HEALTH Megggamix (Mixed By Acid Girls)

You may know the Acid Girls from their two Health remixes a la HEALTH//DISCO. Well now they have taken the music of GT favs, Health and crafted an almost 28 minute crazyass megamix. I tend to like my music in 1:30 to 3:00 minute punk-sized chunks, but in this case I am willing to make an exception. (You may have noticed) I have a tendency to describe things as awesome. Well, this IS awesome.

Listen: "HEALTH Megggamix (Mixed By Acid Girls)" (box.net mp3) (props to Urb)

In other Health related news, they are recording a long player presently entitled GET COLOR. Also, HEALTH//DISCO comes to wax in with a new sequence and a new remix from MATH HEAD. Maybe we will get to hear that soon (hint hint).

Myspace page is here.
LOVEPUMP Records is here.
HEALTH//DISCO project page is here.
Enhanced HEALTH//DISCO cd is here.
Wiki Wiki Wiki is here.
eMusic page is here

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- Stop what you are doing right now and download some reposted Dickless over @ Lamestain.... here (also Cat Butt + much much more). FYI: Dickless sound kinda like TAD meets Babes In Toyland.

- Tonight... Issue Project Room is filled with amazing sounds @ 8pm - Qbico U-Nite XIII w/ Arthur Doyle (of Sonic Youth's "Mariah Carey and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream" (ysi mp3) fame) + Acid Birds + Muruga & Perry Robinson Duo w/ Special Guest Badal Roy + Direct Current. Tix and lots more info... here.

- Also Tonight... Less Artists More Condos @ 8pm w/ The Muggabears + Skeleton$ (with a dude from Zs) + Skinny Claire

- Stream interstellarpunks Mi Ami's February 16, 2009 performance on the Liz Berg Show on WFMU:
"New" (wfmu m3u)
"New Guitar" (wfmu m3u)
"New New" (wfmu m3u)

- Some New New New promomp3s to check out:
"Skeleton" (pirate mp3) by The Decks
"Killed By The Boom" (beggars mp3) by The Veils

- One new old promomp3 to check out:
"Gauze" (subpop mp3) by Red Red Meat

- NOT Math Rock... Rock Math! Dum Dum Girls + Blank Dogs = The Mayfair Set. More info and downloads @ the FADER... here.

- Listen to dark swirly (yet somehow slightly abraisive) goodness of The Spanish Armada @ Built On A Weak Spot... here.

- Finally, new newness from the overhyped-but-we-love-them-anyway Vivian Girls is available at p'fork (and on lots of other interwebsites)... here. What the hell, I'm posting it too. Why not? "Lake House" (box.net mp3)

Unclean Ghost by El Jesus De Magico

El Jesus De Magico are featured on this month's release in The Columbus Discount Singles Club Year One 7" Inch Singles Series. Future singles will include releases by: Psychedelic Horseshit, Little Claw, Cheater Slicks, and Guinea Worms among others. The series is limited to 250, and the series is SOLD OUT. It just doesn't seem right that only 250 people get to listen to the new El Jesus. The 7" has an "Unclean Ghost" a-side and a "Pirate Utopia" b-side. For you... right here, I have the a-side.

Listen: "Unclean Ghost" (box.net mp3)

All 7" covers are hand silk-screened and unique and the vinyl is clear. If you absolutely must have one, check here.

CDR is here.
Amazon MP3 is here.
eMusic page is here.

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- I totally missed the fact that Fanatic had put up a Boo Boo And Boo Too mp3. Listen: "I'll Be Your Whore" (fanatic mp3)

- nyctaper reports on The Vivian Girls rejection of Brooklyn Vegan and the trollers that post there... here.

- I Heart Comix posts two "must haves" bangers from Black Holes... here.

- musicisart posts an interview with and a mixtape put together by The Muggabears... here. After The Jump CMJ info is... here. Previously Posted Muggabears BONUS: "Dead Kid Kicks" (box.net mp3)

- This Week In Forkcast!!
(Beck's new video for "Modern Guilt")... here.
(The Octopus Project come out with an awesome vid animated by Divya Srinivasan)... here.
(Fucked Up + Moby = Youtubed Live Ramones Cover)... here.
(Another animated vid, it's the groovy "Id Engager" (polyvinyl mp3) by Of Montreal)... here.
(Check out an mp3 from Black Out Beach, the solo project from Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes and Swan Lake)... here.

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

Live: Precision Auto (Superchunk Cover) By Les Savy Fav

Les Savy Fav have a new album, entitled: After The Balls Drop 3AM 1-1-08 NYC (get it? Balls Drop? uhhhhhh yep).

It ends with four covers...
"Debaser" (youtubed original vid)
"Astro Zombies" (youtubed original still)
"Sliver" (youtubed original vid)
and
"Everybody's Gotta Live" (youtubed original still)

Here is Les Savy Fav doing a cover that is NOT on their new album.

Downloadable: "Precision Auto (Superchunk Cover) (Live)" (box.net mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Southern page is here.
French Kiss page is here.
Amazon mp3 page is here.
Emusic page is here.

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- Live @ The Cake Shop on Friday
The Muggabears
slasher risk!
SUSU
DINOWALRUS
Plus, Saturday looks to be CRAZY with 3 to 3 with 3

- Bushwick Is Beautiful reviews the new Portishead on vinyl, track by track... here.

- With all the 80's nostalgia flying around out there, why not actually listen to something LITERALLY from the 80s. A boot of The Go-Go's @ Beehive Candy... here.

- Here's some new indie garage pop from Motocade: "Soap Opera" (mp3). Watch the vid... here.

- Warped Reality says goodbye to the Too Pure arrow (boo, 4AD)... here.

- Finally, Cryptonites want you to remix their song "Can't Give You Up" more about that... here.

Well Fuck You Then By Dark Meat

So, this is Dark Meat (a/k/a Dark Meat Vomit Lasers Family Band):


I get the feeling that they like these:


What do you think?

Downloadable: "Well Fuck You Then" (vice mp3)

Vice Records is here.
Paper Thin Walls 'single file' is here.
Emusic page is here.

Consider Clicking
- The Daily Growl has a post dedicated to the #1 four letter word, f-u-c-k... here.

- Thee Oh Sees sing the blues over at Raven Sings The Blues... here.

- Have you seen pitchfork.tv yet? If not, this is a good place to start.

- Brooklyn Vegan has some South Street Seaport 2008 dates (hint hint... Atlas Sound, APTBS, others)... here.

- The Music Slut has a link to The Muggabears talking out the evils of the major label deal + one mp3... here.

Did you see Dark Meat yesterday? Well, they are playing tonight:

April 2007 Mix

It's time to look back and reflect again... Let's look back one year to April 2007.

The Downloadable: "April 2007 Mix" (box.net zip) (mirror: sendspace)

Artists Featured:
Aa (a/k/a BIG A little a)
The Big Sleep
Black Lips
Cadence Weapon
Dead Kennedys
DeVotchKa
Hot Gossip
Love Of Diagrams
Low Scores
The Muggabears
Peel
The Ponys
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Pterodactyl
Sleater-Kinney
Slint

The Playlist:


Consider Clicking
- Straight outta Lawrence, Kansas, it's Boo And Boo Too @ I Rock Cleveland... here.

- 20 Jazz Funk Greats was very disturbed by Gary Numan's Newport Folk Festival moment... here.

- Algebra Of Need gets Built On A Weak Spot... here.

- Pyschpop it up with The Young Sinclairs and their new mp3... "Canceled Flight" (mp3)

- Teh Songs Of Teh Day @ My Music it has a flavor are by Cut Copy... 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.

Consider Clicking
- 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)

The Muggabears On WOXY

So, The Muggabears stopped by WOXY the other day... here.

Listen to the results: The Muggabears on WOXY (mp3)

Setlist (with some mp3 links to the original songs):
"Guitar Feelings (new/unreleased)" (box.net mp3 which you may remember from this post)
"The Goth Tarts" (mp3)
"Untitled (new/unreleased)"
"interview"
"Dead Kid Kicks" (mp3)
"She Bears"

Myspace page is here.
Buy Night Choreography EP here.
Emusic page is here.

A Wee BONUS: "I'm Coming True" (box.net mp3)

Consider Clicking
- New New New Big Sleep over at p'fork... "Bad Blood" (mp3)
- Mommy, I scared... r-r-remember this? Now there's a studio version: "Wild Thing (Remix)" by Tone Loc remixed by Peaches.
- My inbox had two State Bird mp3s in it... "What's All The Racket In Our Haunted Attic" (mp3) and "The Golden Glowing Mask" (mp3)
- "Smoke Up, Johnny!"... the new Contrast Podcast is all about "Smoking" (mp3).
- Mmmmmm... Yummy Yummy Air. Whaaa?
- Oh No, Oh My! played around at Daytrotter... here.
- I just hope they have a good lawyer.

Easy Chairs By Suckers

Here are some photos from last Saturday's Muggabears/Suckers sorta sweaty show at Soundfix:

The Suckers Were Quite Kick Ass


The Muggabears



A Blurry Sweaty Travis


Suckers Downloadable: "Easy Chairs" (box.net mp3) (source: myspace)

Pre-NYC Muggabears a/k/a The Muggabears a/k/a The Oklahoma Muggabears Downloadable: "No No Waspy Wasp" (yousendit mp3)

Consider Clicking:
- Via Audio also played that night (but I got there too late, oh well), more about them + mp3s at i rock i roll... here. Older Via Audio: "Developing Active People" (mp3)
- YANP's wish came true. Check out a non-live version of "If You Take Away the Make-Up" by Tullycraft... here.
- Props to Oh My Rockness for pointing out Shocking Pinks... here. Listen: "This Aching Deal" (mp3)
- Just Gimme Indie Rock goes METAL with High On Fire... here. Watch some HoF: "Hung, Drawn, and Quartered" (youtube vid)
- new new new White Demin at The White Demin Fan Club... no wait, I mean... GvsB (just kidding, GvsB is awesome)... here.
- A Daytrotter comp on emusic? Check it out... here.
- Did Bungie buy itself back from Mr. Bill? More about that here.

The Psychic By Double Dagger

So... I saw these photos and they launched me into an investigation of Double Dagger.

One of the photos:


I like. They use drums, bass, and vocals (yes, much like C.O.C.O., but in a different way).

Listen:
"The Psychic" (mp3)
"Luxury Condos For The Poor" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
More mp3s are here.
Stationary Heart page is here.
Emusic page is here.

Consider Clicking
- Pixies on the radio in 1991? Must be Captain's Dead (plus comments about a 14 year olds' birthday wackfest [pregnant pause] priceless)... here.
- Stereogum has new new new Octopus Project, "Truck"... here.
- Best Fwends get "Super Recommended!" by s k a t t e r b r a i n... here.
- The Black Lips interface with the corporate gods of AOL... here. Use yr ears: "The Black Lips On The Interface" (mp3)
- MMMMmmmmm... 'lil Smoky Cheeseball... here.
- Ack! The Muggabears fer free or The Sky Drops for $6 (plus I got to Q it over to Manhattan). It's "Million" (mp3) Vs. "The Dead Kid Kicks" (mp3)

Guitar Feelings (Unmastered) By The Muggabears

"Busted Lip, Busted Lip"

OH BABY! we gots a New New New unmastered mp3 from The Muggabears.

Downloadable: "Guitar Feelings (Unmastered)" (box.net mp3)

FYI: This was recorded shortly after Night Choreography.

Myspace page is here.
Buy Night Choreography EP here.
Emusic page is here.

Consider Clicking
- Timedoor has a vid of PJ performing "Mountain" from her latest, White Chalk... here.
- *sixeyes has posted Beck's KCRW sessions from October 2006... here.
- Hype Charts???
- Fangbear posted Four Tet's cover of "Iron Man"... here. The song has the same name as this here movie which comes out in 2008.
- Mexican Institute Of Sound sells pizza in the UK... here.
- Frank Black turns back into Black Francis... here.
- Get some Debunk... here.

Dead Kid Kicks By The Muggabears

GT faves, The Muggabears are gonna be playing with Besnard Lakes, The Jealous Girlfriends, Dappled Cities next week at The Mercury Lounge (tix here).

It should look something like this:


It should sound something this:
"Dead Kid Kicks" (mp3)
"The Goth Tarts" (mp3)
"I'm Coming True" (mp3)
"Married To The Moon" (mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Buy Night Choreography EP here.
Emusic page is here.



Meanwhile:
- Captain's Dead looks at Carla Bozulich, and posts a boot of The Geraldine Fibbers from 1996... here.
- Spinner has posted a Tom Waits track featuring Kronos Quartet... here. Plus *sixeyes has a Tom Waits heavy Tuesday mix... here.
- Two lips, two lungs & one tongue has posted two tracks by the blog-tasticCajun Dance Party... here.
- The Music Slut reports that the new Peej (read: PJ Harvey) is getting her new album together with Flood and John Parish... here.
- Find out about Enik's fascination with "One Things Lead To Another"-penners The Fixx over at TIMEDOOR... here.
- While Gorilla Vs. Bear admit they are not "big fans" of Matt & Kim they did post the video to the Flosstradamus remix of "Yea Yeah" (remix / original)... here.

Pace Or The Patience By Love Of Diagrams AND The Best Of 07 (So Far)

Last weeks' Contrast Podcast got me thinkin'...

Why not start looking back on the year?

The 16 Best Downloadables of 2007 (so far):

1. "Pace Or The Patience" (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams

2. "Now I've Got A Sword" (box.net mp3) by The Muggabears

3. "Screendoor" (mp3) by Illinois

4. "Bomb.Repeat.Bomb." (box.net mp3) (source: insound) by Ted Leo + The Pharmacists

5. "Rafaga!" (mp3) by Apostle Of Hustle

6. "Nobody" (mp3) by The Willowz

7. "Not A Problem (Live)" (mp3) by The Black Lips

8. "Run To Your Grave" (mp3) by The Mae Shi

9. "Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse" (mp3) by Of Montreal

10. "Black Mirror" (mp3) by Arcade Fire

11. "Draw A Map" (mp3) by Takka Takka

12. "Babies" (mp3) by Jana Hunter

13. "See A Penny (Pick It Up)" (mp3) by YACHT

14. "Stab City" (mp3) by Hot Gossip

15. "North American Scum (Dunproofin's Not From England Either Mix)" (mp3) by LCD Soundsystem, remixed at lcdremixed dot com

16. "Underwater (You And Me)" (mp3) by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Unrelated BONUS links:
- New (Old really) Nick Drake on Pitchfork... here.
- Early Arcade Fire recordings are up at Shameless Complacency... here.
- See what you missed at GvsB? White Demin... here.
- New Wilco B-Side on BBTRiver... here.
Old Old The Octopus Project at The Smudge Of Ashen Fluff... here. Here's a taste (with GT favs Black Moth Super Rainbow): "Lollipopsichord" (mp3)
- Down Is The New Up.

Now I've Got A Sword By The Muggabears

Q: Perhaps you know The Muggabears? From here or here or here or here or even here? If not, you should totally...

Download: "Now I've Got A Sword" (box.net mp3)

Myspace page is here.
Pre-Order Night Choreography EP here.