Free Music Week
Dublin-based music blog Quarter Inch curated a week’s worth of blog posts where a light is shone on artists who give away music for free. There are interviews, mixtapes, guest posts and of course, downloads from acts like CoolRunnings, Coma Cinema, Hunter-Gatherer, Popical Island, and Hipster Youth.
http://quarterinchcollective.com/
The Social Network soundtrack
While we all wait to like or dislike the upcoming film The Social Network based on Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and directed by David Fincher, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have released a free five track sampler from the soundtrack.
http://www.nullco.com/TSN/
Warpaint
A female foursome from Los Angeles who are about to release their debut album The Fool, Warpaint make what’s been described as ambient rock. That is rock that is a little more soothing than the norm yet still occasionally manages to sound like they are channelling Nirvana. Wu Tang’s RZA is a big fan apparently as are The XX.
http://www.myspace.com/worldwartour
Strands
Known as a producer of many great Irish albums in recent times and a musician in the band Halfset, Stephen Shannon has struck out on his own with a new band called Strands. An album is out in late October and the track you have to hear first is the playful instrumental Temper.
http://tinyurl.com/strandsmusic
Band of Blogs
Fri, Oct 1, 2010