Hello all and Happy Friday! The second half of June welcomes a slew of release dates for artists… and we certainly have some treats in store. From Pop to Punk, Underground Rap and more, we have some great material that will satisfy all your musical tastes. If that isn’t enough, our must-see music video of the week is Duologue‘s “Machine Stop.” Be one of the first to check out this awesome 3D video… no special glasses necessary.
So, let’s begin. First, we have a girl group from Brooklyn by the name of Heliotropes. Their group was listed as the top band to see by CMJ this year and you can preview their entire album now. Another group that gives its audience a sonically packed experience is Hospital Ships, and you can get hooked onto the entrancing tone of these Kansas rockers right away by listening to their full album on Pitchfork Advance. Slum Village gives us a change of pace with their underground Rap album Evolution. The 3 artists from Detroit have given us a sampler of the album, which hits stores June 25.
By now, you should already be in love with AM & Shawn Lee‘s La Musique Numérique. This week, we have the music video for “Good Blood,” which fuses Pop, Soul, Funk and World music all into one delectable package. We continue to spoil you with music videos via the Canadian Electro-Pop band Young Galaxy. Their single “New Summer” portrays dark irony between the song and the visuals. See it for yourself below!
Happy listening, happy watching, and most importantly… TGIF!
Heliotropes: Full album stream via Spin
A Constant Sea out June 18 on Manimal Vinyl
Hospital Ships: Full album stream via Pitchfork Advance
Destruction in Yr Soul out June 18 on Graveface Records
Slum Village: LP sampler via SoundCloud
Evolution out June 25 on Ne’Astra Music Group
Duologue: “Machine Stop” interactive music video premiere via this dedicated page
Cut & Run/Machine Stop out now on Killing Moon Records
AM & Shawn Lee: “Good Blood” music video via YouTube
La Musique Numerique out now on Park The Van
Young Galaxy: “New Summer” music video premiere via NPR All Songs Considered
Ultramarine out April 23 via Paper Bag Records
Hello June, and hello Summer! I know this image to our left here doesn’t exactly scream “beach!” or “suntan!” but believe me when I say this shouldn’t detract you from our great selection of free tracks below.
Just days before the release of Children of Bodom‘s highly secretive eighth studio album, you can preview a new track from the album straight from Spotify. Also catch Children of Bodom headlining the Musicians Institute stage at this year’s Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival this June 29th in San Bernardino, California. Rockstar + Metal? Hell, yeah!
After “Cockroach” a couple of weeks ago, Crocodiles are giving another sneak peak of their upcoming album with “Teardrop Guitar;” Blackburner and CFCF are both offering free downloads — one a remix, the other a track premiere for their upcoming album; and Weekend and Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody have some new music to share in advance of their July releases too.
Happy Friday, everyone!
Children of Bodom: “Your Days Are Numbered” via Spotify
Halo of Blood out June 11 in North America on Nuclear Blast
Crocodiles: “Teardrop Guitar” track premiere via NPR All Songs Considered
Crimes of Passion out August 20 on Frenchkiss Records
Blackburner: “Drop Bass (Not Bombs) (TRVP Mix)” track download via Trap Music
Drop Bass Not Bombs out now on Cleopatra Records
CFCF: “Camera” track premiere and download via Dummy Mag
Music For Objects out July 8 on Paper Bag Records
Weekend: “Mirror” via SoundCloud
Jinx out July 23 on Slumberland Records
Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody: “Boocat Leah” track premiere via A.V. Club
Black Horses out July 16 on Goodnight Records
We’ve got some great stuff in today’s edition of Freeloader Friday. Whether you’re familiar with these artists or not, they’re definitely worth taking the time to discover — and we’ve got some for every ear: Country, Classic Rock, Soul, Indie, Psychedelic… that’s what I call a great variety.
Opening the batch are Country staples Lonestar, who are celebrating their 20th anniversary with their latest album, out next week. Catch the exclusive pre-release stream on Amazon, nestled on the top right corner of this page. Moving onto Rock legends with Black Star Riders — a newly-formed reincarnation of Irish Rock band Thin Lizzy — who are appropriately streaming their just-released album on Classic Rock Magazine.
Soul powerhouse Charles Bradley has a new song from his album Victim of Love on The Village Voice, and Pitchfork is streaming a previously unreleased track from Matthew Dear‘s last album Beams, of which a “Complete Edition” is coming out in a couple of weeks. You’ll also find tracks from British Rockers, Tripwires; Indie Rockers, The Mantles and Surf City; and Electronic producer/member of Daylight Curfew, Dfalt.
The Black Angels take it home with the premiere of the music video for “Don’t Play with Guns.” It’s not necessarily what you’d expect what from the Psychedelic bunch, or from the title of the track, but it’s very entertaining and well-produced, and definitely worth a watch.
Happy listening, folks. See you next week at the top of June!
Lonestar: full album stream via Amazon
Life As We Know It out June 4 on 4 Star Records
Black Star Riders: full album stream via Classic Rock Magazine
All Hell Breaks Loose out now on Nuclear Blast
Charles Bradley: “You Put The Flame On It” via The Village Voice
Victim of Love out now on Daptone Records
Matthew Dear: “She’s Just That Way” via Pitchfork
Beams (Complete Edition) out June 16 on Ghostly International
Tripwires: “Catherine, I Feel Sick” via YouTube
Spacehopper out June 18 on Frenchkiss Records
The Mantles: “Shadow Of Your Step” track premiere via Stereogum
Long Enough To Leave out June 18 on Slumberland Records
Surf City: “It’s A Common Life” via Pitchfork
We Knew It Was Not Going to Be Like This out August 19 on Fire Records
Dfalt: “The Beggars” track download via XLR8R
Helsinki Beat Tape: Part 1 out June 11 on Daylight Curfew
The Black Angels: “Don’t Play with Guns” music video premiere via VEVO
Indigo Meadow out now on Blue Horizon
It’s here! It’s here! Our first Summer Friday of the year! Of course it’s humid and rainy, but we’re not going to let that dampen our mood for Freeloader Friday.
So, what do we have in store for you… Let’s see… Emma Louise is taking iTunes by storm this week with the release of her new album vs. Head vs. Heart and a Single of the Week for “Boy” to go with it! If you haven’t checked out this Australian singer-songwriter yet, there’s no better time than the present. You’ll get hooked by her entrancing tone in seconds.
Next, Baths is previewing their full album on Pitchfork Advance, and Mack Avenue Records spoil us with the full album stream of Cécile McLorin Salvant, who’s ready to take the Jazz world by storm, and a 3-track preview of Yellowjackets‘ upcoming album, out in almost exactly a month. The tracks are “Civil War,” “An Informed Decision” and “An Amber Shade of Blue.”
Crocodiles is back with a follow up to last year’s album Endless Flowers and they’re opening the show with the free track download of “Cockroach.” (They like animals and insects equally, it seems.) Veronica Falls‘ “My Heart Beats” was picked as Song of the Day on KEXP, and AM & Shawn Lee and Sally Shapiro both premiered a new track and a remix, respectively, from their latest albums. Beacon closes it out with the music video premiere of “Drive.”
Enjoy the goods, and Happy Memorial Day weekend if you’re in the U.S.!
Emma Louise: “Boy” Single of the Week via iTunes
vs. Head vs. Heart out now on Frenchkiss Records
Baths: Full album stream via Pitchfork Advance
Obsidian out May 28 on Anticon
Cécile McLorin Salvant: Full album stream via Psonar
WomanChild out May 28 on Mack Avenue Records
Yellowjackets: 3-track album preview via SoundCloud
A Rise in the Road out June 25 on Mack Avenue Records
Crocodiles: “Cockroach” track download via Stereogum
Crimes of Passion out August 20 on Frenchkiss Records
Veronica Falls: “My Heart Beats” track download via KEXP
Waiting For Something To Happen out now on Slumberland
AM & Shawn Lee: “All The Love” track premiere via SPIN
La Musique Numerique out now on Park The Van
Sally Shapiro: “If It Doesn’t Rain (Dan Lissvik Remix)” track premiere via Stereogum
Somewhere Else out now on Paper Bag Records
Beacon: “Drive” music video premiere via Stereogum
The Ways We Separate out now on Ghostly International
Today is the day, friends. That special day you look forward to each week that signifies “you made it!,” “kick back yo’ feet!” and “free music from The Orchard!” It’s also the last Friday before Summer Fridays begin at The Orchard. Summer Fridays (how many times do you think I can say “Friday” in this post?) are when our office closes at 2PM between Memorial Day and Labor Day and you realize how much our company rocks.
But regardless of whether you also benefit from Summer Fridays, or have a Monday-Friday kind of job where all the things I mentioned above apply, the one common thing we all have today is: it’s Freeloader Friday.
So jumping right in, this week we’ve got the track that goes with maybe the prettiest album art I’ve seen so far this year, courtesy of Hard Rock band ASG. Then, Pitchfork went on a roll this week with streams from Valient Thorr, Children of Bodom, Whirr and a cool remix of Local Natives‘ “Wooly Mammoth” entitled “Wooly Robot.” Australian-raised singer-songwriter Craig Dermody of Scott & Charlene’s Wedding sings us through what it’s like moving to NYC, and PANTyRAID give us something worth pillow-talking about with their album mini mix, out later this month on The Glitch Mob‘s imprint, Glass Air Records.
To close out, Young Galaxy and Har Mar Superstar grace us with music videos for their respective tracks “Fall For You” and “Lady, You Shot Me,” which snagged a Track of the Day title on Q The Music last week.
A pretty rad selection this week, if I may say so myself! Queuing these up now on Ex.fm.
Happy Friday! (Thought I’d throw it in there one more time for good measure.)
ASG: “Blood Drive” track premiere via Stereogum
Blood Drive out June 28 on Relapse
Valient Thorr: “No Strings Attached” via Pitchfork
Our Own Masters out June 18 on Volcom Entertainment
Children of Bodom: “Halo of Blood” via Pitchfork
Halo Of Blood out June 11 in North America on Nuclear Blast
Whirr: “Swoon” via Pitchfork
Around out July 9 on Graveface
Local Natives: “Wooly Robot (Remix)” via Pitchfork
Hummingbird out now on Frenchkiss Records
Scott & Charlene’s Wedding: “Fakin’ NYC” track premiere via Spin
Any Port In a Storm out July 22 on Fire Records
PANTyRAID: Album Mini Mix via Life + Times
Pillow Talk out May 28 on Glass Air
Young Galaxy: “Fall For You” music video via YouTube
Ultramarine out now on Paper Bag Records
Har Mar Superstar: “Lady, You Shot Me” music video premiere and free download via Stereogum
Bye Bye 17 out now on Cult Records
