Free music : Scala

The all girl choir Scala, with the Kolacny Brothers, has a new album. It will be out soon in a de luxe edition, because the regular (digital) format is available for free download on their website. Just fill in your name and e-mail, and you receive a link to download all the songs on the new album.
Contrary to their previous albums, it's not a cover album. This time, the Kolacny Brothers wrote all of the songs.
If you want to know what they sound like, here's a teaser :

• their cover of Smells like teen spirit (Nirvana)
• their cover of With or without you (U2)
• their cover of Friday, I'm in love (The Cure)
• their cover of The bitter end (Placebo)

To download the album, go here

Biosphere

We had a dream last night... we had the same dream... Two little boys claim this in what sounds like the soundtrack to a horror science fiction movie, but actually it's the opening song for the album Patashnik by Biosphere.
It's an intruiging song that I felt always fitted perfectly well with the blue cover of the record. Enjoy it !


Phantasm - Biosphere (mp3)


You can buy the album Patashnik here
You can also download a lot of Biosphere songs offered for free here

Def Real

Dutch hiphop pioneers Def Real have released various singles that made you feel good : silly lyrics and capturing melodies that did well on the radio, especially in summer !

On their website, they offer their older songs for free. Here's a selection :

• Me & the pizza (mp3)
• Daar gaan we... (mp3) (in spite of the Dutch title, most of the song is in English)

Find them all on their site and donwload the remix of their new single here

Free music : Intended Play Sampler Spring 2008

Matador Records give away for free a sampler of their new releases, including the artwork. It's the first time this sampler is available digitally, so enjoy it here

Free download : new Sigur Ros single

Sigur Ros are giving away their new single for free (here). Enjoy it !

Another free album : The saltire wave - Downliners Sekt

If you like your guitars to dominate, your drums to be kicked half-dead and don't mind the absence of vocals, you might very well like Downliners Sekt. Their electro/post-rock oriented second album is available for free download on their website (as are earlier releases).
This band have chosen to release their albums for free on their website, because they believe they can have a greater impact thus. They claim this way they have some of their songs, released more than 7 years ago, still played at dubstep sessions.


Personally, I quite enjoy this music. They have clearly put a lot of effort into making music that generates a mood you're most likely to catch between 3 and 5 in the morning, somewhere drunk in the gutter, left alone by your girlfriend that is now doing it with your best friend, by your best friend (you know what he's doing right now...) and even by the smelly cat that came down the alley. Well, anyway, you catch my drift... If I knew where they're playing, I'd tell you to go and see them !

Before checking out their website, and maybe donate to keep them going, enjoy this selection of songs :

• Scope creep (mp3)
• Panic! Sonik monk (mp3)
• Point omega (mp3)

If you want to help these fine artists, mail them to ask what you can do !

100th post comes with free album

...but you shouldn't really thank me, but Canadian singer-songwriter Share (not to be confused with Cher !).

His debut album, Ukelele Tragic, has been made available for free download (here) to celebrate the release of his new album (his third already...) Pedestrian.
Andrew Sisk, the man behind Share, claims to be influenced by early Leonard Cohen and the songs from the Harry Smith Anthology of American folk music. The ukelele plays a big part on his debut album, but on his second album, Can Can Missile, electronic instruments have joined it, and it's no real surprise that he chose for an organic sound base, building upon it with samples, synths and programmed beats.


Upcoming tour dates (Eastern Canadian tour) :


Feb. 21 Montreal, PQ Casa Del Popolo
Feb. 22 Wakefield, PQ Blacksheep Inn
Feb. 23 Ottawa, ON Cafe Dekcuf
Mar. 6 Picton, ON The Acoustic Bar and Grill
Mar. 7 Toronto, ON Tranzac (CMW)
Mar. 11 Hamilton, ON Casbah w/ Wax Mannequin
Mar. 14 London, ON Call the Office
Mar. 15 Guelph, ON Jimmy Jazz
Mar. 17 Peterborough, ON The Spill
Mar. 18 Kingston, ON Queen St United Church (Apple Crisp Series)
Mar. 19 Ottawa, ON Mavericks
Mar. 20 Montreal, PQ Barfly
Mar. 21 Fredericton, NB The Capital
Mar. 22 Halifax, NS The Seahorse


Already, you can enjoy these songs :


From his debut album :

• Soil (mp3)

From the new album :

• The yard (mp3)
• Too shy to blush (mp3)

You can buy the album Pedestrian here