo (Remix)" (box.net mp3) by Patato & Totico remixed by Antibalas

"Electric Arc" (box.net mp3) by The Oxford Collapse

"Four Beds for BOAT" (box.net mp3) by BOAT

"Fun" (box.net mp3) by Screaming Females

"Ghost In The Trees" (box.net mp3) by Thee Oh Sees

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

"In 'N' Out Of Grace (Live in Berlin, 1988)" (sub pop mp3) by Mudhoney

"Little Sisters Of Beijing (Brenmar Remix)" (box.net mp3) by These Are Powers remixed by Brenmar

"Never Stop" (box.net mp3) by Deerhunter

"No More Long Years (Crimp Yr Hair rmx)" (box.net mp3) by Matt & Kim remixed by Crimp Yr Hair

"Nude" (daily rind mp3) by Melvins

"Play Your Part (Pt. 1)" (box.net mp3) by Girl Talk

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

"Sea Legs (Low Scores Remix)" (box.net mp3) by The Shins remixed by Low Scores

"Terminal Five" (box.net mp3) by N** Y*** T****

"Was It You (Demo)" (spoontheband mp3) by Spoon

"We Are Young" (box.net mp3) by The Shaky Hands

"Where Do You Run To" (box.net mp3) by Vivian Girls

The first 23 mp3s are here.

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- For your viewing pleasure: "With Confidence Anthem" (youtube vid) by BOAT

- New New New Kristin Hersh mp3: "Mississippi Kite" (cash mp3). This one is extra Throwing Muse-y.

- WNYC's Soundcheck presented "The Story of Sonic Youth" (wnyc mp3) yesterday. Show info is here. Sonic Youth is here. Listen: "Expressway To Yr Skull (Edit)" (box.net mp3)

- Paper Thin Walls has leaked my favorite track (so far) from the presently iTunes-only Deerhunter album, Microcastle. Get "Nothing Ever Happened" here. Did you know PTW is calling it quits. Sucks, right? Unless this is some joke and they relaunch. I'm just wondering if Parts & Labor is going to have two drummers now???

Antoine And Birdskull By Jaguar Love

Blood Brothers Make Grave? Pretty Girls Make Blood Brothers?

Nah.

Jaguar Love. Their full length album hits the shelves/servers in less than one month (August 19th). It is entitled Take Me To The Sea. And if you have not heard "Bats Over The Pacific Ocean" yet, I implore you to click here.

The album art looks like this:


Listen to one of my favorite tracks from Take Me To The Sea: "Antoine And Birdskull" (box.net mp3)

For comparison purposes, listen to the demo: "Welcome To The Bird Skull Palace" (box.net mp3)

Matador page is here.
Crystal City is here.
eMusic page is here.
CMJ's Siren coverage and tour dates are here.



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- Gorilla Vs. Bear points out that Discos Compulsivos/LUV LUV wants you to have a free El Guincho album. While not as trippy as Alegranza, it's totally worth checking out... Folías CD-R (zshare link). Listen: "Color de Galleta" (box.net mp3)

- The Go! Team have a new "free" stuff section on their website, but to enter it you need to give up an email address. You'll get "a new recording of milk crisis, the 4 track EP of get it together, their first release, some remixes they've done of others and others have done of them and some song parts for you to monkey around with - ladyflash and the chuck d featuring flashlight fight"... here. Listen: "Milk Crisis (Anglo Japanese Version)" (box.net mp3)

- Last.fm and Pandora lovers have you surfed over to favtape for personalized mixes?

- Deerhoof is now part of cashmusic. They posted the sheet music for their new single "Fresh Born" and they want to hear your version of it... here. Speaking of cashmusic, here is the latest Kristin Hersh freebie: "Moan" (cashmusic mp3). More Krisitn Hersh cashmusic is here.

- A boot of Health at ATJfest has been posted by nyctaper... here.

- IA sets Bound Stems against Imperial China (can't they all just get along?? yes apparently)... here.

- The Blakes get out of their garage and get over to Daytrotter... here.

- The Top 10 Nonsense Words In Pop Music @ Berkeley Place... here.

- "That's No Melon"

- Finally, The Sound Of Indie has a boot of a Stereolab show from 1994... here. Flashforward 14 years... Stereolab develop a "Neon Beanbag" (box.net mp3). FYI: Chemical Chords comes out on August 19th, the same day as Take Me To The Sea, freaky.

What Is Proton Proton Doing NOW??

I miss Proton Proton.

Downloadables from EP 01
"Chinese Dancer" (box.net mp3)
"Lock Picker" (box.net mp3)

Downloadables from EP 02
"Aloha" (box.net mp3)
"Plates" (box.net mp3)
"Major Solution" (box.net mp3)

I did a little googling to find out what the former members of Proton Proton are doing now. First up, Paul Fuster a/k/a Speedy46 has a number of free downloads of his new material up on ye olde myspace.

Listen: "GO to WHERE its Clear" (box.net mp3)

Next, Jarrod Ruby is drumming for Third Border. Stream some of the their songs at, uhhh... myspace.

Finally, Aron Sanchez, the former 'gass' player of Proton Proton, is making music with Arone Dyer as BUKE AND GāSS. Now we know the gass is a mashup of a guitar and bass, so I assume a buke is a bass and uke smacked together.

Listen: "Rum For You (Edit)" (box.net mp3)

Aron has also has been running Zero Mass which is a recording studio in Redhook, Brooklyn. His clients have included: Japanther, Dub Trio, Slow Learner, and Limbs among others. Why not listen to some Limbs: "Stages" (mp3).

Some previous Proton Proton posts with dead mp3 links... here and here and here.

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- Badical Beats has got the Free Blood you've been looking for (featuring !!!'er John Pugh)... here.

- Mixing up acoustic instruments and electronics, Phonograph record a number of tracks for Daytrotter... here.

- Franki of IHEARTCOMIX loves The Mae Shi... here. And yes, he know he is a bit late to this party. Fashionably late?

- Two vids for your viewing pleasure @ Spinner.
"It Feels Alright" by The Black Lips... here.
Listen to a Black Lips song: "Cold Hands" (vice mp3).
The other vid is "Okie Dokie" (kexp song of the day link) by Mr. Dan Deacon... here.
Listen to a Dan Deacon song: "Mr. Big Stuff Cover" (mp3)

- The song of the day @ timedoor is by Kristin Hersh... here.

- IYW had a busy holiday weekend. Check out two excellent posts (one is punk themed, the other is cover and originals themed)... here and here.

Spy/Glass House By Feral Children

Time fer some indie rock with the Feral Children.

Rock!

Downloadables:
"Spy/Glass House" (mp3)
"Saint" (mp3)

Sarathan page is here.
Luckyhorse Industries page is here.
Old KEXP post is here.

Consider Clicking [DISCLAIMER: If any of this is an April Fool's joke, sorry.]
- Kristin Hersh on Daytrotter!!! go here. NOW. Also Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin... here.

- This is NOT TWEE! AC/DC's kickass track "Live Wire" (youtube) Live! @ Tullycraft's blog... here.

- Björk Björk Björk! (1) Post Tribute @ s'gum (here), (2) p'fork posts the Liars cover on said tribute "Army Of Me" (p'fork mp3) (here), (3) I post the Helmet cover >>>> "Army Of Me" (ysi), (4) she is part of Record Store Day (April 19), (5) there's a new video for "Wanderlust" (here), and (6) new album info @ 17dots (psst... she's working with Britt Daniel) (here).

- poetry + lolcatz = this.

- KEXP blogs about 8-bit thrash wonders Crystal Castles ... here.

- thepunkguy has a muxtape... here. Everybody's got a muxtape but me!

- More Teenage Prayers mp3s! Just for you! (1) "Dreams Of The South" (mp3) and (2) "I'm In Love Again" (mp3)

- Low Scores project Day Of The Woman is here.

- wtf?

- Get three free + legal downloads at Fingertips... here.

- Wow, this captain's dead post is all over the place, but it ends with a massive 1989 Smashing Pumpkins boot... here.

Slippershell By Kristin Hersh

So I missed this last month. It's the story on the Coalition of Artists & Stake Holders, or CASH Music Project (does Johnny's estate know about that name? I wonder). CASH knows there is a Problem With Music, and they want to find an alternative. They think sharing is good not evil, and paying what you want (a la Radiohead) might just work.

The first CASH Music Project song is by Kristin Hersh (of Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave), who has a whole section of her website entitled free music, and it ain't just a lame myspace page link, either. If you haven't already be sure to pick up the 50 Foot Wave Free Music EP. Anyway, here is that new Kristin Hersh song.

Listen: "Slippershell" (box.net mp3)

Myspace page is here.
4AD page is here.
Yep Roc page is here.
CASH Music Project is here.
Emusic page is here.

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- The best of '07 flood has started here and here and here and here and here. If you really want to keep track of all the best this and thats for this year check out Large Hearted Boy's master list... here.
- SUCKA PANTS has an awesome Bad Brains cover by Lidia Stone... here.
- Buscate Un Novio has a Magik Markers themed post... here.
- "Title Tracks" (mp3) is the theme of the new Contrast Podcast... here. Are you ready for the Peel-inspired Festive 50? huh?
- The blogsite lamestain laments the disappearance of the cassette and then posts about the Punk in My Vitamins Tape by KARP... here.
- Download "Dead City Waste Wilderness" by Abe Vigoda at RCRDLBL... here.
- Want an excellent Peel session featuring PIL? Head over to The Runout Groove... here.
- Honey is good for coughs... here. Yum.
- MISSING TOOF has a couple new remixes by JFK of MSTRKRFT... here.
- Wow... I love the NYPL.
- The KEXP song of the day is "Me, Me, Just Me" (mp3) by Feral Children... here.
- You made it to the bottom of today's consider clicking section. Congrats!