- Music
- 27 Jul 12
New numbers from Passion Pit, Cast Of Cheers, Flaming Lips and live streaming of this weekend's Newport Jazz Festival...
That strange warm orange thing is still in the sky; the Olympics kick off tonight and we’ve another avalanche of tunes for you here at Free Music Friday.
On the streaming front, you'll find offerings from Purity Ring, Drvg Cvltvre, Rozi Plain, Hervé, Shrag, Fang Island, Golden Retriever, Passion Pit, Michau And The Shapes, OM and The Gaslight Anthem over at [link]http://3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/albums.html[/link] .
Their jazzy [link]http://radio6.nl/luisterpaal[/link] pals are letting you try Funkommunity, Joss Stone, School Of Architecture and Color Theory before you buy while [link]http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/1[/link] has the latest from Of Mice And Men, MoZella, 8Ball, Jacka, Ryan Darton, Sara Jackson-Holman and The Illegitimate Sons and [link]http://music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/spinner#/1[/link] weighs in with newbies from Passion Pit, Alberta Cross, Lawrence Arabia, Blood Red Shoes and the very fine The Blakes.
Passion Pit and Purity Ring also feature on [link]https://www.npr.org/series/98679384/first-listen[/link] along with jazzy/experimentally offerings from Christian Scott and thenewno2 who we’re assuming are fans of The Prisoner. If not, they should be!
America's National Public Radio is also streaming live from this weekend's Newport Jazz Festival where Wilco, Alabama Shakes, My Morning Jacket, Iron & Wine, Sharon Van Etten, Jackson Browne and Conor Oberst are among the attractions. [link]http://www.npr.org/event/music/155839092/newport-folk-festival-2012?sc=house&cc=300[/link] has the times, which are of course all American east coast.
Can't see us straying too far from our sofa with all that going on...
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Ever wondered what Flaming Lips would sound like if allowed to run amok in the studio with Yoko Ono, Nick Cave, Bon Iver, Lightning Bolt, Ke$ha, Erykah Badu? Find out at [link]http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/jul/26/flaming-lips-heady-fwends-stream[/link] where their Heady Fwends album is currently residing.
The Cast Of Cheers are streaming the whole of their wondrous Family album at [link]http://soundcloud.com/thecastofcheers/sets/family/s-GWmel[/link]; The Mountain Goats serve up a [link]http://soundcloud.com/mergerecords/the-mountain-goats-cry-for[/link] taster from their upcoming Cry For Judas LP; [link]http://soundcloud.com/crystal-castles/crystal-castles-plague[/link] is where you’ll find a similarly album-trailing treat from Crystal Castles; impressively coiffed Essex electro-poppers Angry vs. The Bear offer the Olympics-celebrating ‘London Town’ at [link]http://www.angryvsthebear.com[/link] for the price of an email address; and below you'll find the excellent new Zeus single, ‘Are You Gonna Waste My Time?’ We’re also loving the low budget, high entertainment video.
We’re really not sure if this is a good idea but The Darkness have covered Radiohead’s ‘Street Spirit (Not Fade Away)’ with proof to be found at [link]http://www.pitchfork.com/news/47243-listen-the-darkness-cover-radioheads-street-spirit-fade-out[/link]
Alaskan is previewing his Come Summer With Me mini-album below. Wonderfully warm, dreamy beats from the Irish chillwaver.
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The returning Afghan Whigs treat us to a gorgeous [link]http://soundcloud.com/fadermedia/afghan-whigs-lovecrimes-frank[/link] cover of Frank Ocean’s ‘Lovecrimes’; power pop fans will devour the new single from Jethro Fox which can be found at [link]http://soundcloud.com/tracks/search?q[fulltext]=Jethro+Fox%2C+Tough+Love&q[type]=&q[duration]=[/link]; one of the UK’s hottest indie imprints treats us to Dawn Landes, Furs, Frog Days, Furrows and Ghostwave freebies at [link]http://youngandlostclub.com/news[/link] ; Derry alt. metallers Droids are letting you name your price at [link]http://droidsmusic.bandcamp.com[/link] for their self-titled five-tracker; [link]http://pd.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/specialmusic/2012/07/aimee_mann_charmer.mp3[/link] is where you’ll find Aimee Mann’s pretty damn amazing new single and Australians Havana Lake have done some very strange things to The Bee Gees’ ‘Night Fever’.
Generous to a fault and celebrating this weekend’s Knockanstockan festival appearance, Sound Of A System Breakdown are giving away their entire back catalogue until Monday at [link]http://soundsofsystembreakdown.bandcamp.com[/link]
The doom metallers among you should head to [link]http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/07/26/conan-monnos[/link] where you can check out the new offering from insanely heavy Brits Conan.
Spiky Dublin guitar merchants Diablo DC have a trio of tunes available for your streaming pleasure at [link]http://soundcloud.com/DiabloDC[/link]
The Gilles Peterson-endorsed Hello Skinny – which makes him okay by us! – is giving away his Smash + Grab eight-tracker.
Being very partial to its mixtapes, Free Music Friday has had The Flatbush Zombies’ witty and ‘90s referencing D.R.U.G.S. on repeat this week. Treat yourself to a copy at [link] http://www.mediafire.com/?39zwf33pzaain2a[/link]
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Milwaukee motor mouth Bizzy McFly does nothing to damage his reputation withYear Of The Elite, an eleven-tracker that has a bit of a Beastie Boys thing going on.
Even more generous is the 20 tunes being served up at [link]http://coast2coastmixtapes.com/mixtapes/mixtapedetail.aspx/pak-man-makin-something-out-of-nothing-vol-2-hosted-by-dj-epps[/link] by Pak-Man.
Ears taken care of, here’s summat for your eyes.
We are totally in love with the new Lana Del Rey promo for ‘Summertime Sadness’.
Also making us giddy for multiple reasons is the new Bat For Lashes’ vid.
Can’t wait to see Ms. Khan at the Picnic.
Team Hot Press can’t agree on who’s got the best hair – her or Grimes.
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Sadly that is your Free Music Friday lot. Don’t forget to send your lovely links to @stuartclark66 and any thoughts, observations or musings to [email protected]