Watch the tripped out video for Secret Colours excellent track Blackhole and the unsettling and spooky video for Arrows of Love delicate yet blood-splattered murder ballad The Knife. We have more kaleidoscopic effects on Temples video for forthcoming single Colours To Life, and finally (via a heads-up from Slowcoustic) comes Bird Of Song from a Show Me Shows session by the wonderful Water Liars that was way too good not to re-post.
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There has been a little burst of free samplers and downloads hit the web recently and some are very much worth a few moments of your time to check out and get hold of – after all what is there to lose apart from your e-mail privacy?
First up is the brilliant Garage Swim compilation, curated under Adult Swim’s Williams Street Records label. It consists of fifteen never-before-released tracks from both emerging and iconic garage rock bands including Bass Drum of Death, Thee Oh Sees, JEFF The Brotherhood, Black Lips, Mikal Cronin, Mind Spiders, The Gories, King Khan, and Weekend amongst others. The album also includes custom album art and interview pieces with King Tuff and Mikal Cronin. You can grab that one just by clicking here.
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Next is Dead City Radio’s second volume of their free sampler series, which is available from their Bandcamp page for a free/pay-what-you-want deal here. This one also has fifteen tracks and includes Burnt Ones, The Wands, Lil Daggers, The Janitors and Black Lung amongst others.
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Insound currently have two free samplers available for a limited time. Their latest Vinyl Mixtape can be downloaded by clicking here, and includes tracks from Catholic Spray, Georgiana Starlington, PC Worship, Piatcions, Plates of Cake, The Shivas, The Snails, Soft Reeds, Teenage Moods, Universe People, and We Are Loud Whispers.
Meanwhile their May Digital Sampler has tracks from Baptist Generals, Cassandra Jenkins, Cool Ghouls, Coyote Cleanup, Dead Stars, English Singles, Jesse Ruins, Mick Harvey, Phoenix Foundation, and Vision Fortune. You can get that one by clicking here.
Download Teenage Moods – Rock Man mp3 (from May 9, 2013 Insound Vinyl Mixtape)
Download Cool Ghouls – Natural Life mp3 (from Insound May 2013 Mixtape)
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Noisetrade are currently offering a free sampler from the haunting and enchanting songstress Cheyenne Mize who is known for her emotionally intense songs.
She has recorded with the likes of Bonnie “Prince” Billy and earned praise from The New York Times and NPR. The Louisville native is currently gearing up for her upcoming release, Among The Grey, and the sampler contains seven tracks including two from the new album. To grab that one, just click here.
Download Cheyenne Mize – Path mp3 (from Noisetrade Sampler)
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And finally the latest monthly FeelBadForYou free mixtape is live featuring eighteen contributions of all kinds from music bloggers all over.
Like they say, it is any song, any year, any genre, and it always contains a few great new discoveries within it. To download it, and to see what we contributed for the month of May, just click here.
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Over the past 12 months or so, The Orwells have been gererating quite a buzz for themselves in the blog-o-sphere (and wider) with their frenetic blending of garage rock with a healthy dose of punk swagger and attitude.
The next release, an EP titled Other Voices, will see the light of day on the 25th June via East End/Canvasback and here in the UK via East End/National Anthem.
Have a listen to the title track.
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Madison, WI’s psych-punk duo The Hussy will be heading out on tour in support of their forthcoming third LP, Pagan Hiss, slated for release next week, via Southpaw Records.
We’ve already posted a free download of Blame, and now we have another track for download, Zummer and a video for Rezhand. Watch and download below.
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We picked this up via Rollo & Grady and it is so damn good we figured it was worth a re-post in case you missed it…infectious, high octane, garage-punk of the highest quality from the excellently named Chad & The Meatbodies.
Mountains comes as part of a free digital split single with Ty Segall as part of the LAMC series.
We found another track on Soundcloud too, have a listen to Steps.
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Australia’s The UV Race are set to release a new 7”, Queens Of Punk, later this year on No Patience.
Known for dragging melodious pop songs through a devolved, malodorous glam-punk aesthetic, exploring possibilities of the first wave of punk and gutter-glitter psych stomp. You can stream the first single Glam below.
Order via Bandcamp here.
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Enjoy excellent videos from Hiss Golden Messenger, Mac DeMarco, Dana Falconberry and, changing pace somewhat, a sweltering post-punk anthem from Young Boys. Also check out a stream for a second track from Hiss Golden Messenger’s excellent release Haw.
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Into A Dream is the second free download from Dreams in the Rat House, the rollicking new full-length record from Shannon and the Clams.
The song, which combines a slow-dance-ready instrumental with darkly bucolic lyrics, follows on from the earlier, and much heralded, giveaway of Rip Van Winkle, and the signs are looking increasingly good for a big year for the band.
Like the record label says, “from pop ballads to doo woppers, bomp stompers and punk rippers, country clippers and some psych-o trippers, it’s all R’n’R and it’s all right there in the Clams’ hooded velvet trick bag.” Damn right.
Later this month they head out on tour with Mikal Cronin, which sounds like a pretty good combination to us.
Download Shannon and the Clams – Into a Dream mp3 (from Dreams in the Rat House)
Download Shannon and the Clams – Rip Van Winkle mp3 (from Dreams in the Rat House)
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Shawn Mrazek Lives! is the adopted moniker for veteran Canadian musician Shawn Mrazek’s foray away from the drum kit and into the limelight as a singer-songwriter.
Coming across like a slightly surly, younger sibling of Lou Reed, or a even more earnest Jonathan Richman, he tells tales of self-discovery, freedom and exodus that snap, snarl and sparkle in equal measure on debut studio album Thought He Was Dead.
It is a punk-tinged indie rock collection that is out on May 28th, you can download album opener, the sub-two minutes of Man In The Grass below – just ignore the incorrect Soundcloud title!)
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Canadian rock ‘n’ roll renegades Fist City will see a UK release of their album, It’s 1983, Grow Up on July 8th. The album is scheduled for release on Black Tent Press.
Forming in Lethbridge, a smallish southern Alberta town, in 2010, Fist City gelled from the ashes of various punk bands to form a storming blend of garage-fuelled, surf-tinged, scuzzy rock n roll. This is one for fans of other F named bands like Fidlar, Fugazi, and Fucked Up.
Liven up your day – watch the video for Endless Bummer and listen to The Creeps
And catch them live…
May 2-4 – Liverpool – Sound City Festival
May 5 – Leek – Foxlowe Arts Center
May 7th – Edinburgh – The Banshee
May 8th – Glasgow – BLOC Bar
May 10th – Leeds – Santiago’s w/ Nothington
May 11th – Hull – The Piper w/ Nothington
May 14th – Manchester – (stairs make us nervous) w/ The Hipshakes
May 15th – London – Shackwell Arms w/ Cousins
May 16th-18th Brighton – Great Escape Festival
