Following up on Doofy's post,
Also from Denovali: Heirs - Alchera - ". . .Drawing influence from Michael Gira and his Swans legacy, the sledgehammer riffs and industrial pummel of Godflesh, and continuing Stegeman's incense shrouded low-end incantations from his work with doom dealers Whitehorse, combined with Jackson's reverb-soaked noise, Alchera strips bare the needless excesses of post-rock and heavy metal in favour of something much more concise and affecting. A lurching, drugged-out specter - holding solace in one hand, and vengeance in the other. . ."
- Recommended.
- and there's also some Celeste albums if you are into vicious thrash, death metal. (or something like that)
- And most recommended, on FMA: Radian: Live at WFMU
Martin Brandlmayr, Stefan Nemeth and John Norman
Wow! That's awesome. I saw some good reviews but they didn't have Heathen on their bandcamp yet. I have been enjoying Summit a lot though. This one's totally worth paying for to me. Thanks BT.
If you were late on the De La Soul giveaway, check your inbox. Yesterday they sent me a DL link - not just the albums I asked for, but all of them. It appears I now have some hundreds of De La Soul tracks!
Ian Bruce Huntley captured more than 1500 South African jazz-related images and recorded and preserved in excess of 56 hours of reel-to-reel audio of jazz performed in Cape Town over the period 1964-1974. This site aims to make Ians jazz archive accessible, opening a window on a little-known era, an underground scene that persisted in creative defiance of all that grand apartheid threw at it.
Many of the musicians Ian worked with have passed on, and a large number were never afforded the opportunity to record (whilst others remain woefully under-documented). Combined with the loss to exile of yet more key South Africans in the countrys jazz history, and the general inaccessibility of records that do exist, this collision of circumstances means little archival material is available, further limiting our understanding of a challenging era of artistic discipline and persistence.
Backstory: A couple months ago I obtained a new turntable (U-Turn Audio's Orbit (Kickstarter-funded)) and dug out some of my long, stored-away vinyl. One of those was the the self-titled album by the Suburban Lawns. Fantastic! So today I got to Googling and eventually stumbled upon the following:
From the blog: "Compilations of post-punk, D.I.Y., early new wave, concept rock, avant-garde noodlings (with a beat), bizarre hardcore, obscure demos / early tracks by famous bands, anachronistic glam, and other lost causes far from the norm or weirdly beautiful that came in the wake of the first punk explosion in Los Angeles. A large percentage of this music is not available commercially or through web streaming services. If you are an artist who wants your tracks removed, please let me know."
The Canadian Electronic Ensemble is giving away a track from their upcoming new album on Facebook http://thecee.bandcamp.com/
And from the Serein label:
***For a limited time***: Exclusive free download of track four, White Russian, from the forthcoming album Data Trails by Imprints.
Out April 28th on Serein
All 21 albums by All India Radio are free on bandcamp for the month of May (NYOP, but the email says free). Not a fan personally, but may appeal to those who like gentle downtempo. If you like, say, lowercase noises this might be worth looking at.
Noticed this in the SEM closing down sale - a while back I paid money for this album and I still like it - now it's free:
Letna - Adria
If you like music with small rustly sounds and gentle fragments of melody, grab this one. (jonahpwll, this might make the less linear fringe of your early morning listening)
ETA: Several others are free at SEM too right now; I can't vouch for most of the others, but SEM have put out some nice stuff.
ETA2 all the albums by Alexandre Navarro and the album by Redfish are free.
Enjoying the Letna, thanks Gp. It reminds me heavily of Microstoria, a collab between Oval and the Mouse On Mars guy. You familiar with them? Recommended.
I know I had some microstoria stuff but it does not give me an aural memory. Could be I just picked up a few free tracks and didn't care for them (in either sense of that phrase). I'll take a better look - thanks.
Hibernate - Sampler Volume 7
NYOP, no mimimum, but probably for a limited time (some previous samplers are now pay-for). "Sampler 7 is available for free as a thank you for your support . For those wishing to pay for this album you can."
Well, I thought I'd point out this terrific album I came across while doing some exploring in the FreeMusicArchive. Bob Wiseman's first solo release In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle - 1989
& as a bonus you get to hear Mary Margaret O'Hara (In Her Dream).
It should be said at the beginning that there is no Wrench Tuttle. Former Blue Rodeo band member Bob Wiseman used the pseudonym and, from what I've read, went to great length to present him as a real person to the Canadian media. In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle was the Canadian musicians' first solo album and was released in 1989. CHART magazine named it as one of the top 100 Canadian albums. Blocks Recording Club out of Toronto will be re-issuing a limited edition vinyl but the free and legal digital version is now available through WFMU's Free Music Archive.
This album may best be described as a casual mixture of country and punk. Bob Wiseman feels at ease in both genres. His somewhat raspy and out-of-control voice makes the perfect edge to this rough and ready album. The opening "Older Brother" is a good example of his somewhat outrageous folk-rock blend and is what Hank Williams might sound like if he was a punk rocker. Other tracks like "Bhopal" are pure and surreal alternative while "Dog on a Leash" is blues-rockabilly. Whatever genre Wiseman leans into has his unique touch which I am tempted to call a Canadian version of Tom Waits' equally rough and mystic styling. This excellent album will grow on you.
this post originally appeared at Free Albums Galore 5/20/2009
Like most such albums BN it is a bit variable, of course, depending upon personal tastes. I liked a few tracks, some were OK, others I skipped after the first half minute or so.
Nice little "Black Music Month" sampler from Concord Records, free for an email: http://www.concordblackmusicmonth.com/ A couple lite jazz tracks, but we know what to do with those. I kind of like some of the R&B-inflected jazz (or is it jazz-inflected R&B?) coming out these days. It is what we hipsters call "chill."
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I think I probably post this one every time I listen to it; so here it is again.
Also from Denovali:
Heirs - Alchera
- ". . .Drawing influence from Michael Gira and his Swans legacy, the sledgehammer riffs and industrial pummel of Godflesh, and continuing Stegeman's incense shrouded low-end incantations from his work with doom dealers Whitehorse, combined with Jackson's reverb-soaked noise, Alchera strips bare the needless excesses of post-rock and heavy metal in favour of something much more concise and affecting. A lurching, drugged-out specter - holding solace in one hand, and vengeance in the other. . ."
- Recommended.
- and there's also some Celeste albums if you are into vicious thrash, death metal. (or something like that)
- And most recommended, on FMA:
Radian: Live at WFMU
Martin Brandlmayr, Stefan Nemeth and John Norman
Doomcore. Numerous excellent notices. NYOP
Hip-hop. NYOP until monday.
]Free Download: 12 New South American Albums[/url]. Great mix of stuff.
http://www.subrosa.net/en/catalogue/soundworks/eric-thielemans.html
http://www.ericthielemans.com/www.ericthielemans.com/EARR.html
Eric Thielemans is also involved with ZWERM (Emusers link)
Rapoon: Live at WFMU on Noise and Syrup with Jeff M on May 22, 2011
Etc. The archive is here: http://electricjive.blogspot.com/p/ibh-audio-archive-posts.html - I'm listening to tape 18 just now, quality is excellent. There's also a nice-looking book of photos for sale or (free) DL.
Scavenged Luxury: L.A. Post-Punk, Art Rock and Power Pop (c. 1977-1987).... 20 'volumes', 2 'discs' per volume.... 20-25 songs per 'disc'.... I've only begun to listen to what I downloaded... maybe someone here will find something of interest.
From the blog: "Compilations of post-punk, D.I.Y., early new wave, concept rock, avant-garde noodlings (with a beat), bizarre hardcore, obscure demos / early tracks by famous bands, anachronistic glam, and other lost causes far from the norm or weirdly beautiful that came in the wake of the first punk explosion in Los Angeles. A large percentage of this music is not available commercially or through web streaming services. If you are an artist who wants your tracks removed, please let me know."
http://thecee.bandcamp.com/
And from the Serein label:
- in wav.
NYOP Bandcamp
Letna - Adria
If you like music with small rustly sounds and gentle fragments of melody, grab this one. (jonahpwll, this might make the less linear fringe of your early morning listening)
ETA: Several others are free at SEM too right now; I can't vouch for most of the others, but SEM have put out some nice stuff.
ETA2 all the albums by Alexandre Navarro and the album by Redfish are free.
- Nice one . . .
Microstoria's _snd (1996) streaming from youtube
Hibernate - Sampler Volume 7
NYOP, no mimimum, but probably for a limited time (some previous samplers are now pay-for). "Sampler 7 is available for free as a thank you for your support . For those wishing to pay for this album you can."
- Click on the cover and submit an email
& as a bonus you get to hear Mary Margaret O'Hara (In Her Dream).
Loren Dent - Anthropology Extras 1
Volumes 2-5 came up a while back, posted by BN, but I am not sure this was ever posted....it's lovely, and free.
7 Great Albums You Can Download For Free Right Now