- Music
- 25 May 12
Bask in the sunlight to a soundtrack featuring the likes of The Walkmen, Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Regina Spektor, Sigur Ros and many more...
And they said we wouldn’t have a summer! To celebrate the gorgeous weather – and most of Team Hot Press being a delightful shade of lobster – we’ve got a bumper Free Music Friday ready to rock and, indeed, roll.
As has become FMF tradition, our first port of call is [link]3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/albums.html[/link] where you can check out the latest offerings from Electric Guest, The Temper Trap, Regina Spektor, Sigur Ros, K-Holes. Smoke Fairies and loads more.
Ms. Spektor and Sigur Ros are also resident at [link]www.npr.org/series/98679384/first-listen[/link] which has additional previews of Saint Etienne, The Walkmen and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros whose Here would seem to confirm their elevation to rock’s A-List.
John Mayer’s equally excellent Born And Raised lines up alongside Kris Allen and Kimbra at [link]music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/1[/link] while [link]music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/spinner#/1[/link] is home to The Cult, Dan Sartain, Gaz Coombes, Laid Back and Kitsuné’s American compilation and Paul McCartney whose classic Ram album is soon to be re-released.
The hot streaming action continues with the new alt-J album at [link]soundcloud.com/alt-j[/link]; SBTRKT’s ‘Gamelena’ which can be found at [link]soundcloud.com/sbtrkt/sbtrkt-gamelena[/link] and Cheryl Cole's ‘Love Killer’ single, which can be heard below.
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If you haven’t already, make an immediate beeline for [link]www.hotpress.com/genrefree[/link] where you’ll find new and exclusive tracks from Kid Karate, Frederick & The Golden Dawn, The Fibbs, Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters, The Dirty 9s and Izzy. The Genre Free download album was launched last Monday in the Button Factory and costs precisely nothing. If you’d care to spread the word via-Twitter and Facebook we’d be much obliged.
There’s a bumper crop of hip hop – we’re poets and don’t know it! – with [link]autopsy619.bandcamp.com[link] introducing us to San Diego gangsta Autopsy; [link]njwhitey.bandcamp.com/album/lost-summer-new-album[/link] home to a stream of the new Whitey album; [link]www.datpiff.com/David-Banner-Sex-Drugs-Video-Games-mixtape.349642.html[/link] the go-to for a David Banner mixtape featuring A$AP Rocky, Lil’ Wayne, Chris Brown and Snoop; and [link]www.datpiff.com/pop-mixtape-download.php?id=me5d77fb[/link] where you’ll find a free download of 50 Cent’s own eagerly-awaited mix.
First SertOne and now Sketch Nine delivers the goods north of the border with [link]sketchnine.bandcamp.com/album/darwin[/link] gifting you his debut Darwin collection. More on the young scamp soon in Hot Press.
The free downloads continue with a new Dave Matthews Band track at [link]gaucho.davematthewsband.com[/link] and North London dub indie man Natty dropping 'Little Lizzy' at [link]soundcloud.com/stokedpr/natty-little-lizzy[/link].
Our first video action is supplied this week by Red Fang, American stoner rockers with a sense of humour whose ‘Wires’ promo must be watched through right to the end.
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If you’ve been thinking, “Gosh, I’d love to go and see an IRA nostalgia comedy at the multiplex”, good news!
Made by Hotel Rwanda man Terry George, it stars Martin McCann and Colm Meaney and despite the dubious premise is very, very funny.
Next, some “making of” footage from Holy Motors, the rather bizarre looking French film that has Kylie Minogue singing a new Neil Hannon-penned song, ‘Who Were We?’ Currently in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, it’s very much had critics scratching their heads.
As Brooooce and The E Street Band’s RDS gigs draw ever closer – beg, steal or forge a ticket – we thought you’d like to see the video for his new ‘Rocky Ground’ single.
And that, sadly, is it for another jam-packed Free Music Friday. We’re off to cheer the Boys In Green tomorrow as they smite the Bosnians before heading off to Tuscany to work on their tans. Make sure to send all your lovely links to @stuartclark66