It's time again to look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the July 2010 Mix and find out. Downloadables: Airbrushed (mp3) by Anamanaguchi (d/l the Summer 2010 Singles @ anamanaguchi.com ) Dead Youth (mp3) by The Sundelles I Don't Mind It (mp3) by Screaming Females For Ash (mp3) by [...]

It's time again to look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the May 2010 Mix and find out. Downloadables: Message From Limbo (mp3) by Marie Stella Meat Step Lively (mp3) by Thee Oh Sees Ace (Demo) (mp3) by The Big Sleep Fort Awesome (mp3) by Motico Dick [...]

Woah, 2010 was a pretty awesome year for music. This here post is evidence of that fact. What follows is a compilation of all the tracks that have been stuck in my head all year long. Definitely check out the top 20 tracks, but also make sure you scroll through the whole list. Perhaps there is something down there that you missed (maybe)? Or to put it in terms that are "so 20103, these songs are full of epic win . This is my largest year end list yet (last year's list is [...]

Just noticed this instrumental Motico track on their revamped website . Listen. Downloadable: From Here to Obscurity (mp3) There should be some new Motico vinyl in the near future. Motico is on the internet Motico is on Myspace Motico is on Soundcloud Motico is on elbo.ws BONUS: Career Open to Talent (mp3)

I almost can't believe it's time for the next installment of the Best Downloadables series. You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page or download any of the tracks at your leisure. Listen. Downloadables: Message From Limbo (mp3) by Marie Stella Awake but Not Aware (mp3) by Girls in the Eighties I Hate The 80's (mp3) by The Vaselines [...]

Matt & Chris of Motico sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of q and also a . q: What is the last song you (really) heard? m: If This Gun Were Real (I Could Shoot You and Sleep in the Big Bed with Mommy) (no mp3, sorry) by Mr. Anus and Mr. Horribly-Charred Infant a/k/a Happy Flowers c: Dick Move (mp3) by Cobretti q: [...]

Welcome to part one of GIMME TINNITUS' Best Songs Of The Aughts where we look back on the best songs of 2000-2004. Back when all the "best of the decade" whoopla started earlier this year (with Pitchfork's Best Of ), I began thinking about the songs I would have blogged about had I actually been blogging (or let's say posting about music on an angelfire page) way back in 2000. I sifted through many tracks to come up with this list, and I hope it helps you reconnect with some tracks you may have forgotten [...]

Just what was July 2008 like? It was a little like this... Downloadables: Nowheres Nigh (mp3) by Parts & Labor Let It All Go (mp3) by Jay Reatard Africa Just Wants To Have Fun (mp3) by Volcano Antoine And Birdskull (mp3) by Jaguar Love The Kicking Machine (mp3) by Melvins Keep It Wolf (hello sir [...]

Time to kick back and reflect. Let's look back to one year ago... The McLaughlin Group (mp3) by Andrew WK The Melody (mp3) by The Mae Shi Low On Air (birdman mp3) by Monkeywrench Widow Of My Dreams (Live) (mp3) by Obits Who's Lady R U? (mp3) by The Night Marchers All Remote and No Control [...]

Two more Motico H4 recordings have appeared on the interweb. If you don't know the duo's brand of SKINNG GRRR postpunk, then you need to listen to the mp3 below. Downloadables: "A Career Open to Talent" (box.net mp3) "Floss Picks Dix" (box.net mp3) Editor's Note: I went with the Big Black reference above. But now I (kinda) think that I should have said... "I refer to Motico as Motico Of North America when I am feeling pompous." If you got the Big Black [...]

I have been seeing boxes everywhere. First I saw these two. @ Union Square L Track Then I saw this one. @ 14th and 3rd AND the I saw what has been called "Yellow Tape Box" (in The L Magazine's Best Of NY ) @ 12th and 3rd (I think) [...]

And now a couple of mp3 from Athens posthardcore outfit We Versus The Shark . Hey, at least they didn't come in dead last in that NPR poll . Downloadables: "Keep It Wolf" (hello sir mp3) "I Am A Caffeinated Corpse" (box.net mp3) Myspace page is here . Hello Sir Records is here . Quote Unquote is here . Free Covers Project, Murmurmur is here . Emusic page is here . Consider CLICKing - Can [...]

Here is the draft of the Low Scores remix of "Nude" that was gonna be crafted into a Day Of The Woman remix, but well, that's not gonna happen as deadlines were missed. The track is classic Low Scores. Downloadable: "Nude (Low Scores Remix)" (box.net mp3) Myspace page is here . Last.fm page is here . Radiohead is here . NUDE REM/X is here . Consider Clicking - Don't forget to check out the April 2007 Mix [...]
I finally got around to skimming the The L Magazine's 8 NYC Bands You Need To Hear issue. Here is a quick review of the bands featured (with links and when available, mp3s). High Places have been buzzed and blogged about for awhile now (47 posts here ). I am really liking them, although as I was listen to them the other day I was told by a fellow listener "I don't think I could listen to too much of this. It is too cute." AND this from someone who likes [...]

Brooklyn's own Motico have started recording again. They have some riff-crammed mp3s up at their myspace page . Be be forewarned... They have no tags. Nooooooooo ! Here are two tracks with tags intact (I hope). Downloadables: "The French Revolution" (box.net mp3) "Hopper" (box.net mp3) Myspace page is here . Not I Records has no web presence (that I know of). Consider Clicking - Illegal Art is releasing a retrospective of influential DJ [...]

So Matador dropped a two track mp3 from the new new new Times New Viking ... here . Dig it: "(My Head)/R.I.P. Allegory" (matador mp3) This is what the new album, Rip It Off will look like: Myspace page is here . Matador page is here . Emusic page is here . Consider Clicking - I Rock Cleveland has the new Times New Viking mp3... here (hey wait [...]

Wow, Thurston Moore is my favorite new singer-songwriter. Downloadable: "Fri/End" (mp3) (source: insound ) Myspace page is (sorta) here . Sonic Youth is here . Thurston's dotsonic's page (Protest Records) is here . Emusic page is here . Protest Records' Sonic Youth freebie BONUS: "Youth Against Fascism" (mp3) Consider Clicking - Motico is back. New gigs soon. More info at Jimmylegs ... here . Listen: "Short Term Effects" (mp3) - [...]

Just read about soundproofing over at the blog Got the Jimmy Legs ... here . This makes me hopeful that there will be some new Motico in the foreseeable future. Download some old three-piece Motico: "Gotta Be In It To Win It" (mp3) Unrelated BONUS link... Prefix reports that Sub Pop founder Jonathan Poneman is starting a new label, Hardly Art . More at Prefix... here and at the Sub Pop News Channel... here .