Here are some links to free MP3’s (some are streaming only) by artists on my (short) “gotta get the CD” list”:
On To You - The Constantines - Shine A Light
A Nervous Tic Motion Of The Head To The Left - Andrew Bird - The Mysterious Production of Eggs
Forever Changes Everything Now - Moonbabies - The Orange Billboard
Neighborhood #2 (Laika) - The Arcade Fire - Funeral
I’ll open up the floor to some other suggestions? Please include a link to an MP3 or a stream so we can hear who you’re recommending.
July 26th, 2005 at 11:55 am
I just bought Johnny Dowd’s Pictures from Life’s Other Side. It’s six years old and you probably have it. But it’s Ian-commended. Water School is a local band that’s kicking some ass.
Oh, and I’m in danger of loosing my wife to that Andrew Bird kid. Better learn to whistle, toots huit.
July 27th, 2005 at 2:31 pm
Thanks for the Johnny Dowd tip. No - I don’t have anything by him - weird stuff (but cool!).
The Water School band is nice. The iTunes link on their site is not working but the solo/demo stuff is good. I had to go to their Scottish label “Neon Tetra Records” to hear the full band stuff.
August 1st, 2005 at 12:29 pm
A friend gave me All Around by The Oranges Band, from Baltimore. “OK Apartment” is available as an MP3 at the first link, above (no direct links allowed, apparently). They have a new record out which I havn’t listened to yet, but the MP3 from Lookout’s website sounds very good.
And like you haven’t heard it from a million people already, that Arcade Fire album is wonderful.
August 2nd, 2005 at 10:07 am
I had downloaded a few tracks from the Oranges Band a while back and like them.
Yeah - everyone was raving about the Arcade Fire last Fall but it’s been a slow burn for me. It really is great - they have an original sound.