Saturday, April 30, 2016

Baked Out Of My Gourd by James Owen

James Owen tries to bite a bit of Johnny Cash as he sings about being Baked Out of My Gourd.

http://www.songfight.org/music/baked_out_of_my_gourd/jamesowens_boomg.mp3

Friday, April 29, 2016

Come Back by Brad Sucks

"Living without your love makes me want to start a fire", a sentiment sure to make you Come Back.

http://media.bradsucks.net/albums/gwam/02_-_Brad_Sucks_-_Come_Back.mp3

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Atsituab Leinad by Daniel Bautista

Atsituab Leinad kicks off Download or Die with yet another excellent hard-rocking instrumental.

Rocks just as hard in vorbis.

http://www.danielbautista.com/music/bautista/downloadordie/01.atsituab_leinad.mp3
http://www.danielbautista.com/music/bautista/downloadordie/ogg/01.atsituab_leinad.ogg

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

In by Podington Bear

In is another interesting aspect of the Sound of Picture project.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/download/2acff3786d5ba1693fb39e7aefa18612df9f5869

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Small + Lost by Ryan Hemsworth featuring Sinead Harnett

The pummeling beat threatens to bury the beautiful vocals of Small + Lost.

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/files/2013/10/01-Small-+-Lost-ft.-Sinead-Harnett.mp3

Monday, April 25, 2016

Baked Out Of My Gourd by Jerkatorium and Micah Sommersmith

This week Song Fight has a collection of tunes about getting high. Jerkatorium and Sommersmith teamed up to make a charming vaguely Celtic style punkish entry about being Baked Out of My Gourd.

http://www.songfight.org/music/baked_out_of_my_gourd/jerkatorium+micahsommersmith_boomg.mp3

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Saint Martins Lane by Scomber

Scomber takes us on a dark atmospheric trip through Saint Martins Lane.

http://ccmixter.org/content/scomber/scomber_-_Saint_Martins_Lane.mp3

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Dream Of A Butterfly by Frozen Silence

Dream of a Butterfly is a stark, lonely, melancholy piano tune, a beautiful piece of improvisation.

http://static.mikseri.net/m/127/120000597846/Frozen_Silence__Dream_of_a_butterfly.mp3

Friday, April 22, 2016

Whiskey Drinker by Big Crouton

This Whiskey Drinker appeals to the 90s teenager in me, listening to angsty alt-rock on cold autumn nights.

http://www.songfight.org/music/whiskey_drinker/bigcrouton_wd.mp3

Thursday, April 21, 2016

You And I by Washed Out

Washed Out make various sounds and voices of You And I shift in an out of the track. The become indistinct, part of a hazy, dreamlike soundscape.

http://ht.cdn.turner.com/adultswim/big/promos/kiasingles/You_and_I.mp3

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Howlin' At The Hyatt by Kurt Ribak Band

Howlin' at the Hyatt is a short piece written while playing swing at a hotel.

http://www.ribak.com/mp3s/howlinatthehyatt.mp3

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

The Phyllis Wheatley Club by The Wordly Self Assurance

The Worldly Self Assurance's contribution to The Phyllis Wheatley Club is a finely crafted pop song.

http://www.songfight.org/music/the_phyllis_wheatley_club/worldlyselfassurance_pwc.mp3

Monday, April 18, 2016

Awaken by ITBA

Here's a fleeting, strangely beautiful track to Awaken with.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/download/4ab9542a5700757997cf68b20294f6194ae8bc01

Sunday, April 17, 2016

In The Sink by Tiny Creatures

It's the echoing, distorted voice that makes a trip of In The Sink.

Also in the archive in vorbis.

https://archive.org/download/Tiny_Creatures-5810/Tiny_Creatures_-_12_-_In_The_Sink.mp3
< https://archive.org/download/Tiny_Creatures-5810/Tiny_Creatures_-_12_-_In_The_Sink.ogg

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Wait In The Dark by Memory Tapes

Gorilla vs. Bear calls Wait In The Dark "wistfully nostalgic".

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/files/2011/05/Memory-Tapes-Wait-In-The-Dark.mp3

Friday, April 15, 2016

Suitcase by Nick Soma

Try a three minute ramble about conspiracies to find the right Suitcase

http://www.songfight.org/music/suitcase/nicksoma_suitcase.mp3

Thursday, April 14, 2016

I've Got A Reason To Keep On Living by Babes

Babes celebrates one of the most basic necessities: "I've Got A Reason To Keep On Living".

http://mp3s.barsuk.com/Babes_IveGotAReasonToKeepOnLiving.mp3

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

L'Ane Vetu de la Peau de Lion by Chenard Walcker

L'Ane Vetu de la Peau de Lion is a bewildering collage of musical snippets pasted together by Chenard Walcker.

https://archive.org/download/fsz002/fsz002_04-chenard_walcker-l_ane_vetu_de_la_peau_de_lion.mp3

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Fearless Love by State Shirt

State Shirt starts with his hazy pop singing of Fearless Love, but somewhere around the 3 minute mark he starts a sustained crescendo of crushing, growling screams that ends in static noise.

http://www.songfight.org/music/fearless_love/stateshirt_fl.mp3

Monday, April 11, 2016

Honey Mine by Korallreven featuring Victoria Bergsman

Honey Mine is a slice of joyful sound featuring a sweet vocal performance by Taken By Trees' Victoria Bergsman.

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/files/2010/11/Korallreven-01-Honey-Mine-ft-Victoria-Bergsman.mp3

Sunday, April 10, 2016

And then i go to a funeral home to hunt down a girl by Saleko

And then i go to a funeral home to hunt down a girl seeps into a scene with growing tension and palpable texture.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/download/23aa9a2ac81fba287afde5aee3ce18eabd362eed

Saturday, April 9, 2016

Rebirth, Movement 1 by David Cope

Rebirth opens with flutes building up tension released by crashing drums, leaving a storm of sound to stew and swirl in its wake.

ftp://arts.ucsc.edu/pub/cope/rebirth1.mp3

Friday, April 8, 2016

The Stranger by The Whiskers

Stranger is a song with a simpler mix, from the band's self-title first album.

http://dl.last.fm/static/1459625044/113730194/4beabb71b51f2e4359c8c439dce054106567f16836bb5d725d07b713c62fe623/The+Whiskers+-+Stranger.mp3

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Whiskey Drinker by Cookie Blue

Cookie Blue sings of the need to erase memories in harmonized vocal layers over an acoustic guitar, and takes the Whiskey Drinker title.

http://www.songfight.org/music/whiskey_drinker/cookieblue_wd.mp3

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Dies In 55 by Traiser Trash Tracys

Gorilla vs bear calls Dies in 55 "kaleidoscopic", fitting the songs swirling, colorful tone.

http://www.gorillavsbear.net/files/2011/08/TTT-Dies-in-55.mp3

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Le Cirque by Stealing Orchestra

If you've been listening to anything I've posted by Stealing Orchestra, you'll expect playful, quirky tunes with a strong sense of the strange. Le Cirque delivers this circus atmosphere, with lyrical vocal line to match.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/download/7a41c1961c6bf0e7f714b10df64a1015974eb55f

Monday, April 4, 2016

A Lover's Spat by Gossling

A quiet voice over a dark piano builds to a gorgeous dramatic swell, pushing through A Lover's Spat, back down to a whisper and those lonely piano notes.

http://aurgasm.us/wp/uploads/Gossling-A-Lovers-Spat.mp3

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Aluvum Te Na Hagaru by Lucky Dragons

Aluvum Te Na Hagaru starts with shuffling noises, and slowly transitions through textured sounds to melodic humming voices.

http://www.luckydragons.org/all/widows/aluvum%20te%20na%20hagaru.mp3

Saturday, April 2, 2016

Driver's Seat by Andy Wagner

Driver's Seat is a slow rocking song with a folk-americana soul.

https://freemusicarchive.org/music/download/c39bb7c180676ddd914e0dce92af2dfa53c6fd80

Friday, April 1, 2016

10 Mile Stereo by Beach House, covered by Little Girls

The New Gay calls 10 mile Stereo "faithful to the backing music just adding an extra layer of dread and echo atop the already gorgeous song."

http://thenewgay.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/LittleGirls_10MileStereo.mp3