Some require email sign-ups, some your first-born, but they´re all free and they´ve all got guitars in. Maybe you´ll find something you like…
If You Only Pick One…
Fanfarlo - The
College Radio EP
If you only pick one… pick three! The very talented Fanfarlo are giving away a free EP of a college radio session they recorded on their last US tour. One for fans of the Arcade Fire and brilliant song-writing.
Get The Rest…
Fun - At Least I´m Not As Sad (As I Used To Be)
“Have you ever wondered about our old nu-metal friends/ And what happened to them” is pretty much the greatest opening line of any song ever. Especially for an afro-beat, folk-pop tune.
A refreshingly emotive blast of 90s-style rock (think Placebo, Suede, Manic Street Preachers) that doesn´t fall into all the stereotypical traps that we´ve come to expect. Hold on for the chorus.
Ariel Pink´s Haunted Graffiti - Round And Round
Elvis Costello-esque vocals, eighties pop-funk guitars and synths. Something tells us these guys are fans of Roxy Music and that´s not necessarily a bad thing.
This is exactly the kind of great “is it/isn´t it?” dance-rock-rap song that´s likely to prove inflammatory on
, but we like it, so there. If you hate Pendulum, you probably shouldn´t check this out…
The Daredevil Christoper Wright - The East Coast
(Right-click to download)
A very nice dose of twee weird-folk acoustic-ism from the brilliant-named Daredevil Christopher Wright. A full-length, ‘In Deference To A Broken Back´, is due 5 April.
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