Friday Freebies

Mondegreen
I caught this three piece supporting we're only afraid of NYC last Friday, bloody great they were too. You can have a listen for yourself by downloading their 'Headless' EP for free on their Bandcamp page.


Marthas & Arthurs
The first band to take me up on my newly embeded link to email me any Freebie suggestions, and a wee cracker it is too. They're partly Scottish and they make some gorgeous wee tunes, a fine start if ever I had one. You can download their new EP, 'Apes in Aeroplanes' for free on their Bandcamp page.

Broken Records
The Edinburgh outift have been hidden away writing their second album, 'Let Me Come Home' which is due out on the 25th of October. Recorded in Glasgow with producer Tony Doogan, plus guest vocals by Jill O'Sullivan from Sparrow and the Workshop, the album is highly anticipated by many of us Scottish bloggers, as a taster of what to expect you can download, 'A Leaving Song' by signing up to their mailing list.

Conquering Animal Sound
The good folk over at Gerry Loves have just posted up Meaursault's remix of 'Giant' by Conquering Animal Sound up for free download. I'm not normally a fan of remixes, but I think this is rather nifty, get downloading here.

Gold Panda
The experimental instrumental hip hop type has announced that he will release his debut album, 'Lucky Shiner', in October, preceded by a single, 'Snow & Taxis'. However you can already download 'Snow & Taxis' from www.luckyshiner.com just now, which makes feck all sense to me, but what do I know.

Sub Pop
I'm not sure if I have posted this before, mainly because there are so many free compilations up on Amazon these days, even if I have this is worth repeating. There are a load of free tracks up fro grabs from the likes of Wolf Parade, Avi Buffalo, Nirvana and The Shins. Download it here.

Departures
The Detour boys described this band as 'one the best bands in the whole country right now', high compliments indeed. See if you agree by downloading their EP for free here.

Epic26
Give them your details and they will send you a link to download their track “Sorry It Hurts”.

Jim Noir
Mind this guy, he did that 'Eanie Meany' tune a few years back, well he's got a new EP out, it's called 'Melody Junction' and it's free to download here.

Abunai
There is a whole host of free stuff to download from the psychedelic outift, get it over on their Bandcamp page.

The Concretes
A new album is due in November, it's apparently going to be a disco album. Fuck knows what that'll sound like then, This is Fake DIY have a free download of 'Good Evening' taken from said album, if you fancy checking out this new direction they're taking, then you can download it here.

Fight Like Apes
The Irish outfit have posted their track, 'Poached Eggs' taken from their forthcoming album, 'Body of Christ and The Legs of Tina Turner'. All you have to is hit the 'Pay With A Tweet' button and with one tweet or facebook post you get a copy of the song.

Gay Blades
You can get a free download of 'Try To Understand' from The Gay Blades new album 'Savages' for free here.


Kowalskiy's Komplimentary Korner

5-track Scottish EP #2
Continuing on with his series of rarities, Mr Kowalskiy has pulled another rabbit from the proverbial hat this month with a cracking EP featuring rare and unreleased tracks from five Scottish artists. This month he has Beerjacket covering the Xx, The Fusiliers, Evil Hand, The Little Kicks and Washington Irving. The boy continues to outdo himself!

Invisible Elephant

Also featured this week by our good pal the doc featured these guys earlier in the week, he described them as "as easy-listening post-rock, at times like a stripped-back My Bloody Valentine". If that sounds like it'd be up your street, then you can download their album 'The Lights Go Out', up on their Bandcamp page.

Friday Freebies

Wolf Parade
Spencer Krug's outfit third album is due out next month, entitled EXPO86, they will also be playing at Oran Mor on the 19th of May. Want a sampler of what you can expect? Well here you go, here's a link to download two new songs.

4AD
A free Summer Sampler from 4AD, featuring tracks from Ariel Pink, The National, Stornoway, Anni Rossi, The Big Pink and Efterklang is up fro grabs. Just click here to start downloading.

Night Noise Team
The Edinburgh indie-disco outfit have made their debut single 'Menolick' available for free on their Bandcamp page, their new single 'You Won' is also available to buy (it's a cathcy wee number and it's only 60p). A wee post on these guys will be up soon.

Call Me Ishmael
The Glasgow Podcart loves these guys, I haven't had the chance to give them a listen yet, but that's all set to change as they have posted some free download links in their latest myspace blog. Time to get acquainted I think.

The Rolling Stones
I must admit that I've never really been a fan of the 'Stones, I guess I'd have to say the same for the Beatles. Neither of them really ever did it for me, fuck it I'm an oddball I know. Anyway, Jagger and that old guy that shags wee girls have a free download up for grabs if that kind of thing takes your fancy. Get 'All Down The Line (Amazon MP3 Exclusive)' here.

The Concretes
The eight piece Swedish indie pop band have a free download of new song 'Good Evening' up for grabs on their tumblr. It's taken from their new album, WYWH, which is due out in October.

Black Keys
Their new album 'Brothers' is due out on the 18th of May, as a taster they're giving away new song 'Ohio' for free, just head here.

School of Seven Bells
Stereogum have a wee linky gadget in which you give your email address and in exchange they'll send you new song 'Babelonia'. Check it here.

FOUND
FOUND boy, Ziggy Campbell has posted a 55 minute mix entitle 'Visible Manifestations' for free download. Grab yourself a copy here.

Ed Harcourt
Filter Magazine have a free download of a new song from Ed Harcourt, recorded live at KEXP. It's called Killed By The Morning Sun and you can get yourself a copy here.

Tim and Sam
Their debut album came out on Monday, if you fancy a wee taster before you consider parting with your pennies, then you can download their song 'Choices' here (just give them your email address - you should know the drill by now).

Seth Lakeman
I saw him once a few years ago at Belladrum, he really impressed me at the time, then I completely forgot about him. So here he is to remind me of that lovely weekend spent up north. If you want a free copy of his song 'Hearts & Minds' you have to do something with twitter or facebook, I'll leave you lot to work it out.

Braids
Every week I try to find something new for all you hipsters out there (which usually entails me posting some hyped to fuck band on Stereogum/Pitchfork). This week it's a Canadian band called braids, and it's Stereogum doing them the honours. If you want to make sure that you ;loved/hated them first' then you can download their track 'Lemonade' here.

Milkymee
Mind I featured in FF the other week? probably not, but hey now's your chance to catch up as she's posted her whole album, Songs For Herr Nicke, up for free. Ain't that nice of her.

Bella Ruse
Minneapolis folk duo Bella Ruse have posted a copy of their eponymous EP up for free download. If that sounds like your cup of tea, then head here to download it.

The Acorn
The Canadian outfit have posted new song 'No Ghost' taken from their forthcoming album with the same name, up for free download on their Soundcloud page.

Silver Columns
They've remixed Foals track 'This Orient' and stuck it up on their Soundcloud for free download. Get yourself a copy here.

Kowalskiys Komplimentary Korner

Curators
This weeks offering from Kowalskiy is a demo from Edinburgh band, Curators, just head over here and get downloading. The track up here for download will be the opening track off their forthcoming album, keep your eyes peeled for a feature on the band on his site sometime soon.