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
The weekend is upon us once again, and you know what that means… tons of free tunes from us to you. That’s right, Freeloader Friday is back to provide all you weekend warriors with loads of new music that is sure to make you start saying TGIFF — Thank Goodness It’s Freeloader Friday!
If you’re in the mood for exclusive content, then you’re in luck, as Javelin dropped a previously unreleased song this past week that oozes maracas (pair some guacamole with this track and you’ll have yourself quite the fiesta). But that’s not all, both Hey Sholay and Andrew Cedermark have new tunes for your listening pleasure as well. Yes, this weekend is going to be one awesome aural experience.
The visuals are on lock for you this weekend too, as Young Galaxy appreciate senior citizens and dance it out with their new video, while Thee Oh Sees get lethal. (We’re not joking, viewer discretion is advised for the San Fran rockers’ new vid!)
Oh, you want more? Well, we have four, count ‘em, FOUR full album streams for you this weekend. To start off, The Melvins premiere a cover record of classic artists ranging from Venom to Queen. Make sure to head over to Spin to read frontman Buzz Osborne’s commentary on each track. In addition, Beacon usher in the ambient pop vibes and Coultrain bring the funky, soul train sounds with their respective album streams.
Finally, The Casket Girls are streaming their eponymous record over on FILTER. If you’re unfamiliar with this group, they consist of Elsa and Phaedra Greene and Ryan Graveface of Black Moth Super Rainbow, who recently released their new record Cobra Juicy a few months ago. If you missed it, they also promoted the album with one pretty cool Kickstarter campaign. Let’s just say, masks were involved.
Whew, that’s a lot of tunes. Happy listening!
The Melvins: Full album stream via Spin
Everybody Loves Sausages out April 30 on Ipecac Recordings
Beacon: Full album stream via Pitchfork Advance
The Ways We Separate out April 30 on Ghostly International
Hey Sholay: “WDYRWMTB” via Middle Boop Mag
Clouds, Castle, _______ out June 3 on Fierce Panda Records
Javelin: “The Marimba Song” via Noisey
Hi Beams out now on Luaka Bop
Andrew Cedermark: “Canis Major” via Pitchfork
Home Life out July 16 on Underwater Peoples
The Casket Girls: Full album stream via FILTER
The Casket Girls out now on Graveface Records
Coultrain: Full album stream via OkayPlayer
Jungle Mumbo Jumbo out now on Plug Research Records
Young Galaxy: “Pretty Boy” music video premiere via Pitchfork.tv
Ultramarine out now on Paper Bag Records
Thee Oh Sees: “Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster” music video premiere via Pitchfork.tv
Floating Coffin out now on Castle Face Records
Welcome back to Friday, folks! And what a week it has been. Our hearts go out to everyone in Boston, and may the second bomber be apprehended soon so Bostonians can go back to being awesome, as they’ve proven to be yet again in the face of these horrible events, and safe.
So, for all those on lockdown in Boston and all those around the world who want to be connected through music, I hereby present you with your Freeloader Friday.
To start off, we’ve got two incredible Pitchfork Advance features for Young Galaxy and The Appleseed Cast. Then, Ra Ra Riot, who just announced new tour dates alongside The Shins and The Postal Service, give us a new single via The New York Times Magazine, and Mark Mulcahy comes back to the scene after eight years on hiatus with “She Makes The World Turn Backwards.” To close out the music streams section, AM & Shawn Lee give us a remix of their first single “Two Times.”
On the music video front, we’ve got three amazing premieres from Lonestar, who just announced the release of their album Life As We Know It, Veronica Falls, and He’s My Brother She’s My Sister. If you want more visuals than what’s listed below, you can also check out Black Star Riders rocking our stairwell with “Bound For Glory.”
To close out, we have a few music specials and special events you might want to know about: Todd Rundgren, the incredible songwriter/producer/recording artist/conceptualist/interactive artist who just released his new album State earlier this month, is hosting a live Google Hangout this Sunday at 5pm EDT / 2pm PDT / 10pm UK. You can send in your questions and join the Hangout using this link, and get yourself excited by watching these epic vids from back in the day. Other specials you might want to check out are Rachel Zeffira on NPR Music, performing “Front Door” and “Silver City Days,” and PAWS singing the hell out of “Jellyfish” and “Sore Tummy” on The Newtown Sessions in Brooklyn.
Have a safe weekend, everyone!
Young Galaxy: Full album stream via Pitchfork Advance
Ultramarine out April 16 on Paper Bag Records
The Appleseed Cast: Full album stream via Pitchfork Advance
Illumination Ritual out April 23 on Graveface Records
Ra Ra Riot: “All I Fear” via The New York Times Magazine
Beta Love out now on Barsuk Records
Mark Mulcahy: “She Makes The World Turn Backwards” via Rolling Stone
Dear Mark J. Mulcahy, I Love You out June 18 on Fire Records
AM & Shawn Lee: “Two Times (Colorama Remix)” via Under The Radar
La Musique Numerique out May 7 on Park The Van
Lonestar: “Maybe Someday” music video premiere via CMT
Life As We Know It out June 4 on 4 Star Records
Veronica Falls: “Waiting for Something to Happen” music video premiere via Pitchfork
Waiting For Something To Happen out now on Slumberland
He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister: “The Same Old Ground” music video premiere via VEVO
Nobody Dances in this Town out now on Park The Van
Ah SXSW, simultaneously one of the most fun and exhausting weeks of the year for those lucky enough to attend. A whirlwind series of day parties, happy hours, panels, meetings, official showcases, “meetings” at the finest BBQ and taco joints, after parties, after after parties, and near constant sleep depravation. We. Cannot. Wait.
Deciding which artists you want to see can be a daunting experience, (we work with nearly 300 bands who will be performing at least one show in Austin next week), but we’re here to help. Our free Don’t Mess with Texas: SXSW 2013 New Music Sampler contains tracks from 19 can’t-miss-artists, including Emma Louise, Local Natives, Ra Ra Riot, Charles Bradley, The Virgins and more.
Click HERE to download the compilation. It will also be available for streaming / download on services like Spotify, Rdio, and Amazon.
Check out the track list below:
01. Local Natives – “Breakers”
02. Charles Bradley & Menahan Street Band – “Strictly Reserved For You”
03. He’s My Brother She’s My Sister – “The Same Old Ground”
04. Dirty Fences – “Heaven Is Tonight”
05. PAWS – “Homecoming”
06. The Virgins – “Flashbacks, Memories and Dreams”
07. The Ocean Blue – “Sad Night, Where Is Morning”
08. Young Galaxy – “Pretty Boy”
09. Dana Falconberry – “Please Sparrow”
10. Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers – “Little Too Late”
11. Anders & Kendall – “City Of Greats”
12. Parenthetical Girls – “A Note To Self”
13. Social Studies – “Away For The Weekend”
14. Ra Ra Riot – “Binary Mind”
15. Pretty & Nice – “Hibernate”
16. The Lovely Bad Things – “Fried Eyes”
17. Agent Ribbons – “Family Haircut”
18. I Am Dive – “Mount Eerv”
19. Emma Louise – “Boy”
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
