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.

Consider CLICKing
- 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???

July 2007 Mix

What to do on a rainy Saturday? Let's look back and reflect again. Let's check out a mix of songs posted a whole year ago in July 2007.

Download: "July 2007" (box.net zip) (mirror: sendspace)

The Artists Featured (plus some mp3s):
Dan Deacon
Matt & Kim remixed by Ocelot - "Yea Yeah (Ocelot Remix Final)" (franki chan mp3)
Aesop Rock
Crystal Castles - "MOTHER KNOW'S BEST" (fanatic mp3)
Health - "Crimewave" (fanatic mp3)
O'Death - "All The World" (mp3)
Fucoustic
The Octopus Project - "I Saw The Bright Shinies" (fanatic mp3)
Shitt Hott
The Oxford Collapse
The New Pornographers - "Myriad Harbor" (mp3)
BOAT - "(I'm A) Donkey For Your Love" (magic marker mp3)
The Sky Drops - "Million" (mp3)
The Muggabears - "Dead Kid Kicks" (mp3)
Erase Errata - "Tax Dollar"
Made Out Of Babies - "Mr. Prison Shanks" (neurot mp3)
Future Of The Left

Ghost In The Trees By Thee Oh Sees

I still can't believe that I have not posted (before this Wednesday, that is) anything from one of my favorite albums of the year so far . The album, The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In, performed by John Dwyer's Thee Oh Sees. It contains 15 slabs of "half-evil blooz explosions". Dig it.



Listen:
"Ghost In The Trees" (box.net mp3)
"Graveyard Drug Party" (box.net mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Tomlab is here.
eMusic page is here.

Consider CLICKing
- The New New New No Age vid for "Eraser" is over at s'gum... here.

- [not music or walrus related] Bucket Power!

- Does anyone have $100,000 to give me so I can register gimme.tinnitus as a domain name??

- Listen to the whole of The Ruiner by Made Out Of Babies with track by track analysis @ ptw... here.

[UPDATED with mp3s] Take the NPR's Best CDs of the Year (So Far) Poll

Take the NPR's Best CDs of the Year (So Far) Poll...

It's right here.

And in no particular order, here are some albums that are missing from the poll (maybe write a few of them in??):
Nouns By No Age
Listen: "Cappo" (box.net mp3)

HLLLYH by The Mae Shi
Listen: "The Melody" (box.net mp3)

Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles
Listen: "Magic Spells" (box.net mp3)

HEALTH//DISCO by Health
Listen: "Lost Time (Pictureplane Remix)" (box.net mp3)

Liferz by Blood On The Wall
Listen: "Hibernation" (box.net mp3)

The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In by Thee Oh Sees
Listen: "Graveyard Drug Party" (box.net mp3)

Triptych by Shooting At Unarmed Men
Listen: "Boredom Is The Feeling That Everything Is A Waste Of Time" (box.net mp3)

We Breed Champions by Royal Bangs
Listen: "Cat Swallow" (mp3)

Win by Susu
Listen: "Hands Up (The Race)" (box.net mp3)

Ice Cream Spiritual by Ponytail
Listen: "Celebrate The Body Electric (It Came From An Angel)" (now we are free mp3)

The Ruiner By Made Out Of Babies
Listen: "Cooker" (moob mp3)

Oh, and be sure to vote for We Versus The Shark.
Listen: "Hello Blood" (team clermont mp3)

Cooker By Made Out Of Babies

Heavy as fuck. Made Out Of Babies.

MooB have a new album coming out at the end of June. The album art uses photos from evolution exhibits from the American Museum Of Natural History and not, I repeat not, candid photos of those fucking GEICO cavemen. See the art... here (possibly NSFW but WTF). And now to the music...

Downloadable: "Cooker" (not for the faint of heart mp3)

Myspace page is here.
The End Records is here.
Neurot Recordings page is here.

MooB BONUS:
"Mr. Prison Shanks" (mp3)
"Ire Fire" (mp3)
"Swarm" (mp3)

Consider Clicking
- Pretty Much Amazing has posted the youtubed Yo Gabba Gabba performance of a new Shins song... here.

- Here's some New New New Baltimore artrock from Ponytail!!! "Celebrate The Body Electric (It Came From An Angel)" (mp3)

- A Violent Femmes boot from 1984 @ captain's dead... here.

- Watch Not A Photograph: The Mission Of Burma Story @ p'fork tv... here.

(I'm A) Donkey For Your Love By BOAT AND The Next 26 Best Downloadables Of 2007

Q: 'member this?

Here's more:
1. "(I'm A) Donkey For Your Love" (mp3) by BOAT

2. "Fractured Skies" (mp3) by Parts & Labor

3. "Dumb Luck (Low Scores Remix)" (mp3) by DNTEL

4. "Evergreen" (mp3) by Celebration

5+6. "Capricornations" (mp3) and "Attitude (Misfits Cover)" (box.net mp3) by Mika Miko

7. "The Underdog" (mp3) by Spoon

8. "They Might Follow You (Demo)" (box.net mp3) by Tiny Vipers

9. "No One Does It Like You" (mp3) by Department Of Eagles

10. "Mr. Prison Shanks" (mp3) by Made Out Of Babies

11. "I Saw The Bright Shinies" (mp3) by The Octopus Project

12. "Witches Vs. Wolves" (mp3) by S-S-S-Spectres

13. "Flying To You" (mp3) by Unlove

14. "Crimewave" (mp3) by Health

15. "Run To The Facts" (mp3) by Yea Big + Kid Static

16. "Sharpshooter" (mp3) by The Mary Timony Band

17. "Luxury Condos For The Poor" (mp3) by Double Dagger

18. "Cold Hands" (mp3) by Black Lips

19. "Green Seat" (mp3) by Shepherdess

20. "Electric Pilgrim" (mp3) by Screaming Females

21. "Don't Touch My Shit" (mp3) by The Coathangers

22. "Knowledge In Hand" (mp3) by The Forms

23. "We Are Gods! We Are Wolves!" (mp3) by Le Loup

24. "Get Hurt" (mp3) by NO AGE

25. "For You" (mp3) by C.O.C.O.

26. "To Fix The Gash In Your Head" (mp3) by A Place To Bury Strangers

1-10 By Japanther

So someone recently recommended Japanther to me.

Their website looks like this:


Then after some typing and clicking I found these:
"1-10" (mp3)
"Wolfen Swan (Demo)" (mp3)
"The Whales" (mp3)
"Energy" (mp3)

This is what they looked like in 2005:



Myspace page is here.
Tapes Records page is here.
Secret Sight is here.
Deleted Art page is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.
Missing Toof post from back in June is here.
Emusic page is here.

Consider Clicking
- Off The Record is back with a little post entitled "Wowza" -- featuring some blogtastic artists -- Klaxons and Spoon among others... here.
- Speaking of Spoon, have you seen this yet?
- *Sixeyes Saturday Mix was a Canadaphile's wet dream (or at least something to listen to while eating cereal and watching porn with the sound turned down)... here.
- This Women Coil reviews the Lezzies On X (in French)... here. Listen: "Tell Me Does She Love The Bass (Jealous Mix)" (mp3)
- An early r.e.m. boot? Gotta be Captain's Dead... here.
- Myspace? Teeth Of The Hydra!

Unrelated Pics From Last Night Taken With A Crappy Ass Cameraphone Featuring Mouth Of The Architect And Made Out Of Babies:

A pixelated Mouth Of The Architect taken from the bar at Southpaw


A pixelated Made Out Of Babies


Blurry Made Out Of Babies


More Blurry Made Out Of Babies


Japanther Again...

Mr. Prison Shanks By Made Out Of Babies

I'm gonna go see me some Made Out Of Babies... here.



Downloadables:
"Mr. Prison Shanks" (mp3)
"Ire Fire" (mp3)
"Swarm" (mp3)

Neurot Recordings page is here.

Also playing: (mask lovin') Mouth Of The Architect.



Downloadables:
"The Worms" (mp3)
"At Arms Length" (mp3)

Translation Loss page is here.

Should be fucking heavy.

Consider Clicking
- BOAWS has its' monthly mix up... here.
- Fucked Up covering Justice? Nice. P'fork... Here. Listen: "Stress (Justice Cover)" (mp3)
- Pop Pop Pop, The Sharp Things were in The Lounge... here.
Look:

Listen: "The Sharp Things On WOXY" (mp3)
- I Rock Cleveland drops a new one from The Mae Shi... here. Won't some smart US label pick them up already? Come On.
- Yesterday's KEXP song of the day was "Heart it Races (Trizzy’s Rusty Tin Can Mix)" (mp3) by Architecture in Helsinki

Another picture of Made Out Of Babies...