Free New Song From M83, "Midnight City"

"Midnight City" is an amazing track from M83's forthcoming album "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming."  Take a listen and download it for free at soundcloud.com.  The song has the characteristic synthy fullness that has made M83 so great, but it also features Europop-like verses and a killer saxophone outro.


Midnight City by M83

Here is another short preview from the new album:

Free New Music From Washed Out

Washed Out's new album is out today.  This chill bro makes some really great music, and Within Without seems to be no exception.  Sample his song "Amor Fati," the third track on the album, which can be had for free at Amazon.


And here are clips of the rest:

Scandinavian Gold 2: Free Sampler @Amazon

I recommend "Ram Ram" by The Deer Tracks; it's a good mellow song with subdued glitchy beats and a catchy chorus. "Fight For Me" by Wildbirds and Peacedrums is also decent; it is an experimental mix of drums and choir.  The rest while not bad, never matches the quality of the first song.

Mount Eerie And Distorted Gong Feedback

So the Mount Eerie show on Friday was superb.  There are a few videos out there on the internets of it, but this video of the following night at The Che Cafe does the sound much more justice than the others.  These were the first two opening numbers at The Center for Arts in Eagle Rock.  The incredibly loud gong feedback at the beginning made the relative hush of the rest of the glockenspiel-keys-centered show that much more enjoyable.  What a contrast!  Talk-box harmonies were also quite a treat.


Video is from allenhsieh @youtube

Mr. Little Jeans Covers Arcade Fire. Plus Free Show in July

At some point a google image search for "Mr. Little Jeans" stopped producing the Wes Anderson source material: 

And started spamming me with some cute girl with a fake mustache:

I guess I don't really mind.  She does make good music, and she will be performing for free on July 8th at noon on Grand Avenue.

Check out her cover of Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs"

and this little bleep-bloop pop number:

Free and Legal Mp3 "Fireworks" by Polock

Do you like European indie-pop like Phoenix?  If you do, you will probably really enjoy "Fireworks" by Polock, which is free to download right now at Amazon.  Listen! It's sweeeeeede!

Mount Eerie and Nicholas Krgovich tonight in Eagle Rock

Mount Eerie, Key Losers, Nicholas Krgovich, and Catwalk are playing tonight at the Center for Arts in Eagle Rock.

Mount Eerie is the main draw for me. Just check out the impressive critical acclaim at Metacritic.If you like emotional folk music with compelling lyrics and a chance for fuzz you ought to check it out. Listen to the samples of his live performances; it may not be for everyone.

Bad ass song:


Bad ass performances:




Also, Nicholas Krgovich is blow'n my mind with his robo-voiced tunes.  Let it be known that I have always been a sucker for vocoder, but "It Never Was You" is worthy even without modulated vocal delights.  Listen to this; it sounds pretty great to me.

It Never Was You by Nicholas Krgovich by P.W. Elverum & Sun, ltd.

He has been making music with friends under a lot of different names: Gigi, No Kids, P:ano.  Here is some of that music in a 60 minute "Megamix" he put together.
http://soundcloud.com/nk-music/60-minute-megamix
It looks like he even lets you download it for free!