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.

October 2007 Mix

Holy crap, this is late. I put this together last month and then totally forgot to post it.

Without further ado... "The October 2007 Mix" (box.net zip)

The tracklisting:
"Heaven (Pink Skulls Remix)" (box.net mp3) by Health
"Hello Fuji Boy" (fanatic mp3) by Oh Astro
"The Afternoon Turns Pink" (fanatic mp3) by Black Moth Super Rainbow
"Sagadraga" (fanatic mp3) by Power Pill Fist
"Truck" (fanatic mp3) by The Octopus Project
"Veni Vedi Veci (Diplo Remix)" by Black Lips
"The Pyramid" (matador mp3) by Love Of Diagrams
"Too Cute To Puke" (box.net mp3) by Mika Miko
"Secret City" (box.net mp3) by Abe Vigoda
"The Catch" (mp3) by Forget Cassettes
"Need Your Needs" (saddle creek mp3) by Georgie James
"Fri/End" (box.net mp3) by Thurston Moore
"Easy Chairs" (box.net mp3) by Suckers
"Converging In The Quiet" (box.net mp3) by Crystal Stilts
"Takes Slowly Over" (box.net mp3) by Cut Off Your Hands
"Nous Les Plus Que Respectons" (mp3) by Clara Clara
"1209 Seminary" (aol mp3) by The Ponys
"Daemon Meeting" (fanatic mp3) by Old Time Relijun
"Just As The Day Was Dawning" (box.net mp3) by Big Business
"Hatredy" (box.net mp3) by Dethklok

Consider CLICKing
- G vs. B points out this Ghost Ramp blog post with a new Wavves song. Download: "Weed Demon" (box.net mp3)

- There's also a new (old) remix Thom Yorke of "Harrowdown Hill" floating around the internets... "harrowdown logic jump rmx" (box.net mp3)

Bastard In Love (Black Flag Cover) By Mika Miko

Today I have something for you and... well, it's just fucking awesome.

Mika Miko covering Black Flag. This is the b-side to their new Sub Pop Singles 3.0 Sex Jazz 7".

Downloadable: "Bastard In Love (Black Flag Cover)" (box.net mp3)

Misheard Lyric: Is it "My Love Is Real" or "I Love Israel"??

.tk page is here.
Deleted Art page is here.
Kill Rock Stars page is here.
ppm page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Consider CLICKing
- Is this enough covers of "Iron Man"? Maybe. Props to Versions Galore.

- James Murphy + Hockey Hight = ???

- New New New promomp3 from Crystal Antlers: "Arcturus" (pirate mp3)

- Check out the "lofi beach punk" of Wavves @ G vs B... here.

YOUTUBE: Wild Bore By Mika Miko

From the new PPM DVD "New Video Works"

Wild Bore by Mika Miko + trampoline


.tk page is here.
Deleted Art page is here.
Kill Rock Stars page is here.
ppm page is here.

Tell The World By Vivian Girls

A Quick Post

Seems like every June I find out about a different female punk rock outfit. Last year... Mika Miko. This year... Vivian Girls.

To quote Mika Miko... "Get Excited!"

Listen: "Tell The World" (box.net mp3)

Myspace page is here.
In The Red is here.
Plays With Dolls' myspace is here.
Woodsist is here.
Mauled By Tigers is here.
Pukekos post is here.

June 2007 Mix

Time to look back again to the year 2007. Let's listen to the music of June 2007.

Download the zipped mp3: "June 2007" (box.net zip) (mirror: sendspace)

The Artists Featured
Beat Happening
BOAT
Bumps
The Cave Singers
Experimental Dental School
Justice
Kevin Drew
Mika Miko
No Age
Oxford Collapse
Paper
Parts & Labor
Richard Hell & The Voidoids
Silver Daggers
Spoon
S-S-S-Spectres
Tiny Vipers
YACHT

I want some mp3s right now. I don't have any time for compression programs.
"Boy" (states rights mp3) by Paper
"Capricornations" (deletedart mp3) by Mika Miko
"Don't Tell I'm The King Of The Sea" (mp3) by S-S-S-Spectres
"Get Hurt" (upset mp3) by No Age
"Joy" (load mp3) by Silver Daggers
"Poison Reverb" (deletedart mp3) by Experimental Dental School
"Seeds Of Night" (matador mp3) by The Cave Singers
"tbtf" (arts and crafts mp3) by Kevin Drew

The Playlist


And if you have not already, check out the May 2007 Mix, because it will be taken down soon.

Consider CLICKing
- I just noticed that Spoon posted a new bonus to their website... "Was It You (Demo)" (spoontheband mp3)

- Amuse yourself or annoy your significant other/co-workers/people near your computer with Experimental Dental School's Virtual Theremin... here.

- Watch "Super Collider (Live)" (youtube), the latest from the Radiohead. Gorilla Vs. Bear has the mp3... here.

- Why am I reposting "Nude With Boots" (dailyrind mp3)? 'Cuz I am.

- Maron + (politics * floppy cats) = this. Watch Seder Vs. Maron... here.

All Remote And No Control By Eric Avery

Hey, listen to this: "All Remote And No Control" (box.net mp3) by Eric Avery

Some brief bio deets: Eric Avery is probably best know as the bassist for Jane's Addiction. After Jane's, along with Dave Navarro he recorded the Deconstruction album (which is freaking amazing... get it used here). Since then he has worked with Garbage, Smashing Pumpkins, and (gulp) Alanis Morissette. He tried out for Metallica (but wasn't picked), and was invited to join Tool (but declined). He also had his own band for a while (from 1995-2000), Polar Bear.

Now, he has a solo album entitled Help Wanted. It will be released on April 8th.

BONUS:
"Jig" (box.net mp3) by Polar Bear
"Untitled (Demo)" (box.net mp3) by Deconstruction
(source: some divers whistle)

Myspace page is here.
Dangerbird Records page is here.
Eric Avery's blog is here.
Preorder Help Wanted here.

Consider Clicking
- HOLY FUCK! (and I ain't talking about Canadian postrock) Le Loup are amazing live. See them. Maybe tonight? Listen: "We Are Gods! We Are Wolves!" (mp3). NOTE: they are less blippy and more swirly/wall of noise when they play live.

- The Walkmen record some Leonard Cohen covers for Daytrotter... here.

- VIDS VIDS VIDS: (1) Watch Yo La Tengo, Mika Miko, and Atlas Sound in Other Music's All Roads Lead to Austin best of... here. UPDATE: Watch Part 2 and Part 3. (2) Watch No Age interview each other AOL-style... here.

- So Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes and MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden ARE Blikk Fang (not blikkfang), but those purevolume tracks are NOT album material and not album for a while, ok. This purevolume mp3 sounds a bit (just a bit) like Atom to me: "Nupital Eagles Sharpened (Misfits Cover with name changed to sound like an Of Montreal song title)" (box.net mp3)

- Listen to Blood On The Wall: "Lightning Song" (mp3)

- Chromewaves recaps some SXSW for you in sound and video... here and here and here and here.

- And thepunkguy loves a song that is 12 fucking minutes long and has no fucking climax... here. Me too.

Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians By The Sword

Oh fuck yeah!! The Sword has made "Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians" available as a free mp3. Disclosure: you could previously get it from ptw, plus it is available today at Spinner. Personally, I think you should download it below (that is if you don't have it already). Happy Headbanging.

Downloadable: "Fire Lances Of The Ancient Hyperzephyrians" (box.net mp3) (source: kemando)

Ancient Hyperzephyrians look like this:


Myspace page is here.
Kemando is here.
The Sword merch is here.
The Sword Podcast is here.
Emusic page is here.
Preorder Gods Of The Earth here or here.

Consider Clicking
- Oh My Rockness thinks you should be listening to this mp3: "Sweet Love For Planet Earth" by Fuck Buttons. More about that here.

- New Live Les Savy Fav is coming soon: "The Sweat Descends (Live)" (mp3)

- The Smudge has two posts you should check out: one is about Royal Bangs and the other is about Bridges And Powerlines... here and here (respectively).

- Hack up (or is it hock up?) a mp3 blog in minutes @ joelaz.com (via Idolator)... here.

- BOWAS has a big ass post about 90's North Carolina indie rockers Raymond Brake... here.

- Watch a kinda random SXSW vid featuring Bodies Of Water and Mika Miko... here. It will have you saying "Great Story Jenna Thornhill" (a la The Soup).

The 47 Best Downloadables Of 2007

I know, I know you've been waiting. You want to download the some of the best songs of 2007 and simply don't know where to turn. The massiveness of the internets is overwhelming. Fear not. I have complied the best downloadable songs from GT this past year.

And yes, some of these songs were not officially released in 2007. So what? As for ranking, these songs are arranged using the power of the alphabet! Oh, don't be so obsessed with ranking things and just enjoy.

A

"Aly Walk With Me" (mp3 with a plug at the end of it) by The Raveonettes
Comment: Atmospheric + Wall Of Noise + Big Beats = Quite Kickass. Check out the Ruby Isle cover... here.

"Attitude (Misfits Cover)" (box.net mp3) by Mika Miko
Comment: My favorite Misfits cover since Bratmobile did "Where Eagles Dare" (ysi mp3)

B

"Babies" (mp3) by Jana Hunter
Comment: When is Jracula putting a proper album out? Wait have they? Fuck! Huh?

"Black Mirror" (mp3) by Arcade Fire
Comment: Why does this song always make me think of Lost Highway?

"Bomb.Repeat.Bomb." (box.net mp3) by Ted Leo + The Pharmacists
Comment: Wins the GT 2007 Award for Best Political Song. Watch the video... here.

C

"Capricornations" (mp3) by Mika Miko
Comment: You never forget your first Mika Miko song.

"Chromes On It" (mp3) by Telepathe
Comment: Looking forward to a full length.

"Cold Hands" (mp3) by Black Lips
Comment: The Black Lips doin' what they do.

"Crimewave" (mp3) by Health
Comment: Uberblogged band Health rip it up.

D

"Dead Sound" (mp3) by The Raveonettes
Comment: When will JAMC stop influencing bands? Not bloody soon, I'll tell you that.

"Don't Touch My Shit" (mp3) by The Coathangers
Comment: Don't Touch My Shit. Awesome.

"Drippy Eye" (box.net mp3) by Black Moth Super Rainbow
Comment: This is my cat's theme song. Is this your cat's theme song too?

"Dumb Luck (Remix)" (mp3) performed by DNTEL remixed by Low Scores
Comment: I like this more than the original.

E

"Evergreen" (mp3) by Celebration
Comment: Soundtrack for the end of the world.

F

"Flying To You" (mp3) by Unlove
Comment: Booming and anthemic, but not released this year. Fuck it.

"Fractured Skies" (mp3) by Parts & Labor
Comment: The postmodern postpunk anthem. Wins the GT 2007 award for Best Use Of A Dot Matrix Printer In A Song.

G

"Get Hurt" (mp3) by NO AGE
Comment: Sounds just like Wives... [snicker].

H

"Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse" (mp3) by Of Montreal
Comment: C'mon Chemicals... annoying and wonderful, at the same time.

I

"(I'm A) Donkey For Your Love" (mp3) by BOAT
Comment: Catchy as all... well you know.

"It Fit When I Was A Kid (Remix)" (mp3) performed by Liars and remixed by Crystal Castles
Comment: This song is like... ok, what if... Liars were cyborgs?? huh?

J

"Just As The Day Was Dawning" (mp3) by Big Business
Comment: You could say their sound is as "Big As A Mountain" (ysi mp3)

K

"Knowledge In Hand" (mp3) (source: myspace) by The Forms
Comment: Runner up for Song Of The Year.

M

"Mr. Prison Shanks" (mp3) by Made Out Of Babies
Comment: Fuck. Heavy. Fucking Heavy!

"(My Head)/R.I.P. Allegory" (mp3) by Times New Viking
Comment: Ohio Rocks! Warning... this is LOUD.

N

"Nobody" (mp3) by The Willowz
Comment: Sounds like a contradiction, but The Willowz total filter 70's arena rock through punk, and it works.

"No One Does It Like You (Demo)" (mp3) by Department Of Eagles
Comment: Best Grizzly Bear-related song this year. The Girl Talk wamp-wamping "Knife (Remix)" was a close second.

"North American Scum (Dunproofin's Not From England Either Mix)" (mp3) performed by LCD Soundsystem remixed by Dunproofin
Comment: Almost makes me proud to be a North American.

"Not A Problem (Live)" (mp3) by The Black Lips
Comment: The Black Lips put out what may not be the best live album ever, but it's realllly close. Maybe it is the best live album ever. I don't know.

"Now I've Got A Sword" (mp3) by The Muggabears
Comment: Love that Bayside shout out.

P

"Pace Or The Patience" (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams
Comment: I can't believe I'm not sick of this song. I love it. I listen to all the time.

"Pinkies" (mp3) by The Big Sleep
Comment: What was it I heard someone call The Big Sleep? Bedroom Metal. That's it.

R

"Rafaga!" (mp3) by Apostle Of Hustle
Comment: Wins the GT 2007 Award for Spanish Song Sung By A Canadian Band!

"Run To The Facts" (mp3) by Yea Big + Kid Static
Comment: Wins the GT 2007 Award for Best Use Of Samples From An Unreleased Album.

"Run To Your Grave" (mp3) by The Mae Shi
Comment: Run!

S

"See A Penny (Pick It Up)" (mp3) by YACHT
Comment: Awhh... come on. Who cares if it's "Miss You" in Jona clothing? Not me.

"Screendoor" (mp3) by Illinois
Comment: Don't forget to check out their Daytrotter Session... here.

"Sharpshooter" (mp3) by The Mary Timony Band
Comment: Mary's still got it.

"So Post All 'Em (Instumental)" (mp3) by YACHT
Comment: I've had it up to here with all those words. Bahh.

T

"The Pyramid" (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams
Comment: Slightly slower awesomeness.

"The Underdog" (mp3) by Spoon
Comment: The Song Of The Year.

"They Might Follow You (Demo)" (mp3) by Tiny Vipers
Comment: Haunting.

"To Fix The Gash In Your Head" (mp3) by A Place To Bury Strangers
Comment: Uhhh... When will JAMC stop influencing bands? Not bloody soon, I'll tell you that (again).

"Too Cute To Puke" (box.net mp3) by Mika Miko
Comment: If you didn't hear me say it on The Contrast Podcast Festive 50, this track is pure energy.

"Truck" (mp3) by The Octopus Project
Comment: Theremins are punk.

U

"Underwater (You And Me)" (mp3) by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Comment: Ok, I admit it. This is not my favorite Some Loud Thunder song. This is: "Yankee Go Home" (ysi mp3)

V

"Veni Vedi Veci (Remix)" performed by The Black Lips remixed by Diplo
Comment: Black Lips + Mad Decent beats = This.

W

"We Are Gods! We Are Wolves!" (mp3) by Le Loup
Comment: My eyes rolled the first time I saw the name of this track... then I heard it. My eyes later issued a rolling retraction.

"Witches Vs. Wolves" (mp3) by S-S-S-Spectres
Comment: The name says it all.

The End. More next year. And don't forget my previously look backs at 2007... here and here.

My post entitled Top 11 Downloadables That Were Not Freakin' Everywhere in 2007 is coming soon. It will be anagramed thusly... t11mp3twnfe2007.

Preview: "Luxury Condos For The Poor" (mp3) by Double Dagger
Comment: [you have to wait for that]

The End O' The Year Dump

And now... some items that I wanted to post about this year, BUT I never got around to it. This is not a best of list (that's coming). This is the end of the year dump (of good stuff).

1. "4x4" (ysi mp3) by Wives



2. This video by Low: "Pissing (Live)" (mp3)



3. "The Woods/The Rain" (youtube) by The Stabs



4. "It Killed Mom" (myspace vid) by Thee Ohsees



5. "Teenage Riot" (mov) by Sonic Youth = Young Thurston + awesome footage / crappy resolution



6. Some mp3s by Q And Not U:
"Wonderful People" (mp3)
"Washington Monument" (mp3)
"So Many Animal Calls" (mp3)



7. Youtube vid of Mika Miko @ the Fuck Yeah Fest 2006... here



8. "I'm OK, You're OK (Live)" (youtube) by Let's Wrestle a/k/a Let's Fucking Wrestle



9. Three mp3s by Lunch recording artist... Taxpayer!
"Exhaust Pipes" (mp3)
"Sterile Agendas" (mp3)
"When They Were Young" (mp3



10. "Party Punch" (mp3) by Oh No, Oh My!



11. "Wet And Rusting" by Menomena



12. "Real Mess" (myspace vid) by Hot Gossip



Consider Clicking
- Live low scores: "Hemlock Combo" (mp3)
- The Deadly Syndrome do Daytrotter... here.
- WTF?
- Best of the best of of the best of the "oh seven" links (not really)... (1) Tiny Mix Tapes best of is... here, (2) Elbo.ws best tracks of the year are... here, AND (3) hearsay goes over the WORST lists of the year... here.
- Myspace? Stenographer!!

Business Cats By Mika Miko

To Do List:
(1) Turn Up The Volume
(2) Get Excited!
(3) Download: "Business Cats" (box.net mp3) by Mika Miko

.tk page is here.
Deleted Art page is here.
Kill Rock Stars page is here.
ppm page is here.

Consider Clicking
- Dig the Jibes! The Countless Jibes over at Sixeyes... here.
- Two more best of oh seven links... (1) ARTFORUM has Kim Gordon's eclectic best of list... here, (2) See the emusic user's best of poll... here, and (3) If you haven't already, check out YANP's 12 days of Mixmas... here.
- Part two of CP's 2007 Festive 50 is available... here or here: "Contrast Podcast 91".

Too Cute To Puke By Mika Miko

Crap Crap... I both dillied and dallied last night (and waited for the G Train for like, I don't know... forever?) and I missed Mika Miko at Sound Fix. Grrrrrrrr. Some (but not a lot of) deets here.

Downloadable:
"Too Cute To Puke" (box.net mp3)

.tk page is here.
Deleted Art page is here.
Kill Rock Stars page is here.
ppm page is here.


photo source: CMJ

Finally Punk also played.

Downloadables:
"Australia (Live)" (kvrx.org mp3)
"Boyfriend Application (Live)" (kvrx.org mp3)
"Primary Colors (Live)" (kvrx.org mp3)
"What The Fuck, Missle" (sxsw 2007 mp3)
"Ein Zwei Polizei" (mp4) (source: punkcast)



As did Soiled Mattress And The Springs.

Downloadable:
"Track 06" (mp3 with baaad tags)



Consider Clicking
- Vampire Weekend hit Daytrotter with two unreleased tracks (not they've released all that much, but unreleased is unreleased, for better or worse)... here.
- New Old Neil is over at Aquarium Drunkard... here.
- It's a Latin Funk Brownout at Covert Curiosity... 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

Attitude (Misfits Cover) By Mika Miko

We loooves covers here at GT, but they are a mixed bag. They come in a few flavors:

- Vanilla... Good, but not as good as the original... just ok.
- Pickle with Organic Lube Swirl... So fucking AWFUL, you contemplate violence toward the covering band.
- Phish Food®... The original song sucked... but this is amazing.
- Dave Matthews Band® Magic Brownies™... The original song sucked... but this is sucks even worse.
- Nocciola Gelato... This is a cover? It sounds nothing like the original.
- Mika Miko... This is awesome and totally captures the spirit of the original.



Enough ice cream talk. What I'm talking about here is "Attitude" (yousendit mp3) by the Misfits. Mika Miko cover it on their 666 EP and it's freakin' amazing. Dig it.

Listen: "Attitude (Misfits Cover)" (box.net mp3)

.tk page is here.
Deleted Art page is here.
Kill Rock Stars page is here.
ppm page is here.

BONUS: The Nutley Brass cover of "Attitude" (yousendit mp3)

Consider Clicking
- NEVVER busts out a Pink Skull... here.
- The Black Lips are in The Canals... here.
- Instrumental Analysis looks at Hampdenfest with mucho mp3s... here.
- There are a couple Mum tracks at the internet blog listeningposts... here.

Mika Miko by mattkshrugg

We Are Gods! We Are Wolves! By Le Loup

Props to Shameless Complacency for turning me on to (the AiH-esque goodness of) Le Loup... here.

I assume the band name is not a reference to Denis Leloup.

And now, the mp3: "We Are Gods! We Are Wolves!" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Hardly Art page is here.
More Le Loup at MOKB... here, and Ashley Plath... here).

Consider Clicking
- Dig the new Earlimart at Berkeley Place (love that cover art)... here. If you like... one should click over to p'fork... here and here.
- New New New Mika Miko... "Wild Bore" at 20 Jazz Funk Greats from the 666 EP... here.

Evergreen By Celebration

Props to G vs. B for pointing out the new Celebration freebie from Beggars. I too shall post it... NOW.

Downloadable: "Evergreen" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Beggars page is here.
4AD page is here.
Emusic page is here.

BONUS: "War" (insound mp3)

Consider Clicking
- The internet blog Red Blondehead is back with a little new Via Audio... here. Here is some old Via Audio... "Developing Active People" (mp3)
- G vs. B has two tracks from MIA's recent KCRW set... here. The Smudge has the whole thing... here, and Bats For Lashes... here.
- Skatterbrain is psyched about Mika Miko coming East... here. NYC'ers should be too. Here's the Todd P info in a hyperlinked style with mp3s:

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Friday, August 17th @ DEATH BY AUDIO - 49 S 2ND

:: Aa aka Big A little a... "Thirteen" (mp3)
:::: Mika Miko... "Capricorinations" (mp3)
:::::: Shellshag... (no mp3)... "pogo" (mp3)
:::::::: Hand Jobs... (no mp3)

[ DEATH BY AUDIO - 49 S 2ND ST ]
49 S 2nd St btwn Wythe & Kent | Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L to Bedford, JM to Marcy, G to Metropolitan | 8pm | $8 | ALL AGES
-- MYSPACE --> http://myspace.com/deathbyaudioshows

YOUTUBE: Business Cats By Mika Miko

Watch Some Awesomeness: Business Cats by Mika Miko


.tk page is here.
Deleted Art page is here.
Kill Rock Stars page is here.
ppm page is here.

Consider Clicking: MEGA version
- 'Gum has posted some mp3s from bands mentioned in this (most-likely) Albini-authored poker forum post... here.
- Raven Sings The Blues posts a Black Dice mp3 as part of the RSTB Singles Club... here.
- This is for Sara of A Different Stripe... Mark Ronson mp3s! @ Indoor Fireworks... here.
- Do you have "Pink Batman"? If not click here.
- Motel De Moka has posted a mix entitled Grinding Pearls Into Dust... here.
- Are you Busy Busy Busy? Then Let's Sexy Fighting has THE Ghosthustler song for you... here.
- Stream (ughh) some new Shooting At Unarmed Men over at Who The Bloody Hell Are They?... here.
- PRODUCT SHOP NYC reports that Matt & Kim are opening for Against Me! at Music Hall this Sept... here.
- Get some Coathangers demos (including one for "Nestle In My Boobies")... here.
- Brooklyn Vegan posted some Mad Decent mp3s... here.

Capricornations By Mika Miko

Well, I'm not the first to post this mp3 by Mika Miko, but it's awesome, so what the fuck? Right? It's a wee bit shrill but in a good way.

Download: "Capricornations" (mp3)

Mika Miko just started touring around Europe with the blogtastic NO AGE, and they have a couple of Todd P shows coming up in August. Excellent.

.tk page is here.
Deleted Art page is here.
Kill Rock Stars page is here.
ppm page is here.

Elsewhere:
- KEXP goes over this week's new releases... here.
- EARFARM has posted the latest Three For Free (with mp3s from Mastadon, Pig Destroyer, and Don Caballero)... here.
- 17 Dots has the deets on the five possible flavors of the next Arcade Fire album... here.
- Dave Allen's pampelmoose is posting Gang Of Four boots. The latest one is "Natural's Not In It (Live At Mother's NYC 1979)" (mp3). More here and here and here. There are going to be nine more boots posted so point your web browsers... here.
- BOAWS is back. Check out Enemymine... here.
- Brooklynvegan points us to Qui, now with David Yow... here.
- An Aquarium Drunkard loves "New York Groove"... here.

Take Hold By Mika Miko

Mika Miko Rock! They are NOT, I repeat, NOT to be confused with this sucker.

They almost makes me wish I lived in LA (not really).



Downloadables:
"Take Hold" (box.net mp3) (source: myspace)
"KRS Podcast 5" (mp4)

.tk page is here.
Kill Rock Stars page is here.
ppm page is here.

Elsewhere:
- NO NO NO NO NNNOOOOOOOO... Built On A Weak Spot is no more. Find out (a little bit) more... here.
- An Aquarium Drunkard has posted some tracks by Track a Tiger... here.
- Kickass NYC Concert info... here and here.
- Find out how "mainstream" your last.fm profile is... here. (It was down last time I checked due to having been excessively dugg).
- QBiM has issued a warning about Shakes... here.
- New Shout Out Louds is up at So Much Silence... here.