Bloody Mammals are a punk rock/post hardcore band from London. Here we have a 4 track demo EP that was released just last month. Fresh
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Ah the wonder that is Paloma Faith. What can I say that you won't already know? She first started performing in 2007 in a band called 'Paloma and the Penetrators', she was scouted by an A&R from Epic Records who invited her to play for the boss. Twenty minutes into the audition, Faith asked the manager to turn his phone off and when he refused, she walked out. She was later offered a position in Amy Winehouse's band but turned it down to continue working on her own material. She's got her second album coming out in a week's time, 'Fall to Grace' which I've heard and it is glorious! Whilst you're waiting, why not click here to get your hands on this free acoustic version of Black & Blue which is an Amazon exclusive, which means that you'll need an account/profile with them. This doesn't cost anything but will take a minute to do, which I know might sound off-putting but come on, 1 minute for a free exclusive Paloma song, and I can tell you right now, it's a corker.
Nerina Pallot is a great singer/songwriter based in London. Today you can download a track called 'English' which is a lovely song about her mum and imagration. You'll need to click here and pop your email in the box. It's worth it. I was thinking about what I could write about Nerina and whilst looking at her Last.fm page, I read this (about my favourite song of hers) which I thought was interesting and worth sharing:
Nerina Pallot is classically trained in singing and piano, and then engaged in a peripatetic career around the fringes of the music industry. Outside these various industry-related jobs, Nerina Pallot was an active part-time musician with an ambition to follow a career in performing and song writing. At some point her career took her to her favourite job of this time, as PA to the music industry executive Andrew King; a key figure in the management of Pink Floyd from its earliest days. Still following her ambition to pursue a musical career, Pallot signed to Polydor in her mid-20s, despite misgivings from Andrew King. This signing resulted in the release of an album containing self-penned songs; the ironically titled Dear Frustrated Superstar (2001). However, singles released from this album failed to make a sales mark as did the album. Following this, Nerina Pallot was dropped by Polydor among some bitter recriminations which are documented on her web site. This experience was later to lead to the writing of Mr. King, a touching, and very probably unique tribute to a senior music industry executive. Brilliant news! Chew Lips are back! After 15 months of living in Paris and now a new record deal with Sony, a second album is finally on the way! I realise that's three exclaimation marks on three sentences but I'm finding the whole thing quite exciting. I've been a big fan since I first heard 'Salt Air' back in 2009. 'Unicorn' was a big album for me during 2010 and definitely one of my most listened to albums of that year so to finally have another album on the way and to be able to share this with more people than just those who turn up in my living room is a joy. This is now without a doubt my favourite song so far of 2012, utterly flawless electro pop. If you're the type who has house parties, or even just big gatherings, put this on and I promise you won't go wrong. Yes, her again! Giving away free tracks in the run up to an album's release seems to be fast becoming an industry standard these days. The idea (from my point of view) being that it's better to have some of your music in a fan's music folder/on their phone then to just have it in the shops. Once it's in your music folder, you can listen to it as much or as little as you like but that familiarity with the artist is there and is often accompanied by the need to aquire more, plus you're obviously much more likely to pay attention to news of an artist if you've already got some of their music, as opposed to the millions of bands you've never heard of but who's names you're inunadated with and instantly disregard on a daily basis.
Anyway, that little rant aside, just click here. It's all very self explanitary. It feels like it's been a long time waiting for this album to come to come out, and I'm still waiting. Let this prime example of bubblegum pop tide you over. With a title like, Mini Mixtape - Vol 1, you can't help but feel that there's balently mroe to come! There's also a nice little clip of a new Chew Lips track called 'Do You Chew?' which, if like me, you've been waiting years for any new music from Chew Lips, then this is very good news indeed. Here's the tracklisting: Caramba - Fedora / Kia Ora MIA - Bad Girls Chris Brown - Look At Me Now (feat. Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes) Prince - I Would Die 4 U LV - Northern Line (feat. Joshua Idehen) Beck - Get Real paid Carlos d'Alessio - Tika Tika Walk Chew Lips - Do You Chew? Andre Jacquemin - Um Bongo, Um Bongo (They Drink It In The Congo) Ah George Pringle, seemed people either loved or hated her music, there was very little in the way of middle ground. Orginally from Malvern, then Oxford (whilst at Uni) and finally now in London. She released her album 'Salon de Refuses' back in 2009, toured Europe with Air and began work on her second album. She posted up a status saying that she was looking for a label to back her and thought the cost of making her second album would be £10k, I didn't have that much but really liked her music, and offered her £5,000. She wasn't interested, but it seems no-one else was either as she didn't get any other offers and has stopped making music and nowadays just maintains a tumblr called Pink Lunch. To get a copy of Golfo dei Poeti, just click download below, it's all very straighforward. I also recommend a track she did with Errors called 'Cutlery Drawer'. From Charli herself: So, I did a girl version... now here's the boy version... some of my favorite songs from my favorite male artists... bros before hoes this time.... Tracklisting: Lil Wayne - A Milli Madeon - Icarus Leave Britney Alone Justice vs. Simian - We Are Your Friends Bleeding Knees Club - Bad Guys David Bowie - Sound and Vision Active Child - Playing House (feat. How to Dress Well) Ritualz - Ghetto Ass Witch (feat. Gvcci Hvcci) Gabriel Bruce - Sleep Paralysis Ying Yang Twins - The Whisper Song The Owls Are Not What They Seem With an abundance of emotive dark pop songs, and backed by a growing army of top producers and worldwide fans, Charli is not like your run-of-the-mill musician. Earlier this summer, Charli released ‘Stay Away’. Co-written and produced by Ariel Rechtshaid (Glasser, Diplo), it is as knock-you-to-the-floor as first introductions come. A massive anthem that combines all the majestic bluster of the 80s with distinct post-millennial production, it’s an epic and heart-wrenching addition to pop’s cannon about “unrequited love and being tainted by someone so you can’t be around them any more” Cyndi Lauper* - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Britney Spears - Piece of Me Fleetwood Mac - Little Lies Siouxsie and The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden Mariah Carey - Like That Björk - There's More to Life Than This Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There Azealia Banks - Fuck Up the Fun Blondie - Atomic Hole - Jennifer's Body Kate Bush - Hounds of Love |
Making your music folder better, one song at a time.
_Pretty much everyday I seem to find some amazing exclusive tracks that
some awesome artists are giving away for free as a special one off
promotion. Today, it occured to me that instead of just downloading
them, maybe reposting them on facebook if they're special enough/someone I know and
then moving on, I should start a little music blog on here. Even if it
doesn't last forever, it's still a free song for you each day that it
does! I'd say the character of this blog is mostly electropop and singer/songwriter but I've got plans for mathcore, post-rock and glitch-hop. A lot of these tracks have a download limit of 100 so get in there on the quick. I'd also point out that a lot of the songs will need renaming once you've downloaded them so I'd do them one at a time. Archives
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