- Music
- 23 Nov 12
Kanye remixing Rihanna, UNKLE remixing Lana Del Rey, Jape remixing everyone and The Game returning with a messiah complex...
Team Hot Press may be working harder than Santa’s elves to assemble our most Yultidetabulous Christmas issue yet – out next Thursday and guaranteed to keep you in reading until the New Year – but that doesn’t mean our duties have in any way been neglected.
The hot streaming action kicks off at with newbies from The Babies, The Tragically Hip, National Jazz Trio Of Scotland (AKA Bill Wells), Mugstar, Halls, Mogwai, Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin, Offshore, Passenger, Pop Levi and Jonny Greenwood whose soundtracked The Master. Reviews of the film have been mixed but everyone seems to love the music. Get all that over at [link]http://3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/albums.html[/link].
[link]http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/1[/link] adds Kelly Clarkson, Zac Clark and Styles P to the mix; [link]http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/spinner#/1[/link]can sort you out with Bad Brains, The Twilight Sad, papercranes, The Smoking Popes and the remastered version of Massive Attack’s Blue Lines; and [link]http://radio6.nl/luisterpaal[/link] chips in with Macy Gray, Josephine and Boom Petit.
[link]http://www.npr.org/event/music/163240634/ana-sia-in-concert-moogfest-2012[/link] is home to Ana Sia’s stomping and, just as importantly, downloadable Moogfest 2012 DJ set.
American National Public Radio also gifts us this short but very sweet acoustic set from Death Can For Cutie and Postal Service man Ben Gibbard.
This week’s daily [link]http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3[/link] dance downloads include Deech, Hackman’s remix of The 1975, G Jones & Grimblee, Kommune1, Hav Lyfe and Frikstailers.
Matador, aka Gavin Lynch, has come up with this killer version of Aaron Carl’s ‘No No (No Cash)’. Expect the Dubliner, who’s signed to Richie Hawtin’s Minus Records, to have an immense 2013.
Rachel Austin, an American songwriter living in Belfast, is giving away this free [link]http://soundcloud.com/rachelaustin/rachel-austin-02-dont-call-me/s-Qj2xm[/link] taster from her Age Of Reason EP, which streams in its entirety at [link]http://soundcloud.com/rachelaustin/sets/age-of-reason-e-p-1/s-WZp2d[/link]
This video confirms her as another major 2013 contender.
It slipped through the Free Music Friday cracks before, so here a tad belatedly is the ace Handless Organist remix of Katie Kim’s ‘A Fool Of Me’.
Also making her FMF bow this week at is SOAK, AKA teenage Derry sensation Bridie Monds-Watson. We defy anyone to listen to this free album’s worth of material and not think she’s going to be ginormous.
There’s a free 2012 Holiday Road Trip Mixtape to be had from [link]http://www.facebook.com/noisetrade/app_160291820682178[/link] featuring the cream of America’s emerging songwriting talent; Following a 30-year breather, Graham Parker & The Rumour are back with a new album, Three Chords Good, which is streaming at [link]http://ultimateclassicrock.com/graham-parker-the-rumour-three-chords-good-album-stream[/link]; the reissued version of Death’s Spiritual Healing album is residing at [link]http://loudwire.com/death-spiritual-healing-deluxe-reissue-exclusive-album-streamand[/link] and puts many of today’s of wooooooooaaaaaaaaargh!!!!-mongering metal outfits to shame; andcarving out your own niche isn’t easy when your big sis is Beyoncé but the Dev Hynes collaboration at [link]http://soundcloud.com/terrible-records/04-lovers-in-the-parking-lot[/link] proves that Solange Knowles is no poor relation (well, perhaps fiscally she is!)
Pale Blue Jak have come up with this inspired animated vid for ‘Mr. Ace’. It’s the fourth single to be lifted from Faces, the new album from The Artist Also Known As Neil Byrne.
Jape’s inability to go a week without remixing somebody continues with the boy Egan getting his fader fingers on Goodtime’s ‘Can’t Get Away’. It’s the latest addition to the latter’s The Whispers Of The Departed, a reconfigured version of the Colours Of Darkness album, which also includes offerings from Sunken Foal, Tropics and David Kitt.
Why it’s being left of his new Jesus Piece album we don’t know, but The Game’s ‘Black Jesus’ is a boastful bit of awesomeness,
Delightfully named Sup Pop artistes Pissed Jeans – you can kind of guess what they sound like – give away a tune in return for your email, which seems like a good deal to us.
UNKLE James Lavelle has turned Lana Del Rey’s new Rick Rubin-produced smoocher, ‘Ride’, into an even slinkier minx of a song.
Free Music Friday’s favourite band The National have recorded a cover of Isham Jones’ 1924 jazz chestnut, ‘I’ll See You In My Dreams’, for our favourite US TV import, Boardwalk Empire. Cop an earful athttp://fuckyeahthenational.tumblr.com/post/36051820101/new-song-the-national-ill-see-you-in-my
There are times when Kanye gets on the Free Music Friday wick, but his remix of Rihanna's 'Diamonds' is pure genius. We also love the indie treatment Zola Jesus has given it.
The Faint are offering you the chance to snap up ‘Evil Voices’, a track that originally graced their tour-only 12”
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This week’s visual treats include excellent new clips from Sweet Jane, Guinness Arthur’s Day Play On The Fay finalists The Hot Sprockets and Kodaline.
Bringing the curtain down on this week’s Free Music Friday is ‘Nothing Arrived’, another awesome vid from the House of Villagers.
Links for next week should be sent to @stuartclark66