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Latest free downloads

3 September 2009
By Lynn Roberts

We’ve noticed that one could build up rather a lovely collection of music just through the free downloads bands offer. Here we’ll be collecting the best of what we find.

The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio

Noah & the Whale – Last DJ

Boy & Bear – Mexican Mavis

Joe Innes – Pet Cemetary

Gaggle – Mowgli’s Road

Scary Mansion – No Law

Alan Pownall – Red Lips

Lail Arad // ‘Who Am I’

Alessi’s Ark // ‘Shovelling’

Pete Lawrie // ‘Jimmy & The Bird On Fire’

Alessi’s Ark // ‘Hands In The Sink’

Mumford & Sons // ‘White Blank Page’ (acoustic)

Noble Guesses by Kathryn Williams

Zombie Holocaust – Tristram

Justin Townes Earle and Dawn Landes – Do I Ever Cross Your Mind

Parenthetical Girls – “Evelyn McHale”

Broadcast 2000 – ‘Pep Talk’ & ‘Everybody and Me (acoustic version)’

Four free downloads from The Very Most’s new LP ‘A Year With The Very Most’

The Very Most - April is the Kindest Month
The Very Most -You’re in Love with the Sun
The Very Most -Autumn Air
The Very Most -Away in a Manger

Caitlin Rose – Shotgun Wedding

Fyfe Dangerfield – Barricades

Adelaide’s Cape – Belle

Johnny Foreigner – Winterval EP

Shearwater – Castaways

Esben and the Witch – 33 (EP)

Beach House – Norway

Caitlin Rose – Still Feelin’ Blue (Gram Parsons cover)

Laurence Arabia – Beautiful Young Crew

Tindersticks – Black Smoke

The Very Most – Autumn Air

Tom Waits – preview of new live album ‘Glitter and Doom’

Boo Hewardine – Muddy Waters

Alela Diane and Alina Hardin – Bowling Green

The Climbers “Uncommon”

Alessi’s Ark | ‘Simple Man’

The Leisure Society – We Were Wasted [Full Time Hobby]

Micah P Hinson – Running Scared (Roy Orbison Cover) [Full Time Hobby]

Treetop Flyers – Mountain Song

Tune-Yards ‘Sunlight’ MP3

The Mountain Goats ‘Genesis 3:23′ MP3

If you try to download any of these MP3s and find them to be dead links, please let us know in the comments below and we’ll get rid of them.

THANKS!

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Tags: Alessi's Ark, Broadcast 2000, Caitlin Rose, Dawn Landes, Micah P. Hinson, The Leisure Society, The Mountain Goats, The Very Most

2 Responses to “ Latest free downloads ”

  1. Scott Edgar on 12 February 2010 at 12:07 pm

    Hey there folk fans!

    Noah and the Whale Instrumental III has expired.

    Everything else is great though. Cheers!

    Reply
    • Lynn Roberts on 12 February 2010 at 1:04 pm

      Ooh thanks! It’s gone and some new ones added. x

      Reply

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