Fuck yeah! Go team!

HOT TRAXXX: Black Bananas - Rad Times [MP3]

2012-01-24T13:52:00.000-08:00

MP3: Black Bananas - Rad Times

Hot Zapp-g-funk-tastic Batman! Jennifer Herrema sure brings the party—and what better way to kick off 2012? Enjoy!

Lower Dens - Brains [MP3]

2012-01-17T11:13:00.000-08:00

MP3: Lower Dens - Brains

A new Lower Dens album in 2012? That's great news! They're calling it Nootropics and Ribbon Music is going to release it May 1st! But first - a single! "Brains" is the first peek of this highly anticipated beast and it will debut as a double 10" (with album track "Propagation" and b-side "Hours" along for the ride) which you can pre-order now - that's the art for it above.

Sounds coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!

Six ps [VIDEO]

2012-01-16T14:08:00.000-08:00

A new year of posting begins now, fuckers. I've basically been listening to this song at least five times a day for the past month. It's oddly intoxicating and addicting. Enjoy.

FUCK YEAH! GO TEAM!'s BEST OF 2011

2012-01-11T11:39:00.000-08:00

Yeah it's sort of late, you don't need to be a dick about it. Besides, it ain't official until we make it so!

THE BEST OF 2011

JOEY GANTNER

1. Future Islands - On the Water (Thrill Jockey)

2. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse (Drag City)
3. Saviours - Death's Procession (Kemado)
4. The Spits - The Spits V (In the Red)
5. Colleen Green - Green One (Hardly Art) / Cujo (Art Fag)
6. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring for My Halo (Matador)
7. Bleached - Francis (Ooga Booga) / Carter (Art Fag) / Searching Through the Past (Suicide Squeeze)
8. Marissa Nadler - s/t (Box of Cedar)
9. Black Lips - Arabia Mountain (Vice)
10. Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost (True Panther)
11. Destroyer - Kaputt (Merge)
12. Colin Stetson - New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges (Constellation)
13. Little Wings - Black Grass (Rad)
14. The Babies - s/t (Shrimper)
15. Grouper - A I A : Alien Observer/ A I A : Dream Loss (Yellow Electric)
16. The Men - Leave Home (Sacred Bones)
17. Woods - Sun and Shade (Woodsist)
18. Black Pus - Primordial Pus (Load)
19. Pure X - Pleasure (Acéphale)
20. Pangea - Living Dummy (Burger)
21. Run DMT - Dreams (Culture Dealer)
22. Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats - Blood Lust (Rise Above)
23. Wooden Shjips - West (Thrill Jockey)
24. Veronica Falls - s/t (Slumberland)
25. White Life - s/t (Ehse)

MATTHEW GIORDANO

1. The Men - Leave Home
2. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse
3. The Skull Defekts - Peer Amid
4. Peter Bjorn and John - Gimme Some
5. Saviours - Death's Procession
6. Paper - Mischmasch
7. Wooden Shjips - West
8. True Widow - As High As the Highest Heavens and from the Center to the Circumference of the Earth
9. Jonathan Johansson - Klagomuren
10. M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
11. All Fox - Peaceful Heart

HOT TRAXXX: Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless

2011-12-28T09:21:00.000-08:00

MP3: Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless

Holy shit - Cloud Nothings went from a really cool band to something truly special in the blink of an eye! I saw them earlier in the year and it was a hell of time, and goddamn this new album is everything you would want it to be. "Stay Useless" is easily Attack on Memory's centerpiece, a total rock song with Dylan Baldi hitting some chill inducing notes, all masterfully recorded by the great Steve Albini.

It sounds fresh, exciting and most importantly enduring, something that I hope becomes the trend in 2012 - now with the added pressure of the bar being set so high by January's Attack on Memory. Don't miss it.

Pure X - Surface [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-12-20T15:21:00.000-08:00

MP3: Pure X - Surface

Pure X
"Surface"
Pleasure
Acéphale 2011
Director: Malcolm Elijah

While putting together my best of 2011 list (coming Friday!), I've been looking a lot at Pleasure, the LP by Pure X. I didn't listen to it as much as I should've this year, which I'm trying to make up for now, but it's really a hell of a record, you know?

These are essential '11 jams, children.

Colin Stetson - Those Who Didn't Run [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-12-19T12:34:00.000-08:00

MP3: Colin Stetson - Those Who Didn't Run

Colin Stetson

"Those Who Didn't Run"

Those Who Didn't Run

Constellation 2011

Director: Isaac Gale

FUCK YEAH: Personal and the Pizzas - Diet, Crime & Delinquency [MP3]

2011-12-15T12:27:00.000-08:00

MP3: Personal and the Pizzas - Diet, Crime & Delinquency

Heyyyyyy look who's back in town, huh?

Marissa Nadler - In Your Lair, Bear [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-12-14T11:29:00.000-08:00

MP3: Marissa Nadler - In Your Lair, Bear

Marissa Nadler
"In Your Lair, Bear"
Marissa Nadler
Box of Cedar Records 2011
Director: Alec K. Redfearn

FUCK YEAH: Poor Sons - Scales [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-12-14T07:57:00.000-08:00

MP3: Poor Sons - Scales

Poor Sons
"Scales"
Dunes
Burger Records/Under the Gun Records 2011
Director: Poor Sons

Besides owning this on tape, you can and should download their ep for free right here. It rules.

Catwalk - Christmas Don't Be Late [MP3]

2011-12-13T14:09:00.000-08:00

MP3: Catwalk - Christmas Don't Be Late

Not sure if we'll post any ~~X-Men~~X-Mas tunes beyond this, but today's selection is certainly a keeper.

I had never heard any Catwalk before this Chipmunks cover, but dude's (tiny) back catalogue is just as great as this song, so track it down.

Bleached - Electric Chair [MP3]

2011-12-12T13:04:00.000-08:00

MP3: Bleached - Electric Chair

Did you hear this one yet?

It's the b-side to Bleached's newest single Searching Through the Past. "Electric Chair" sees them cross the finish line after a fine debut year, bringing their count to three quality 7 inches.

Thanks dudes - for the hits!

Colleen Green - Live on WMBR [ZIP/MP3]

2011-12-09T08:23:00.001-08:00

ZIP: Colleen Green - Live on WMBR

MP3s:

01. I Wanna Be Degraded

02. Only One

03. Mike

04. Darkest Eyes

05. Worship You

Colleen Green was cool enough to play on the radio for my birthday this morning, wasn't that nice of her? She also played 2 new songs ("Only One" and "Darkest Eyes") which sounded real dank.

So I ripped the session after it wrapped, as a gift to myself. There was a lot of chatting not found in my edit, so if that's your thang you can find the whole thing somewhere in here. Enjoy yourself!

Tennis - Origins [MP3] + Deep in the Woods [VIDEO]

2011-12-07T11:52:00.001-08:00

MP3: Tennis - Origins

Tennis
"Deep in the Woods"
Origins
Forest Family Records 2011
Directors: Scott Laidlaw & Frank Rinaldi

BONUS: Enjoy an mp3 of the a side - "Origins", which will appear on their forthcoming LP2 Young and Old on Fat Possum. Excited for this one, as the group seems to have amplified everything that was charming about them and abandoned the lackluster songwriting that plagued their last effort Cape Dory, preventing it from becoming anything memorable.

FUCK YEAH: King Blood - End of a Primitive [MP3]

2011-12-07T08:22:00.001-08:00

MP3: King Blood - End of a Primitive

Richie Records recently announced that they will be delivering the next King Blood record to a thirsty world sometime in early 2012. "Terrific" is the phrase I'd most likely use in response to that delightful bit of news.

Until I can jam that, here is a selection from 2010's impossible to find Eyewash Silver.

Summer Twins - I Don't Care [MP3]

2011-12-06T13:30:00.001-08:00

MP3: Summer Twins - I Don't Care

While the Summer Twins' self titled debut is out already in Japan, I don't have enough gas to make it to a record store there. Good thing Burger Records is releasing it next month in the states! Apparently the US pressing will be with different artwork and completely remastered - sounds killer!

Enjoy "I Don't Care", a tasty delight from the album itself and download their very great EP The Good Things for free if you haven't already.

The Best Song Ever: I Walked With a Zombie [MP3]

2011-12-06T10:39:00.001-08:00

MP3: Roky Erickson & the Aliens - I Walked With a Zombie

The skies became seas, and the unsuspecting world below was left to drown in a flood of evil.

Gauntlet Hair - Top Bunk [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-11-30T10:21:00.001-08:00

MP3: Gauntlet Hair - Top Bunk

Gauntlet Hair
"Top Bunk"
Gauntlet Hair
Dead Oceans 2011
Director: Neighborhood Watch

HOT TRAXXX: Charli XCX - Nuclear Seasons [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-11-23T07:25:00.001-08:00

MP3: Charli XCX - Nuclear Seasons

Charli XCX
"Nuclear Seasons"
Nuclear Seasons (Single)
This Is Music 2011
Director: Ryan Andrews

Sharon Van Etten - Serpents [MP3]

2011-11-23T07:19:00.001-08:00

MP3: Sharon Van Etten - Serpents

Today brings the first taste of Sharon Van Etten's forthcoming LP3 (and Jagjaguwar debut) Tramp. Can't wait for this one, SVE's epic was one of last year's best and she totally fucking ripped when I saw her back in January or whenever it was.

Good to know that the winter will be a bit more bearable on February 7th, when Tramp is released. Sounds toasty.

Black Lips - Raw Meat [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-11-21T12:58:00.001-08:00

MP3: Black Lips - Raw Meat

Black Lips
"Raw Meat"
Arabia Mountain
Vice Records 2011
Director: Phil Pinto

FUCK YEAH: Some Girls - Various hits [MP3]

2011-11-11T10:19:00.001-08:00

MP3: Some Girls - Up to Our Hips

MP3: Some Girls - I Need Drugs

MP3: Some Girls - Deathface

So glad to hear about the American Nightmare reunions, but I fuckin' miss this band a ton more I think.

Have great weekend, apes.

FUCK YEAH: Wooden Shjips - Phonograph [MP3]

2011-11-10T09:36:00.001-08:00

MP3: Wooden Shjips - Phonograph

Here's an outtake from West by Wooden Shjips, that originally appeared as a bonus 7 inch included in the LP, but now has been released widely.

It's a business as usual track for the dudes, and business is gooood.

FUCK NO: Die Antwoord

2011-11-08T06:38:00.001-08:00

Longtime readers of the blog may be surprised that it look this long to finally acknowledge these purveyors of aural cud. As easy as they were to ignore the hype marketers began their push, they're statements pertaining to their upcoming record need to be translated, knowing how hard it may be for English speakers to pick out their Afrikaans lyrics. Their statements appear italicized below, with the translation underneath.

So anyway... Interscope offered us a bunch of money again to release our new album TEN$ION.

This is simple: Interscope/UMG paid for the recording of the new album.

But this time, they also tried to get involved with our music, to try and make us sound like everyone else out there at the moment.

Upon hearing the finished product, the executives asked if we could possibly make it listenable. We asked them to explain further. To paraphrase a near half-hour diatribe on what makes something listenable and referring to it as commercial rap's "Lulu" we found ourselves rather taken aback by their lack of faith in our "masterpiece"—they even suggested firing that blonde thing and replacing her with Rihanna. Fools, they are! We're making the music of the future we responded, and they had the gall to retort that the record sounded like a mixture of all of the worst rap songs of 2008.

So we said: 'U know what, rather hang on to your money, buy yourself something nice...we gonna do our own thing. Bye bye'

Mr. Record Executive wrote off the album expense, tore up our contract and even gave us the album. He said "Good luck even trying to give this to the toilet or the rubbish heap".

David Bowie Fridays: Warszawa

2011-11-04T08:57:00.000-07:00

MP3: David Bowie - Warszawa

Has the legend returned????!?!

Enjoy.

Real Estate - It's Real [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-11-04T08:50:00.000-07:00

MP3: Real Estate - It's Real

Real Estate
"It's Real"
Days
Domino 2011
Director: Weird Days

NSFW: Jacuzzi Boys - Glazin' [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-11-04T08:34:00.000-07:00

MP3: Jacuzzi Boys - Glazin'

Jacuzzi Boys
"Glazin'"
Glazin'
Hardly Art 2011
Directors: "6 girls (and one tiny dog)"

HOT TRAXXX: Mazzy Star - Common Burn [MP3]

2011-11-04T07:36:00.000-07:00

MP3: Mazzy Star - Common Burn

The thing about successfully ripping off a band's style is that it makes the listener yearn for the original so much more. Sadly though the Ramones are dead and Black Sabbath is too old, too sober and too rich.

Mazzy Star, however, are still spring chickens and with their reform comes the "Common Burn" single, which finds them sounding better than ever while managing to take a shit all over everyone who copped their sound.

Death to false shoegaze. Welcome home, soldiers.

High Places - Sonora [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-11-03T13:43:00.000-07:00

MP3: High Places - Sonora

High Places
"Sonora"
Original Colors
Thrill Jockey 2011
Director: Keith Musil

On tour:
Fri Nov 4       - Los Angeles, CA - The Smell - Post Present Medium (PPM) Ten Year Anniversary Celebration
Tue Nov 8     - Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie
Thu Nov 10 - Baltimore, MD - Softhouse w/Purity Ring
Fri Nov 11      - Ann Arbor, MI - WCBN presents w/Damned Dogs at the Halfass
Sun Nov 13 - Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme w/Memoryhouse
Mon Nov 14 - Toronto, ON - Garrison
Tue Nov 15      - Montreal, QC - Il Motore
Fri Nov 18      - Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands

Fri Nov 25      - Madrid, Spain - Primavera Club
Sat Nov 26      - Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Club
Tue Nov 29      - London, UK - Plan B
Wed Nov 30 - Paris, France - Batofar
Thu Dec 1       - Kortrijk, Belgium - De Kreun
Fri Dec 2       - Koeln, Germany - Week-End Festival
Sat Dec 3       - Berlin, Germany - HAU 2
Sun Dec 4       - Prague, Czech Republic - Meet Factory
Mon Dec 5       - Vienna, Austria - B72
Tue Dec 6       - Muenchen, Germany - Feierwerk
Wed Dec 7       - Luzern, Switzerland - Suedpol
Thu Dec 8       - Yverdon, Switzerland - Amalgame
Fri Dec 9 - Torino, Italy - Spazio 211
Sat Dec 10      - Bologna, Italy - Locomotiv
Sun Dec 11      - Bourogne, France - Generiq Festival
Tue Dec 13      - Den Haag, Netherlands - State-X New Forms Festival
Wed Dec 14- Amsterdam, Netherlands - OT301
Fri Dec 16      - Lisbon, Portugal - ZDB
Sat Dec 17      - Guimaraes, Portugal - CCVF

FUCK YEAH: The Spits - All I Want [MP3]

2011-11-02T09:48:00.000-07:00

MP3: The Spits - All I Want

Everyone's favorite band of mutants with more self-titled albums then Weezer has returned with the glory of a half-decade. Sometimes it's hard to pick a track so rock out to the album opener. Enjoy.

EMA - Angelo [MP3]

2011-11-01T11:04:00.000-07:00

MP3: EMA - Angelo

Souterrain Transmissions, clearly with an eye for no-brainers, is releasing a new EMA single for Past Life Martyred Saints gold metal hit "Marked". It also comes backed with new song "Angelo", which you can download here (NOTE: I will update with a better quality mp3 once it becomes available to me).

The single is available digitally now and becomes physical on November 21st. Make your dreams come true.

The Beach Boys - Smile [GIVEAWAY]

2011-11-01T09:35:00.000-07:00

Hey guys I've got a 2CD copy of the looooooong awaited Smile by The Beach Boys to giveaway and even a t-shirt too!

If you are a United States resident just email me at unicorntastic@gmail.com with your name, shirt size, email and mailing address and in one week (Nov 8) a winner will be chosen, at random of course.

Good luck! Need more details on this killer album? Keep reading:

The long awaited release of the Brian Wilson and Beach Boys masterpiece, SMiLE Sessions. With the full participation of original Beach Boys Al Jardine, Mike Love, and Brian Wilson, Capitol/EMI has, for the first time, collected and compiled the band's legendary 1966-'67 sessions for the never-completed SMiLE album. Rolling Stone magazine recently called SMiLE "the most famous unfinished album in rock & roll history."

In several sessions between the summer of 1966 and early 1967, The Beach Boys recorded a bounty of songs and drafts for an album, SMiLE, that was intended to follow the band's 1966 album, Pet Sounds. The master tapes were ultimately shelved, and The Beach Boys' SMiLE has never been released. Drawn from the original masters, SMiLE Sessions presents an in-depth overview of The Beach Boys' recording sessions for the enigmatic album, which has achieved legendary, mythical status for music fans around the world.

SMiLE Sessions physical and digital configurations include an assembled collection of core session tracks, while the box set delves much deeper into the sessions, adding early song drafts, alternate takes, instrumental and vocals-only mixes, and studio chatter. SMiLE Sessions invites the listener into the studio to experience the album's creation, with producer, singer and bassist Brian Wilson's vision leading the way as he guides his fellow Beach Boys, singer Mike Love, drummer Dennis Wilson, lead guitarist Carl Wilson, rhythm guitarist Al Jardine, and newest member Bruce Johnston (who'd replaced Brian Wilson in the touring group during 1965), through the legendary sessions.

Artwork for all of the SMiLE Sessions physical and digital configurations has been created with and inspired by Beat-Pop artist Frank Holmes' original 1967 LP sleeve art and booklet designs intended for the SMiLE album. With its three-dimensional shadowbox lid, The SMiLE Sessions box set offers a whimsical peek inside the storied "SMiLE Shop."

Box Set Content
- 5 CDs / 2LPs / 2 7" singles
- Three-dimensional shadow box lid featuring the original artwork of Frank Holmes.
- The Box Set measures 13" x 13" x 2.5"
- 60 page case bound book features liner notes by:
Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, Frank Holmes, Peter Reum, Tom Nolan, Domenic Priore

Anecdotes by:
Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford, Diane Rovell, Dean Torrence, Mark Volman, Michael Vosse, David Anderle, Danny Hutton
Timeline
Sessionography
Lyrics
Frank Holmes drawings
Producer's Notes
More than 60 previously unreleased photos

Box also contains:
- 6 panel folder holding 5 CDs and singles. Features photos of original session tape boxes.
- 7" vinyl singles
- "Heroes and Villians" in sleeve art
- "Vega-Tables" in sleeve art
- Gatefold 2 LPs
- Features full tracklisting of proposed unfinished album +
- Stereo mixes and session highlights (not available on CDs)
- 12" x 12" booklet created for original release features:
- Photos by Guy Webster
- Drawings by Frank Holmes
- 24" x 36" poster of Frank Holmes cover art

Purchase link for the SMiLE Sessions Light Up Box Set:
http://www.merchdirect.com/TheBeachBoys/Combos/Limited_SMiLE_LIGHT_UP_Box_Set?productid=14651
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebeachboys

Glass Candy - Halloween [MP3/VIDEO]

2011-10-31T09:45:00.001-07:00

MP3: Glass Candy - Halloween

I was going to say it, but Glass Candy seems to be getting the message across better than I ever could. Have fun tonight!

HOT TRAXXX: Veronica Maggio - Jag Kommer [MP3]

2011-10-24T15:54:00.000-07:00

MP3: Veronica Maggio - Jag Kommer

It's been awhile Swedish pop. So much so that we've been beginning to miss one another. Some of it maybe due to Laakso not releasing anything new in way too long, or even Marit Bergman just not reaching the heights of Baby Dry Your Eye in subsequent releases. But hot goddamn (and emphasize the hot)—the new Veronica Maggio hits the spot. Totally awesome pop music by a total babe. Enjoy.

Wild Flag - Electric Band [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-10-24T14:15:00.000-07:00

MP3: Wild Flag - Electric Band

Wild Flag
"Electric Band"
Wild Flag
Merge Records 2011
Directors: Andrew Ellmaker & Lara Gallagher

Devon Williams - Revelations [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-10-20T05:36:00.000-07:00

MP3: Devon Williams - Revelations

Devon Williams
"Revelations"
Euphoria
Slumberland Records 2011
Director: Michael Cullen

Class Actress - Weekend [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-10-19T06:42:00.000-07:00

MP3: Class Actress - Weekend

Class Actress
"Weekend"
Rapprocher
Carpark Records 2011
Director: Bek Andersen

HOT TRAXXX: Future Islands - Give Us the Wind [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-10-18T13:08:00.000-07:00

MP3: Future Islands - Give Us the Wind

Future Islands
"Give Us the Wind"
On the Water
Thrill Jockey 2011
Director: Mike Anderson

FUCK YEAH: Witch Tapes [MP3]

2011-10-18T10:40:00.000-07:00

MP3: Witch - Rip Van Winkle

MP3: Witch - Eye

Burger Records continues their greasy winning streak with the cassette release of the 2 (very awesome) albums by Witch. Limited to 250 copies each, snag em now!

Oh, and also enjoy a song from each album.

HOT TRAXXX: Bleached - Searching Through the Past [MP3]

2011-10-17T14:59:00.000-07:00

MP3: Bleached - Searching Through the Past

Bleached are back with their best A-Side yet: "Searching Through the Past" jangles into your heart and infects it with a gleeful disease, until you die of murderous joy - except that it kind of sounds nothing like that at all.

Searching Through the Past is out December 6th on 7 inch/digital via Suicide Squeeze, of all labels.

True Widow - Bathyscaphe [MP3]

2011-10-10T11:52:00.000-07:00

MP3: True Widow - Bathyscaphe

Usually this would be a good fall post. True Widow make that perfect autumn drone you want to hear while sipping on pumpkin beers and wearing long sleeves, but it's almost 80 degrees outside. What kind of bullshit is that?

I.N.O. is out now on Kemado.

GO TEAM: Kelly Hangauer - I Can Almost Feel [MP3]

2011-10-06T10:35:00.000-07:00

MP3: Kelly Hangauer - I Can Almost Feel

My former Ladyparts bandmate Kelly Hangauer has finally embraced the internet, and I feel like if it doesn't embrace him back we're going to lose him.

He's hard at work on a semester in Prague, recording some new tracks along the way including the 5 day old "I Can Almost Feel". He probably hates the song by now, but I loved it and I just wanted to say that I miss him and I hope he's having a blast.

Keep up with him on his Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/huntersandgatherers

The Best Song Ever: Nasty Gal [MP3]

2011-10-04T12:23:00.000-07:00

MP3: Betty Davis - Shut Off the Light

MP3: Betty Davis - This Is It!

Well yeah, it's just that kind of day.

The Best Song Ever: Live Neil Edition [MP3]

2011-10-03T14:41:00.001-07:00

MP3: Neil Young - Tonight's the Night

MP3: Neil Young - After the Gold Rush

This week is going to be crazy - just sayin' is all. Here's 2 from this Live in Chicago 1992 deal that was going around the download blogs last week.

Colin Stetson - The End of Your Suffering [STREAM]

2011-09-30T09:27:00.000-07:00

If you've got 10 minutes to be blown away, try out this new Colin Stetson track. "The End of Your Suffering" appears on the 2 track Those Who Didn't Run 10 inch, out next week via Constellation Records.

Girls - B-Sides II [MP3]

2011-09-30T07:52:00.000-07:00

MP3: Girls - Love Life

MP3: Girls - Martina Martinez

Another album, another round of genius Girls b-sides.

SEE ALSO: Girls B-Sides, Live at KDHK

Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread [VIDEO/MP3]

2011-09-30T07:38:00.000-07:00

MP3: Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread

Ty Segall
"Goodbye Bread"
Goodbye Bread
Drag City 2011
Director: Matt Yoka

Deerhunter - Rhythm + Colorscale [MP3]

2011-09-29T10:29:00.000-07:00

MP3: Deerhunter - Rhythm

MP3: Deerhunter - Colorscale

It's been a rainy couple of days and when that's the case you usually go running to your old favorites. Here are the 2 Japanese bonus tracks for Deerhunter's Halcyon Digest. I know we keep posting outtakes for that album, but we really are excited for BC's new Atlas Sound album. This is just how we get through the pain of not having a copy of it yet. One day, in 2012, we'll all look back on this post and laugh at it, but not today. Enjoy.

Wooden Shjips - Lazy Bones [VIDEO]

2011-09-27T13:57:00.000-07:00

Directed by Black Dice.

(via Brooklyn Vegan)

Witch Gardens - Rain Delay [MP3/VIDEO]

2011-09-27T12:19:00.000-07:00

MP3: Witch Gardens - Rain Delay

There is nothing out there that sounds like the kind of good that Witch Gardens is. Rain Delay b/w Goodbye Ball is their newest 7 inch and it's out October 25th on Highfives and Handshakes.

Twin Sister - Gene Ciampi [MP3]

2011-09-26T11:31:00.000-07:00

MP3: Twin Sister - Gene Ciampi

That new Twin Sister record In Heaven sure is nice, but let's go ahead and take a look at some bonus (and completely album-unrelated) images from cover artist/genius Jonny Negron. Enjoy.

Bleached - Think of You [VIDEO]

2011-09-26T08:59:00.001-07:00

Neat film for the Bleached track "Think of You" from the Carter 7 inch. Old news, but still cool. Cameos galore that may interest you if you're into California.

FUCK YEAH: Applebees

2011-09-16T13:12:00.000-07:00

MP3: Mean Jeans - Forever Young

Tonight's the night! The whole team is excited for the long awaited Mean Jeans show at Don Pedro's in Brooklyn tonight - I thought I was gonna have to move back to Portland to see these dudes live! They go on at 11PM, it's $6 and it's gonna rule. Tweet at us if you wanna buy me and Matthew drinks, we'll gladly drink them.

More info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=272922186070229

So here is their cover of "Forever Young" that appeared on the latest Trouble in Mind 4 way split. Everyone loves a rarity right?

Have a fun weekend, but unless you're at this it's probably not gonna be as killer (good luck though!).

GO TEAM: Say My Name Triumphant

2011-09-15T12:42:00.000-07:00

MP3: Say My Name - La Cygne

ALBUM STREAM:

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Say My Name returns with Say My Name 2, an album that finds the Kid utilizing a grandiose pallet of intentions and ideas that hit the mark every single time.

Each track tells a story unique to your imagination, bursting with back handed pimps, gash fountain babes and drugs that haven't even been invented yet... or at least that's what I hear. Honestly what is so fascinating about SMN's music is that it's entirely open to interpretation, but is so brilliant that even the biggest village idiot has boost towards "getting it".

Take for example two of the Kid's all-star collaborators on this LP: Kenneth Kupfer's long fingered, skull cane ladden artwork for the cover makes complete sense, as does Range Life Records honcho and not-frequently-enough FY!GT! contributor Zach Hangauer's Wonder Woman vs. injustice video for single "La Cygne" (available for viewing below). It's seriously worth investing in a project of Say My Name inspired art projects, but in the meantime it's beyond worth investing in Say My Name 2 - and you can September 20th when it's available for digital consumption.

FRGVNSS

2011-09-14T14:33:00.000-07:00

MP3: Girls - Forgiveness

One of (if not) the best records of the year is officially out now! Here's an non-skipping mp3 of "Forgiveness" for those early adopters. Also follow this link to see the boys (pun!) on Jimmy Fallon playing beautifully. G'day dudes!

Nosebleed

2011-09-12T13:37:00.000-07:00

MP3: Deerhunter - Nosebleed

In our wait to the upcoming Atlas Sound record, and whenever Deerhunter decide to drop another banger, here's the b-side from the "Memory Boy" seven inch which came out on Record Store Day earlier this year. Enjoy.

Frothing.

2011-09-09T10:59:00.001-07:00

MP3: Colleen Green - Rabid Love

Colleen Green is been a welcome addition to the land of finely crafted musical beasts and her upcoming Cujo 12 inch for Art Fag only raises bars higher. It's drenched with hooks, nugs and Kindergarten Cop sound bytes - the classic formula of a sure thing. "Rabid Love" is a song on it and it's soooo good! Enjoy it like you would a fine wine that is gonna get you drunk and brave.

Cujo is out on October 4th.

Video: Crete'n

2011-09-08T11:56:00.000-07:00

The team agrees: the new Saviours LP is total goddamn aces. Here's the vid for "Crete'n", dig in mother fuckers.

New Blouse: Videotapes

2011-09-08T09:54:00.000-07:00

MP3: Blouse - Videotapes

More magic from Portland magicians Blouse, who after 2 genius singles have at long last announced their debut full length which is going to be self-titled. I don't get self-titling albums, but whatever. The point is this is going to be great and it's out November 1st on Captured Tracks.

SELF TITLED/SELF HELP

2011-09-07T13:10:00.000-07:00

MP3: Widowspeak - Harsh Realm

Finally got around to checking those dudes Widowspeak and their self titled debut that just came out on Captured Tracks. It sounds real good! It's also very fitting of this rainy cold weather that New England has been cloaked in all this week. I'm not complaining, I truly am loving that I can wear long sleeves again. Autumn = class.

Oh, but yeah check these guys out if you haven't yet. They're nice, especially if you love Mazzy Star. Do these bands cry over that comparison or are they bad ass about it like the groups that are covers of Black Sabbath or the Ramones and totally own up to it and we can all have a good time? I hope it's the latter...

New Kurt Vile: The Creature

2011-09-06T08:34:00.000-07:00

MP3: Kurt Vile - The Creature

Looks like come November 8th Matador Records will re-release this year's great Smoke Ring for My Halo because... um? But the bright side of such a pointless endeavor is that it's being packaged with (and thankfully available on it's own 12 inch vinyl release) So Outta Reach, a new ep of 6 songs from those sessions, touched up upon and thrown at an adoring public. Oh and one of the songs is a cover of Boss classic "Downbound Train". You know, this one:

Maybe it sounds like this?

HOT TRAXXX: Warm in the Winter

2011-09-05T16:02:00.000-07:00

MP3: Glass Candy - Warm in the Winter

Hot damn! Glass Candy released another on fire single - it's called Warm in the Winter, it's backed with "Beautiful Object" and it just further proves these mother fuckers can hang, staying cool as hell.

FUCK YEAH: Bang

2011-09-02T14:35:00.000-07:00

MP3: Big Business - Guns

I've got to go and get some beers for tonight, so this is a quick one - enjoy the best song on the recent Quadruple Single by Big Business. Have a good weekend!

Video: Bad Feeling

2011-09-01T10:31:00.000-07:00

New video from Veronica Falls for their new single "Bad Feeling", which is out in 7 inch form now on Slumberland. It's also appearing on September 20's self titled debut which is highly anticipated by everyone cool, including yours truly.

Cool video, burning shit in the woods is pretty bad ass.

(I also really like this video to "Come On Over" which will also be on the LP)

HOT TRAXXX: GOTHAM

2011-09-01T06:20:00.000-07:00

MP3: HEALTH - GOTH STAR

Hey, right off the bat I just want to say to HEALTH that it's sooooooo nice to hear anything new from you guys! You've really been missed! I guess these dudes are spending time making awesome covers because this, their version of Pictureplane's "Goth Star", is everything these things should be. Now it's totally a HEALTH song while keeping everything that is special about the original intact: namely it's glitterbomb fireworks display and it's genius sampling of Fleetwood Mac's oft-forgotten "Seven Wonders".

Not that anyone needed a reminder of how great this track was but GODDAMN it still has legs! Good on you, nuders.

Introduced

2011-08-31T13:04:00.000-07:00

MP3: M83 - Intro (feat. Zola Jesus)

We're all going to pretend that we all didn't download Hurry Up, We're Dreaming this week and that "Intro", featuring the lovely Zola Jesus, is a complete shocker. So let's go ahead and talk about the song!

It actually IS a shocker. Listening to "Midnight City" for so long left it harder to imagine something of equal or greater quality could come before and properly set up such a beast, but here we are and it totally fucking rules. It's sprawling, warm and as big as space itself (like all M83, duh), but beyond that I was air drumming like I was fucking a goddamn superstar by the end of it and I like that because I'm not and escape is everything.

New Meg Baird: The Finder

2011-08-30T12:35:00.000-07:00

MP3: Meg Baird - The Finder

Some people release too much music, some just enough and too many not much at all - it's the Goldilocks theory. Meg Baird totally falls into the latter category, though now we're all lucky enough to anticipate a new album called Seasons on Earth, coming out on Drag City next month.

Everyone is older and wiser in the world and I guess this LP's is gonna reflect that - "The Finder" certainly makes me believe it. While her Philadelphia peers like Purling Hiss and Kurt Vile are painting the USA the color Philly one city at a time, 2011 seems prime for a lovely overtaking. All hail Queen Baird, mother fuckers.

FUCK YEAH: Bad as Me

2011-08-25T14:11:00.000-07:00

MP3: Tom Waits - Bad as Me

Every time Tom Waits raises his head, music stops. It doesn't stop because it's run out, it's stops because of the blindsiding that occurs. At that point, you'd think it would reevaluate it's position, but it just keeps prostrating to the admonishment being delivered by Mr. Waits. He's the voice of reason; he brings character to the world. With Bad as Me seeing release this October, I can only hope an appropriate Dickensian winter (finally) follows suits. Enjoy.

New Atlas Sound: Terra Incognita

2011-08-24T13:49:00.000-07:00

MP3: Atlas Sound - Terra Incognita

There are the constants to Bradford Cox that you not only count on, but thrive upon as well: his voice will break your heart, no matter what he's singing and it's going to sound awesome in some way, even if it's not readily visible on it's the surface. How does it change up?

Well his upcoming Parallax album, the 3rd under his Atlas Sound moniker, is self labeled as "science fiction" for it's genre -sounds stellar to me.

Out Nov 8th on 4AD (and by Nov 8th I mean when it leaks in October).

David Bowie Fridays: So Close

2011-08-19T14:05:00.000-07:00

Enjoy.

Video: A Long Time

2011-08-18T14:56:00.000-07:00

(NOTE: I intended to post this on Aug 2nd but Pitchfork has the WORST embeddable player and I couldn't find this clip anywhere else - until today)

There is nothing about this Mayer Hawthorne video for deep cut "A Long Time" that isn't awesome as all hell.

FUCK YEAH: Girls

2011-08-18T13:20:00.000-07:00

MP3: Girls - Saying I Love You

Girls have returned with yet another album of spectacular songs. Spectacular in the sense that they keep getting better. Although I have a gripe: it bothers me that they're addressing this as "Record 3" on the cover, when they've not done so on the EP formally. In actuality, for continuity, it should be Album 3: Father, Son, Holy Ghost with Album 2: Broken Dreams Club or it should have been Record 1: Album and so forth from the beginning. I know they're minor details considering the music is so good, but it some form of continuity is going to be maintained in the naming conventions, then it should be decided beforehand and adhered to. Enjoy.

Los Jicks

2011-08-17T11:09:00.000-07:00

MP3: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Forever 28

We're no stranger to SM, and frankly I always look forward to each new release of his slacker jams. With Mirror Traffic out next week, now's a good time to post a track. "Forever 28" finds the Jicks bringing out their inner ELO, and to satisfying results. Enjoy.

Bun B Raw

2011-08-16T11:59:00.000-07:00

MP3: Sun Araw - Trireme

Drag City's been getting younger by the minute, perhaps because the old guard is getting close to retirement. The Joos have already hung it hope (although a shove out of eternity would be much welcomed). Sun Araw, though, is quite prolific, and in the past year or two has really jumped to the forefront. I hear his next album is going to have a duet with Andre Benjamin on it. Enjoy.

New Blitzen Trapper: Your Crying Eyes

2011-08-15T14:09:00.000-07:00

MP3: Blitzen Trapper - Your Crying Eyes

After last year's Kansas sounding affair Destroyer of the Void, Portland's Blitzen Trapper have upped the tempo to something more akin to Furr and Wild Mountain Nation whilst improving on the melodic attempts on Destroyer... What does that mean? (Other than the obvious of being partially familiar with their back catalogue.) Well, fans can expect to tap their toes (and occasionally their heads) along to this contemporary alternative country music band.

Ditko

2011-08-12T09:45:00.000-07:00

MP3: Black Lips - Spidey's Curse

I considered myself a casual fan of the Black Lips until their most recent album Arabia Mountain, which has had more last power than I ever thought possible. Burger Records just released it on 500 cassettes (with the first 150 orders getting orange and the rest are clear), you should snag a copy like I did. Hopefully we'll get the orange tapes!

Download the best song ever about Spider-Man. Sorry, Ramones.

FUCK YEAH: Crisp

2011-08-12T09:09:00.000-07:00

MP3: Leather - Novitiate

Here's one from Philadelphia's Leather. From this year's Sterile 7 inch (on Jade Tree of all places), this one is already old news snooze: Fan Death just released a new 7 inch from them called Wretch, but I don't have it yet. I'll keep you posted, but this one is very nice for BBQs.

Cuffed up

2011-08-11T13:31:00.000-07:00

MP3: CUFFS - Privilege

CUFFS is the new band from dudes involved in Pants Yell (RIP), Big Troubles and other cool music groups. Their debut 7 inch single Privilege b/w Archer is out now, limited to 300 screen printed copies by Ride the Snake Records (great label name). Check out the A SIDE, get into good rock pop then get a copy - like today or somethin'.

FUCK YEAH: Past in the future

2011-08-10T12:05:00.000-07:00

MP3: Trans Am - Futureworld

In preparation for next year's 20th anniversary, Thrill Jockey is giving US a gift by reissuing Trans Am's seminal 4th LP Futureworld on vinyl, out Sept 13th. From the label's mouth:

The re-mastered Futureworld LP will be available in a limited edition on September 13, and is available now for pre-order. The LP will be packaged in a high gloss jacket with high gloss inner sleeve, and for the first time will include a download card for the album and two digital bonus tracks:

"Nazi/Hippie Empire"- Studio outtake from the Futureworld session, mixed by James Murphy
"Now You Die, Thriddle Fool!" - originally released by Strength Magazine on a split 7"

Thrill Jockey will be re-pressing and re-issuing other classic vinyl in 2012 as part of its 20th anniversary, including albums by Tortoise and The Sea and Cake.

All sounds very excellent, and Trans Am is playing this record in it's entirely to boot! Pre-order the LP here.

Trans Am - Futureworld tour dates

TUE 9/27 PHILADELPHIA, PA Johnny Brenda http://tinyurl.com/3sxo32h

WED 9/28 BOSTON, MA Middle East Upstairs http://tinyurl.com/3bfdkpm

THU 9/29 MONTREAL, QC Il Motore http://tinyurl.com/3koh6of

FRI 9/30 TORONTO, ON Lee's Palace

SAT 10/1 GRAND RAPIDS, MI Pyramid Scheme (Prospecto Music Festival) http://tinyurl.com/3lc827o

SUN 10/2 MILWAUKEE, WI Cactus Club

MON 10/3 CHICAGO, IL Empty Bottle http://tinyurl.com/3frqa6m

TUE 10/4 CLEVELAND, OH Grog Shop http://tinyurl.com/3vjpqod

WED 10/5 PITTSBURGH, PA Brillobox (Via Pittsburgh Festival) http://tinyurl.com/3g3l3r4

THU 10/6 BALTIMORE Talking Head Club http://tinyurl.com/3oz32fc

FRI 10/7 WASHINGTON, DC 9:30 Club http://tinyurl.com/3c7f8vy

SAT 10/8 BROOKLYN, NY Union Pool http://tinyurl.com/3bddh8c

SUN 10/9 BROOKLYN, NY Union Pool http://tinyurl.com/3bddh8c

FUCK YEAH: Caught (or) Spotlight

2011-08-09T14:56:00.000-07:00

MP3: Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation (BBC Session)

MP3: Thin Lizzy - That Woman's Gonna Break Your Heart (BBC Session)

MP3: Thin Lizzy - Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight) (BBC Session)

I guess some label somewhere released a deluxe edition of Bad Reputation, the best Thin Lizzy record there ever was. I don't know any of the officials on this, I just saw it on a blog I download from, but the remaster sounds great and the BBC Sessions included as a bonus are top notch.

From that session I leave you with a ripper, a tripper and a tearjerker. Buy this used - you can always find it cheap in record bins, but download a copy of this edition for the road when you wanna get technological. Enjoy.

Video: Vomit

2011-08-08T12:50:00.000-07:00

Keeping up on the Girls promise (post EVERYTHING).

FUCK NO: Best Coast

2011-08-04T11:52:00.000-07:00

MP3: Best Coast - How They Want Me To Be

As whatever indie rock has become continues to mock it's DIY past, the marketing group's Avril Lavigne has posted a demo from her upcoming album? Unsurprisingly, it sounds exactly like her other material—that stale bastardization of Northern Soul she's tried so hard to dilute. Don't get me wrong, it's not the fact that trying to use a musical style as your base to work with is at all wrong. In fact, that's what all contemporary music is. It's that her attempts have never been better than mediocre at best, and the trumpeting of her catalogue by the music press is bewildering. That is, until you've realize it's not about the product but only about the number$.

HOT TRAXXX: Somebody (Drum Machine Version)

2011-08-03T11:44:00.000-07:00

MP3: Niki & the Dove - Somebody (Drum Machine Version)

The whole recently released/shockingly under hyped single for The Fox by Niki & the Dove is incredible, but it's high mark is closer "Somebody" - credited as a drum machine version. It raises all sorts of questions for the sound of the forthcoming album's counterpart, but what's presented here is pure pop TNT, completely impossible to resist. 26 plays on my iTunes and rising...

FUCK YEAH: Wild Flag album trailer

2011-08-02T12:28:00.000-07:00

September 13th can't come soon enough.

Another song

2011-08-01T13:40:00.000-07:00

MP3: Beirut - Port of Call

Here is the final song from the upcoming Beirut album. As with every other song of his, I picture them, cinematically speaking, only being featured in any film starring Elijah Wood...maybe Steve Carrell too. Regardless of such a specific visual cue, these set of songs probably involve the least cultural appropriation. Fans of Zach Condon have come to expect consistency on each release, so this should not prove exceptional. Enjoy.

Video: Black Smoke Rise

2011-08-01T13:36:00.000-07:00

New Miko Revereza directed video for Wooden Shjips' "Black Smoke Rise", yet another highlight from the forthcoming West LP (out September 13th via Thrill Jockey).

FUCK YEAH: Obscenities

2011-07-28T14:04:00.000-07:00

MP3: Saviours - The Eye Obscene

It's never worth putting much stock in a bands' name, but Saviours truly are what they preach.

Death's Procession is out September 6th on Kemado. "The Eye Obscene" is your first mind melting look into it's sun.

Ny KÅ

2011-07-27T11:15:00.000-07:00

MP3: Kristofer Åsrtröm - Queen of Sorrow

One of our favorite songwriters and former Fireside frontman Kristofer Åsrtröm has returned with a song from his upcoming album From Eagle to Sparrow. "Queen of Sorrow" finds him his usual down and eloquent self, full of melody. That said, I look very forward to the album when it's released. Enjoy.

Video: Take It As It Comes

2011-07-27T10:28:00.000-07:00

Riding high off of their really, really good album Share the Joy, the Vivian Girls filmed a video for it's best track. Hop in and ride along for the victory lap that is "Take It As It Comes".

Boogie Time #1: Nu Rave Brain Wave

2011-07-25T11:54:00.000-07:00

MP3: Boogie Time #1 by Nu Rave Brain Wave

Today, Fuck yeah! Go team! launches BOOGIE TIME, our mix tape series curated by us and made by people who aren't us (and maybe sometimes us). Our inaugural mix is by Brianna Saraceno, the genius behind one of my fav music blogs Nu Rave Brain Wave. Here is how she tells it:

"I compiled this mix of 12 songs that are new ones currently soundtracking my summer 2k11, or ones that I've consider gems from the past year or so that mostly remind me of summer. Fuck yeah!"

It's a killer (I love pugs). Download it now and here is the track list for those playing along at home:

The Meanest Boys - Strangest Things

Bloodshot Bill - Dark Lonely Street

Demon's Claws - You'll Always Be My Friend

The Castillians - I'll Be Your Man

The UV Race - Lost My Way

Cosmonauts - Little Honda

Mind Spiders - World's Destroyed

Zig Speck & His Specks - One Time Doomsday

TV Colours - The Kids Are All Grown Up

Ty Segall - Happy Creeps

Howlies - Zombie Girl

Assassins 88 - Raising Phoenix

HOT TRAXXX: Vomit

2011-07-25T10:01:00.000-07:00

MP3: Girls - Vomit

"Eagerly anticipated" barely scratches the surface of how much I'm looking forward to the new Girls album Father, Son, Holy Ghost to leaking, uh I mean being released on September 13th. This song from it, 'Vomit', it's pretty really super cool. Check it out if you're behind like some people are (which is okay).

PRIX

2011-07-21T17:41:00.000-07:00

MP3: Kids on a Crime Spree - Trumpets of Death

Loney till deth

2011-07-20T09:33:00.000-07:00

MP3: Loney Dear - My Heart

I posted "Blues", the first taste of a new Loney Dear album back in January, and it seems like that was foooooooreverrrr ago. At long last, the puzzle has been completed: Hall Music comes out October 4th on Polyvinyl (pre-order here), check the track list below ("Blues" seems to be "Loney Blues" now) and download "My Heart", the newest gourmet sampling from the LP. Hey Polyvinyl, can you press Sologne on wax? That'd rule/seems like a no brainer.

1. Name
2. My heart
3. Loney Blues
4. Calm down
5. Maria, is that you
6. D major
7. Largo
8. Young hearts
9. Durmoll
10. I dreamed about you
11. What have I become?

New Dum Dum Girls: Coming Down

2011-07-19T06:21:00.000-07:00

MP3: Dum Dum Girls - Coming Down

While last year's I Will Be failed to contain any lasting power despite early promise (Matthew would be more harsh in his review, believe me), the forthcoming Only in Dreams could be the Dum Dum Girls record listeners had been longing for (and not the one they needlessly hype).

"Coming Down" gives me hope that the album will be less of a tribute to the records their producer had made and more of a product of actually his (and the band's) natural talent. Don't expect a party though - this song is the after party, a 6 minute and 31 second burner through and through.

FUCK YEAH: Los Hombres

2011-07-18T14:00:00.000-07:00

MP3: The Men - Bataille

I totally slacked and slept on listening to this stone cold jammer. Why? I cannot explain that at all, but I do know that The Men have been straight sizzling for a few years now, and their latest, Leave Home, shows no signs of not feeling nice. Enjoy.

GO TEAM: SIDE A

2011-07-18T13:29:00.001-07:00

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Nothin' but streams today (though you can pay what you want to download this): Fag Cop coughs up side a of their upcoming LP Whimpers from the Pantheon, out October 10th on Rank Toy Records. It's gonna be a k i l l e r.

More Woods

2011-07-18T13:20:00.000-07:00

STREAM: Woods - Find Them Empty

Hot of the heels of "Sun and Shade", Woods are dropping an exclusive 7" for us via Sacred Bones on 19 July. In typical forested fashion, always sunny and always money". Enjoy while we sweat it on on the East Coast.

Water you saying?

2011-07-15T13:31:00.000-07:00

MP3: Brilliant Colors - Value Lines

After a 2 year victory lap of their debut full length and a handful of 7 inches, Brilliant Colors return with their sophomore release titled Again and Again.

This time around the songs are catchier, more developed and most importantly better than ever, though not to worry - it's not like anyone left the garage, they merely painted the walls. So now it sounds like chewing on a spark plug while realizing that they're fucking delicious and no one else knows this fact except for you.

Go with that feeling, and enjoy 10 songs from one of the better and most deserving bands of the modern age. Snag a copy this coming Tuesday, thanks to the folks at Slumberland Records.

Brilliant Colors - 'Round Your Way from Slumberland Records on Vimeo.

Song

2011-07-14T10:55:00.000-07:00

MP3: Matt Valentine - Stay

Matt Valentine is half of folkers MV & EE. Here is a song from his sans EE record that was released earlier this year on Woodsist. Enjoy this song on any current or upcoming lazy day.

New Jacuzzi Boys: Cool Vapors

2011-07-12T13:36:00.000-07:00

MP3: Jacuzzi Boys - Cool Vapors

Jacuzzi Boys rule, the new record Glazin' is out August 30th on Hardly Art, here is a song from it - 'nuff said.

Order it and get a free 7 inch: http://www.hardlyart.com/shop/jacuzziboys.html