Friday Freebies

Frightened Rabbit
As part of their recent US tour the Frabbit boys were selling a limited edition EP, so now that their state side adventures are all finished up (for now), they've decided to make it free to download. Rather nifty it is too, featuring collaborations with Camera Obscura's Tracyanne Campbell and Scottish folk singer, Archie Fisher, you can nab yourself a free download of the EP simply by signing up to their mailing list. A pretty good deal if I do say so myself.

White Denim
I know that I ban on about Scottish music a fair wee bit on here, but on the odd occasion I do actually turn my ear to things outside of this remit. One such band who have been turning my head for a good few years now are Austin's finest sons, White Denim. If you haven't already checked out their most recent album 'D', then I would suggest you do as it's one of the finest things I have heard all year. If you want a wee taster of what to expect you could always down their free live EP, 'Live at the Ghost Room' which consists of four songs from said album, performed and recorded live in their home town.

Spanish Prisoners
I know I have said this a few times, but one of the first ever blogs that I read a back in the day was the I Guess I'm Floating, a cracking wee site based in Brooklyn in the US. Over the years the site has turned me onto numerous bands, although in recent times I haven't checked out as much stuff as I'd like to (the Scottish music scene some what dominates my time nowadays). This week though I did get the chance to check out their latest tip, Spanish Prisoners, who's Gold Fools LP is pay what you want on Bandcamp. I don't often find myself enjoying dreamy pop songs, but I fucking love this, check it out kiddie winks then go and say thanks to the good folk at IGIF.

Kowalskiy
Bloody hell time fairly does fly in, it feels as if it was only last week that I was mentioning the last free Monthly 5-track Scottish EP from my fellow blogger Kowalskiy. Now he's up to his 16th EP, which features among others the fabulously named If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home By Now, The Stormy Seas, Supermarionation and Vladimir.

Yusuf Azak
Until recently I hadn't quite made my mind up about Yusuf Azak, my friend Ian described him as being a bit Marmite-esq, i.e. you either love him or hate him. Having given his new acoustic EP, Prizefighter, a good few listens I think I might now well be sold. You can make your own mind up by downloading the EP for nowt via his Bandcamp.

The Belle Hops
Inspired by girl groups of the 50s and 60s, Glasgow's The Belle Hops have made their song 'The New Boy's Really Great' free to download on their SoundCloud page.

Age Of Consent
Former Shit Disco-ers, Age Of Consent are busy touring Australia at the moment, but they've not forgotten about everyone back home as they've made The Toxic Avenger remix of their song, The Beach free to download here.

The Hazey Janes
The Dundee outfit have made their new single, 'Girl In The Night’ free to download on their SoundCloud page. The song is taken from their forthcoming album, The Winter That Was' which is due to be released on Monday 24th October 2011.

My Tiny Robots
Edinburgh four piece My Tiny Robots have released their song ‘Rock Bossa Nova Four Beat Black’ as a free download. The song is a precursor to their series of three singles which will be available on digital download and as a special limited edition release starting in October.

The Wynd
If you're looking for some alternative indie pop rock from the capital, then look no further as here's The Wynd who's single 'Favourites' is free to download on Bandcamp.

Friday Freebies

The Last Battle
It's been quite a year for the Edinburgh folk act. Having garnered a bit of a buzz about them at the start of the year, they went on to sign to Scottish blogger 17 Seconds label and released one of the most critically acclaimed albums to have come out of this wee nation in 2010. To round the year off the band are setting off an a tour of the country (weather permitting/sadly they couldn't make it through to Glasgow). To celebrate their adventures the band have very kindly posted up their new single 'Natures Glorious Rage' up for you to download for free. Get stuck in boys and girls, this is awesome stuff.

White Heath
This year, White Heath are the latest band to be taken under the wing of college run label, Electric Honey. With an album due out in 2011, the band have given up a wee taster of what you can expect by posting up their track 'CG' to download for free on their Bandcamp.

Laeto
This week saw a surprise return from Dundee outfit Laeto, who have posted up their third album 'III' for free on their Bandcamp. To say that this caused a bit of a stir on the Scottish scene would be playing down somewhat, with luminaries such as Vic Galloway, The Skinny and Glasgow Podcart (who 'spaffed') all heralding their return. If you want to find out what all the fuss is about you can download the album here.

Shambles Miller
The former Fresh Meat troubadour, Shambles Miller has taken it upon himself to write a song that's only 47 seconds long, amusingly title 'The Shortest Song I've Ever Written Is The One With The Longest Title '. You can download yourself a copy here.

Euros Child
The former Gorky's Zygotic Myncinew frontman has just made his new album, Face Dripping, available to download for free on his website. Cracking stuff.

It's All Happening
Last Saturday I was out seeing Randolph's Leap supporting the Concretes, an awesome time was had and not just because I pinched most of their rider. Before the night descended into a drunken blur, Vicki from the Leap told me about a wee side project that she had been working on with her friend Alex. Being the pessimistic fucker that I am, I didn't think too much of it. That was of course until I actually heard the song that they had recorded. To say I was impressed would be a massive understatement. If you fancy hearing whether I am full of shit or not, then you can download their one and only track 'I am a golden god' for free here.

Ghost Pants
He may well be sunning it up on the other side of the pond in LA recording the new Dananana' album. But my favourite plant pot wearing drummer Paul Carling has found time to record another couple of songs for his side project, Ghost Pants. You can download it for nowt here. Also look out for a wee recording of the whole band playing live at the first ever Peenko Tea Party some time early in the new year. From what I have heard of the early recordings, it's going to be epic.

S-Type
Experimental label, Phuture Labs have just put our their third with Glasgow producer S-Type.
"It's kinda hard to describe but has a hint of Hudson Mohawke in the mix alongside some classic P-Funk stylings and lovely melodies a-go-go. 2010 electronica with huge hip hop, funk and grime influences". If that sound like it would be your cup of tea, then you can download it for free here.

Low
Right now, Low are sharing a new live EP, streaming below, or available for download it in exchange for an e-mail. Live at Eindhoven was recorded at St. Catherina Church in the Netherlands city on January 22, 2009. The band was joined by a full choir for the performance - Pitchfork

The Japanese War Effort/Dems
You can download Dems remix of The Japanese War Effort tune 'Ribbit', over on Gerry Loves Records website.

Filter Magazine
There are a number of downloads up for grabs, including tracks from Sea Wolf, Mariachi El Bronx and Amusement Parks on Fire all for free here.

How To Swim
As a wee Christmas gift, those lovely How To Swim kids have posted up their first album for free download on their Bandcamp.

French Wives
Those lovely French Wives are into the fourth week of their series of Homefires free song malarkey, this week you can download yourself a free copy of 'Deaf' here.

Viva Stereo
The Fence endorsed Glasgow outfit have posted up their new single, 'Endure the Dark, to See the Stars' for free download on their Bandcamp page.

FOUND
Another week, another freebie from those fabulous FOUND boys. What this weeks song will be I can't tell you, but as I am sure you all know already, it's bound to be a good 'un.

Joe Purdy
To celebrate the release of Joe Purdy's 12th album "This American", for the entire month of December 2010 you can download this 15 song album for FREE!

Blondie
Here's one for all you dads out there, it's Ms Harry 'n the boys with a free download of their track 'Mother' (do you see what I did there? wasn't very clever was it. Sorry)

J Mascis
The Dinosaur Jnr man has a posted up a free download of one of his acoustic tracks. Head on over to No Rock N Roll Fun where you find a link.

The Belle Hops
Handily pinched from Ayetunes advent calendar thing, we have the Belle Hops, an all girl group who play 50's and 60's sounding music. They have posted up their imaginatively titled festive tune, 'A Belle Hops Christmas Song' for nowt on their Bandcamp.

Drive By Truckers
The Americana outfit are giving away a free download of their track 'Used To Be A Cop' in exchange for your email address.

The Low Anthem
The band have just announced a UK tour for April next year, in anticipation of the tour Line of Best Fit have made their track 'Ghost Woman Blues?' available for download.

Harlan Pepper
One band that got in touch this week were Harlan Pepper, who have posted their song “Great Lakes” on their Bandcamp for free download.

Supplex The Kid
Some of you might remember that I posted some Supplex The Kid stuff in Friday Freebies a while back. Well now they're back with a new EP "The trinity test", which you can download for free here.

Hold Your Horse Is
Brighton's Hold Your Horse Is have recorded a wee cover of Paul McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmas Time’ which you can download for nowt by signing up to their mailing list.

Radical Dads
Last one for this week, and it comes from a side project from Robbie from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. They're called Radical Dads and you can download some free MP3's here.