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I posted about Debbie Miller [a little while back] and now I’m able to share a free download with you.

Inch By Inch is the debut single from her upcoming sophomore effort, Measures & Waits; which will be out March 27th (I know I’m looking forward to it!)

Head on over to [her Bandcamp page] to read more about it and downlaod the song.

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Now Allison is offering a free download of the title track for the month of February via [Allison’s Invention’s Facebook page]. As an extra gift, those interested in downloading the rest of the record can do so at the discounted price of $3.00, also throughout the month of February.

I recommend this, I have this EP too and it’s really great!!

“Allison’s Invention is a music project by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Allison Tartalia. Tartalia’s quirky and eclectic songs, performed on piano, ukulele and kalimba, have made her a popular performer at New York venues like Mercury Lounge, the Living Room and Joe’s Pub. The Emmy-nominated composer, who has shared a stage with the likes of Lelia Broussard, Petra Haden, Rachael Sage and Fred Armisen, will tour the Midwest this April and will perform select dates in the Northeast as part of the Joni Mitchell’s Blue: A 40th Anniversary Celebration.”

For more info:
[Web Site]
[Facebook]
[Bandcamp]

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From the press release:
“Passing Mt. Satu, Solander’s new album, was recorded and mixed in the compact darkness of Swedish winter by Emil Isaksson at Studio Möllan in Malmö and released by the influential Swedish label A Tenderversion Recording.
“It is the result of a collective creative process with the songs reflecting our ever on-going travelling through a world of magical mountains, deep woods and golden fields.” says Solander.”

Check out the song, The Garden [on Sound Cloud] (you can download it there too)

Here’s a video too:

Solander – Flight from A Tenderversion Recording on Vimeo.

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To share the news, Julie Ann Bee is offering up as a free download. “Live At The Hangar – 5.3.11” captures an intimate night in Sacramento, CA when Jules and her pals celebrated the success of Songs For The Ravens with a special, invite-only live performance in the same studio where she crafted that breakthrough album.

In each song, you can hear the kind of musical growth that only comes from playing them night after night in front of audiences around the world. The EP closes with the haunting, yet rarely performed live, “It Won’t Be Long” which features Jules playing one of Neil Young’s old antique pump organs that she used on the studio version.

[check it out]

Tour Dates:
02.02.12 – New York, NY @ Cake Shop
02.03.12 – New York, NY @ The Living Room
02.04.12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Sycamore
02.05.12 – New York, NY @ Joes Pub
02.06.12 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Gotye
02.07.12 – New York, NY @ Rockwood Music Hall
02.08.12 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
02.09.12 – New York, NY @ Piano’s
02.10.12 – New York, NY @ The Living Room
02.21.12 – Davis, CA @ Odd Fellows Hall w/ Jolie Holland
02.24.12 – San Francicsco, CA @ Noise Pop at the Independent w/ Wye Oak

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The song, In Your Doldrums, comes off their debut LP, Teeth, which is out now via Crossbill Records.

Teeth sways from somber drones of distortion and lonely French horn to manic layers of trumpet, guitar fuzz, and cymbal crashes, its resonance lies in the way these contrasts conjure the idiosyncratic personal details and experiences, both immense and minute, of everyday life. They tell stories of regret and renewal – of characters “doing their dishes in the dark” even while “trying to make the days feel long” – offsetting minor notes with major keys and tempering squall with calm, just as DM Stith’s striking cover image evokes both lightness and dissonance, growth and decay. Or, as “The Middle Distance” says, in a line that could be a statement of purpose for the record, “This is for the ones who still have joy inside their hearts – may you always find it where you don’t have to look.” Live, the band brings a kinship to the stage that results in close harmonies, rich instrumentation and sonic exploration that leaves attendees in joyful awe!

Get [In Your Doldrums] here.

[Buy on Amazon]
[Downlaod on Amazon]
[The Loom Official]

Tracklist
1. With Legs
2. The Middle Distance
3. Helen
4. A Song Of Faint Praise
5. For All My Friends In Spring, For All My Friends In Fall
6. In Your Doldrums
7. The Curtain Calls
8. The First Freeze
9. For The Hooves That Gallop, And The Heels That March
10. Give Up The Ghost

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Robin Bacior shares the lead single, “Ohio”, off of her debut LP, Rest Our Wings, out November 1st, 2011 on Consonants & Vowels Recordings.

[Get it here]

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Sea Of Bees follows up last year’s Songs For The Ravens with the Gnomes EP
Out August 23rd from Crossbill Records!

Get on [Amazon]

Here are a couple of (free) songs to tide you over:
[Marmelade]
[Wizbot]

Sea Of Bees “Marmalade” from Riot Act Media on Vimeo.

Sea of Bees – “Wizbot” from Aaron Rosenbloom on Vimeo.

Some upcoming dates
Upcoming Performances:
08.06.11 – San Francisco, CA @ The Verdi Club for Regional Bias: A benefit for The Bay Bridged
08.11.11 – Davis, CA @ Sofia’s with Vetiver
08.12.11 – Modesto, CA @ the Deva Cafe
08.16.11 – Petaluma, CA @ Mystic Theater with Calexico
08.18.11 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades with Calexico
08.19.11 – San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord

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Amores Vigilantes sounds the way San Francisco feels: dreamy, yet gritty; timeless but uninhibitedly different, just like their city.

With influences that range from ’70s soul to ’60s Latin jazz to any decade of Garage Rock, the band crosses bridges into musical neighborhoods that most others pass right by.

Amores Vigilantes – EP#1
You Can’t Live Forever In Paradise On Earth (Without Me)
Release Date: April 5, 2011

Track List
01 – You Can’t Live Forever In Paradise On Earth (Without Me)[mp3]
02 – Technically I’m Wrong
03 – Days of Auld Lang Syne (A Slacker’s Ballad)
04 – EMDR Blues
05 – Chet’s Christmas Tree

Amores Vigilantes – EP#2
I Love You More Than You Love Me

Track List
01 – I Love You More Than
You Love Me [mp3]
02 – I Hate You More Than
You Hate Me (Aka The Song That Broke Up The Band)
03 – You’re No Buddy Rich
04 – Five More Blocks With Ferlinghetti

This is really nice stuff, give it a listen!

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Nail 2011 SXSW Sampler:

Don’t Mess with Texas SXSW 2011 New Music Sampler

Nuclear Blast Amazon Sampler March 2011

Relapse 2011 Winter Sampler

More free stuff

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I’m getting this one myself:

One of the greatest records of all time IMHO. If you don’t have this, now’s the time

And a BUNCH of free stuff <--click that. There's some really good stuff here. A valentine themed sampler, The Twilight Singers, Over the Rhine, Spoon, Sufjan Stevens, and even Chaka Khan. Plus an Adele song performed live in her home. Nice!! Enjoy!

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Brooklyn’s Laura Stevenson & the Cans won the hearts of many fans with their debut album A Record. With their sophomore release, Sit Resist (their first for label Don Giovanni), the band has certainly raised the bar.

[Laura Stevenson & the Cans] Official Site.

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Hey eveyrone. Awhile ago I reviewed an EP by Katie Davis called Terrible Terrible. It was anything but. It’s so great, I sitll play it on a pretty regular basis. It also made it onto my Best of list for 2005.

Well Katie Davis is offerring it up for free on Bandcamp

[Get yours here]

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Want a free song by Jason Spooner (hint: yes, you do, it’s good. He reminds me of Paul Simon)

[Get it here]

You can buy the album at:

[CDBaby]
[Buy at Amazon]
[Download at Amazon]

for more info:
[MySpace]
[Official]

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They have a new seven song EP entitled Saint Timothy’s out January 10th.

From the Press Release:

In a small isolated California high desert town, with the keys to a lovely church next door, free to go in whenever, Saint Timothy’s emerged. Written from a very solitary place like a private journal, these songs are as sparse as a simple prayer. Concepts of grief, searching and starting over, then longing for redemption are told with an old pipe organ and piano.

Saint Timothy’s was mastered by Kramer of Low and Galaxie 500 fame and will be officially released on January 10th, 2012.

The band has been kind enough to let me pass on this link to their previous record for free! [Songs Your Mother Never Sang You]. I really liked it, I think you will too.

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[Hey! It’s Christmas]
They won’t let me paste the track listing in here and I’ve not got the time to type it all up, but it’s good, trust me.
Also…I often have trouble with these, you have to fill out a little form giving your email address. At this time you agree to get on the mailing list and they will send you the link to your download. However, I never seem to receive the link to the music. But I always seem to make it onto the mailing list! (So yeah, I hate these, but it’s free music so take your chances.). And yes, I did check my spam filters, it gets filtered out at the server level.

And don’t forget to keep checking Amazon’s free stuff: [Amazon Free Christmas]

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She’s getting ready for her big tour: October 29 through November 23 to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Austria, France, Czech Republic. If you see her in any of these locations write a review, send it and I’ll post it!

Here’s the music: [Amber Rubarth on iLike]

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Since leaving their former record label, Columbia, and signing with Dirty Hit Ltd, Little Comets have been busy touring with artists such as Delphic and The Noisettes. They’ve been gaining great radio and TV support for Isles and are continuing their tour of the UK with 20 dates in the next month alone!

They describe the song thusly:

“The song is called ‘Isles’ and I suppose it is just a collection of notes and words that fell out of us when whilst practicing in Gateshead. Like lots of places we’ve travelled to, there a strange disconnect between the people and their environment. Despite the simplification of bleak streets and wild youth, the lyrics can maybe convey the yearning subject matter more accurately.”

You can get a free orchestral MP3 of their song, Isles [here]

[Little Comets Official]
[Little Comets on MySpace]
[Little Comets on Facebook]

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Phoenix embraces a wide range of musical styles from country, to pop and recently decided to give her own interpretation of some popular songs.

Here she’s done a cover of a Katy Perry song, Hot N Cold:

and here’s a free MP3!

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Album Name: Fall of Spring
Artist: Lonely Drifter Karen
Year/Label: 2010 / Crammed Discs
[Buy at Amazon]
[Download at Amazon]

Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds

This is a good one for me to post today since it’s my birthday, and I really like this one! It’s super cool.

Lonely Drifter Karen is Tanja Frinta, Marc Melia Sobrevias and Giorgio Menossi. I’m not quite sure how to classify this. It’s really kinda…I know I can’t say unique because something can’t be sort of unique it either is or it isn’t. And while I know I’ve not heard anything exactly like it before, maybe you have. They remind me of a few other artists depending on the song.

This consists of:
Female lead, sweet lilting voice.

Background swoopy vocals, psychedelic-ish. Includes whistling.

Catchy songwriting that creates amazing ear worms.

Some songs are poppy, some torchy, some dirgy.

Something’s Scorching is definitely a stand out. It’s spooky and swampy and cool.

From start to finish this one’s great. It is an exceptional album and one that’s soaring to the top of my list.

They’ve agreed to let me share a track with you too! [download A Roof Somewhere]

Track Listing
1. Dis-In-Motion
2. Show Your Colours
3. Russian Bells
4. Railroad
5. Ready to Fall
6. Something’s Scorching
7. A Roof Somewhere
8. Julien
9. Eventually
10. Side by Side
11. Wonderous Ways
12. Seeds
13. Seasonal Things

[Lonely Drifter Karen Official Site]

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This band came across my desk recently and I thought I’d share with you.

There’s also an MP3 for you! [Visions of You]

Here’s some press:

All The Things We’ve Been Told is the debut offering from Toronto’s Modern Superstitions. Produced by Sloan’s Patrick Pentland, All The Things We’ve Been Told is a snapshot of a young band hitting all the right notes all at the same time. Growing up as childhood friends, Modern Superstitions’ teenage members are Nyssa, Matthew and Harry. And what a beautiful noise they make.

Listen to them on [My Space]

Tracklist:
1. Go Between
2. Visions of You
3. Everything That Is Not Mine
4. Beck & Call
5. Love That Beats My Heart
6. Mercy Line

[download at Amazon]

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Free Lindsey Ray song from her upcoming album, Goodbye from California: I love this song!

[Click here]

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A few years back I reviewed katie Davis’ EP, “Terrible Terrible” and it was far from. It was actually one of my favorites of the year. She’s got a new one out and she’s allowed me to offer a free song for you to sample:
[Fisherman] from her new EP, Three Songs. For more info, check out [Katie’s Website]

Andy Clockwise is known to many as the eccentric, charismatic, magnetic, so talented its almost unfair (The Daily Telegraph) brand new legend of rock and roll coming from Sydney Australia and coming out of Los Angeles. Part punk, part pop, part rock, part indescribable; Andy stands out as a forerunner of the future of good music. [The Casanova (Remember Love)] by Andy Clockwise.

For these you have to sign up for the mailing list to get the free song, but that’s cool, right?

[Chatelaine] from Take a Line for a Walk. Really pretty stuff. (I don’t know the name yet because my email with the link hasn’t arrived yet).

[The Watson Twins] Human. A previously unreleased B-Side.

Oh and if you’re planning on getting a Kindle, I’d love it if you’d go through me!
[Amazon Kindle]

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[Why Does the Wind?] (Ewan Pearson Radio Edit) from the album Why Does the Wind? by Tracey Thorn.

[Dead Hearts] by Stars From the Album The Five Ghosts.

[Heart To Tell] by The Love Language From the Album Libraries

[Honest Face] from the album Champagne In Seashells EP by Liam Finn + Eliza Jane

[Beautiful People] by The Books From the Album The Way Out

[Stole My Heart] by Little & Ashley From the Album Stole My Heart EP

[Electrocution] by Nada Surf From the Album Electrocution

[Dragon’s Song] by Blitzen Trapper From the Album Destroyer Of The Void

[Die] by Carissa’s Wierd From the Album They’ll Only Miss You When You Leave: Songs 1996 – 2003

[Oh bless it, here’s the whole list…]

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Free Gileah Taylor track and new EP
I just got word, from Gileah herself, that she’s releasing a new EP and in support is offering a free single on her website.
[Get I’m All In by Gileah Taylor]
I’ll write more about the EP once I get it

I Can See, from See Green
Also Courteney Green from See Green (who I reviewed recently) is offering a free single for you. It’s a cover of an LCD Soundsystem song.
[Get I Can Change by See Green]

The Brothers Young
The Brothers Young are, in fact, three brothers rounded out with the help of three of their closest friends. Dillon, Dustin and Michael Young are joined by Levi Cecil, Travis Girton and Trevino Brings Plenty for the follow-up EP to their outstanding debut, The Sun Says He’s God.
[Good Deeds by Brothers Young]

Red Wanting Blue
[Get Where You Wanna Go by Red Wanting Blue] from their record, These Magnificent Miles.

Guster!
On October 5, Guster returns with Easy Wonderful, their first studio album in four years.
[Guster’s site] Note: you have to tweet or Facebook post in order to get the free song.

[Have some free music, on me!] from Emusic.

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Anyway,Tthe Mynabirds caught my attention because of their cool artwork (I saw it in a Ticketbastard ad) and their site has two free downloads.

[The Mynabirds]

I Likey!!

Get their debut record (see I knew they haven’t been around forever!) at the following:

[Buy at Amazon]
[Download at Amazon]

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[Yep Roc Records Sampler] has Nick Lowe, The Apples in Stereo, Nina Persson and others.

the next is an EP from Benjy Davis.

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So they let me know that they are releasing a free track and said I could share it with you lovely readers.
[Go here]

[Mr. Meeble on YouTube]

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You’re welcome. Here is another goodies:

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Happy Friday everyone!
I have some free tunage for you.
Awhile back I reviewed See Green’s album, [Violet].
I’m now happy to be able to offer you a free track from it!
[Think Twice] by See Green

Have a great weekend!!

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First up…Kathryn Williams has signed a new deal with the One Little Indian and will release The Quickening on July 6th in North America. [Little Lesson] by Kathryn Williams.

Julie Ann Bee is an epically rare musician who has crafted three CDs, with the kind of intuitive knowing and organic talent that defies logic and defines great artists.
[Marmelade] by Sea of Bees.

[Ghost of an Earthworm] by Loch Lamond from their new, Night Bats.

[Legionnaire] by Abandoned Pools. Tommy Walter used to be in The Eels.

[Do Right] by Megan McCormick from her album, Honest Words (out in August).

Visit [Kill Beat’s Site] for Rae Spoon and get a handful of MP3s there.

Gaelic Storm is a Celtic inspired, bluegrass rooted rock outfit. Their newest album Cabbage will be released on August 3.
[Raised on Black and Tan]

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Remember Sheila Nichols? Man I loved her albums, [How strong] and [Wake].

So I was beyond thrilled when I saw that she’s got some new stuff coming our way! I’ve been allowed to share a couple of songs with you!

Click the links, then on the name of the song, Right click and choose save link as…
[Bardo]
[Natural Law]
OR
If you’d rather just listen:
[Bardo]
[Natural Law]

Damn, it’s good to hear that voice again!

Press Release:
Sheila Nicholls’ first new release in 7 years, Songs from the Bardo, is an interesting combination of genres. Shifting easily from acoustic singer-songwriter to studio trip hop grooves.

“Songs from the Bardo is an exploration of what interlaces the personal with the universal. What we experience individually, that ultimately makes us the same.”

Since moving to the US from England, Sheila has performed with NY-based group Splendid Frock, recorded 3 solo albums and started her own label, Essex Girl Records.

“After releasing two albums with Hollywood Records, I decided to lay low for a minute. I built a studio, bought equipment, and taught myself ProTools. I really wanted to expand my abilities and have more creative independence. Consequently this record took a while because I did it myself, with some help from friends. Oh and I also had a baby.”

Available now, ‘Songs from the Bardo’ delivers an LP experience in which Sheila co-produced as well as wrote the entire album.

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It says Video too, but my download didn’t come iwth any video. Let me know if you experience differently.
[Download Forgiveness by Sarah McLachlan]

Note: this is only good today, I believe. So act now.

Other cool ones:

[February Snow by Peggy Sue]
[Hinterland] or [Intro #3] by Aim
[I’d Rather Be Your Enemy by Gemma Ray]

Of course, you don’t need me to tell you what to like.
[Check out the list for yourselves.]

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[Visist Sound Cloud] and you can stream and download the song.
[Official Snow and Voices site]

‘I Am A Storm’ is taken from Snow & Voices’ third CD ‘Anything That Moves’, released May 25, 2010 on their own independent Elastic Ruby Records, distributed by Junketboy/Coalition of Independent Music Stores. The album is a multi-layered aural landscape created by the collaboration of singer-songwriter Lauri Kranz and multi-instrumentalist Jebin Bruni.

‘Anything That Moves’ commits the band to the moody dream-pop sound that they have become known for. Mojo described their previous record as “fragile, captivating…..brings Portishead’s Beth Gibbons to mind.”

Released by: Elastic Ruby
Release date: May 25, 2010

Here’s the track list
1. Maybe Finland
2. Everything Coming Apart
3. Blue
4. I Am a Storm
5. The Letting Go
6. Swallow Me
7. Mistress
8. Liar
9. Please Be My Lover

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[Kate Lamont’s Surplus]

[Deny All by Bettie Serveert]

[Almighty Love by Emm Gryner (ft,. Joe Elliot)]

[Here’s the whole list]

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[Too Late for Lovers by Gin Wigmore]

[Dancing by Standard Dare]

[Long Goodbye by The Nadas]

[Not Here, Not Tonight by Near the Parenthesis]

[Here’s the whole list]

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Some of you long-time readers might know the name Circle Link from this site (you may very well also know her otherwise!). I’ve reviewed a few of her records in the past and I’m excited to announce that she has a new one coming out!

It’s called Vonnegut’s Wife and she explains it as:

“dark and moody sweet and strange!
This record that I put off for releasing for so long is not for those of you looking for another Bluebird Tattoo.”

Well, I loved that song, Bluebird Tattoo, but I’m still really anxious for this one. Sounds fantastic.

For a limited time, you can head over to [her site] and comment on the release post and she’ll send you a link to download it.

Enjoy! I know I will.

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[Cheer Up Shayla]
(click to listen, right click and choose Save Link As… to download it.)

Here’s their bio:

Panama Gold is a rock n’ roll quartet based in Seattle, WA*. Their collective sound celebrates the highs and lows of 60’s garage rock and late 70’s post-punk with the vocal delivery and soul of early Rolling Stones, Doors and Stax recordings. “We fancy ourselves as being a band that goes outside the constraints of formulaic songwriting; but at the same time, we want your grandma to like us, so we adhere to certain pop song structures,” states lead vocalist Damien Goyenechea. Panama Gold’s high energy sentiment, songwriting and stage show are equally rooted in the moment. And what a moment it’s been: In less than a year, Panama Gold went from an idea of songwriter Goyenechea, to forming their own label Madcap Records, releasing several singles, an eponymously named EP and playing dozens of well-received shows at Northwest venues such as The Sunset Tavern, High Dive, Slims, and Hell’s Kitchen. Panama Gold has begun to cement their notoriety around the Seattle music scene; if the past is any indication, the months to follow will be equally fleeting. An LP is slated for release in June 2010 preceding a West Coast tour.

*Members: Jeremy Archer – Bass Derick Lester – Drums Brad Wright – Guitar Damien Goyenechea – Guitar / Vocal
[On MySpace]
[Madcap Records]

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I was alerted to this artist (and FREE EP) a little while ago, and I’ve been listening to it and really enjoying it. he’s got such a soothing voice!

[Peter Bradley Adams]

Gorgeous stuff.

if you agree, please head over to Amazon and get the full length, Traces
Physical:

Or his other EPs,
Physical versions:
[Leavetaking]
[Gather Up]

Download Versions:
[Traces]
[Gather Up]
[Leavetaking]

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Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds

The name of the CD had me worried, Twilight and Blues. While I love twilight (no, not that ‘Twilight’-no, the time of day) I do not like blues. However, I’m happy to say this record is actually jazz. It’s that grown up sophisticated style that makes me feel like I should have a martini in my hand and be talking about an art showing I just saw.

While I am nowhere near that mature, I can pretend, and this is just the album to help me do that.

It’s instrumental, piano based. I’m actually glad there are no vocals, that’s one less thing the jazz people can yell at me about in my critique. She’s a fantastic piano player and there are a good deal of horns as well.

There are a couple of songs that have ‘blues’ in the title and they’re probably among my favorites!

The songs are all wonderful and I wouldn’t change a thing. Great record!

You can get a couple of free MP3s from her website:
[Pandemonium] from Twilight and Blues
[Heat Wave] from her previous release, Sunny Day Theory

Track Listing
1. Pandemonium
2. Woodstock
3. What’s Going On/ Extended Take
4. City Streets
5. Turbulent Blue
6. Twilight
7. Kozmic Blues
8. Blue for You
9. Moon River
10. What’s Going On

[Lisa Hilton Official Site]

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25 free

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[Download Holiday EP] Free until January 1, 2010.

Barbara Trentalange is a veteran musician who began expressing herself musically before she could read. Her talent has carried her around the world and allowed her to play with amazing performers like Crooked Fingers, Calexico, Micah P. Hinson, Head Like A Kite, Sushirobo and Mark Pickerel (formerly of Screaming Trees.) Trentalanges songs are vibrant powerful portraits of complex and compelling characters.

After fronting Seattle band Spyglass for five years and touring with Crooked Fingers in support of Dignity and Shame, Trentalange released two full length recordings on Coco Tauro Records, Photo Album of Complex Relationships (2006) and Awakening Level One (2008). The critics response to both recordings was overwhelmingly positive. Trentalanges haunting voice and hypnotic beats grabbed the attention of the music editors at MTV, VH1, FUEL, and the Oxygen channel, where her music is in regular rotation on a wide variety of dramatic series.

Trentalanges music is a balance between raw power and vulnerability. Her new ep B-Sides (2009), is a 5-song collection of unreleased material from 2004-2009. Even though these songs didn’t make the cut for either full-length album, they are equal in strength to the material that did.

Trentalange composed, performed and recorded the songs on B-Sides. With producer Martin Feveyear (Jupiter Studios), producer Ryan Hadlock (Bear Creek Studios) drummers Mark Pickerel, Faith Stankevich, Dov Friedman, Barry Shaw and other guest musicians Dave Head Like A Kite Einmo, and Tim Sale, Trentalange has created a solid repertoire of songs.

With a lifetime of passion and dedication her skill and creativity are astounding. Her music defies description; and cannot easily be put into any one genre. Trentalanges songs are so saturated with emotion and style new sonic discoveries will be made with each listen.

Trentalange is offering a FREE download of B-Sides off Bandcamp.com until January 1, 2010. Download a little holiday treasure for yourself.

“B-Sides” TRACKLISTING: Release Date: January 1, 2010

01. In This Darkness
02. Way Down Where the Wind Blows
03. Changed Love
04. Lover
05. Time

More Links:

[www.trentalangemusic.com]
[www.myspace.com/trentalange]
[facebook.com/trentalange]
[twitter.com/trentalange]

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25 Days of Free Music

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This time it’s free!!

Some awesome artists, like Dar Williams, Joshua Radin, Brandi Carlile, Meiko, Watson Twins, and more!

[check out Vanguard Records]

Note: some folks are having trouble with this. I was able to download this yesterday, I tried again this morning (Thursday) and I couldn’t get it either. I sent them an email.

Tracklist;
My Old Man – Stephan Kellpgg & the Sizers
Dying Day – Brandi Carlile
One of Those Days – Joshua Radin
Wildfires (live in Ireland) – Josh Ritter
Won’t Turn Back – Needtobreathe
Your Ghost – Greg Laswell
Hiding – Meiko
The Holdays are Here (We’re Still at War) – Brett Dennon
That’s How it Goes – Noise Addict
It’s Alright – Dar Williams
Romeo – Dawn Landes
Santa Cruz – Erin McKeown
Dead End Kids (vinyl edition) – Joe Purdy
Dance in a Straight Line – Katie Herzig
Sweeping the Ashes – Serena Ryder
U-N-Me – The Watson Twins

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The Paper Raincoat (Alex Wong & Amber Rubarth) is about to release their first full-length record! I couldn’t be more excited.
Here’s your opportunity to get involved.

You can pre-order at various levels earning you different levels of goodies once release time comes.

But right now you can download a free MP3 of their song, Right Angles.
Check it out on [The Paper Raincoat’s Site]

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[Anti-Sampler, Fall 2009]

Then I also saw that you can get a single from the bank Mock Orange whom I reviewed here a few months ago
[get ‘Captain Love’ here]

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Free Hope Sandoval Mp3 in prep for her new record, Through the Devil Softly, which releases September 29, 2009. Whee!

[Blanchard on Amazon]

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They’ve got an album coming out in the fall of 2009, “made with nothing but love, dreams and late nights.”

They’ve given me permission to post a couple songs here. I hope you like them:

Shades and Shadows is a chorus of voices, a layered prayer, incantation, or hope for guidance
House Of Dreams is a lonely island built for two.

[Get the songs here]

[Vovete MySpace]
[Vovette Official] (not much there yet)

UPDATE!

Thanks to Dan for asking about this. I sent a note to the band and they wrote me back right away!
The album took a little longer to finish (they’re mixing it right now) but they offerred up this news tid-bit:

the album is called PROVIDENCE and will be out this spring (available on digital music retailers and in indie shops). We will be releasing an MP3 again soon, in addition to the ones we sent out already. we will be updating both our myspace and website soon with all the upcoming info including a show in February in New York at The Delancey as part of Small Beast, date tbd

So that’s great news!

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