Truth Is Stranger Than Fishing By Volcano Suns

Holy Shit! Is Merge giving away the mp3 and flac versions of The Bright Orange Years and All Night Lotus Party by Volcano Suns?? It looks like it.

Listen: "Truth Is Stranger Than Fishing" (box.net mp3)

Download the albums here (for what I assume is a limited time). What are you waiting for, huh?

UPDATE: The freebie (if it ever existed) is now gone. Mp3 downloads of the albums cost $8.99 each, here.

For those of you who want a physical product and not just 0's and 1's, they are selling both cds in a multipack for $20, here.

FYI: Volcano Suns were founded in 1983 by former Mission Of Burma drummer Peter Prescott. For more history and confusing lineup changes read their wiki... here.

Merge Records page is here.
Touch & Go page is here.

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- New New New dd/mm/yyyy... "Digital Haircut" (kill beat mp3), also new new new Reigns... "Everything Beyond These Walls Has Been Razed" (fanatic mp3)

- I Rock Cleveland revs up the Rock-o-meter for the new Animal Collective... here.

- Finally, someone is listening to me (in the Isle of Man)... here.

- There is a free Park The Van sampler available at Amazon... here.

- Raven Sings The Blues explores the "new era of dub experimentalism" with Mi Ami... here.

- Panther covers Lou Reed's ??Metal Machine Music??... here.

November 2007 Mix

Time to take a look back again. What was Novemeber 2007 like? Does of the music I was posting then still hold up? The answer is pretty much.

Downloadable: "November 2007 Mix" (box.net zip)

Tracklisting/mp3s:
1. "Aly, Walk With Me" (vice mp3) by The Raveonettes
2. "Lovely Weather" (fanatic mp3) by The Vandelles
3. "Pinkies" by The Big Sleep
4. "World Heart" (box.net mp3) by Abe Vigoda
5. "Mr. T Cereal" (box.net mp3) by dd/mm/yyyy
6. "Lassoo" (mp3) by The Duke Spirit
7. "Untitled" (box.net mp3) by The Cave Singers
8. "Calvary Scars" (box.net mp3) by Deerhunter
9. "Vomiting Mirrors" (load mp3) by Clockcleaner
10. & 11. "(My Head)/RIP Allegory" (matador mp3) by Times New Viking
12. "Lovely Allen" (beggars mp3) by Holy Fuck
13. "One Man Tag Crew" (box.net mp3) by Dub Trio
14. "New Grace" (box.net mp3) by High Places
15. "Killers" (social registry mp3) by Psychic Ills
16. "The Life Here" (fanatic mp3) by Yea Big & Kid Static
17. "Crank That (Low Scores Remix)" (mp3) by Soulja Boy
18. "Aly, Walk With Me (Raveonettes Cover)" (kindercore mp3) by Ruby Isle

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- R.E.M. covering Mission Of Burma!! PUKEKOS!! HERE!!

- SoCal indie rockers The Muslims are now The Soft Pack. More at Brooklyn Vegan... troll it up here. Listen: "Bright Side" (box.net mp3)

- Best Of 2008: The Berkeley Place Blog declares Curses by Future Of The Left Album Of The Year... here.

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)

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- 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.

Cat Swallow By Royal Bangs

According to the Royal Bangs, they sound like: "BEEEP BEEP BEEP bumpbumpbump WHOOOOO beeep beep whiizz." That doesn't sound quite right to me, but I don't care. Know why? Because, this is cram-packed with awesomeness.

Downloadable: "Cat Swallow" (mp3)

Maybe you heard them here? No?

Myspace page is here.
Audio Eagle is here.

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- Holy Shit! 51 songs 30 minutes! Parts & Labor have a tribute to their "favorite loud and fast bands, a cram session of ideas snatched from the Melvins, Man is the Bastard, Melt Banana, and Napalm Death, as well as 80s indie/punk songsmiths like Mission of Burma, Hüsker Dü, Minutemen and The Wipers." Listen to this: "This Is What You Wanted" (mp3). Excellent! Buy it... here.

- MISSING TOOF has posted the LAZRtag extra-electro re-remix of Health Vs. Crystal Castles "Crimewave (CC RMX)" (box.net mp3 of the original Crystal Castles remix). Get with the re-remix... here.

- Speaking of Health, there's some great HEALTH photos @ sctas... here. Soooo much better than mine.

- NEVVER asks "How Do You Know?" (posting The Lyres)... here.

- Flying is playing tonight. Will I make it to the show this time? "All I know I my gut says 'Maybe'". Listen: "Minors" (mp3). For more shows this weekend check out PTST... here.

- Have you seen the waterballoon/sillystring/confetti/unidentified fluid filled vid of the new Spinto Band song "Summer Grof"? Here it is. Also, Pasta Primavera has the mp3... here.

- The Teeth drop some more tracks for Daytrotter... here.

Taste By Magik Markers

File Under Stuff I Should Have Posted Last Year

It's The Magik Markers! While they have released many many hardcore/nowave-inspired CD-Rs over the years, these tracks come from their only release to come out on CD and LP, Boss.

Downloadables:
"Taste" (box.net mp3)
"Body Rot" (box.net mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Not Not Fun is here.
Apostasy Recordings is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki here.
Emusic page is here.

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- There's a new(old) mp3 of The Muggabears over at RCRDLBL... here.

- S'gum has posted the results of team9 remixing Arcade Fire... here.

- New Live Unknown Oranges Band Mp3!! "Ride The Nuclear Wave" Live At Sound Of Indie!... here.

- High Places are on Emusic Selects, sounds better than Chicken Selects... here.

- Remember A Passing Feeling? Does this jog yer memory? "Red Gold" (box.net mp3)? Anyway, We Might Not Sleep At All This Year is getting a re-release today. Here is another taste: "Broken Bones" (box.net mp3). Buy it here.

- musicisart has a mix entitled the past is gone... here.

- The matablog has the deets on Mission Of Burma: The Definitive Editions I, II and III... here. Plus mp3s: "Max Ernst" (matador mp3) + "Weatherbox (Live)" (matador mp3)

Flag Day by Aa

Rock Math!

(Air Raid Siren + Bang Bang Bang + Noises) * Screaming = Aa

Download: "Flag Day" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Gigantic Music page is here.
Narnack Records page is here.
Of Quiet page is here.
The hawks and sparrows cd project is here.
Emusic page is here.

Unrelated BONUS links:
- Check out Golden Smog on Here Comes The Flood... here.
- Mars Needs Guitars has a broken mix... here.
- "100,000 Fireflies" at Heartache With Hard Work (get The Magnetic Fields' original and the Superchunk cover)... here.
- [snicker] Indie Selections For Your Erection ("That's When I Reach For My Revolver" by Mission Of Burma)... here.