FUCK YEAH: Lightning Bolt - I Found a Ring in My Ear [MP3]

MP3: Lightning Bolt - I Found a Ring in My Ear

Straight from the Bolt:

"A 20 minute Jam recorded in the Hillarious Attic, Lair of the Lightning Bolt on 1.31.11. Straight to our trusty Tascam 420 cassette 4 track. No edits, No worries. The track might start a little discombobulated, but it congeals, soars. Swallows itself. Please download for free or send a little cash to help patch the leaks in the boat. thanks"

It rules.

FUCK YEAH: Black Mountain - Mary Lou [MP3]

MP3: Black Mountain - Mary Lou

Black Mountain are back with a score to Year Zero, a sludge looking surf film that has a trailer you can watch here. Some of the soundtrack's songs are old and reworked, some are new - like "Mary Lou", and it's a definite keeper.

FUCK TRAXXX: Spiritualized - Hey Jane [STREAM]

This one is rather obvious, I mean how can one really hate on a new Spaceman song? Seeing how his less affective material is still what other bands dream of, it's a moot point. The surprising aspect on the first view is the intimacy of the recording. In recent interviews he's mentioned how it was recorded in the front room of his house, and really that adds to the overall sound. And never one one for shying away from an epic ending, he's again achieved that result. I personally cannot wait for the new album. Enjoy.

FUCK YEAH: Holograms - ABC City [MP3/VIDEO]

MP3: Holograms - ABC City

It was nearly a year ago that Matthew called Captured Tracks "the Drive-Thru Records of indie pop", but Sweden's Holograms takes the label in a more bad ass direction.

"ABC City" comes from the single of the same name, which is out on April 3rd. Cop this, it's a rocker.

Conduits - Top of the Hill [MP3]

MP3: Conduits - Top of the Hill

Good morning! Here is a song that fits well within the context of waking up in a daze: "Top of the Hill" is the opening track from Conduits' upcoming self-titled debut (out March 20th). It's a shoegaze affair, gently lulling you from one dream to the next until they are standing on top of your smiling corpse, waving a victorious flag.

The sad part is that this band is signed to Team Love, a label that is horrible at supporting their artists and I can't even begin to imagine that they even know what to do with a record like this - but that's what happens when friends do business with friends.

So it's up to you, listener - make sure these guys get heard, because they're gonna need all the help they can get - good luck to you and me both!

HOT TRAXXX: Black Bananas - Rad Times [MP3]

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]

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]

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

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

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]

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]

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]

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

Heyyyyyy look who's back in town, huh?

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

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]

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]

MP3: Catwalk - Christmas Don't Be Late

Not sure if we'll post any X-MenX-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]

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]

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]

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]

 

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.