Showing posts with label Sufjan Stevens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sufjan Stevens. Show all posts

17 September 2010

Friday Freebies


Sufjan Stevens
Mr Stevens certainly likes to catch us off guard, first off he releases a surprise new EP, then the next thing you know he was giving away free track, 'I Walked', from his forthcoming album 'The Age of Adz'. Well now he's at it again, posting up another free download, 'Too Much', which you can find on his Bandcamp.

Summer Camp

My hipsters senses aren't what they used to be, until now Summer Camp completely passed me by, it wasn't until I was reading an article about them the other day that I realised that the duo actually comprised of one my favourite artists, Jeremy Warmsley. Their new 'Young EP', seems to be all over the place at the moment, which is fully deserved in my eyes, no it's not Scottish, but I'd urge you to check it out. If you need a bit more convincing then you can get a free download of their song 'I Only Have Eyes For You' by signing up to their mailing list (it's about half way down the page on the right hand side).

Esperi

Lo-fi experimentalist, Chris lee-Marr aka Esperi, makes some of the most delicate music in Scotland at the moment, and if Halina from the Glasgow Podcart is to be believed, then his forthcoming debut album is going to blow you away. Fine praise indeed, if you want to get in on the act before it all kicks off, then head on over to his Bandcamp, where you can download his track 'Proverb' , taken from his '21:21' EP for free.

Aspen Tide
The Glasgow indie pop quartet, have posted up their track 'Bittersweet' for free download on their Music Glue page. Simply give them your email address and they'll give you the tune, if that sounds like a fair deal to you, then get downloading here. Fans of bands like the Xcerts, Twin Atlantic and LightGuides should lap this up.

Randolph's Leap
Yes I know that I messed up their freebie the other week (thanks Jim), it was only up for a week, which I didn't know when I had found it, sorry. To make up for it, I have found this wee gem of a freebie from last year, it's their single 'A​-​side, B​-​side, Seaside' from last year, which you can get for free. The band have a new in the pipe line, which is sounding rather nifty, don't worry I'll remind you when it comes out.

Fiona Soe Paing
The Aberdonian electro-experimentalist, and also a favourite round these parts, has posted up 'Deep Song' from her excellent 'No Man's Land' release, for free download on her Bandcamp. Get it downloaded kids.

Mondegreen
The Glasweigan indie-pop experimentalists impressed me a lot when I caught them supporting 'we're only afraid of NYC' last month, you might remember that I posted a link to download their EP in Freebies a few weeks back. Now, being the generous folk that they are, they have posted up a rough demo called 'Casting Error', which you can download for here.

Walnut Tree Records

The Watford based label have posted up a cracking wee free download of a compilation album that they have compiled. There are a couple of Scottish acts on it, Pareto and The Barent Sea, you can get yourself a copy here.

Ace City Racers

Unashamedly taking their influences from Blur's Britpop days, the Glasgow indie trio have posted up their catchy as fuck tune, 'Scenester' up for free on their Bandcamp, if you like what you hear, then you'll be chuffed to learn that they have a residency at Pivo Pivo in Glasgow during October.

Lek Fonq
The Australian outfit have been described as being 'pop-funk meets electronica with a sunshine vibe', how could you resist something that sounds like so much fun. The band have given me an MP3 of a remix of their track 'Inner Rhthym', download it here.

Captain Polaroid
The Brummie lo-fi artist is back with another new freebie, his Beat Nostalgia EP3 is up for download over on his blog.

Lonesome Mercury

I don't think I have ever featured a band from the Isle of Man on Peenko before, so it's about time that I got that rectified with a dirty garage band by the name of Lonesome Mercury. They have a free EP called 'Dirty Northern Garage' up for free download on their Bandcamp.

!!! (chkchkchk)
The Californian dance punks have a new album out, 'Strange Weather Isn't It?', they're giving a wee tatster of it on their website, you can download 'AM/FM' here.

Sun Hotel
The New Orleans indie outfit are giving away a free download of their track 'Suburb', taken from their forthcoming album 'Coast', you can get a copy in exchange for a tweet or Facebook post.

Napoleon IIIrd
The band are giving away their track 'The Unknown Unknown' for free in exchange for a tweet.


Kowalskiy's Komplimentary Korner

Kowalskiy's Kontribution for today is a wee cracker, once again he's raised the bar just that little bit higher, how he'll manage to keep the standards this high I'll never know. This is the third in the series of his EP's, check this out for a track listing;

1. Over The Wall - track from the upcoming debut album
2. Penguins Kill Polar Bears - unreleased track
3. How To Swim - track from their upcoming album
4. Come On Gang! - Wolfjazz remix of 'Fortune Favours The Brave'
5. Shambles Miller - unreleased demo

Just click the pretty picture below and get downloading............



03 September 2010

Friday Freebies


Loch Awe
I guess I say this a lot, possibly too much(?), but sometime things pop into my inbox that generally catch me off guard. The latest young scamps to catch me off guard were Edinburgh folk outfit Loch Awe, they remind me a lot of bands like Foxface or even a bit of Meursault, it's indie pop with a Celtic tinge. I'm probably not doing it much justice, instead of reading my ramblings you should check out their debut album, 'Artificial Life from a Digital Sea' which is free to download on their Bandcamp page.

The Last Battle
Their debut album 'Heart of the Land, Soul of the Sea' comes out on the 4th of October, as a taster of what you can expect the Edinburgh folk troupe have posted a live EP up for free download on their Bandcamp page.

Pink Pills
The Edinburgh artists new EP 'Shackled Visions' is out to buy now on his Bandcamp, if you get in early enough you can buy a t-shirt and download the EP for just a fiver. A free download of the title track is up for free download on there too, get downloading here.

Sufjan Stevens

After surprising as all with his 'All Delighted People EP' the other week, Mr Stevens has already given us a wee taster of what we can expect from his forthcoming album 'The Age of Adz'. He's very kindly posted up 'I Walked' from it up for free download on his Bandcamp.

Dan Lyth
The Fife singer songwriter has just released new EP, 'Some Of My Friends' Songs', a collection of re-imagined versions of songs written by his friends. It includes tracks originally penned by The Scottish Enlightenment, Craig Rennie and Kilmory Day Trip and it can be downloaded for free on his Bandcamp page, it even comes with an essay on the perils of attempting 'cover versions'.

I Like Where I Live
This freebie comes courtesy of David from Glasgow band Galleries, being the talented fella that he is, he also does some solo electronica stuff. Following up on the success of last years 'Co-ordinates EP', he's just posted up new 'I Do Remember', which you can get your mucky paws on free by clicking the link.

The Cinnamons

The band have released single number four, 'Soul For Sale' from their summer long project '5 Song of Summer' in which they will release 5 singles though out the summer months, followed by an E.P. Launch in October. The songis now up for free download though Bandcamp, if this is the first you have heard of the project, check out the link where you can download the previous 3 singles, 'Welcome To The Business', 'Leave If You Want To' & 'Where We're Going (This Shit Don't Matter) also for free.

Arran Arctic
A brand spanking new Arran Arctic single is now up for you to download for free. The new single is called 'Interrupt Me', you can get yourself a copy for free on his homepage, there's also a wee animated video to go with it, watch it here.

The Boy Who Trapped The Sun
Is it just me or do I seem to post a free TBWTTS trakc every other week? Not that I am complaining mind you! This one is a link to an interview he did for a website called Blagsound, if you scroll to the bottom then you can download his track 'Golden' completely gratis.

Yellow Ostrich
This freebie comes courtesy of long time reader, 'mudville', so mind and say thanks to him if you like it. Yellow Ostrich (Alex Schaaf) is the lead singer of the indie band The Chairs and he's posted a whole host of EP's up for free download on his Bandcamp.

Edwyn Collins
This is due to go live today, so if the link isn't there when this post goes up try again a bit later. In what is a series of compilation of ‘Birdsong’ themed music, this is number seven in the series and it has been compiled by our very own Edwyn Collins. To get a copy you will need to sign up to their mailing list to receive the newsletter and download link at some point today, so be quick.

Perfect Chaos
It's not often that I find myself mentioning Death Metal on here, I guess this might well be the first and last time that I do. If that's your kind of thing, then Perfect Chaos are giving away their song 'The Black and the Spectrum' for free in exchange for a tweet or a Facebook post.

20 December 2008

Sufjan Stevens - Songs For Christmas Vol. 8

01. Angels We Have Heard On High
02. Do You See What I See
03. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
04. Christmas In The Room
05. Good King Wenceslas
06. Joy To The World
07. The Child With The Star On His Head

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11 December 2008