Welcome to the third installment of our Best Free Releases of 2011 series. Remember to support these bands by leaving donations, going to shows, buying merch etc.

*Due to a large number of bands beginning with S, there will be more in the next post.

Memotone – Bad Panda

(RIYL =  Electronic, Beats, Four Tet, Flying Lotus)

The Milk Carton Kids – Prologue

(RIYL = Folk, Americana)

New Animal – New Animal

(RIYL = Bedroom Pop, Psychedelic)

Of Architects – Demo.

(RIYL = Lo-Fi, Punk, The Midwest)

Okkervil River – Golden Opportunites II

(RIYL = Indie Rock, Folk, Covers)

Old Earth – More Wrung in the Wrong?

(RIYL = Folk, Southern Gothic, Weird Shit)

Oliver Tank – Dreams

(RIYL = Ambient, Dream Pop, James Blake)

PONCHOS – Rawness EP

(RIYL = Electronic, Noise, Cold Cave)

Power Player – Power Player:Power Player

(RIYL = Variation, Casiotone For The Painfully Alone)

Railcars – Hounds of Love

(RIYL = Weird Shit, Kate Bush)

Rem’s Floating Chandelier – Rem’s Floating Chandelier

(RIYL = Ambient, Dream Pop)

Ricky Eat Acid – Haunt U Forever

(RIYL = Ambient, Hip Hop, Samples)

Ruby Coast – Whatever This Is

(RIYL = Indie Pop, Canada, Tokyo Police Club)

Sad Souls – Precious Paragons

(RIYL = Bedroom Pop, Ambient)

Sea Oleena – Sleeplessness

(RIYL = Dream Pop, Ethereal)

Selva Oscura – AS/IS/WAS

(RIYL = Chillwave, Dub, Beats)

Shakey Graves – Roll the Bones

(RIYL = Folk, Blues, Alt-Country)

Snowmine – Laminate Pet Animal

(RIYL = Indie Rock, Psychedelic, Yeasayer)

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