We've Got It Covered #98

Welcome to the first ever international Peenko blog post! Now I'm not too sure whether this will work or not, but if it does, then this will be the first time that I've written a post using my phone. It's a complete recipe for disaster and a real likelihood that there my grammar will be even worse than normal. As some of you will already be aware, I'm 'sunning' it up in Barcelona this weekend, in what is me and Mrs Peenko's first holiday sans baby. Much as we miss our wee girl, I have to admit that it's done the pair of us the world of good to chill out and more importantly catch up on some much needed sleep. You've got no idea how amazing it is to have had proper lie on!

As for this weeks covers, they come from Kid Canaveral and the Pictish Trail. Who coincidentally enough are playing together at the CCA this coming Thursday. Provided I don't end up blowing all of my money on mojitos tonight I should hopefully be heading along to. Talking of cocktails I think it's about time that I had my first of the day...

The Pictish Trail - Boy From School (Hot Chip cover)

Kid Canaveral - Missionary (King Creosote cover)

Friday Freebies

The Music Alliance Pact
My good mate The Pop Cop had a special wee celebratory post earlier in the week, if you haven't come across his Music Alliance Posts before then now is the time to do some catching up. I'll leave PC to explain what it's all about, all you need to know from is that he's posted up a cracking wee compilation of songs for you to download for free. You can get your hands on some exclusive and rare tracks from some of the following, We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Seventeenth Century, The Unwinding Hours and Kid Canaveral to name just a few. Download it here.

FOUND
Last week they gave us a free download of OnTheFly's Remix of 'Let Fidelity Break', what this weeks freebie is a mystery to me. If last weeks tune is anything to go by then once again boys n girls you're in for a treat, plus we're also one week closer to the release of their new album. Double Bonus.

Quiet Lights
Here's a great wee freebie that you should be checking out this dream pop outfit Brooklyn who have just recently released a 3-track pre-release, which they're giving away as a wee taster of things to come to from their forthcoming full release. Their album which is currently being mixed by John Congleton (St Vincent, Explosions in the Sky) then mastered by Alan Douches (Frightened Rabbit, Sufjan Stevens) should be out early next year. If that sounds like your kind of thing then just click the link.

Bella Union
One of my favourite labels are giving away a whole host of freebies this week, first up they have a wee free album sampler up for grabs, it features tracks from Beach House, Lawrence Arabia, The Acorn and Department of Eagles, you can get your hands on it here. They are also giving away a whole host of MP3's on Soundcloud, including tracks from The Walkmen, Abe Vigoda, Our Broken Garden and The Kissaway Trail.

Kori Pop
Her real name really is Kori Pop, or at least that's what she tells me, she even has as the birth certificate to prove it. Not long ago she released her first record From The Outskirts, which was made in a barn located in rural Ontario, I think that's about all that you need to know. Oh and there is also the small matter of her giving away her first single Nowhere Near My Heart for free on her Bandcamp page.

The Japanese War Effort
Gerry Loves have posted up the Fresh Air Session that The Japanese War Effort recorded for them. You can download it here.

The Twilight Singers
You can download a new song from the forthcoming Twilight Singers album due early next year on Sub Pop Records. "Blackbird and the Fox" features a duet between Greg Dulli and Ani DiFranco and you can get it here.

Hot Chip
Those funky Hot Chip kids have released a free track, 'Didn't Know What Love Was' through Converse, it features Bernard Sumner & Hot City, and you can get it here.

Scrap Brain
Edinburgh's Scrap Brain are giving away their track 'Caspian' for free all you have to is tweet about it, find out more here.

Neil Milton
This week saw the return of Scottish music label, Too Many Fireworks, although now it's based in Warsaw. Label owner and also musician Neil Milton relaunches his label with an new EP, you can get your hands on song air (Or The Dragonfly) from it for free in exchange for one tweet.

Selebrities
The Brooklyn outfit have been compared to a 'downstroke Beach House', if that sounds good to you then you can download their Ladies Man Effect EP for free.

Mopp
You can download a remix of Dream About You by former Fresh Meat-er 'Dems' here for absolutely nothing. I think this falls under the category of tune!

Spokes
You can get a free download of their song 'Torn Up In Praise' here, be quick as it's only available for the next few days.

Club Seat
Yep the car maker, it's amazing how many want to use music to promote their product these days. Mots of it being bland shit music, not that I am saying that the free music being offered for free doesn't fall into that category, I'm sure that some of you guys must like Foals and Bombay Bicycle Club. Hence the reason for me posting this link, however, if you find yourself getting all excited about the prospect of a free Ellie Goulding session, then I really have failed you all.

The Van Doos!
The nice folk over at 'Young & Lost Club' are giving away an“essential first offering from London based threesome The Van Doos” which you can get for free here.

Three Blind Wolves
Ross Clarke and his band have a wee freebie up for grabs on his Myspace, you can download 'The Maybe Forest' simply by clicking the link.

Friday Freebies

Frightened Rabbit
In case you missed this last week, Frightened Rabbit feature on a wee covers album of songs by indie-pop band The Philistines Jnr, there are more details on the album and a free download on Pitchfork. There is also a wee remix up there from We Were Promised Jetpacks.

Stars
I love this band, love 'em, so I was well chuffed when they decided to give away two free tracks to folk on their mailing list. You can download these two tracks, Opinions Versus The Sun (STARS Vs. The Album Leaf) and We Don't Want Your Body (TEEN Remix), by clicking this link.

Hot Chip
"There's a free download available of a 3am rave-gasmic mix of Hand Me Down Your Love by dynamic duo Wild Geese. Click here to get yourself disco'd up".

The Son(s)
I know I keep harping on about this lot, but then I guess I wouldn't do it if give them all of this attention if they didn't deserve it. A while back I posted that they had a couple of tracks up for grabs, well now there's a cracking wee EP too. You can download their 'Radar EP' for nowt over on their Bandcamp, get it done kids.

Hercules Moments
The Aberdonanian bloggers have compiled a cracking wee compilation album called funnily enough, 'Hercules Moments: Vol. 1' which they have posted for free download. It features tracks from a variety of 'local' bands, including Peenko favourites, Indian Red Lopez. Download it here.

British Sea Power
The band have a seven-track EP due out on Monday 4 October. The Zeus EP is the band’s first release since The Man Of Aran soundtrack from 2009 and acts as a wild and wunderbar-wonky precursor to the band’s fourth studio album, set for release in 2011. You can download the lead track from the EP by signing up to their mailing list here.

Factory Kids
The Glasgow experimental pop duo and former Fresh Meat starlets have a new EP out, and wouldn't you believe it, it's available for free. Go and grab yourself a copy from NOECHO Records.

The Ramisco Maki Maki Rocking Horse
This freebie comes courtesy of Highland label Planet Grouch Records, check out their latest release from The Ramisco Maki Maki Rocking Horse, you can download their debut mini album for free using this download code: bpcr-7ta3 be quick, only a few copies available.

John Vanderslice
The American singer-song writer has posted up his 'Green Grow The Rushes Grow' EP for free download on his website.

The Girobabies
The Glasgow psychedelic punk rock outfit have posted a free download of their track 'Bank Charge', taken from their EP 'Social Not Working', download it here kids.

Jamie Sturrock
Another cracking wee release on the fabulous Wiseblood Industries label, this one comes from experimentalist artist Jamie Sturrock. You can download his EP2: Giascape for zero pennies here.

Tempercalm
The Glasgow trio are set to return with a new album in October, as a wee taster you can download the track 'Kick Obsession' from it for free, just click the link.

The Pierces
The New York outfits new EP, Love You More, is due out next month, as a taster they're giving away a song from it. Just click here to get your free download of "To The Grave".

The Plimptons
You can download the first 4 tracks off the new Plimptons album for free here.

Noumenon
The Chicago 'party math trio' recently debuted their first official release "Party Mathematics" through cool as fuck DIY label, Big Scary Monsters back in May. Now that the the record has been out for a few months the band have posted it online for free via their Bandcamp page.

Nosiemakers Sampler
In exchange for your email address you can get yourself a free sampler featuring; Ben Rector, Bleu, The Civil Wars, Coal Train Railroad, David Mead, Derek Webb, Green River Ordinance, Joy Williams, Justin McRoberts, Kate York, Katie Herzig, The Last Royals,Lovedrug, Matt Wertz, Matthew Mayfield, Matthew Perryman Jones, Mike Farris, Mikky Ekko, Red Mountain Church, Sandra McCracken, Sleeping At Last, Snowden, Thad Cockrell, Trent Dabbs and Waterdeep. Get it here.

The Celestians
The Scottish alt-rockers have posted up their 'Specimens' EP for download on their Bandcamp.

Smile Smile
The band announced on Twitter a few weeks ago that they would record a Live/Acoustic set, letting their followers decide which songs they wanted to hear they would record them live and make it available for free download. The band were true to their word and here's the fruits of their labour.

Laubfrosch
Another band who have taken up the mantle of submitting a freebie for you lucky kids alternative dance-rap-band from Germany, called "Laubfroschfresh" with their electrofunky Remix of Yeasayer's O.N.E. Listen to it here, then if you like it download it here.

Trent Reznor
The Nine Inch Nails frontman has a posted a free 5-track EP from The Social Network score that himself and Atticus Ross created, get it here.

White Denim
A very late addition to this weeks freebies comes courtesy of Texan garage rockoutfit, White Denim, who have posted a free album up for download. It's not the “official” follow-up to 2008′s Fits, which they are still working on that, but it should be give you a good indication of what we can expect. Download it here.

Kowalskiy's Komplimentary Korner

Hold The Suspect

This weeks freebie from the doc is the debut EP by Edinburgh alt-rock outfit, Hold The Suspect. You can download their EP for free on their Bandcamp, you can also check out Kowalskiy's review of their latest EP, 'Are You Home yet?', here.

We've Got It Covered #15

You should hopefully remember I featured Washington Irving back in June, great wee band they are too. They're stable mates with the excellent French Wives on innovative Glasgow label Instinctive Raccoon, if you haven't already downloaded yourself a copy and you like this cover, then make sure you hunt down their 'Little Wanderer, Head Thee Home' EP, it's full of cracking indie pop tunes.

Washington Irving - Boy From School (Hot Chip cover)

Friday Freebies

The National
I was a bit late in actually listening to The National, it wasn't until about a year after 'Boxer' was released that I cottoned on what I was missing out on. My fail, I know. On the plus side though I did have one hell of a back catalogue to work my way through. Anyway, I digress, on Tuesday Lauren Laverne debuted new “Bloddbuzz Ohio” on her 6Music show. This led to several blogs posting radio rips of it. In reaction to this their label 4AD have posted a high quality version of the song to download here. It’s really fucking good, if you only download one freebie today, make sure it's this one.

Adam Stafford
This week we have not one but two freebies from the lovely folk over from Scottish indie 'internet' label Wiseblood Industries. First up is the new album from Adam Stafford, the man who not only runs the label, but is also the lead singer of Falkirk outfit Y'all Is Fantasy Island. His album 'Miniature Porcelain Horse Emporium' is up for free download, bloody good it is too.

Jocky Venkataraman
The second free download from Wiseblood comes from Jocky Venkataraman & Jim Megaw, who's new Post Post Office EP, is also available for free download, go grab yourself a copy here. I'll be honest and admit that I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, hey there's only so much time that I have each week. If Jocky's previous material is anything to go by, then you're in for a treat.

Phoenix
Out of of all of the freebies that I came across this week , this one of my favourites. It's a free download of French band Phoenix recorded live in Sydney. Originally it was made available by the Observer, however, you can bypass all of the filling in your details part by clicking here. It features 9 out of the 10 tracks from their latest album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, and it is cracking.

Teenage Fanclub
Woo hoo the Fannies are back!! And there's a new song out there for free, “Baby Lee,” which is taken from the group’s forthcoming ninth album Shadows is available to download over on Stereogum right now. Bloody lovely it is too.

Trapped in Kansas
It's been quite an exciting week in terms of things news coming from the Ayrshire outfit, not only have they signed up with Daydream Management (Halina and Iona from Glasgow Podcart), but they also posted up some B-sides for free download up on their Bandcamp page. If you like what you hear then you might be pleased to know that they are playing at Sleazy's next Wednesday (the 31st).

Glasgow Podcart
While I am on the subject of the Podcart team, they have made a couple of their live sessions from The Scottish Enlightenment and St Deluxe available for free download. All you need to do is head on over to their flashy new Bandcamp page and get downloading.

Spaghetti Anywhere
A fair few of us Scottish bloggers have already declared our undying love for this twee pop duo, in case you weren't paying attention when Ayetunes, Have Fun at Dinner, Kowalskiy, Elba Sessions and myself posted about them, then this is the time for you to do some catching up. Head over to Toy Soldier Records, sign up to their mailing list and they'll send you a free Spaghetti Anywhere 'Girlfriends with Boyfriends' single.

Hot Chip
Their latest album 'One Life Stand' is already one of my favourite of 2010, if you haven't heard it yet then I would suggest you check it out. If you need some encouragement to check it out, then head over to the Line of Best Fit as they have an exclusive free download of a new remix of their cracking new single “I Feel Better”. Go download it here.

Aqualung
Remember this guy? one of his song was used in an advert a few years back, must have been great to get that bit of exposure, but it pretty much killed his career. Anyway, if you want to hear what he sounds like these days then head over to his homepage for a free download of a new song called 'New Friend'. It's actually pretty damn good.

Peggy Sue
The Brighton based folk trio have posted a collection of songs from all their singles and EP available as a free download! There are 10 songs up there for your aural pleasure, download them all from their Soundcloud page.

Wintersleep
They release one of my favourite albums of last year, 'Welcome to the Night Sky' (although I think it came out back in 2008, possibly 2007 - hey I am bit slow to pick up on things sometimes). They'll be back in May with a new album entitled 'New Inheritors', in promotion of it's release they're giving away a free track from it. It's one of those sign your life away/email address up and they'll send you the song.

The Girobabies
You can get 'Jeremy Kyle' from their Bandcamp page, if you like what you hear then you might be interested to know that their debut EP is released on the 1st of May. Thanks to Jim Ayetunes for the tip.

The Horns of Happiness
Indiana band, the Horns of Happiness have just made their new EP available for free. Just head over to their label Secretly Canadian to download the EP, which includes three previously unreleased songs

Kowalskiy's Komplimentary Corner

Ohbijou
This week our good friend Kowalskiy has pulled two corkers out of the bag, first up we have Ohbijou's Third Floor Session which includes 8 free MP3s. In addition if you have a scour about on the site you can find sessions from DD/MM/YYYY, Kay Pettigrew, Gravity Wave and The Wooden Sky.

Conquering Animal Sound
They might well be the latest buzz band amongst Scottish bloggers/podcasters, but I have to be honest and admit that I hadn't given them a listen until David Kowalskiy sent me this freebie,
A free MP3 of 'Alice shoes (live)' (right click save) is available for free download from the Gizeh Records website . Also up for grabs on their site are tracks from Glisando, Trespassers William and worrieaboutsatan, who in case you'd forgotten, play at the Flying Duck tomorrow night.

Hot Chip With Robert Wyatt and Geese

1. Made In The Dark

2. Whistle For Will

3. We're Looking For A Lot Of Love

4. One Pure Thought

Try it