January 10, 2006
Free MuteMath
For the love of all things holy go download MuteMath's "Chaos" for free right now. No, don't stop and think, don't file it for later. Now. Go. Download. It's free.
I'll wait.
I first saw MuteMath thrashing across the stage at Sonshine 2005, which included over-turning the drum kit twice and standing on the piano and playing it with your feet. The duct-tape holding the drummer's headphones to his head couldn't keep from partying itself and gave up its headphone holding duty.
Now MuteMath is celebrating its debut album with free "Chaos" download goodies. You can thank me later.
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November 2, 2005
Free Songs: Living Things and Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband
A couple of worthy free songs on iTunes this week:
"Bom Bom Bom" by Living Things, a guitar-romping anti-war track, and "Banjo Boy" by Ryan Shupe & the Rubberband, a goofy bluegrass banjo hoe-down.
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October 4, 2005
Free Daniel Lanois on iTunes
You can score a free track of atmospheric Daniel Lanois guitar work on iTunes. The free track, "Sketches," is available this week for free and his from his new album, Belladonna, which came out this summer.
If Daniel Lanois sounds familiar and you can't quite place him, he has production credits on quite a few albums, including U2's Joshua Tree.
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September 27, 2005
Free Barlow Girl from iTunes
This week's free download from iTunes is the Christian girl band Barlow Girl. You can get the song "Let Go" from their sophomore album, Another Journal Entry, which comes out today.
And if Barlow Girl sounds familiar, yes, they were the subject of the Superchick song "Barlow Girls," which was written about the three Barlow sisters and eventually led to them getting their own record deal. Thankfully they can rock on their own power.
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August 16, 2005
Free Robbie Seay
The Robbie Seay Band from Houston's Ecclesia Church is this week's Discovery Download on iTunes. Snag a free copy of the quiet acoustic worship number, "Better Days", from their Better Days album that came out today.
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June 21, 2005
iTunes Free Download: "Gravity" by Embrace
This week's free download from iTunes is "Gravity" by the U.K. band Embrace. They just released their Out of Nothing album in the U.S.
If they sound a bit like Coldplay, that's because Coldplay's Chris Martin wrote "Gravity" and offered it to the guys in Embrace, saying it was meant to be an Embrace song.
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May 16, 2005
Sleater-Kinney's "Entertain"
You can snag a free copy of Sleater-Kinney's "Entertain" from Sub Pop records. It's off their newest release, The Woods, which comes out next week (you can stream the whole album from their web site)
It's loud guitar rock from a trio of women, and if you can handle their at times screeching vocals, the killer guitars are worth it.
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May 3, 2005
Up and Atom, Fall Out Boy
The emo rockers Fall Out Boy released their major label debut today, From Under the Cork Tree.
A quick trip to purevolume lets you download three older tracks and samples from the new album. I haven't heard the new album yet, but the three downloads have been racking up play counts on my iPod.
"Grand Theft Autumn" has a nice emo attempt at decent singing before it really gets started. "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner" is an acoustic demo version (the real version is available on From Under the Cork Tree), though for me it's better unplugged. "Dead on Arrival" is just fast, fun—and hey, it's free.
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Free Shawn McDonald Download
The iTunes Discovery Download (brought to you by Carson Daly) for this week is "Don't Walk Away" by Shawn McDonald from his Simply Nothing album. His music is mostly acoustic, though a few songs have a touch of hip-hop reminiscent of Mat Kearney. McDonald has a down and out story of getting messed up in drugs and hitting the bottom before finally coming to God.
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Free Bright Eyes Download
Last night folk artist Bright Eyes (aka Conor Oberst) performed his concert favorite, "When the President Talks to God," on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. While the song is not available on his two most recent albums, I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, you can download the track for free from iTunes.
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May 2, 2005
Free Download from Superdrag's John Davis
The lead singer of Superdrag, John Davis, has found Jesus, gone solo and released his self-titled debut. You can snag a free download of "Me & My Girl".
This interview covers Davis' rock star finds Jesus story, which is basically him hitting the bottom with stardom and alcohol and returning to the faith of his youth.
All he asks of his Superdrag fans? "The only thing that I ask is that they give me a fair shake—nothing more, nothing less."
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April 28, 2005
House of Heroes is My Hero
This three-piece rock band (formerly known as No Tagbacks) released their self-titled debut album this week—and it's worth a listen. You can hear some lengthy samples online and download the single "Serial Sleepers."
So far I can't get the songs "Make a Face Like You Mean It (Vampires)" and "Friday Night" out of my head.
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Design a Web Site for the Afters
The alt-rock band Afters is giving away a Sony PSP to the best fan-created Afters web site. Check the details, download the goodies and build yourself a web site. The downloadable goodies include a $5 off coupon for their new album, I Wish We All Could Win, as well as a free 90-day download of their song "Beautiful Love."
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