This atmospheric pop-rock title track from Second Dan’s sophomore album Angeline has some pretty sprawling piano work in the second half…
Second Dan – Angeline (mp3)*
*mp3 provided by & posted w/ permission of band
Words like catchy, infectious, and upbeat are admittedly far too often applied to pop music, but there’s really no other way to describe this little summery gem by singer-songwriter and ukulele player Lindsey Ray. “Brand New Day” is a duet with One Republic’s Tim Myers and is on Lindsey’s debut full-length album Goodbye From California.
Lindsey Ray – Brand New Day (mp3)*
Lindsey Ray Official Site
Lindsey Ray MySpace
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist’s PR rep
Our Husband – Villages (mp3)*
Haunting, low-fi single from Australian pop band Our Husband’s forthcoming album. Our Husband are Nathaniel Morse of Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! and Freya of Bing Goes to Monaco.
Buy @ Amazon
*mp3 provided by & posted w/ permission of band
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Juliette Commagere – Impact (mp3)*
Pretty, upbeat tune from former Hello Stranger singer Juliette Commagere’s new solo album The Procession, to be released September 20th.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist’s PR rep
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Liam Singer – Winter Weeds (mp3)*
Delicate, lovely ballad by “chamber-pop experimentalist” Liam Singer’s new album Dislocatia, to be released October 5th.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of label
Cold Seeds – The Perfume of Mexican Birds (mp3)*
Quiet, pretty folk ballad reminiscent of Kath Bloom‘s work with Loren Mazzacane Connors. Cold Seeds is a one-off collaboration between Meursault‘s Neil Pennycook and Pete Harvey, Kenny Anderson (a.k.a. King Creosote), and Frances Donnelly from Animal Magic Tricks. The album will be released on Song, By Toad Records on September 20th.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of label
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The Vaccines – If You Wanna (mp3)
Retro rock-influenced demo by UK band The Vaccines. That’s all the info I was given for now, stay tuned.
*mp3 provided by & posted w/ permission of band’s PR rep
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You can download the quirky pop song “Cold Love” by former Cursive and The Good Life lead Tim Kasher by entering your email address in the widget above. His debut solo album The Game of Monogamy will be released by Saddle Creek Records on October 5th.
Jenny & Johnny – Scissor Runner (mp3 download page)
Have I been living in a cave? Don’t answer that. I didn’t even know that Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice had teamed up for an album until they were recently booked for an upcoming Mountain Stage show. Judging from this summery pop song, Jenny & Johnny are trying to be the new She & Him. You can download this mp3 from their new album I’m Having Fun Now, which will be released August 31st, by submitting your email address at the above link.
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Yair Yona – Brave Walls (mp3)*
Exotic and lovely instrumental from Israeli guitarist Yair Yona’s debut album Remember. If you like this song, you’ll love the album.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of band’s PR rep
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Libbie Schrader – Turn to Gold (mp3 download page)
You can download a pretty new song by Libbie Schrader by entering your email address at the above link. “Turn to Gold” is a demo that may or may not be included on Libbie’s upcoming fan-funded EP.
Muruch‘s occasional Chicago reviewer Chelle caught the attention of Mutts with her recent Empires/The Whigs review and Mutts lead Mike Maimone submitted the band’s We Float EP for her consideration. Following is her take on the EP….
Chicago-based trio Mutts are just over a year old, and much like the hodgepodge suggested by their moniker, members Mike Maimone (keys, vocals), Chris Faller (drums), and Bob Buckstaff (bass) punch in off the clock from more pedigreed projects (Company of Thieves, The Hush Sound). And like a zealous, unruly year-old puppy, their EP We Float runs the rambunctious gamut of influences, spanning jazz, blues, grunge, metal, industrial and rock, never quite deciding which one to take by the throat and throttle.
Considering the juxtaposed jumble of components, however, Mutts’ combined output is a cohesive sound; it’s evident they’ve done the work of deciding what they want to do, and forging ahead with it confidently. If you possess any manufactured pop sensibilities, delicate or otherwise, you may not immediately find too much to latch on to amidst the stripped down production and frenetic, raw vocal stylings. But there’s a brutal honesty buried in the roughness, and the moments where the melodies begin to surface and take hold add just enough suggestion of shine to keep you listening.
Mutts have a forthcoming release, The Tells of Parallels EP, available on October 1st. They will also be playing at legendary Chicago venue Schuba’s on Monday, August 30 at 8:00PM as part of the Betta Promotions Showcase. The show is $6, 18+ and tickets are available here. Also appearing are DJ Caural, The Sacred Robe of the Ancient Psychedelic Monks, Scott Lucas & The Married Men, and Volcanoes Make Islands.
Mutts – Beggar (mp3)*
Mutts – We Float (mp3)*
All Mutts music, including We Float and their previous Pretty Pictures EP, is available as free downloads on their website. You can also purchase them on CD at the band’s shows or Amazon…
*mp3s provided by & posted w/ permission of band
As I said last week when I posted an mp3 of “The Great Defector” (which you can still download for a limited time), Irish band Bell X1 is offering a series of tracks from a new digital Acoustic EP (streaming at Reverb Nation) in anticipation of their upcoming acoustic tour of the U.S. Below is the second in this series of free mp3s – a live rendition of “Rocky Took a Lover” from their 2005 album Flock. The live shows will include songs from the band’s entire catalogue and some new tunes from their forthcoming 2011 full-length album.
Bell X1 – Rocky Took a Lover (live) (mp3)*
*mp3 provided by & posted w/ permission of Yep Roc Records
Bell X1 2010 Acoustic Tour Dates:
10/6 Philadelphia, PA@ Tin Angel
10/7 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
10/8 Cambridge, MA @ Brattle Theater
10/9 Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall
10/11 Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark
10/12 Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel
10/14 Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
10/15 Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
10/16 Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Café
10/17 Vienna, VA @ Jammin’ Java
10/20 Los Angeles, CA @Hotel Café
10/21 San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall
For her first guest post on Muruch, Starlite Diner‘s Laura joined the crowd entertained by Rasputina at The Troubadour in L.A. on August 14th. Following is her take on the show and an mp3 from the band’s new album…
The Troubadour has stories. In the walls, when you lean in too close, you can hear and feel the echoes of music and musicians. This is the place of music history, the Los Angeles edition, and one cannot help but expect something spectacular when you enter through its doors. On August 14th, in the audience watching Rasputina, that is exactly what happened – something spectacular.
Rasputina, part kinder-whore a’la 1990s, part gothic mistress, part Renaissance queen, and part Steam Punk warrior, is an experience that slithers into you, opening up something raw in you, and taking with it a bit of your soul.
I felt lost at times, not in a bad way, but definitely away from everything around me. The heartbeat thump of the drums, especially throughout songs such as “Sweet Sister Temperance” and “Saline The Salt Lake Queen,” were hypnotic – a musical temptation luring me into the ether.
“High On Life” channeled the musical souls of Jim Morrison, Billie Holiday and Janis Joplin – rock and roll meets the blues gone post-modern mystery. I swear, if I squinted my eyes and looked towards my right, I saw the three of them swaying along and passing a bottle between them.
My favorites of the night were the heartfelt “Holocaust of Giants,” off of the newly released album Sister Kinderhook, and the cover of “Teenage Kicks,” the 1978 hit song by The Undertones.
Though the music was truly the best part of the evening, playing second (and adding to those stories in the wall, I’m sure) were the commentary and asides spoken by frontwoman and musician, Melora Creager.
Rasputina – Holocaust of Giants (mp3)*
*mp3 hosted by band & posted w/ permission of their PR rep
A Classic Education – Gone to Sea (mp3)*
Languid, retro-pop influenced indie-rock somewhere between The Lucksmiths and The Shins. From Italian-Canadian band A Classic Education’s upcoming Hey There Stranger EP, to be released September 21st.
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The Fumes – Automobile (mp3)*
Gritty pop-rock with a hint of blues from The Fumes’ new album Guns Of Gold, to be released August 24th.
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American Graveyard – Common Ones (mp3)*
Substantial, soulful roots rock from American Graveyard’s new Hallelujahland album.
*all mp3s hosted by & posted w/ permission of bands’ PR reps
In anticipation of their upcoming acoustic tour of the U.S., Irish band Bell X1 is offering a series of tracks from a new digital Acoustic EP (which you can hear at Reverb Nation). The first mp3 is a live, acoustic rendition of “The Great Defector” from their Blue Lights on the Runway album. You can download the mp3 and check out their tour dates below. The live shows will include songs from the band’s entire catalogue and some new tunes from their forthcoming 2011 full-length album.
Bell X1 – The Great Defector (live)(mp3)*
*mp3 provided by & posted w/ permission of Yep Roc Records
Bell X1 2010 Acoustic Tour Dates:
10/6 Philadelphia, PA@ Tin Angel
10/7 New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
10/8 Cambridge, MA @ Brattle Theater
10/9 Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall
10/11 Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark
10/12 Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel
10/14 Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
10/15 Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
10/16 Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Café
10/17 Vienna, VA @ Jammin’ Java
10/20 Los Angeles, CA @Hotel Café
10/21 San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall
You can hear my voice in the new edition of Contrast Podcast, which has the theme “Best of 2010 (So Far).” My pick was Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown album (click title for my review) and I submitted the 100% legal, label-authorized mp3 “Flowers (Eurydice Song).” Hadestown will almost certainly still be my #1 album of 2010 at the end of the year.
Contrast Podcast – Best of 2010 (So Far)
Anaïs Mitchell – Flowers (Eurydice Song) (mp3) *
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist’s PR rep on behalf of label
The Mountains & The Trees is the astonishingly talented singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jon Janes. His debut full-length album I Made This For You will be released on August 10th. Janes has a quiet but captivating voice, and he and his bandmates play just about every instrument imaginable – guitar, drums, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, bells, tuba, trumpet, organ, lapsteel, melodica, mellotron, violin, cello, flute, bodhrán, and even some handclaps. Janes skillfully incorporates all of these elements into beautifully, brilliantly arranged folk, country, and Americana melodies. I Made This For You is a multi-layered masterpiece that everyone needs to hear.
The opening track “Fear of Ghosts” slides from a gentle beginning into a jaunty, joyously multi-instrumental arrangement in which the tuba steals the show. Séan McCann of Great Big Sea plays bodhrán on the song.
“More & More & More” is a panoramic Americana travelogue, “Travellin’ Song” is a foot tappin’ country ditty, and “Makes Amends” is another wonderfully unusual standout.
Most of the rest of the album is delicate and lovely with subtle folk melodies and light bluegrass instrumentation.
The Mountains & The Trees – More & More & More (mp3)*
The Mountains & The Trees – Minimum Wage Lovers (mp3)*
(not yet available)
*mp3s hosted by & posted w/ permission of band’s PR rep
Katie Davis – Fisherman (mp3)*
Pretty, atmospheric song by independent singer-songwriter Katie Davis, from her second self-released EP Three Songs.
Buy @ Amazon
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist
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Kitka – Zabljalo mi e agunce (mp3)*
Another beautiful free download by vocal group Kitka, from their 2008 album Sanctuary.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of band
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The Drums – Down By The Water (mp3)*
Languidly romantic, retro-influenced track from The Drums’ self-titled album, to be released September 14th.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of band’s PR rep
Burnt Ones – Burnt To Lose (mp3)*
Fantastic, trippy retro-psychedelic number from Burnt Ones’ upcoming debut Black Teeth & Golden Tongues, to be released August 10th. The band is signed to Roaring Colonel Records, the new label by My Old Kentuckey Blog.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of band’s PR rep
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Vincent Minor – Late Night Show (mp3)*
Pleasant, quirky boy pop from singer-songwriter Vincent Minor’s self-titled album, to be released September 21st.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist’s PR rep
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Joey + Rory – This Song’s For You (click for download page) **
You can download a new song by Joey + Rory (featuring Zac Brown Band) by entering your email address at the above link on their official site. You may recall that another mp3 by the duo was the catalyst for my battle with Blogger two years ago (summarized on my About page), but neither the band or even their label were responsible for that. And they sure make some great, old-fashioned country music. Their sophmore album Album Number Two will be released September 14th.
Buy @ Amazon
**link to band’s site provided by & posted w/ permission of label
My 2008 review of Lucy Schwartz’s debut Winter in June began with the line “I’m always puzzled when certain female singer-songwriters receive mainstream popularity and media attention while others like seventeen year old Lucy Schwartz remain in the shadows.” Now 20 years old, Lucy has since been heard in several tv shows and movies and her recent EP Help Me! Help Me! made the blogrounds. Her sophomore full-length album Life in Letters will be released on August 31st, and you can download a free mp3 of the non-album single “When We Were Young” by entering your email address in the widget below…
Life in Letters Track List:
My Darling
Graveyard
Rain City
I Want The Sky
Life in Letters
Those Days
Shadow Man
Gone Away
Somebody To Save
Take a Picture
Morning
The album is not yet available for pre-order, but should be at the links below closer to the release date…
Red Wanting Blue’s album These Magnificent Miles will be released on July 27th. Lead singer Scott Terry – who plays guitar and ukulele – has a gritty voice slightly reminiscent of Eddie Vedder, though the comparisons stop there. The songs on the album are rock with a little bit of Americana and a whole lot of substance. These Magnificent Miles also proves how valuable good cover art can be, as it was the bright orange and black carousel image that made the CD stand out in my mountains of promos.
Red Wanting Blue – Where You Wanna Go (mp3)*
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of band’s PR rep
!!! – AM/FM (click for download page)
!!! – a.k.a. chk chk chk – are back!!! (those exclamation points are addictive) Their new album Strange Weather, Isn’t It? will be released on August 24th. You can download an mp3 of the first single “AM/FM” at their official site in exchange for your email address.
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Little Cowboys, Bad Hombres (mp3) *
Funky pop-rock by Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire! (I hate all CAPS in band names, but obviously like exclamation points) – a.k.a. FSRF. From FSRF’s new album Sea Priest.
*mp3 hosted by label & posted w/ permission of PR rep
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Guster – Big Bad World (click for download page)
I used to think Guster’s music was boring, but this song is extremely catchy. They are also offering a free download on their official site, with several options to access the mp3 – including by submitting your email address or Twitter. Easy Wonderful, Guster’s first studio album in four years, will be released on October 5th.
Pre-order @ Amazon
You can download an mp3 of “Circles” by The Giving Tree Band by clicking on “Free Download” in the above widget and entering your email address. It’s worth the exchange. The band was recommended to me because I like Old Crow Medicine Show. Though The Giving Tree Band isn’t quite that good, they are very close. They have a similar oldfashioned bluegrass sound mixed with a bit of Americana and Paul Simon-like pop-folk melodies. Their third full-length album The Joke, The Threat & The Obvious will be released on September 21st.
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Minor Stars – The Death of the Sun (mp3)*
Minor Stars – Dead Weight (mp3)*
Minor Stars – Numbers Don’t Lie (mp3)*
Minor Stars – Mirror (mp3)*
I’d never heard of Minor Stars before their PR rep sent me these songs, but you have to like a band who shares so many free, legal mp3s. Especially one with such a refreshingly pure rock sound as this. These four tracks are from Minor Stars’ new album The Death of the Sun in the Silver Sea, which you can download as a “name your own price” purchase (including for free) at Bandcamp.
*mp3s hosted by band & posted w/ permission of PR rep
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Noun – Brother (mp3)*
Noun is Screaming Females‘ fierce and formidable frontwoman Marissa Paternoster, and she just released her solo project’s debut album Holy Hell. You can still download the album’s title track in my March post.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of band’s PR rep
The Gypsy Nomads – Make Out (mp3)*
The Gypsy Nomads seem patterned after bands like Luminescent Orchestrii, 17 Hippies, and Vagabond Opera. Though their blend of Eastern European folk and rock isn’t quite as strong or eclectic as those other bands, it’s an enjoyable and interesting ride nonetheless.
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AWOLNATION – Burn It Down (mp3)*
This song might annoy me in a different mood, but I like it a lot today. AWOLNATION (dear bands: all CAPS names are annoying in any mood!) describe themselves as “Blitz Pop Rockers”. Basically they scream and grind their guitars over a catchy pop-rock melody. It’s the kind of music you head-bang to. From their new EP Back From Earth.
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Fops – Solid Copper Huntress (mp3)*
Wow, there are some really crap band names out there now. But this pretty, retro folk-rock song proves you can’t always judge a book (or a band) by its cover. Fops is led by Thee More Shallows singer Dee Kesler. Their debut album Yeth, Yeth, Yeth will be released sometime later this year.
Pre-order @ Amazon
*all mp3s hosted by & posted w/ permission of band’s PR reps
If you’re a new reader, you should know that I really have to love a song to post it as a single mp3 (as opposed to in my “Mp3 Menagerie” posts of multiple tracks or a full album review). That’s certainly the case here. Screaming Females remind me a little of the great chick-fronted rock bands of the early and mid 1990s, which remains my favorite era of music. Their new album Castle Talk will be released on September 14th.
Screaming Females – I Don’t Mind It (mp3)*
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of band’s PR co.
The album is not yet available for purchase, but should be at the links below closer to the release date…
Provenance is the fifth solo album by cellist Maya Beiser. If Maya’s name isn’t familiar, her cello is. Maya played on the soundtracks to M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening, Denzel Washington’s The Great Debaters, and Edward Zwick’s Blood Diamond. Maya’s own multi-cultural collection Provenance features an exotic array of compositions from Armenia, Iran, Israel, and America. The album took its inspiration from the co-existence of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish art and culture during medieval Spain’s Golden Age.
Provenance opens with the four-movement “I Was There” by Iranian composer Kayhah Kalhor, which is based on a melody by legendary Kurdish poet-musician Ziryab. The arrangement and instrumentation have a darkly evocative and rhythmic flow about them.
The deep, mournful bellow of Maya’s cello ushers in Armenian composer Djivan Gasparian’s somber two-part “Memories.”
The powerful voice of Etty Ben-Zaken stands alone for the haunting acapella intro to “Mar de Leche” before Maya and her band delicately began to play its beautiful, intricate melody. The four-movement piece by Israel’s Tamar Muskal sets an ancient Ladino (Hebrew-Spanish) love song to a contemporary arrangement.
A thunderous, swaying instrumental rendition of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir” closes the album. You have to love a classical artist who covers Zep.
I was not granted permission to share an mp3, but you can hear samples at the links below.
Under The Sea – Walking Slowly Up An Escalator Moving Forward (mp3 expired)*
I’m not a fan of “jam bands” and thus rarely like guitar-driven instrumentals, but this is a very good exception. The verbosely titled “Walking Slowly Up An Escalator Moving Forward” is the kind of atmospheric pop-rock song that indie teen romance movie scores are based on. There doesn’t seem to be an album to go with the song…yet.
*mp3 provided by & posted w/ permission of band’s PR rep
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Superchunk – Skip Steps 1 & 3 (mp3) *
Superchunk’s No Pocky for Kitty and On the Mouth albums have been remastered and will be reissued by Merge Records on CD, LP and digital download on August 17th. This awesomely hyper, punked up rock track is from No Pocky for Kitty.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of label
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Kitka – The Awakening (live) (mp3)*
Vocal ensemble Kitka are kindly sharing this live recording of the opening track from their beautiful album The Rusalka Cycle (click title for my album review).
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of band
Singer-songwriter Kristin Hersh will release her new studio album Crooked on July 19th. The album will be on Kristin’s own Throwing Music record label, which is named in honor of her old band Throwing Muses. Crooked
Kristin Hersh – Coals (mp3)*
Kristin Hersh – Rubidoux (mp3)*
*mp3s hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist’s PR rep
The Federals have made all four songs from their self-titled EP available as free, 100% legal mp3s on Last.fm. Their sound is hyper British garage rock similar to The Vines, The Strokes, and other “The” bands.
The Federals – Free EP Download (click for download page)
Lots of great songs lately. This soulful, slightly off-kilter piano pop ballad is from Joy Ike’s new sophomore album Rumors. Like most piano playing female singers, Joy has been compared to everyone from Regina Spektor to Norah Jones. But I think this song has more in common with John Legend and India.arie, with perhaps a dash of Sara Bareilles.
Joy Ike – Sweeter (mp3)*
*mp3 provided by & posted w/ permission of artist’s PR rep
You know I really love a song when I post it as a solo mp3. I couldn’t resist a band who originally formed for a production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The Young Scamels are Christian Frederickson, Greg King, and Jason Noble of the band Rachel’s. Their debut album Tempest – to be released in September – collects music that was recorded live during forty-one performances of The Tempest at Actors Theatre in Louisville. This song features vocalist Amber Estes of Liberation Prophecy and Kyle Crabtree of Shannon Wright’s backing band. The sound is an unusual, hypnotic mix of classical instrumentation and sparse electronics.
The Young Scamels – Full Fathom Five (Thy Father Lies) (mp3)*
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of band’s PR rep
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I was so excited to see Sheila Nicholls name on a new press release! I raved about the British singer-songwriter’s 1999 independent debut Brief Strop
The two songs that I’ve been given permission to share below are “Bardo” and “Natural Law.” Both tracks have a much more polished, peppy pop sound than Sheila’s previous releases. I heard them before the rest of the album, so I was initially disappointed in the seemingly drastic change in direction from her old piano pounding and gut-wrenching wails. But even on these two tracks, Sheila’s voice is still unusually pretty and the rest of the album is much better.
The album’s opener “Where None Are Afraid” and songs like “City Between” are beautiful piano ballads that showcase the softer, more fragile side of Sheila’s voice.
The trippy beat of “Pinking It Up” (which you can stream at MySpace) makes for a moody experience, and “Pointless Tackles Vision” further explores that atmospheric, electro-pop style.
“Celery Bay” relaxes into a mellow, R&B vibe, while “Bed” is more of a funky soul ballad. Other tracks are stripped down to a more acoustic sound, but Sheila’s lovely vocals drive every song.
Sheila Nicholls – Bardo (mp3) *
Sheila Nicholls – Natural Law (mp3) *
*mp3s hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist’s PR rep
The Wartime Blues – Robert Ford & Jesse James (mp3) *
Nice multi-instrumental folk-rock track from The Wartime Blues’ upcoming debut album Doves and Drums.
Buy @ Amazon
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Luna is Honey – Claws (mp3)*
Catchy, retro-style pop-rock from Luna is Honey’s new album Copy Cats. The album also features a cover of Prince’s “I Would Die 4 U.”
Buy @ Amazon
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Julius C – Don’t Want Anybody (mp3) *
This song borders on typical “indie-rock,” but is saved by an infectious chorus and bursts of metal riffs and wails. From Julius C’s album OK, OK.
*all mp3s hosted by & posted w/ permission of bands’ PR reps
Alejandro Escovedo – Street Song (mp3)*
I’ve raved about Alejandro Escovedo‘s music here many times. This song has a slicker rock sound than his previous releases and is from his upcoming album Street Songs Of Love, to be released June 29th.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist’s PR rep
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Empires – Damn Things Over (mp3)*
To rev up interest in their summer tour, Chicago rock band Empires is offering this free, legal mp3 from their new EP Bang. Check out the recent review of Empires live show by Muruch freelancers Chelle & Coble here.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of band
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Darker My Love – Dear Arthur (mp3)*
*click for download page on label site, email address required to access mp3
Moody track from Darker My Love’s upcoming album Alive As You Are, to be released August 17th.
Clare Burson – I Will/With You (mp3 link removed)*
*Mp3 was hosted by the artist’s PR company and the link was posted here on June 24, 2010 with a PR rep’s permission as authorized by the artist’s label. On July 6, 2010, the PR rep informed me that the label had rescinded their authorization, so I immediately removed the mp3 link. If anyone at the label or any enforcement agency requires further information about this matter, please email me at the address listed on the sidebar of this site. Muruch is a 100% legal music site, I only post authorized mp3s. – Vic
From singer-songwriter Clare Burnson’s upcoming album Silver and Ash, to be released on September 14th. The songs on the album were inspired by the childhood experiences of Clare’s own grandmother in WWII-era Germany.
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Steve Mason – Am I Just A Man (mp3)*
Live version of track from Steve Mason’s new solo album Boys Outside. Formerly the lead singer of Beta Band, Mason’s solo music has an atmospheric acoustic sound very similar to that of his old band.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of label
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Jenny Wilson – Only Here For the Fight (mp3)*
From quirky and soulful Swedish pop singer Jenny Wilson’s U.S. debut Hardships, to be released August 24th.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist’s PR rep
Kathryn Williams – Little Lessons (mp3 removed)*
British singer-songwriter Kathryn Williams will release her eigth album The Quickening on July 6th.
*mp3 provided by & posted w/ permission of label
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Jacques Labouchere – 2nd Long Street (mp3) *
Catchy, jangly pop-rock from Jacques Labouchere’s new album Bi-polar Baby Strollers.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist’s PR rep
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Bellflur – Insect Politics (mp3)*
Dreamy tune from Bellflur’s new album asleep.asleep.
*mp3 hosted by & posted w/ permission of artist’s PR rep
