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Favourite Free Music of 2016: E – H

Jon Doyle — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 12:09:10 +0000

Here’s the second segment of our list of our favourite free music of 2016, covering artists beginning with E – H. For an important explanation re. ‘free’ vs. ‘name your price’, head to the first post.

And, of course, being comprehensive is impossible these days, so let us know if we missed your favourite and maybe we’ll add it to the collection.

Emily Yacina – Nice Try
(RIYL: bedroom pop)

Evening River Band – EP5
(RIYL: country, folk, psych rock)

Ever – But I Am
(RIYL: bedroom pop, dark rooms)

Exam Season – Mostly Homely
(RIYL: indie rock, emo, Trust Fund)

Family Video – Places To Sleep
(RIYL: indie rock, lo-fi, longing)

Field Medic – that beer called becks reminds me of a haiku i wrote
(RIYL: lo-fi, indie pop, modern folk)

Fish Food – For Shadow Hurts
(RIYL: indie pop, lo-fi, weird lyrics)

Folktale Records – Folktale Sampler (COMPILATION)
(RIYL: experimental, folk, indie pop)

Fossil Jane – will you?/you will.
(RIYL: bedroom pop, singer songwriter, )

Free Space – Ahead of Myself
(RIYL: bedroom pop, lo-fi, Trace Mountains)

Generifus – Peace Sign Rising
(RIYL: indie pop, indie rock)

Georgia Maq – Brain Studio Session
(RIYL: acoustic, bedroom pop, Camp Cope)

Ghost Camp – Great Lakes
(RIYL: indie rock, psych pop)

Glider – Demos
(RIYL: lo-fi, psych pop)

GoldFlakePaint – Too Far From Town To Learn
(RIYL: indie pop, lo-fi, Gold Flake Paint)

Good Good Blood – O Belong / Motion Sickness
(RIYL: ambient, dream pop, folk)

Gorgeous Bully – Better Demons
(RIYL: lo-fi, indie rock, fuzz)

Govier – Predator
(RIYL: indie rock, lo-fi, “alien folk”)

High Sunn – i will never learn
(RIYL: chillwave, lo-fi, dream pop)

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October 2016 Roundup

Jon Doyle — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 20:01:59 +0000

Here’s a mixtape of songs by all the acts we featured during October 2016. As usual, click on the artist name to be whizzed off to read more about the artist in question. And click on the Playmoss button at the bottom to hear the thing front to back.

Tracklisting:

1. prairie creek redwoods state park, ca – bedbug
2. See the World – Kidsmoke
3. Motion | Sickness – Good Good Blood
4. Downtown – Gabriella Cohen
5. Automatic – Kyle Morton
6. Throwing Roses – Eva Foote
7. vildt+sødt – Eugenia
8. Dicktations Forever – Dicktations
9. Fallen Robin – Wild Leaves
10. Palms – Native Other
11. Not Your Prey – Squirrel Flower
12. Luna – Akira Kosemura
13. Made of Gold – Albert af Ekenstam
14. She Floats – Van-Anh Nguyen
15. Dead Radiance – Ego Death
16. Sponge State – Sløtface
17. Black Mass – Wooden Maria
18. Float – Silver Liz
19. glass machines discovering water – Corvus B.
20. Longshot – The Furious Season
21. The Same Chords – Tiger in My Tank
22. Let’s Go to the Beach – Sophie Longshaw
23. Blue Moon – Many Voices Speak
24. One Footed – MAH KEE OH
25. Country Room – Static Animal
26. The Ground Before Him – Drowning By Numbers
27. Refugee – Cameron James Henderson
28. down (kenny) – ever
29. Strange Tones – Youceff Kabal
30. Don’t Let Love Go By – Golden Suits
31. Sit and Stare – Tiny Dinosaurs
32. Settle Down – Dark Mean
33. telegraph ave. – Betty Becky
34. WEN – glider
35. Nicholas – Holiday Oscar
36. Lyse Striber – True Strength
37. Careless – Stationary Suns
38. Vulnerable – Mark Timmins
39. On & On – Reuben Hollebon
40. Recoiled – William Ryan Fritch
41. Lonely Girl – Praything
42. Drinking the Same Water – Katie Spencer
43. Get It Right – Magana
44. Cheer Up Free Your Mind – Jenny O.

That was October 2016, and if you like what you see/hear, why not check out the other months too?

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ever – but i am

Liam Doyle — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 18:48:58 +0000

ever is a recording project from Nashville, Tennessee. This release but i am (which appears to be the project’s debut) is full of songs spacious and minimal and wrought with emotion. From the acoustic-led opener ‘all these things’ to the wistfully electrified ‘lost in you’, ever make music that exist at the sad and lonely end of the bedroom pop spectrum.

The flutteringly emotive guitar on ‘chasing ghosts (from may to now)’ is reminiscent of Keaton Henson, as if it was recorded in a dark and empty room, while ‘losing sleep’ is charged with a different kind of energy. The general melancholy air remains but drums and guitar combine to make it feel freer and more expansive, instilling some sense of catharsis. As the name suggests ‘down (kenny)’ is a real downer of a break-up song, gently picked electric guitar and mumbled vocals.

“this apartment is empty
i don’t see you no more
you left me your keys
and a note by the door
packed all your bags
and you drove through he night
i’m sorry i can’t do anything right”

Percussion and self-loathing infuse ‘blue’, a song seemingly sung through gritted teeth, while ‘missin u’ strips things back, just acoustic guitar and and gentle vocals. Closer ‘still (if you can)’ begins in the same lull as the rest of the album, but hits its stride at the halfway mark, breaking into an explosion of noisy clarity.

You can get but i am on a name your price basis via the ever Bandcamp page.

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