Category: free downloads

Freebies for July!

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Like the ice cream man passing by, I bring you these tasty musical treats to beat the heat absolutely FREE. Download to your hearts content…

Paul Rosevear “Hodge Podge Hello”
Brooklyn based Paul Rosevear is the lead singer of the band Readymade Breakeup. If you enjoyed Paul’s solo EP “Broken Nose Poetry” then he offers up a free album of odds and ends. Mostly acoustic demos and a live track or two, a nice standout is “Drag This Anchor” as well as the folky “One One Thousand.” Enjoy.
Paul’s Blog | Bandcamp

The Riffbackers “The Curtain Shop and Alterations”
I reviewed this one back in March. Now that it’s a free download, you really have no excuses. Spanish popsters Fausto Martin and Nacho Garcia, fresh off of The Winnerys breakup combine The Beatles melodies and The Bryds jangle with style and grace.
The City Streets “The Jazz Age”
Based in Montreal, a band that has The Replacements work ethic and shares a bit of their sound with the guitar riffs on “Song For Lee.” Next, “Irish Rose” has a lanky George Thorogood vibe, the songs range from bar room blues to solid rock. Fans of Guided By Voices are sure to latch onto the dark pop of  “Last Waltz Party” and “Big Love.” The band is offering it up free on their site, or you can support them by buying it.
Band Website | CD Baby
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Jackdaw4 "Retrospectacles" Album Tracks FREE

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If you never got the chance to get either of Jackdaw4’s last albums “Gramophone Logic” and “BiPolar Diversions” – well now a combined double album of the two has been released as “Retrospectacles.” You can get them on CD and vinyl here on Januray 25, 2010. These are some of the best recent power pop tunes I’ve heard in past few years. To read me gushing about this music further, then read here and here. But to fans who already bought these albums in the past, and you still want the bonus tracks from this compliation, the band is making it available for FREE on Bandcamp. Thanks guys! To get the separate albums from CDBaby go here:
Gramophone Logic | Bipolar Diversions

The band is also making a concert appearance in London on January 21. Tickets are available from Brilliant Music and We Got Tickets.

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A huge pile of FREE holiday songs for you!

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Zach Curd strikes again! Suburban Sprawl Music put together a holiday compilation available for free download full of weird and wonderful holiday classics. In fact, there are holiday compilations dating back to 2002! That a massive amount of tracks, some good – some painful to listen to. To listen/download everything visit Suburban Sprawl Xmas Music page.

Here are a few more holiday gifts for you. Dave Milligan from Penguin Party has released a Christmas song “It’s Only Christmas – It’ll Soon Be Over” as a free download. Another free goodie comes from The Sexy Accident. They have released a new version of “A Merry Christmas To You.” Remixed by Steve Fisk and features lead vocals by Michelle Plaitis, and featuring clips from It’s a Wonderful Life. And finally, Swedish powerpop band The Genuine Fakes have a free download of their
version of Mariah Carey’s hit “All I Want for Christmas”. Ho, ho, ho!

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The Recital FREE album download

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Musician, label owner, and producer Zach Curd has been a member of many bands, notably The Pop Project and has donated music to the masses before. Well this group from his Suburban Sprawl called it quits – The Recital from Detroit. Adam Kempa (Pop Project’s drummer) is the Recital’s bassist. A decent indie pop band with some quirky minimalist songs, they took all their leftover songs and created The Succulent Leftovers EP for fans.

Listen to “Kid You’re Wrong” right here:

My Space | DOWNLOAD FREE EP
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