- Music
- 09 May 13
The National get the kids dancing (literally), Nanu Nanu turn 'Relax' on its head and The Avalanches finally resurface, as we welcome the weekend...
It’s with a heavy Davey Moyes is going to Castle Greyskull heart that we bring you this week’s otherwise full of beans Free Music Friday.
Our favourite thing this week is an Adult Swim mixtape, which includes such earthy delights as Mikal Cronin, Black Lips, Jeff The Brotherhood, Mind Spiders and Thee Oh Sees. Check it out: [link]video.adultswim.com/promotions/201305_garageswim[/link]
Incidentally, Thee Oh Sees were absolutely immense t’other night in Whelan’s. So much so that they inspired superstar DJ David Holmes to assemble this monster Bloodshot mix.
We’re also extremely partial to the new Nanu Nanu single, ‘The Gift’, and the cover of Frankie’s ‘Relax’, which graces its virtual flipside. Alien pop of the very highest quality!
Hot Press cover stars The National prove that simple ideas are the best with their brilliant promo for ‘Sea Of Love’. The little fella is a dude!
[link]www.npr.org/series/98679384/first-listen[/link] kicks this week’s streaming action off with new albums from Classixx, Eluvium, Glenn Jones, Natalie Maines and The Great Gatsby soundtrack; Public Service Broadcasting, Guided By Voices, Satellite Stories, Still Corners, The Child Of Lov, Jay Nash, Pan American, The Thermals and Andrew Wyatt are hanging out at [link]3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/albums.html[/link] and [link]pitchfork.com/advance[/link] chips in with Dirty Beaches, Small Black, Peals, Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood, Wampire, Sam Amidon, REM, Survival, Cleaners From Venus, Dungeonesse and Daniel Menche.
Our Noise Trad pals outdo themselves this week with new collections from Nashville indie merchants Paper Route who come on like a synthier National; fellow Music City resident Kim Logan who looks spookily like Amy Winehouse and Rilo Kiley-esque Texans Eisley who also do a neat line in steampunk videos. They’re all free but tips are most welcome.
Chicago blues label Alligator Records gift us a free 17-track sampler at [link]www.facebook.com/AlligatorRecords?fref=ts[/link] which includes the likes of JJ Grey & Mofro, Charlie Musselwhite, Joe Louis Walker, The Holmes Brothers and Koko Taylor. It’s only available until Saturday May 11 though, so no dawdling.
Wasps vs. Humans serve up two servings of electro slam poetry at [link]soundcloud.com/wasps-vs-noise[/link]; [link]www.xlr8r.com/mp3[/link] has free dance-y downloads from (a)pendics.shuffle, Rex The Dog, Lockah and Kill Frenzy & Sacha Robotti and Coma trail their In Technicolor album at [link]www.rollingstone.com/music/news/missing-piece-by-coma-free-mp3-20130508[/link]
Ini Kamoze gets in the summer mood with an ace White Noize re-working of the classic ‘Here Comes The Hotstepper’.
[link]www.insound.com/promos/mixtape?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Tweet%2Bfor%2BDownload&utm_campaign=January%2BMixtape[/link] is the go-to place for a fabulous sampler featuring the likes of Coyote Cleanup, Dead Stars, English Singles, Jesse Ruins, Mick Harvey, Phoenix Foundation and Vision Fortune.
Chvrches remixing Ms Mr’s ‘Hurricane’ turns out to be a marriage made in electropop heaven. Incidentally, doesn’t Ms Lizzy Plapinger sound like a yodel-free Dolores O’Riordan?
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T.I. and his Hustle Gang lead this week’s mixtape charge with the 20-track Get Dough Or Die.
We’re also very much liking Young Sinatra: Welcome To Forever, a new tape from up and coming Def Jam man Logic.
Queens Of The Stone Age whet appetites for their Like Clockwork album with live versions of two of its standouts, ‘I Sat By The Ocean’ and ‘If I Had A Tail’.
To Charleston, South Carolina next where Tape Waves serve up two deliciously chilled slices of dream pop.
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Justice, Massive Attack’s 3D, Sarah McLachlan, The Avalanches and Guy Garvey are among those who’ve come up with original music for King Kong, a theatrical re-telling of the classic yarn which premieres next month in Australia.
The teaser suggests it’s going to be an OTT blast!
And with that we go back to stressing over who’ll be in the managerial dugout next season at Fortress Goodison. Keep those Free Music Friday links coming to @stuartclark66