FREE MP3: FLORENCE + THE MACHINE: DOG DAYS ARE OVER (YEASAYER REMIX)
(photo: By karen_e_mcbride)
By now, you’ve probably heard the Yeasayer remix of Florence + The Machine’s song “Dog Days Are Over.” Rapper Gilbere Forte took that track and added his own twist. Here it is for you to download, share, post, send to your grandma… Enjoy!
MP3: Florence + the Machine: “Dog Days Are Over” (Yeasayer Remix) featuring Gilbere Forte
FREE MP3: FRENCH HORN REBELLION: THIS MOMENT
FREE MP3: THE WAR ON DRUGS: COMIN’ THROUGH
FREE MP3: COMMON GRACKLE: THE GREAT DEPRESSION
Welcome to the world of Common Grackle, the collaboration of two Canadian musical wiz kids – indie pop songwriter and mad-cap illustrator, Gregory Pepper and Saskatoon psych hip hop producer Factor. The Great Depression is what happens when Factor’s recognizable banging drums get enveloped in Gregory Pepper’s lush harmonies, hilariously cynical lyrics, and gorgeous instrumentation. The Great Depression blurs all sorts of lines and tears down all sorts of genre definitions and definitely requires your time. Think the somber confessionals of Elliott Smith, re-worked by Dangermouse!!
Check out the first single off The Great Depression, “The Great Depression” ft. Ceschi Ramos right here. Just click below, right click and save as to download:
And for the hip-hop heads out there, check out this banger ft. the Spankmaster, Kool Keith “Thank God It’s Monday” ft. Kool Keith below:
FREE MP3: HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF: SLOW WALK
Hurray For The Riff Raff are a New Orleans based, three piece indie-folk/blues rock band. The band started when a teenaged Alynda Lee Segarra began hopping trains, traveling across the country while learning to play banjo. Eventually she settled in New Orleans, and allowed music to take hold of her life. She quickly embraced the city’s community of street musicians, who encouraged her to develop her banjo skills and sing old jazz songs. She was soon performing with traditional jazz bands on the sidewalks of the French Quarter, playing and singing while learning from the music of the city she loves.
They bring delicate wanderings of old souls and spirits from the past into the wide open spaces of consciousness. They are influenced by the sounds of classic country like Hank Williams Sr, 1960’s Rock n Roll, and master singer/songwriters like Townes Van Zandt and Neil Young.
Check out the first single off Young Blood Blues below:
Free MP3: Hurray for the Riff Raff: “Slow Walk.”
Hurray for the Riff Raff are about to embark on a MASSIVE 40 city tour w/ Sam Doores and the Tumbleweeds
9/2 New Orleans @ Allways Lounge
9/3 Lafayette, LA @ Bourque’s Social Club
9/4 Houston, TX @ Super Happy Fun Land
9/5 Austin, TX @ Hole in the Wall
9/7 Waco, TX @ Beatnix
9/9 Santa Fe, NM @ Cowgirl Bar
9/10 Chama, NM @ High Country Saloon
9/12 Los Angeles, CA @ Redwood Bar
9/14 Oakland, CA @ Actual Cafe
9/15 Berkeley, CA @ TBA
9/16 San Francisco, CA @ Amnesia Bar
9/17 Davis, CA @ Sophia’s Thai Kitchen
9/18 Chico, CA @ Cafe Flo
9/20 Eugene, OR @ Wandering Goat
9/21 Oympia, WA @ The Northern
9/22 Seattle, WA @ Funhouse
9/24 Port Townsend, WA @ Sirens Pub
9/25 Portland, OR @ Slabtown
9/26 Boise, ID @The Cider House
9/27 Provo, UT @ The Compound
9/28 Denver, CO @ Carioca Cafe (Bar Bar)
10/1 Lawrence, KS @ Gaslight Tavern
10/2 Omaha, NE @ The Hole
10/3 Iowa City, IA @ The Mill
10/5 Minneapolis, MN @ Club M
10/7 Madison, WI @ Gates of Heaven Synagogue
10/8 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
10/9 Chicago, IL @ Reversible Eye Gallery
10/11 Columbus, OH @ Ohio State University
10/12 Oberlin, OH @ Oberlin College
10/15 Brooklyn, NY @ Coco 66
10/16 Boston, MA @ Plough &Stars
10/17 Philadelphia @ Cha Cha Razzi
10/18 Baltimore, MD @ Wind Up Space
10/21 Durham, NC @ The Pinkhook
10/22 Athens, GA @ TBA
10/23 Chattanooga, TN @ JJ’s Bohemia
10/24 Nashville, TN @ The Basement
10/25 Asheville, NC @ Warren Wilson College
10/26 Asheville, NC @ Bobo Gallery
10/27 Huntsville, AL @ Flying Monkey Arts
10/28 Mobile, AL @ TBA
FREE MP3: EAT MORE CAKE: CLIMB THE LADDER, LIVE THE DREAM
FREE MP3: HOLY HAIL: RIVERINE
Holy sh*t, i mean Holy Hail this is good. Holy Hail are an electro/indie band out of New York that play dance music for smart people. They have toured with the Rapture, New Young Pony Club, Klaxons, Art Brut and Florence and the Machine. and you can grab a free track for “Riverine” off their most recent album The Dying (After) Party which was released a couple weeks ago. Check them out here:
FREE MP3: SOFT LANDING SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM THIS FALL
Soft Landing, the trio comprising Beirut’s Paul Collins & Perrin Cloutier, along with Mike Lawless, are self-described as “a bunch of Jorge Ben wannabees” and are releasing their first album this October. Soft Landing began as a recording project by Paul Collins. Between finishing school and touring the world with Beirut, he never really had time to focus on his project. After a month long tour in Brazil, Beirut took a break. It was then that he grabbed Perrin Cloutier (Beirut) and Michael Lawless (Paul’s college friend). Soft Landing, the band, was born. Knowing that free time like this never lasts, the band would practice almost everyday. In January, they drove out to Chicago, and recorded their debut record with Griffin Rodriguez (Icy Demons). The record is currently being mixed, and will be out soon. All of Paul’s songs seem to pull together multiple influences. From Jorge Ben to Arthur Russell, it’s all in there. The beats are huge, the electric guitar is liquid, and the acoustic relentlessly propels the rhythm. Yet, the bands ultimate goal is to make honest music that suits the players playing it.
MP3: SOFT LANDING- “MIC CHECK”
SOFT LANDING has a couple shows coming up at the end of July.
FREE MP3: ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI: BEFORE TODAY
Ariel Pink, most know for creating drum sounds using his mouth, and sometimes armpits, plays and produces all his own music. An ultra lo-fi sound that upon first listen could easily be mistaken for a different era of music. Drawing on a grab bag of influences from Gothic rock acts like Christian Death, Bauhaus, The Sisters of Mercy and the Cure to R. Stevie Moore and Michael Jackson, his music is never predictable. He is the quintessential outsider, a strange recluse who obsessively records at home compiling hundreds of songs in the process. “His music could be bizarre and disturbing, with warped voices and dark subject manner evoking loneliness, bad drugs, and alienation; it could also be sweet and even sincere, celebrating the pleasure of a well-rendered verse melody and a good chorus.”[ via Pitchfork]
Check out a free track from the new album below:
