Favourite Free Music of 2012 (A – D)

Here is the first installment of our favourite free music of 2012, starting with bands beginning with the letters A to D. Thanks to all the bands featured for making us happy with good music.

 

Acres – Acres

(RIYL – Post-Hardcore, Ambient, Post-Rock, The Devil Sold His Soul, Rinoa)

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The Act Of Estimating As WorthlessAmongst These Splintered Minds//Leaden Thoughts Sing Softly

(RIYL: A Weather, The Microphones, Trouble Books)

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A Dark Horse – A Dark Horse

(RIYL: Electric President/Radical Face, Elliott Smith, Sparklehorse)

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Among GiantsTruth Hurts

(RIYL – Punk, Folk, Nana Grizol, Tony Hawk 2)

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And The GiraffeCreature Collector

(RIYL – Folk, Indie Rock, Iron & Wine)

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ArrangeNew Memory

(RIYL – Bedroom Pop, Ambient, M83, Bright Eyes)

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August Nicky GoldenDemos

(RIYL – Folk, Punk, Lo-Fi)

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BaltoMonuments

(RIYL – Americana, The Head And The Heart, The Lumineers, Tyler Lyle)

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Black Atlass The Black Atlass EP

(RIYL – Electronic, R&B, The Weeknd, James Blake, Holy Other)

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Blacks&A Ghost That Follows Me

(RIYL – Dance Pop, Chill, Tropical)

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Broken FencesBroken Fences

(RIYL – Acoustic, Harmonies, The Civil Wars, Stars)

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The Caretaker Extra Patience (After Sebald)

(RIYL – Experimental, Oneohtrix Point Never, Tim Hecker, Franz Schubert, WG Sebald)

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Chad SerhalGolden

(RIYL – Acoustic, Singer Songwriter, She Does Is Magic)

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Damn You LaurieSongs So Far

(RIYL – Indie Pop, Folk, Sing-a-longs, The Evening Chorus)

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Daniel & The LionFree Love (Single)

(RIYL – Sappy songs, Dolorean, Donovan Woods, Noah Gundersen)

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Darwin RaymondNight

(RIYL – Ambient, Instrumental, Emotive)

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DoseSo This Is Where We Are

(RIYL – Electronic, Instrumental, Hip Hop, Chillwave)

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It’s worth noting that a lot of these releases are available on a pay what you want basis, meaning that if you like a particular record you’re able to make a donation of your choice. I can’t stress highly enough how important it is to support these artists in any way you can. Buy their music or go see them live or buy a t-shirt or whatever, it really is the least we (as music fans) can do.