My Name is Walter, and This Music is for You
Four Year Strong has posted their album “Rise or Die Trying” for free MP3 download (128kbps). Higher quality version available for $5.99, but I’d say free is good. Yes, free is good. (via AbsolutePunk.net)
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Purevolume has a 15 song MP3 music sampler entitled “We Were Here First” free for download. The sampler features Starflyer 59, Gasoline Heart, Fair, Denison Witmer, David Bazan (formerly of Pedro The Lion), and others. You can download the whole thing or just stream the MP3s if you want a taste before you take.
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Download the Photographs EP from Lakes until the end of August from AbsolutePunk.net and The Militia Group.
Lakes is made up of former members of Watashi Wa.
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I’m attempting to make this a comprehensive list of all the free compilation EPs I run across this summer. So far it includes 8 EPs from 10 labels featuring over 100 different artists across several genres including punk, indie, emo, screamo, rock, and pop. The most recent additions/updates are marked with an asterisk (*) at the front of the line.
Fueled by Ramen & Decaydance have their “Summer Audio Sampler” for download at PureVolume. Features artists heard on this podcast including This Providence and Punchline and other artists such as Panic! At the Disco, Paramore, and others.
Fearless Records has teamed up w/ AbsolutePunk.net for exclusive download of their Summer Sampler. Features Gatsby’s American Dream, Plain White T’s, Portugal. The Man, and more.
Fat Wreck Chords has released the Fat Wreck Chords Sampler 2006. The entire sampler is available for download. Features Against Me!, NOFX, and others.
Immortal Records has released a seven-song Summer Sampler in conjunection with AbsolutePunk.net. Go get it.
* Inpop Records has released a 12 song digital EP titled “iPOP 2006.” Inpop is a label made up of Christian artists such as Mat Kearney, Paul Coleman, and Tree63.
* Suburban Home Records has released the “Suburban Home and Friends Summer 2006 Sampler.” It features 18 songs from 17 bands you’ve probably never heard of. From what I’ve listened to so far, it’s got some decent indie rock songs.
* Tooth & Nail Records and Solid State Records have released a digital sampler: One Dark Summer. It’s available for download at PureVolume (you need a free listener account to download). The EP has been updated to include 32 songs.
Tags: AbsolutePunk.net, Epitaph, Fat Wreck Chords, Fearless Records, Fueled by Ramen Records, Immortal Records, Inpop Records, purevolume, Suburban Home Records, Tooth & Nail Records
Tooth & Nail has updated their “One Dark Summer” sampler to include over 30 songs (as opposed to the original 17). Honestly, a lot of the songs are the same ones they’ve released on previous samplers, but they’ve got new music from UnderOATH, Dead Poetic, FM Static, and more.
Update: While there’s over 30 for streaming on the site, the download (at present) appears to only contain the original 17. Hopefully that’ll change.
Update 2: They’ve fixed it so all the songs are part of the bulk download.
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Tourmaline has an EP you can download from AbsolutePunk.net (songs in one file), Rediscover has an EP you can download at Purevolume (in one file), and Time Tells All also has an EP available at Purevolume (in separate files).
To be honest, I haven’t had time to listen to these a whole lot yet, but if I were to give a recomendation I’d say Tourmaline would be worth checking out first.
Rediscover has a strange sound — the only comparable band I know would be hellogoodbye. Essentially, it’s got extensive electronica influence with distorted vocals. Not a bad sound at all, but it’s not for everybody.
Time Tells All boils down to amateur pop-punk. These guys are young and you can tell it from the sound of the music and from the lyrics. They could go somewhere someday, but for now they’re just starting out.
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AbsolutePunk has a Jonezetta EP available for download. Head over to download the aptly titled “Four Songs EP.”
If you don’t know, Jonezetta is one of Tooth & Nail’s freshest bands with an upbeat, carefree sound.
I missed seeing these guys on the Tooth & Nail Tour by about thirty minutes do to a screwup in the show time printed on our tickets. A bummer for sure now that I’ve had a chance to listen to these songs.
Tags: Jonezetta, Tooth & Nail Records
