I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE ALONE

Two Passion Pit Remixes for your listening pleasure, one by the always fantastical Classixx and the other by MMOTHS (more on him in a future blog post hopefully). This also marks the first free stuff post in a long long time, so click through below for free downloads of both.

KEEP YOUR BODY STILL

Phantogram - Don't Move

If you like what you hear above, right click and save here, and for more on Phantogram, meander over in this direction to listen to their brand new mini album Nightlife which is streaming all this week on AOL.

IT JUST TAKES TIME

Taken from Future Islands' new album 'On the Water' released October 11th on Thrill Jockey Records. If you like what you hear above, head in this direction for a free download, and over here for more on Future Islands.

YOU ABUSE THE ONES WHO LOVE YOU

Dum Dum Girls - Coming Down
Coming Down is the first song from Dum Dum Girls‘ upcoming album 'Only in Dreams', out September 27 on Sub Pop. If you like what you hear above, click below and then listen to it 13 times in a row, I assure you it's the only way.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE A TERRIBLE FRIEND

A good song for a Friday I think... if you like either the above or the previous Generationals post, you can now head over to generationals.com and sign up for a free download of both, and if you still want more, KCRW are currently streaming the Generationals new album Actor-Caster, available for purchasing purposes from March 29th. Happy Friday.

THIS IS NOT A SPIRITUAL THING

Suckers - A Mind I Knew

From the good people at Frenchkiss Records, and in preparation for the release of the new album from Suckers, a free song to start your week off right. Right click and save here, and let it take you where it wants to.
Expect Suckers' Wild Smile on June 8th, available for pre-order here.

WIDE EYES

Local Natives - Wide Eyes (Suckers Remix)

Premiering today on Pretty Much Amazing comes Suckers remix of Local Natives excellent and very lovely Wide Eyes. If you like what you hear above, do not hesitate to head over to Pretty Much Amazing for a free download.

For more on Suckers, have a look over here and be sure to check out their new album Wild Smile on June 8th, available for pre-order now. For more Local Natives click in this general direction and be sure to buy a copy of the excellent Gorilla Manor, and if you have a chance to see Local Natives live you really really should.

YOU NEVER CAN TELL

The Joy Formidable - Whirring

Nothing like some free stuff of a Friday afternoon. For your listening pleasure right click and save here for a free download of The Joy Formidable's most excellent song 'Whirring', I recommend you put it on repeat to appreciate it fully.
The Joy Formidable are the first band signed to Black Bell Records, the label founded by Passion Pit’s synth player/sampler Ayad Al Adhamy at the start of this year. If you like what you hear above, keep an eye out on May 4th for their new 8-song EP 'A Balloon Called Moaning' and for more on The Joy Formidable head over here.

Beaty Heart - Cola
For the chance to call this your own and hold it close, and for more on Beaty Heart, head over to the excellent Tough Love Records.

IF YOU WANT TO COMPLAIN

Lykke Li - Complaint Department
If you have a hankering for something new from Lykke Li, head in this direction and download a free mp3 of her version of Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow. And while you're waiting for that to download, listen to the most excellent Complaint Department above.

ALL THE OTHER KIDS WITH THE PUMPED UP KICKS

Foster The People - Pumped Up Kicks

For a free download head in this direction.

SLEEP ON THE FLOOR, DREAM ABOUT ME

In a week of all round spectacular music related business, Broken Social Scene has decided on a name for their new album. Forgiveness Rock Record will be the follow up to 2005's most excellent self titled album (not including band members Kevin Drew's Spirit If, and Brendan Canning's Something For All of Us, both released in the in between). In celebration of this they've decided to give a new song away for free... Follow this link for a free download of World Sick. Forgiveness Rock Record will be released on 4th May, until then...

I PROMISE NOT TO LOOSE HER AGAIN

Nothing like some free stuff of a Tuesday afternoon... for your listening pleasure right click and save here. From Frenchkiss Records comes Local Native's 'Sun Hands' taken from the album Gorilla Manor and well worth a listen. For more on Local Natives, head in this direction.

SAD PEOPLE DANCE TOO

It would seem I am slow to the boat when it comes to Thao but I shall make up for it with this, a Thao extravaganza of most momentous proportions, for those who are already on board and for anyone else still plodding in the general direction.



Thao and the Get Down Stay Down released their new album at the end of last year and named it Know Better, Learn Faster because, "By the time you realize you should, it's too late. And I enjoy the predicament and the totally devastating, unfunny humor of that". If you like the song above or that below, or liked this post, be sure to take a look here or here to find out more. And if you want to put something on repeat in celebration of your new found love head to Kill Rock Stars and download Know Better Learn Faster for free.


Thao and the Get Down Stay Down - Easy

THE LONELIEST DANCE FLOOR

And so to the first free stuff and new album alert of 2010. It's a beautiful thing really.
Brooklyn based trio Growing are set to release their new album Pumps on April 6th through Vice Records. To celebrate this fact, the good folk at Vice are giving away a free download for album track Hormone ( right click and save here ). The description for the album had me at music 'for the loneliest dancefloor on earth'.
For more on Growing, head this way, or go here for the added possibility of more free stuff.

02:08

A sample of Arch M's new OAKLAND HUXT 12" available for pre order soon. A perfect 57 seconds for anyone who found themselves slip sliding home tonight.

For more on Arch M go here or here and if you didn't do it last time be sure to download the Mountain Tan Commercials Cassette (2008, Cavern, Kaleidoscope) while you're at it

I DON'T LIKE YOU MUCH NOW

New Young Pony Club - Lost A Girl
New Young Pony Club are offering a free download of Lost A Girl, the first single from their new album The Optimist, due for release in February of next year. All you have to do is head in this direction and click whenever you see the word download.

STICK UP FOR YOURSELF SON

The new song from Yeasayer comes complete with a slightly strange new video (above) and an even stranger interactive website. The latter can be seen at amblingamp.com, worth checking out both for the aforementioned strangeness and for a free Ambling Amp mp3. Also, if you're in the UK keep an eye out for Yeasayer dates in and about your place of residence early 2010.

FIND SOMEBODY YOU CAN BLAME

The Middle East - Blood

STAY ALL DAY IF YOU WANT TO

Here are two of the things i love, free stuff and the Pixies, combined in a most beautiful of harmonies. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of their 1989 album Doolittle, the Pixies are giving away 4 songs recorded live at their recent gig in Paris, click on the widget below and follow the instructions for live versions of Monkey Gone to Heaven and Gouge Away amongst others.