Kate Tucker & the Sons of Sweden’s entire, fantastic self-titled debut (click for review) is available as a free, legal download on Noisetrade for a limited time. You can access the mp3s by entering your email address in the widget below and watch the video for my favorite track from the album, “Everything Went Down.” Kate has gathered a new band under the moniker Sons of Sweden and they are currently recording a follow up album.
K.S. Rhoads’ fantastic new album, From Outside the Wilderness, is available as a free, legal download on Noisetrade. My better half, Brendan, played it for me last night and I fell in love. It’s really nothing like Foxygen’s magnificent psychedelic We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic, yet From Outside the Wilderness hit me with the same kind of fresh, creative force. I especially love the whimsical instrumentation in the opening track, “The Wilderness.” You can access the mp3s by entering your email address below.
By Brendan
I love Alex Bailey’s jazzy/doo-wop/troubadourish blend of a song, “Autumn III – Tempo Pochettino.” The rest of the album, The Four Seasons, is a much more melancholy affair, in the vein of early Iron and Wine. I also like Bailey’s earlier album, Port Angeles. Very heartfelt and intimate, I think this music would appeal to fans of Elliott Smith or Nick Drake.
Alex Bailey – Autumn III – Tempo Pochettino (mp3 download page)
Alex Bailey – Port Angeles (album download page)
By: Brendan
Having Enjoyed Tristan Allen’s I-V and Soothing Images by Bing Satellites, I have been on the hunt for piano music…
Alexandre Franke has several albums available for download. My favorites so far are Little Winter Concert and Echoes and Frames.
Among many other works, Marcin Brzozwski has made Chopin’s Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 available as a free download.
Not sure about BlondBlood’s artist name, but pretty piano pieces abound on his Jamendo page.
Dado’s …Cinque Pezzi Facili… (Five Easy Pieces) is gorgeous.
I also enjoyed Kendra Springer’s Hope.
Today only Amazon is offering 20 different album downloads for only $1.99 each! Among them are Bruno Mars’ Unorthodox Jukebox, Passion Pit’s Gossamer, Muse’s The 2nd Law and Fiona Apple’s The Idler Wheel. Go now go!
Liz Lawrence’s debut album, Bedroom Hero, is currently available as a “name your price” (including free) download on her Bandcamp page. I especially like the lovely title track ballad.
Guest Post By: Brendan
Thanks to the fine people who supported a kickstarter campaign, Kimiko Ishizak’s classical album, The Open Goldberg Variations, is available as a free download here and you can also stream it on Soundcloud. If you’re inclined to support the artist, the double-disc album is also available to purchase from Amazon. The sublime rendering below is my favorite from the album…
Kimiko Ishizak – The Open Goldberg Variations (mp3 download page)
Singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata is giving away an entire album as a free, legal download. You can download the mp3s by entering your email address into the NoiseTrade widget below. The album includes seven acoustic “loft” recordings and three studio tracks. Among them are “It’ll Do,” which is a preview song from Rachael’s new Heavyweight EP.
Guest Post By: Brendan
My favorite recent Noisetrade find is Brendan Hogan, an acoustic singer reminiscent of Bob Dylan and David Gray. The title track from his debut album, Long Night Coming
To celebrate the release of their brilliant new album, The Fourth Wall (click title for my rave review), The Vespers are offering a free, legal EP download. The EP includes three songs from the new album, two from their previous release and one new live track. You can download the mp3s by entering your email address in the Noisetrade widget below.
