After an extended solo venture Jose Gonzalez has, once again, teamed up with his former band mates to release a new Junip album. The LP will be out September 14th via Mute Records. Until then, to keep everyone’s whistles sufficiently wetted, the band is offering up the Rope & Summit EP for free just for [...]
July 30, 2010
Categories: Free Downloads, Upcoming Releases . Tags: Jose Gonzalez, Junip, Rope and Summit, Mute Records . Author: Patrick . Comments: Leave a Comment
by Fred (follow us on Facebook) From the upcoming Stridulum II. With all of the warning colors surrounding this artist, you don’t expect the music to be nearly this accessible. Or nearly this good. Download it at RCRD LBL and, as co-blogger is wont to say, poke the crazy. (home|myspace|last.fm|download)
July 29, 2010
Categories: Free Downloads, Upcoming Releases . Tags: Zola Jesus, Sea Talk, Stridulum II . Author: Fred . Comments: 2 Comments
by Fred (follow us on Facebook) Odd that this is just now turning up on RCRD LBL. Or maybe we really are that far behind on our RSS feeds. It’s “Lamplight,” from the 2008 LP I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose, by Bombay Bicycle Club. It’s as meandering as a drunk. As [...]
July 23, 2010
Categories: Free Downloads . Tags: Lamplight, Bombay Bicycle Club, I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose . Author: Fred . Comments: Leave a Comment
by Fred (follow us on Facebook) Take your favorite album, it probably doesn’t matter which: Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin. Grace by Jeff Buckley. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by Outkast. The odds are that each track seems cleft from the next. And, more fundamentally, that the various moving parts within those tracks are alienated from each [...]
July 21, 2010
Categories: Features, Free Downloads, Interviews, New Releases, Upcoming Releases . Tags: B for Breakfast, Cagey House, Camping with Jimmy, Dave Keifer, Do the Magnet, Ethel of the Rocks, Five Laminated Postures, interview, Soft Cover, Suspenders, The Cosmic Drain, The Window Hat . Author: Fred . Comments: Leave a Comment
by Fred (follow us on Facebook) Maybe the name of the ensemble is unfamiliar. Even so, the propaganda and the picture above may conjure piano and brass throwback big-voice rock. So. Go ahead. Trade an email address for an MP3 download to see if you were right.
July 20, 2010
Categories: 2010 Watchlist -- Singles, Free Downloads, Upcoming Releases . Tags: Fitz & The Tantrums, MoneyGrabber . Author: Fred . Comments: Leave a Comment
by Fred (follow us on Facebook) “When in Geneva or Zurich the fates decreed that I should be a poet, one of the few, I set myself a secret obligation to define the moon.” –Jorge Luis Borges Not sure how we missed this, especially with our recent discovery of the Just Not Normal netlabel. It’s [...]
July 18, 2010
Categories: 2010 Watchlist -- LPs, Free Downloads, New Releases . Tags: AldoManutio Abruzzo, All In A Night In June, archive dot org, Dennis Moser, Full flower, Just Not Normal, Snow moon, The Lenten moon, The Pink Moon, usr/sbin, Wolf Moon Rising . Author: Fred . Comments: Leave a Comment
Here’s something that’s worth more than a one-track share. In fact, I suggest you pick up the entire collection. If you’ve dabbled in The Hold Steady much, you might already know and love Wintersleep. If you’re just a casual listener (like moi) or if you just haven’t heard their stuff yet, then listen up. You’re [...]
July 17, 2010
Categories: Free Downloads, Music News . Tags: The Hold Steady, Wintersleep, Welcome to the Night Sky, New Inheritors, Weighty Ghost . Author: Desiree . Comments: Leave a Comment
by Fred (follow us on Facebook) For those who cringe before clicking on FredlinksTM, you might need to cower before clicking on this one. It’s Live o’Cleub by Ali, a troubling, not-uneventful hour. It’s free of charge, but that doesn’t mean there’s not a cost involved. For those looking for sub-genres: pick your favorite and [...]
July 17, 2010
Categories: Free Downloads, New Releases . Tags: Ali, Live o’Cleub . Author: Fred . Comments: Leave a Comment
by Fred (follow us on Facebook) Late June we recommended four downloads, including Placement And Angles by Chris Lynn/Cedar Lines. Digging deeper in the Cedar Lines catalog finds the restrained and cutting A Place In The Field Of Rights, which, says creator John Harrison “explores the energy around loss.” “Afterthoughts and Regret” is barely undulating [...]
July 11, 2010
Categories: 2010 Finds, Free Downloads . Tags: A Place In The Field Of Rights, Cedar Lines, Chris Lynn, Placement And Angles . Author: Fred . Comments: Leave a Comment
Every now and then something makes me miss California. Earlier today, the rumor that we would have an 80% chance of rain every day through Monday triggered it. Then this evening, I found myself missing it because I learned that Longstay was from there. It took me about one minute to decide that I wanted [...]
July 8, 2010
Categories: Free Downloads . Tags: Delta Spirit, Local Natives, Dawes, Longstay, Homes & Houses, California, Napster . Author: Desiree . Comments: Leave a Comment