
Here is some rock and roll for end of your Summer. Downloadable/Streamable: Late Summer Rock 2010 (soundcloud) Tracklisting: 1. Born Stoked (mp3) by Wet Illustrated 2. Dogma Sheen (mp3) by Coin Under Tongue 3. If It Feels Alright (mp3) by Woven Bones 4. Even If It Worked Out (mp3) by Cloud Nothings 5. I Don't Believe You (mp3) [...]

We are very excited here at GIMME TINNITUS world headquarters as we premiere the first official (non-demo/non-cover) Magnetic Island track. On this track, Magnetic Island core members Lisa Liu and SMV are playing with Nikkie McLeod of Telenovela Star on percussion and TJ Richards of Calves a/k/a The Boy With The Ice Cream Face on guitar. The song is entitled Subterfuge and finds Magnetic Island shying away from the ( Helium -esque) noise rock side of things and into a dark indie pop region. They also [...]

Wow, is it time for the next installment of the Best Downloadables series? Yes, it is. What can I say? I guess there are a lot of great songs being put out this year. You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page or just download the tracks. Listen... Downloadables: Jennifer Hills (mp3) by Day of the Woman Shark's Tooth (mp3) by Archie Bronson Outfit [...]

Wow, is it time for the next installment of the Best Downloadables series? Yes, it is. What can I say? I guess there are a lot of great songs being put out this year. You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page or just download the tracks. Listen... Downloadables: Jennifer Hills (mp3) by Day of the Woman Shark's Tooth (mp3) by Archie Bronson Outfit [...]

. Here are mp3s by some artists playing live this week: mp3: "History Lessons" by Dinosaur Feathers (Tuesday) mp3: "Stand Where I Can See You" by She Keeps Bees (Wednesday) mp3: "I'm An Animal" by Shark? (Thursday) mp3: "L'amour (Or Less)" by Mancino (Thursday) mp3: "Fifty Fourtenners" by Milagres (formerly The Secret Life Of Sofia) (Thursday) mp3: "A Dream" (Lou Reed & John Cale) by Magnetic Island (Friday) mp3: "Short [...]

(image via getglucky : via typicalgirls ) We post and reblog news and notable items on a fairly regular basis on our Tumblr . Here's a sample of what's been featured there recently: NY-Centric: Gimme Tinnitus asked Magnetic Island some questionds The Deli Magazine's Best Of NYC Fest will be May 13-15 Shark? is getting ready to record their first full-length album and could use your help, via Kickstarter [...]

Here is the next installment in out continuing interview series q and also a . These are the answers from Lisa of Magnetic Island (and formerly Renminbi )... q: What is the last song you (really) heard? a: Actually, a new Magnetic Island tune we rehearsed for the first time the other night. I was listening back to the tape to see how it's sounding. Listen: Summer Phase (Demo) (mp3) q: What is your [...]

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. Here are mp3s by some artists playing live this week: mp3: "It Goes (Home)" by The Art Of Shooting (Tuesday) mp3: "Rollin' Wheel" by Raccoon Fighter (Friday) mp3: "Kiss The Lawn Goodbye" by Spanish Prisoners (Friday) mp3: "Stand Where I Can See You" by She Keeps Bees (Friday) mp3: "Short Name" by Pet Ghost Project (Friday) mp3: "Katsopolis" by Serica Ux (Friday) mp3: "Bell" by Screaming Females (Friday) [...]

We'd been fans of Renminbi for a number of years. And in the last year or two, we worked with them on a a few shows. So we were quite interested when the two primary members of the band recently announced they were getting rid of their name and reorganizing as Magnetic Island , seemingly both a new project and a continuation of the duo's musical evolution. The new group will be playing their first show this Saturday, March 13th, at Fort Useless (presented by StereoactiveNYC); following are a few questions we asked, answered by [...]

. Here are mp3s by some artists playing live this week: mp3: "Go" by Gold Streets (Monday) mp3: "Over the Balcony" by Quiet Loudly (Monday) mp3: "Filthy And Free" by Shilpa Ray And Her Happy Hookers (Wednesday) mp3: "Blame Love" by Boy Genius (Thursday) mp3: "Future Tense" by Diehard (Thursday) mp3: "Summer Jam" by Miniboone (Thursday) mp3: "Rest For Now" by Scrambler Seequill (Thursday) mp3: "I Am [...]

So, Renminbi has changed their name to Magnetic Island . The band plans to release songs more frequently (basically right after they are mastered) instead of waiting until they have the traditional 10-12 tracks for an album. This is their first release under their new moniker, a cover of a Lou Reed and John Cale track from the Songs For Drella concept album. Listen... Downloadable: A Dream (mp3) If you followed @renminbinyc , hearing this song should explain those [...]