Continuing our Best of 2011 coverage, here are the 12 free and pay-what-you-want recordings that have really stood out this year (and if I missed something really special drop me a note in the comments).
As you probably already know, Bandcamp, Mediafire, Soundcloud, and sometimes a little good plain vanilla web hosting have made it easier than ever for bands to make the decision to share their music with new audiences around the world without charging for it. That said, it is important to support the artists who are giving away their music. Do they tour? Go see them perform live. Do they have merch for sale? Buy something. Do they have a paypal link on their website? Throw some $$ their way.
You can stream (and scrobble) all the songs in this post using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice.
If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions as we are way too lazy to zip and upload every single mp3 in this post.
Also, if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers (or your local independent record store):
It is time for the next volume of the Best Downloadables of 2011.
You can stream (and scrobble) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can download any or all of the tracks at your leisure (with the usual right-click or control-click) and play them using a digital media player of your choice.
Oh, and be sure to check out the rest of our of best of posts.
If you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers (or your local independent record store):
Additionally, if you want to download all (or most of) the tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.
Editor’s Note: The first five songs from this mix will be featured on ex.fm‘s playlist during the music and technology smartloungue event happening on October 19th and 20th.
You can browse the official CMJ showcase list @ schedule.cmj.com and you should probably also check out the unofficial showlist @ ohmyrockness.com.
And here is a short list (in no particular) of just a few awesome shows we are looking forward to next week:
You can stream (and scrobble) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice.
Also, If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.
And if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers:
You can always watch more (live) videos @ the GIMMETINNITUSTUBE Channel.
And if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers (or your local independent record store):
As we have previously reported, Spanish Prisoners are getting ready to self-release their second LP of psychedelic pop, Gold Fools. Back in July, we posted a stream of this song, but now we have it available for download. Listen.
Spanish Prisoners are on the internet
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Spanish Prisoners are on Hype Machine
Spanish Prisoners are on nyctaper
Spanish Prisoners are on Daytrotter
Spanish Prisoners are on Insound
Spanish Prisoners are on eMusic
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