Friday Freebies

FOUND
In what is inevitably going to end up being called 'FOUND's Friday Freebie', Chemikal Undergrounds latest signings are very kindly going to be giving away a free song every Friday (it's like it was they did that just for me - they didn't though), until the release of their new album in March. That's a hell of a lot of free stuff! As I am doing this in advance I don't know what the first track they're giving away is, what I do know is that you can download it here.

French Wives
I know I already mentioned this at the start of the week, but this if something's good then it's worth mentioning again. The cracking French Wives have posted up new song, 'Welcome, in the night' for you ro get your hands on it for free . Just head on over to their Myspace and you'll find details on how to get your grubby little mitts on a copy. As I already mentioned on Sunday, the band also have a couple of gigs lined up this week, tonight night they'll be at The HAC in Irvine, followed by a headlining showing tomorrow at Stereo in Glasgow.

Chemikal Underground
If you haven't already signed up to Chemikal's mailing list you clearly are a bit of a muppet, it's not as if I don't harp on about the bloody thing every month. I guess there's just no telling some folk, here's what you missed this month. A new song by The Phantom Band called 'Walls', which is taken from their forthcoming album, 'The Wants'. Plus as if that wasn't enough, they've also posted 'You're Really Quite The Catch' (feat. Lisa Lindley Jones) from their new signings FOUND. The song is taken from their 2009 download album 'Snarebrained' which the band released to fun their appearance at last years SXSW festival. Now just make me a promise that you'll get yourself signed up to that mailing list....

My Cousin I Bid You Farewell
Another band joining in with some Friday Freebie thinking are Glasgow five piece, My Cousin I Bid You Farewell, who have posted up their track 'I'm Yours', on their Bandcamp page completely gratis.

How To Swim
If you are looking for something to do tonight (1st) in Glasgow, then look no further. Local indie-pop starlets, How To Swim are celebrating the launch of their new album, 'Retina (or More Fun Than a Vat of Love)' <> with a gig at Stereo alongside The Low Miffs and Over The Wall. Should you need a little bit more convincing, then head over to their Bandcamp where you can download their track, ' High School Apocalypse' for free.

UWS Freshers Festival Mixtape
This freebie ame courtesy of my fellow blogger Favourite Son, thanks for the tip mate! It's a wee mix tape featuring tracks from loads of cracking local bands, including Aerials Up, Pacific Theatre, Make Sparks, Trapped in Kansas and Aspen Tide. Just click the link to get downloading.

Skibunny
Fancy an MP3 from this lot? Well normally all you'd have to do is give them you email address and in exchange they'd send you their track 'Ooh Ah'. Now you don't even have to do that as their mailing limit is full (really?!), so you can just click this link to download the song directly.

Bear Driver
It's been a few months since I ran a wee introducing feature with this lot, if you missed it then now you can do some well deserved catching up. The band have posted up a free download of their brand new song 'Golden Touch' on their blog, give it a whirl it's a cracking wee tune.

Alanna Takes a Solo
Fancy getting yourself on some lo-fi indie pop folk, well look no further as there's a whole albums worth of it free from Alanna Takes a Solo. Just click here to download 'Stories of my earlier years'.

Erin Mckeown

What a beautiful name..... Aye so Erin Mckeown, if you haven't come across this American singer song writer before then you are in for a bit of a treat. I caught her a good few years back at Tuts, where she made the great judgement/major faux pas (delete as you feel appropriate) of wearing a Celtic shirt on stage. No it wasn't one of those kind of gigs, she just liked to buy 'soccer tops' from the cities she was playing in. Anyway, I digress she's been churning out cracking albums for years now, so if you haven't heard her before then now is the time to do some catching up as you can download her song 'Queen of Quiet' for free here.

Smoosh
Here's one for you old-school hipsters. I featured this duo in Freebies a while back, but now they are giving a whole album away for free. You can download their new album 'Withershins' for free on their Bandcamp page.

The Cinnamons
"As the weather takes its annual turn for the worse, this definitely means Summer is well and truly over. With it brings the end of The Cinnamons - 5 Songs of Summer Project. Sometimes is now available for free download from The Cinnamons Bandcamp so please go and fill your ears".

Distiller Records
Having nicked my idea of running features on record labels*, the NME are forgiven this week as they ran a feature on the rather excellent Distiller Records. Home to rather excellent Sparrow & the Workshop, the label also has a whole host of amazing bands just waiting for your attention, some of which you can check out for yourself by downloading this free compilation.
(*I might well be talking bollocks here)

Kowalskiy's Komplimentary Korner

Unkle Bob

This weeks freebie from the doc comes from Glasgow four piece, Unkle Bob, if you head over here and give them your email address they will send you a copy of their song 'In My Head'.

Friday Freebies

Miaoux Miaoux
Electronica artist, Miaoux Miaoux (or Julian Victor Corrie as he's known in real life), has put up a free download of a new track called "Hrvatski". Miaoux Miaoux is playing a launch night for his new EP 'Blooms', at the 13th Note this coming Tuesday (16th). He'll also being answering a few questions for me very soon, so watch this space.

Cancel The Astronauts
I saw these guys play Kid Canaverals EP launch last year, and I must admit they completely caught me off guard as they were superb. I guess you know a good song when you sing it for the rest of the night (with the wrong words I might add) having only heard it once. Well that's what the lead track of their EP, the 'I Am The President Of Your Fanclub (And Last Night I Followed You Home)'. That evening I bought the EP, corker it is too and now it is available on free download Simply go the bands bandcamp page and get downloading.

Smoosh
Mind them? What you don't? That technically makes you not a hipster, or at least not a hipster back in 2004 when they were all fashionable. Back then they were 12 and 1o, yes my kiddie fiddling readers, 10 and 12. I must admit that I bought into it all, their debut album 'She Like Electric' is fucking superb. I have probably lost any credibility that I once had for saying that, some of you might be thinking about reporting me to the relevant authorities. Trust me it's good. Anyway, they are now all 'grown up' and they have a free download up for grabs. Get there new song ' We are our own lies' for free on their Bandcamp page.
I will put my neck on the line and say that it's good, in fact it's very very fucking good.

Clash Magazine
In exchange for your email address, the magazine will give you a free download of compilation entitled, 'Cross Section' which features tracks from Los Campesinos!, Field Music, Errors, Yeasayer and Midlake. Download it here.

Lovers Turn To Monsters
Kyel Wood, aka Lovers To Monsters, is a busy little bee, he's gone and made another new Wp 'Tiny Bones', and once again it's available to download for free on his Bandcamp page. Nice work that man.

Boygirlanimalcolour
The West Lothian trio have put their new EP, 'Let's Get Forgotten', which is made up of home recordings 'mixed with guns', for free download on their Bandcamp page.

Paper Cuts
I think I have mentioned on here a couple of times how much I used to love a band from the 90's called Symposium, THE GREATEST LIVE BAND EVER fact. Sadly they went their separate ways a number of years ago. Their lead singer Ross Cummins went on to front a band called PaperCuts, who have also sadly split. On the plus side their eponymous album is out there for free download, treat yourself here.

NME
The NME have a few MP3's available for free download from Band Of Skulls, Future Islands, Dum Dum Girls, Mumford & Sons Cover Vampire Weekend download them here.

Fanfarlo
Another week goes by, and once again my fellow Scottish blogger Kowalskiy comes up with yet another cracking freebie. This time it's a free download of a free 3 track live EP from Fanfarlo. It was recorded at various college radio stations and it's available for free download if you sign up to their mailing list. Once you've signed up, head back to Kowalskiy and get him bookmarked/followed.

Swound
They're made up with four brothers (Joe, Lloyd-great name, Rowan and Tom), they're from Nottingham and they're giving away their album for free. But, yes there's always a but, this time you have to earn it, "in order to get this most savoury collection of songs you need to first submit a challenge for them to try and complete. It can be literally anything you can think of." Go set send them a 'wacky' challenge and reap your rewards here.

Free iTunes download
Heart FM are giving away a free iTunes download (not sure what that entails exactly), to get it you need to register your details with them (then unsubscribe after you've got your code) and you’ll be emailed a free download code within four working days. The double bonus is that you’ll also be entered into a competition to win a Sharleen Spiteri related prize. Now I bet that got you all excited didn't it.

Good Shoes
Yet again, it's another one of those ones whereby if you sign up to their mailing list, they'll send you some songs. in this case they'll give you You'll get The Way My Heart Beats (acoustic), Easier, Easier and a video of the band performing Despair Came Knocking. Sign up here.

MGMT
I don't think I need to make any sort of introductions here, all that you need to know is that you can download a new track, "Flash Delirium" from here

Her Royal Highness
Her Royal Highness (formerly Heatherette, or 'H') has a free download of her song 'A1' on her Bandcamp. If you like what you hear then you might be interested to know that she will be playing live at Electric Circus in Edinburgh tomorrow (13th), supporting Paul Vickers & The Leg at their album launch.