Here’s the fourth instalment of our Favourite Free Music of 2015 list. Check out the other parts here. Remember, while it’s always tempting to put a big fat zero for ‘name your price’ releases, you can give a little something. Bands need to eat too, and would doubtless appreciate even the smallest donation for their efforts. It’s the least they deserve.
Naomi Pop – S/T (REVIEW)
(RIYL: lo-fi, indie rock, other Z Tapes artists)
naps – one hundred percent confident (REVIEW)
(RIYL: ambient, experimental, naps with an uncapitalised-n)
Naps – You Will Live in a Cool Box (REVIEW)
(RIYL: lo-fi, garage rock, indie pop, Naps with a capitalised-N)
Nadia – I’m your protector now
(RIYL: dream pop, healing, electronic)
Newfoundland – Good News is Too True (REVIEW)
(RIYL: atmospheric folk, dream pop, Youth Lagoon, Meursault)
Noël – ’10
(RIYL: punk, emo, indie)
Ocean Floor – Old Haunts (REVIEW)
(RIYL: bedroom pop, lo-fi, Mount Eerie)
Oddigtl – solarium
(RIYL: beats, lo-fi, electronic, laidback summer soul)
Old Gray – dex
(RIYL: sad, bedroom pop, slo-mo emo)
Pasture Dog – Southern Gothic (REVIEW)
(RIYL: lo-fi, hymnals, all things Southern Gothic)
Prairie Empire – Sad Winter Songs (Outtakes and Demos)
(RIYL: folk, acoustic, sad bastard music)
Pet Cemetery – dietary requirements (REVIEW)
(RIYL: bedroom pop, ambient, Coma Cinema)
Phargo. – Rende’s
(RIYL: emo, Braid, anime)
Plums – Jen
(RIYL: dream pop, summer crushes, nostalgia)
PONY – CRUSHED (REVIEW)
(RIYL: indie pop, Best Coast, Vivian Girls)
Pope – Fiction
(RIYL: noise, grunge, No Age)
Porridge radio – im not sure anymore
(RIYL: lo-fi, sadcore, bedroom pop)
The Pretty Greens – Lonely Hearts Club No Jerks Allowed
(RIYL: The Raincoats, Bratmobile, Brill Building pop)
Radiator Hospital & Martha – Split EP
(RIYL: indie rock, power pop, Radiator Hospital, Martha)
rchrd prkr – it’s getting worse
(RIYL: emo, punk, lo-fi)
Robbie Bankes – Through February Snow (REVIEW)
(RIYL: folk, Tyler Butler, winter)
Romantic States – s/t
(RIYL: minimalist pop, garage rock, blends of quiet & loud)
Ruth & Trudy – Still Pond (REVIEW)
(RIYL: indie pop, experimental, lo-fi)
We’ll be sharing a new section of the list every day this week, so be sure to check back for the complete collection. If you find something you like, or think we missed something life-changing, then why not let us know on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr or good old email.