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?

Top 15 Albums Of 2008

Out of the all the albums that came out this year, these here... these are the tops. This list was put together with a little help from last.fm. Also, I don't apply any number ranks to my year end lists. I use the power of the alphabet, but if you really want a #1 album of 2008, let's just say it's... HLLLYH. Ok, let's go...



Top 15 Albums Of 2008:
Alegranza by El Guincho

Comment: A trance enducing world trip
Listen: "Cuando Maavilla Fui" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "Palmitos Park" (beggars mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles

Comment: The glitch masterpiece of the year
Listen: "Magic Spells" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Curses by Future Of The Left

Comment: Runner up for Album Of The Year... out of all these records, this is the one I listened to the most.
Listen: "Fingers Become Thumbs" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "Manchasm" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Feed The Animals by Girl Talk

Comment: Mr. Gillis makes me want to wrap my iMac in Saran Wrap. If you haven't yet, take a look at the Wikipedia dissection of Feed The Animals... here. Kind of like The Soup but with music.
Listen: "What It's All About" (box.net mp3)
Pay-What-You-Want is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

HEALTH//DISCO by Health

Comment: This will blow your mind. The best remix album of the year (maybe ever?)
Listen: "Heaven (Narctrax Remix)" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "Lost Time (Pictureplane Remix)" (box.net mp3)
Listen Even More: "Tabloid Sores (Nosaj Thing Remix)" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

HLLLYH by The Mae Shi

Comment: Album of the year (for now).
Listen: "PWND"
Listen More: "The Melody" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Liferz by Blood On The Wall

Comment: Like the 90's all rolled up into one album. The Pixies and Sonic Youth influences shine through, but you know what there's nothing wrong with that. This rocks.
Listen: "Rize" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "Hibernation" (box.net mp3)
eMusic page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.

The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In by Thee Oh Sees

Comment: R-O-C-K
Listen: "Ghost In The Trees" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "The Coconut" (box.net mp3)
eMusic page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.

Nouns by No Age

Comment: Amazing.
Listen: "Teen Creeps" (sub pop mp3)
Listen More: "Eraser" (sub pop mp3)
Sub Pop page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.

On Two Sides by Blank Dogs

Comment: distorted vocals with instrumentals that sound like The Cure if they had been Birmingham and not West Sussex.
Listen: "Meltdown Cloud" (box.net mp3)
Sacred Bones Records page is here.
(Free) download is here.

Out My Window by Koushik

Comment: downbeat bliss
Listen: "Be With" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "Nothing's The Same" (box.net mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Third by Portishead

Comment: a remarkable return (and the only major label artist on the list, sorry Beck)
Listen/Watch: "Machine Gun" (youtube)
Amazon MP3 page is here.

We Breed Champions by Royal Bangs

Comment: These guys crafted one of the best indie rock albums of the year even if my best friend can never remember their name. A good way to remember their name: it's a euphemism for sex with a monarch.
Listen: "Let's Get Even" (box.net mp3)
Audio Eagle page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.

Welcome by James Pants

Comment: The space funk album of the year
Listen: "Finger On The Knife" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "We're Through" (stones throw mp3)
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

WOMEN by Women

Comment: Canadian indie rock drenched in droney lofi goodness. SEE THEM LIVE. That is all.
Listen: "Lawncare" (box.net mp3)
Listen More: "Group Transport Hall" (jagjaguwar mp3)
Jagjaguwar page is here.
eMusic page is here

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- Panther covering The Silos... here. Listen: "justthismorning" (krs mp3)

- Best Of 2008: Captain's Dead's Top Ten Records... here.

- Best Of 2008: The Tape's 25 favorite songs... here.

- Best Of 2008: The Daily Growl's Top 20 albums... here.

- Best Of 2008: So Much Silence's Favorite albums... here.

- Vice Gives You The Gift Of Good Music... here.

VIDEO: This Note's For You By Neil Young And The Bluenotes

Below I embedded a vid I found on the new mtv-branded music video internet website. Julian Temple directed it and because it featured parodies of popular advertising campaigns it was temporarily banned by MTV. However this was not for long as it did win a "Best Video" VMA. Have I mentioned that this is Neil Young we are talking about.

Now, the one image in the video that perplexes me is when Joe Sixpack smacks the spokesmodel for Concession By Neil Young over the head. It just seems unnecessary. Homophobia was just very mainstream back in the late 80s, even for people making a countercultural point. Comparatively, pouring a softbeverage over the head of the flaming Michael Jackson impersonator, totally necessary.

Also, we have... say, this, and we just accept it. But you say: "they aren't getting me to drink their tasty yet extreme beverage by giving me a free mp3." Maybe not, but that's not the point. The point is the invasion of marketing into every fucking thing. But, I guess getting more kids to listen to Matt & Kim isn't a bad thing. Won't somebody please think about the children?

Anyway, enough rambling, Also...

Streamable: "This Note's For You" (mtvmusic)



If you dig the song, buy it (or the album used, hella cheap)... here.

Official site is here.
Myspace page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.

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- Check out a killer Paul Westerberg boot @ captain's dead... here.

- Listen to CFCF remix electronic thrashers Genghis Tron @ XXJFG... here.

- nyctaper's recording of Women's recent CMJ show at the Cake Shop (not this one) is available... here.

- MOKB posts AmpLive remixing the blogtastic Tapes 'n Tapes... here.

- Yae! Detailed Twang is back. Thanks to new host divShare. Check out UXA... here.

- Random BONUS mp3: "Rock Vs. Single Parents" (box.net mp3) by Mclusky

CMJ 2008 Liveblogging: Women

Wow, Women rock.

There's much less recorder grot when they play live. Damn. Fucking. Awesome.

Downloadable: "Sag Harbor Bridge" (box.net mp3)

Time to watch the lisps while oxford collapse setup.

TODAY: PTST CMJ Showcase

Are you taking the day off work today to check out Bagels & Beer? It's the Pop Tarts Suck Toasted showcase at Cake Shop. It starts at 12pm. It is free and you do not need a badge to get in. Sounds good to me.

Upstairs:
Matt Wilson @ 2:00pm
Kilgore Trout Is Dead @ 3:00pm
Princeton @ 4:00pm
The Lisps @ 5:00pm

Downstairs:
Brownwater @ 12:00pm
Hot Lava @ 12:45pm
The Secret Life Of Sofia @ 1:30pm
The Antlers @ 2:15pm
Bridges And Powerlines @ 3:00pm
Dan Friel @ 3:45pm
Women @ 4:30pm
Oxford Collapse @ 5:15pm

Totally Unrelated I'm Psyched To Broken Social Scene This Friday BONUS: "Handjob For The Holidays" (box.net mp3)

Lawncare By Women

So, one song my ipod keeps choosing to play of late is by Canadian lofindierockers Women. It is one of the harder tracks on their newish eponymous album. It is all beats and recorder grot. Oh, and that buried guitar line will probably get stuck in your head (in a good way), but only if you listen for it.

Downloadable: "Lawncare" (box.net mp3)

Jagjaguwar is here.
Flemish Eye is here.
eMusic page is here.
ptw (RIP) 'single file' is here.

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- Beatbots A/V Club has a recent recording of electrodroners Growing @ The Talking Head... here.

- There is a new new new Au Revoir Simone promomp3 @ Daily Rind Blog... here. Listen: "Lark (Ruff And Jam Remix)" (daily rind mp3)

- The Vivian Girls first long player (a relative term) is now available for your downloading pleasure, if your subscribe to eMusic that is... here. Get the CD... here or here. Preorder the LP... here or here. Listen: "Damaged" (box.net mp3)

- WFMU's Beware Of The Blog posts the latest freebie from the Free Music Archive. It's the Selected Sounds from the Free Music Archive Vol. 2 sampler CD, featuring... Sic Alps, Dälek, Illusion Of Safety, Indian Jewelry, Old Time Relijun, Black Pus, and (of course) Vivian Girls, among others... here. Oh and Vol. 1 is still available... here.

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.

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- 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???

The Jagjaguwar/Secretly Canadian/Dead Oceans Sampler Plate

Today I have prepared a nice sampler from the The Jagjaguwar/Secretly Canadian/Dead Oceans family of labels. Some are new, some are old, all are worth a listen.

"Walk Through A Cloud" (scjag mp3) by The Donkeys
"Dreaming Of The Plum Trees" (scjag mp3) by White Hinterland
"First Fantasy" (scjag mp3) by Citay
"A Picture Of Our Torn Up Praise" (scjag mp3) by Phosphorescent

More Dead Oceans mp3s are here.

"Hey!" (scjag mp3) by The Impossible Shapes
"Taking The Farm" (scjag mp3) by The War On Drugs
"I Guess I'll Forget The Sound, I Guess, I Guess" (scjag mp3) by Bodies Of Water

More Secretly Canadian mp3s are here.

"Nowhere's Nigh (edit)" (scjag mp3) by Parts & Labor
"Black Rice" (scjag mp3) by Women

Lots more Jagjaguwar mp3s are here.

Oh Shit! Don't Forget Yr Brah! Ack I totally forgot side label Brah. Remember what they say... "If it doesn't suck, it's probably not on Brah."

"Preteen Weaponry (edit)" (scjag mp3) by Oneida
"Wicked Stepson" (scjag mp3) by The Dirty Faces

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- New Old New Jay Reatard... "See/Saw" (matador mp3) + his new singles comp deets are here.

- Raven Sings The Blues about Nothing People... here.

- SUCKAPANTS posts The Morning Benders and some great Critical Mass shots... here.

Black Rice By Women

Women the debut eponymous album by Canandian rockers Women is both lo-fi and epic sounding at the same time. It was recorded on "ghettoblasters and old tape machines". It probably deserves some attention from you.

Downloadables:
"Black Rice" (flemish eye mp3)
"Group Transport Hall" (flemish eye mp3)

Flemish Eye page is here.
eMusic page is here.
ptw 'single file' is here.
"Black Rice" forkcast is here.

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- Maybe you saw the new Takka Takka, here or here or here. You can also find it here: "Everybody Say" (daily rind blog mp3). Speaking of Daily Rind mp3s, here's the new Dr. Dog single: "The Ark" (daily rind blog mp3)

- WFMU's Beware Of The Blog has the whole noisy Times New Viking set from the other day... here.

- What does this mean?? Paint some tunes up Mario-style. Find out... here.

- Free Naxos Early Music comp @ Amazon... here.

- NYCtaper has a boot of the July 1 Feelies reunion show... here.

- Wait, Zach de la Rocha is going to put out an EP? The deets are... here.

- Here's a song I never got around to posting... "Sunrises" (now we are free mp3) by Yeasayer

- The new Contrast Podcast is... like... "Hot". Get it... here.