Music
18 Nov 11

FREE MUSIC FRIDAY

Starring Deadmau5, Kate Bush, Drake, Little Boots, The Antlers, Ludacris, Republic Of Loose and more. Oh and The National, obviously.

As the weekend coquettishly beckons, we’re delighted to bring you another action-packed Free Music Friday.

Kicking things off we have The Saw Doctors’ very fine cover of ‘Downtown’, which features a wonderful cameo from Petula Clark who this week celebrated her 79th birthday.
Residing at [link]soundcloud.com/goodseedpr/downtown-by-the-saw-doctors-ft[/link] it’s out on December 9 and accompanied by an ace video shot on the streets of Galway and Paris. Let’s make this the Christmas number one people!

Want to hear a sample-free Deadmau5 cover of Radiohead’s ‘Codex’? Your wish is FMF’s command! [link]soundcloud.com/fuckmylife/radiohead-codex-deadmau5-cover[/link]

FMF’s obsession with The National shows absolutely no signs of abating. Proceed to [link]soundcloud.com/brassland/bryce-dessner-rose-of-lincoln[/link] for an instrumental Bryce Dressner tribute to Abe Lincoln, No, really!

Kate Bush is back with her first totally new album since 2005’s Aerial, which is as brilliantly bonkers as we’d all hoped for. Listen to 50 Words For Snow in its entirety at [link]www.npr.org/series/98679384/first-listen[/link]

Not content with readying a new album, Little Boots has put together a nifty Shake Until Your Heart Breaks mixtape, which can be found at [link]soundcloud.com/littleboots/little-boots-shake[/link]

American newcomer – well, to us! – Lady Lamb The Beekeeper has a gorgeous Big Zim cover available for free [link]mp3.rollingstone.com/download/AllIReallyWanttoDo.mp3[/link] download.

Speech Debelle seemed to disappear after scooping the 2009 Mercury Music Prize, but is back with a new track, which suggests that she’s ready to fulfill all that potential. Download it from [link]soundcloud.com/bigdadasound/speech-debelle-studio-backpack-rap[/link]

Those purveyors of effortless Brooklyn cool, The Antlers, offer two free tasters from their upcoming (together) “odds ‘n’ sods” EP. Their take on The xx’s ‘VCR’ is particularly swoonsome. Go to:

[link]stereogum.com/873931/the-antlers-cover-the-xxs-vcr/mp3s/[/link] and [link]stereogum.com/880121/the-antlers-parentheses-pvt-remix-stereogum-premiere/mp3s[/link]

J. Mascis has just released a 7”: vinyl cover of Edie Brickell’s ‘Circle’ and on the flip you’ll find this acoustic beaut. [link]stereogum.com/879221/j-mascis-ive-been-thinking/mp3s[/link] has what you want.

Those lovely Warner Classics & Jazz people are giving away a free track every month for 'liking' [link]facebook.com/warnerclassicsandjazz[/link]
Seems like a good deal to us!

Having taken a two-year break, the mighty Ludacris returns with the Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, Meek Mill, Big K.R.I.T. and 2Chainz-assisted [link]1.21 Gigawatts: Back To The First Time[/link] mixtape.
“The sound of the tape is strictly taking it back to the streets, strictly taking it back to the essence,” he tells MTV. “You know, I been gone for two years, so I'm trying to flood the Internets with music, I'm trying to flood everybody. All the fans for the past 10 years that's been supporting me: This is for you.”
You can find it at [link]bit.ly/ulMSC6[/link]

Not to be outdone by Luda, Drake has a Take Care Samples (Babylon Cartel + Mike Blud) mix available from [link]hulkshare.com/pzvkegq6jpig[/link]

They haven’t gone live with it quite yet, but the Republic Of Loose are giving away ‘Golf With Satan’ as the first of six Friday downloads. Fans outside of Ireland and the US should keep their eyes peeled for the Mutant Soul compilation, which is out in time for Crimbo, and features the best bits from the Loose’s first three albums. Head over to [link]www.republicofloose.com/site[/link]

Two Door Cinema Club go seriously big time with their remix of Lady Gaga’s ‘Electric Chapel’. It won’t be in the shops for a few weeks but we have a sneak preview for you.

We are loving the cover of ‘Wonderwall’ that Ed Sheeran recorded recently for Australian radio. FMF is also readying its entry for the ingenious [link]edsheeran.com/legohouse[/link] competition.

The whole of 15 year-old Birdy’s eponymous debut album can be listened to at [link]3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpaal/45289685#luisterpaal.45289685[/link]
I think we can safely say that she’s going to be a huge star.

And there friends is where we have to leave it for this week. To be included in the next bumper Free Music Friday send your links to @stuartclark66