Here’s the fifth and final 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.
Sabbatical Wilderness – Night Life in the Lemon Town of Büshka (REVIEW)
(RIYL: experimental, narrative-driven music, J-RPGs)
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Sad Girls Club – Sad Girls Clubbing
(RIYL: bedroom artists, 90s/00s pop, crying in discos)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=680131949 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=4002712043]
Sailor Jupiter – S/T
(RIYL: punk, noise, Riot Grrrls)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2646150951 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=1621810947]
Schapero – Girls EP
(RIYL: catchy pop, Toro y Moi, LCD Soundsystem)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2132130391 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=578396305]
Sea Ghost – SG
(RIYL: punk, powerpop, The Unicorns)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=3774056147 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=2234762501]
Single Colour Fields – Jaundiced Views
(RIYL: dream pop, freak folk, splits)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1002818878 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=946536894]
Sister Something – Duds EP / The Tongue Davids EP
(RIYL: indie rock, post-pop, Mac DeMarco)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=824717479 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=1281175512]
Sleeping In – EP
(RIYL: shoegaze, Speedy Ortiz, Sonic Youth)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2052539513 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small]
Slows Down – S/T (REVIEW)
(RIYL: dream pop, drone, post rock)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2622572275 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=2889503001]
SNCKPCK – LAVA PAL
(RIYL: Electronic, chill, positivity)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1497548582 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=1229485270]
Spirit of the Beehive – You Are Arrived (But You’ve Been Cheated) (REVIEW)
(RIYL: indie rock, lo-fi, dream rock for disaffected youth)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=395356421 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=1874308878]
Sports Day Records – RELAY (REVIEW)
(RIYL: indie pop, bedroom pop, compilations)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1939753783 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=1470164481]
Stolen Jars – Kept
(RIYL: math pop, folk, Dirty Projectors, Freelance Whales)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2097459854 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=1183817615]
Strange Friends – Summer Recordings (REVIEW)
(RIYL: fuzz pop, lo-fi, Gorgeous Bully)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2074882340 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=1142756988]
Stray Amour – S/T
(RIYL: indie pop, shoegaze)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2754573976 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=2013442682]
Sun Hotel – Coast / Fight Off You Demos
(RIYL: folk, “swamp pop”, Lord Huron)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=3228455284 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=3155547471]
Sunshine Faces – Peaked / Letting You Know
(RIYL: dream pop, lo-fi, bedroom pop)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=3561528738 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=798307289]
Ursidae – Tape 4
(RIYL: drone, field recordings, sonic collage)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1002404301 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=677848771]
The Wailin’ Smithers – S/T (REVIEW)
(RIYL: indie rock, laidback summer fun)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=992498954 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=3679467465]
The Wandering Lake – From James’ Garden
(RIYL: psych folk, experimental, meditative vibes)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=3607757328 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=1905051465]
The Washboard Abs – WHATEVERLAND (REVIEW) / The Beaming Pts. 1 & 2 (REVIEW)
(RIYL: bedroom pop, folk, Mount Eerie)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1866290253 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=3366977790]
Wished Bone – Pseudio Recordings
(RIYL: dreamy lo-fi, Elliott Smith, Sharon van Etten)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2589044400 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=3721345843]
Yesses – S/T
(RIYL: lo-fi, pop, The Beatles)
[bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=1192915855 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=1672605259]
We’ve shared 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.