Be sure to download Vol. 1, or Vol. 2, or especially 2009's Vol. 3.
Decem per Decem ~ Astral Headspace, Vol. 4 [click for d/l] brings you 27 tunes from RIGHT NOW! Topping the two-hours mark, it might actually be your favorite mixed-bag all year. It's got rock, electonics, metal, some post-rock, some drone, Houston! and Finland!! "Decem" means 10, and yet December is the 12th month - thanks, Caesar! For help on the downloading process, check out the post on how to download .ZIP files (step #3). Where possible, I've linked from band names to somewhere other than Myspace.
Decem per Decem ~ Astral Headspace, Vol. 4 (2010)
1. "Old Fangs" - Black Mountain
- These guys rock, live and on Wilderness Heart. Album and mp3 from the Jagjaguwar label.
2. "We Got The System To Fight The System" - Maserati
- They played this last year at The Mink (#2, Live Show 2009), and it was mind-blowing to me as a new, unheard song. New album and .mp3 from the Temporary Residence Ltd.
3. "A.C.R.O.N.Y.M." - Teeth Of The Sea
- Late arrival from TOTS, going through BBC Radiophonic Dr. Who and beyond. Mp3 was put out by Altered Zones - no perfect place to buy the album... .mp3's at Amazon?
4. "I Was Gone" - Woods
- I seem to be the only one I know who's into Woods. O well, I know best! A good representative song from the new record, maybe not the best one. This .mp3 came off of Stereogum.
5. "The Young People [edit]" - Belbury Poly with Moon Wiring Club
- One part of one song off one installment of the Study Series. Mp3 excerpt downloaded from the great Ghost Box Music label.
6. "Lost It All" - Linus Pauling Quartet
- By kind permission of the band, the lead-off track to their 2010 omnibus frydaddy Horns of Ammon! Buy it physical-style at your finer Houston record stores, or download it right at Amazon.
7. "Orgone Accumulator" - U.S. Christmas
- A Harvestman horror-soundtrack and a Hawkwind tribute (featuring Harvestman) from Neurot Recordings, run by the Harvestman. But this .mp3 (also from Neurot's site) is U.S.X., who did a great job on the 3-way 'Wind tribute.
8. "Momo, The Missouri Monster" - Snailface
- Major action from the #1 Free Internet Album of 2010, get it from the Snailface albums site!
9. "Dead" - White Hills
- Busy year for White Hills. This was the single from their self-titled record on Thrill Jockey Records. And that's where this .mp3 was found.
10. "Clouds Rolling In" - Mark McGuire
- Guitarist for Emeralds, who also had a busy year - both as a group and with side projects. McGuire's solo thing (and this download) was put out from Editions Mego, who also had a fine year.
11. "Inn Ohm the Lake [edit]" - Mordant Music
- A part of a different song off another installment of the Study Series. Series and .mp3-excerpt download from Ghost Box Music.
12. "Rattling Cage" - Forest Swords
- Hauntology, Witch House, or Dronestep? Only you can decide for yourself - just know, it's from The Wirral. I grabbed the .mp3 from Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2010: #81, in fact!
13. "Beautiful People" – The Books
- A post-modern hymn to mathematics. Both the album and mp3 come from the double-plus-good label Temporary Residence Ltd.
14. "Stress Waves" - Oneohtrix Point Never
15. "Now You See Me" - Emeralds
- Order up a double-shot of krauty synth-drones from 2010 releases on Editions Mego, which also offers promotional .mp3 downloads.
16. "Totally Tubular" - Lovelock
- Lovelock is from Zombi, and "Totally" is from "Tubular" (remixed, totally). From Steve Moore's SoundCloud, which is awesome.
17. "Odessa" - Caribou
- The lead single and probably best one off Swim. Mp3 courtesy of .mp3-mongers Stereogum.
18. "Round and Round" - Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
- Mp3 from Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2010. Not sure it would be here if it hadn’t been their #1... I've never taken to any of the Ariel Pink that I heard, but this one's the best so far.
19. "Norway" - Beach House
- Baltimore dream-pop on Sub Pop. This .mp3 from Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2010. 'Twas #16 for them.
20. "Inside Out [edit]" - Broadcast and The Focus Group
- A number of seconds of a third song off the fourth installment of the Study Series. Series and .mp3 both from the studious Ghost Box Music.
21. "The Mercury Drinker" - Zoät-Aon
- Zoät-Aon is apparently no more, so I guess this is one of his last releases. From the Avaruusromua 20th anniversary celebration discussed under the #4 Free Internet Album of 2010. Hopefully we'll hear more from a different project soon.
22. "Mothlight (Part 2)" - Cloudland Canyon
- A new sound from Cloudland Canyon, more hazy yet dense. Another one from Stereogum. Couple more .mp3's newly up at the bandname link.
23. "Pyramid Of The Moon [edit]" - Maserati
- This non-album 12" single and .mp3-edit both from the Temporary Residence Ltd.
24. "Aikoja sitten" - Jussi Lehtisalo
- Lehtisalo is a member of Finnish underground stars Circle. Great solo psych-out from the Avaruusromua thing in the #4 Free Internet Album of 2010.
25. "Death Drive" - Wrnlrd
26. "Percées De Lumière" - Alcest
- A coupla pseudo-neo-Black Metal projects, many thanks to Stereogum!
27. "Light From The Mesa" - Barn Owl
- Arid dronesters take you on an overnight space/desert trip with Ancestral Star, the new one on Thrill Jockey Records. At the end is the dawn. TJ has free .mp3's occasionally, including this one.
Bonus cover!
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