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
Friday is here! That’s right, you got past hump day and made it through the weekday grind – time to celebrate with Freeloader Friday.
To start your weekend off right, we have a couple of album previews from Sally Shapiro, Duologue, and The Lovely Bad Things.
Young Galaxy and AM & Shawn Lee are providing the soundtrack to your time off with new song streams, while The Virgins are getting nostalgic with the music video for their retro-flavored single.
Finally, catch Local Natives performing a live acoustic set of songs from their latest album, Hummingbird, in an unorthodox Parisian space…
Need we say more?
Sally Shapiro: Full album stream via Pitchfork Advance
Somewhere Else out February 26 on Paper Bag Records
Duologue: Full album stream via Clash Music
Song & Dance out February 25 on Killing Moon Records
Young Galaxy: “Fall For You” via Pitchfork
Ultramarine out April 16 on Paper Bag Records
The Virgins: “Flashbacks, Memories, and Dreams” video stream via MTV Hive
Strike Gently out March 12 on Cult Records
The Lovely Bad Things: Full album stream via Impose Magazine
The Late Great Whatever out February 26 on Volcom Entertainment
AM & Shawn Lee: “Two Times” via Rolling Stone
La Musique Numerique out soon on Park The Van
Local Natives: Live acoustic concert via La Blogotheque
Hummingbird out now on Frenchkiss Records
Welcome back Freeloader Friday! We’ve had a short break for the holidays but we’re back and we’re ready for some FF action.
In this edition of Freeloader Friday, we’re making up for lost time and treating you to SIX awesome new tracks to check out and two music video premieres to top it off.
First, Local Natives is giving us another taste of their much anticipated album Hummingbird with “Heavy Feet;” then Sally Shapiro and Electric Youth take us for a ride with “Starman;” and Ra Ra Riot have no trouble asking us to dance with them. We’ve also got tracks from Javelin, The Lovely Bad Things and Gensu Dean & Planet Asia, all coming out with new albums in the next couple of months.
To satisfy your visuals, music video premieres include a nifty black and white show from Heliotropes and a creepy one with jingle bells courtesy of ERAAS.
There we go — that should keep you busy until next week. Fire away, Freeloaders!
Local Natives: “Heavy Feet” via SoundCloud
Hummingbird out January 29 on Frenchkiss Records
Sally Shapiro ft. Electric Youth: “Starman” via Nylon
Somewhere Else out February 26 on Paper Bag Records
Ra Ra Riot: “Dance With Me” track premiere via Stereogum
Beta Love out January 22 on Barsuk Records
Javelin: “Nnormal” via Pitchfork
Hi Beams out March 5 on Luaka Bop
The Lovely Bad Things: “Fried Eyes” via Spin
The Late Great Whatever out February 26 on Volcom Entertainment
Gensu Dean & Planet Asia: “Faces on the Dollar” via XXL Mag
Abrasions out February 26 on Mello Music Group
Heliotropes: “The Dove” music video premiere via Impose
The Dove out now on Manimal Vinyl Records/Frenchkiss Label Group
ERAAS: “Ghost” music video via Pitchfork TV
Eraas out now on felte
Lots of good stuff for you this Friday — as always, I’ve got your back. Plus, we need to stock you all up for the holidays, so no holding back!
Up this week we have a track stream from Flume‘s latest album; a music video premiere from rockers Tomahawk; a mind-blowing cover of Rodriguez’s classic “I’ll Slip Away” from Charles Bradley (Happy Anniversary Light In The Attic!) and a free download from the up-and-coming Folk artist Reuben Hollebon. We’ve got three more music video premieres from Sally Shapiro, Yellow Ostrich and Cemeteries, and to close up, check out a new track courtesy of Haunted Hearts, the duo formed by Dum Dum Girls‘ Dee Dee and her husband Brandon Welchez of Crocodiles.
Enough from me… Happy listening!
Flume: “Star Eyes” via Pitchfork
Flume out now on Future Classic
Tomahawk: “Stone Letter” music video premiere via Pitchfork
Oddfellows out January 29 on Ipecac Recordings
Charles Bradley: “I’ll Slip Away” (Rodriguez cover) via Aquarium Drunkard
Light In The Attic 10 Year Anniversary out now on Light In The Attic
Reuben Hollebon: “Breaking Plastic” stream and download via Spinner
Clutch out December 10 on Akira Records
Sally Shapiro: “What Can I Do” music video premiere via Stereogum
Somewhere Else out February 26 on Paper Bag Records
Yellow Ostrich: “Ghost” music video premiere via Stereogum
Ghost out now on Barsuk Records
Cemeteries: “Young Blood” music video premiere via Consequence of Sound
The Wilderness out now on Lefse Records
Haunted Hearts: “Something That Feels Bad is Something That Feels Good” via Pitchfork
“Something That Feels Bad Is Something That Feels Good” [Single] out February 5 on Zoo Music
Friday is upon us, Freeloaders! Don’t you love how it just keeps coming, every week? Always something great to look forward to, and not just because you can rely on getting some solid free music options every week.
Ever true to the tradition, we’ve got a boatload of great music — from old albums, new albums, not-yet-out albums — for you to check out. Phantogram is back with a new single video premiere; the Swedish belle Sally Shapiro and Ohioans Pere Ubu offer up some tasters for their upcoming 2013 (2013!) albums; Ital is treating us to a full album stream of his latest gem; and Pretty & Nice are back with a premiere of their latest and greatest “Hibernate.”
Happy Friday!
Phantogram: “Don’t Move” video via Pitchfork
Nightlife out now on Barsuk Records
Sally Shapiro: “What Can I Do” via Pitchfork
Somewhere Else out February 26 on Paper Bag Records
Pere Ubu: “Free White” via NPR
Lady from Shanghai out January 7 on Fire Records
Ital: Full album stream via Fader
Dream On out now on Planet Mu Records
Pretty & Nice: “Hibernate” via We All Want Someone to Shout For
Us You All We out now on Lost Colony Music
