Pine On By Obits

Ohboyohboy! Sub Pop dropped the first promo mp3 from the rock and roll unit called Obits last night.

Downloadable: "Pine On" (sub pop mp3)

I Blame You is now available for preorder (with a 3/24 release date)... here.

The record release show is at The Bell House in lovely Gowanus, Brooklyn. The deets:

Friday 3/27: 8pm / 18+ / $10 adv / $12 dos
Openers... Lycaon Pictus, The Browns, and Rope

Myspace page is here.
Sub Pop page is here.
Comedy Minus One is here.
eMusic page is here.

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- Also dropped yesterday, the new new new poppy single from former sub poppers, The Thermals. Listen: "Now We Can See" (krs mp3)

- Bushwick Is Beautiful posts a minimix featuring the iron and wine-y Mimicking Birds... here.

Starting Over By The Black Lips

Flowerpunkers The Black Lips have a new album coming soon-ish (Feb 24th). It is called 200 Million Thousand. They decided to drop this mp3...

Downloadable: "Starting Over" (box.net mp3)

I am definitely not the first to post on this one. And does it seems like they are mellowing out a lil' bit??

AND they decided to run a video contest for said song. Upload your vid to vimeo.com starting Jan 12th. Contest ends Feb 15th.

Myspace page is here.
Vice page is here.
In The Red page is here.
Bomp page is here.

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- Marathonpacks posts a vid of Women live in Amsterdam... here. Also, in best of 2008 news, Marathonpacks end of year mixes are here.

- The Lymbyc Systym postrocks it up at Daytrotter... here.

- Best Of 2008: The 16 Most Awesomest Society-Rific Albums Of 2008 with Accompanying Mixtape!!! @ TSURURADIO... here.

- Best Of 2008: You mean there are more Pop Tarts Suck Toasted best of posts? I thought that must have ended. Nope. Top #21-30 Singles (here) and Top #7 & 8 Albums (here).

- Best Of 2008: WOXY's Best Of Lounge Act Year end mixes... here.

- Best Of 2008: EAR FARM's Top Albums of 2008... here.

- Best Of 2008: Badical Beats presents Mikey's Top 10 Albums... here.

- RANDOM REPOST: "Here's Your Future" (sub pop mp3) by The Thermals

Can you see the face?

Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. David Wolf) by Health

Q: Perhaps you have picked up the HEALTH//DISCO album from, yes, the band named Health?

A: No? Then read this statement from Health:
“This is not your typical remix album.... Every artist on the record was hand selected and contacted by us with the hope of combining our sounds and musical ideas with those of electronic artists we admire, several of them doing remixes for the first time. It is not about market saturation or crossover appeal. It is purely about the music, and we are proud of it. This is an album, and meant to be listened to as one. The goal of this record is not only to present all these songs at once, but also to ensure that they are not forgotten in the constantly updating, content hungry internet music world.”

Intrigued? I know I would be.

Listen: "Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. David Wolf)" (box.net mp3)
Compare with the original: "Crimewave" (fanatic mp3)
David Wolf is here.
Crystal Castles are here.

Listen: "Tabloid Sores (Nosajthing Remix)" (box.net mp3)
Compare with the original: "Tabloid Sores" (box.net mp3)
Nosajthing is here.

Myspace page is here.
LOVEPUMP Records is here.
HEALTH//DISCO project page is here.
HEALTH//DISCO is misfiled at eMusic... here.
eMusic page is here.
Enhanced CD version is here.

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- Obits have a muxtape and, well, it rocks. Listen to it here.

- Check out CAPTAIN’S DEAD GUIDE TO RECORDS FOR THE SUMMER OF 08, PART TWO which features The Thermals, Jawbreaker, and The Drive-By Truckers among others... here.

- Checkout some streams of "Wordless" Music @ WNYC (props to thepunkguy)... here.

- Holy Crap! Watch Jon Spencer hump a theremin in front of children ("Won't somebody please think of the children!!")... here (thanks to Aquarium Drunkard).

- There's more to the Vivian Girls than a mere Darger reference. Find out more @ Gorilla Vs. Bear... here.

- Hey tinkerer... build a new PC for $150 (no keyboard, mouse, monitor, or OS included) @ WIRED howto wiki... here.

88th Precinct by Team Robespierre

If you've made it out to a Todd P show of late, perhaps you've had a chance to see synthpunks Team Robespierre.

Get ready for some HI-N-R-G!

1 Downloadable, 1 Streamable:
"88th Precinct" (box.net mp3)
"88th Precinct" (youtube)

The Team Robespierre blog is here.
Emusic page is here.
Impose Records myspace page is here.
Chrome Peeler page is here.
There's another track plus lots of pics over at SUCKA PANTS... here.

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- Muzak For Cybernetics has posted a track by drone/noise band to watch, Fuck Buttons... here.

- Angular Recording Corporation artists, The Fucks have free Pop Package... here.

- The Thermals drop by Daytrotter and do a Wipers cover!... here.

- I Rock Cleveland posts a song by Hell's Information to test out the new yahoo media player... here.

VIDEO: Diamonds By Low Scores

Just noticed that Low Scores posted this vid of "Diamonds". It is part of his new collab with Stenographer. Oh, and the video was put together by Ein.

Check it:


last.fm video link is here.
youtube links are here and here.

Download a little recent Low Scores: "Black Tape" (mp3)

Download a lot of older Low Scores:
"Bumble And The Bees (Instrumental Album)" (zip)
"10,000 Cities (Remix Album)" (zip)

Last.fm page is here (with many a free mp3).

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- Muzak For Cybernetics has posted a few new mp3s from The Mae Shi. "Run" to get them.. here.

- New "'gumdropped" Devotchka is over at GvsB... here.

- The Early Day Miners dig up somrthing good for Daytrotter.... here. Non-Daytrotter Session: "All Harm" (mp3)

- New trends in band names at EAR FARM... here.

- Tullycraft post a mellow version of "Pillar Of Salt" (mp3) by The Thermals... here.

- Captain's Dead has a decent Arcade Fire in NY boot... here.

- All I can say is Holy Fuck! This smacks of hoax, but I have not heard anything to the contrary yet. Does Rachel Ray really like "Lovely Allen" (mp3) by postrockers Holy Fuck? Maybe, if she drinks a few "Root Beer Bombs" (foodtv recipe).

- File under Free Not Free. Clinic is giving away a zip with two new tracks ("Free Not Free" and "Thor") in exchange for an email address... here. Props to GvsB for pointing this out. Also, watch the video for "Free Not Free" (mov)