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Treetop Flyers new Video and Download

by Alex 2 April 2011 Downloads

West London based 5 piece band the Treetop Flyers have just signed to Communion Records and will be releasing a 10” single titled Things Will Change. Watch their latest video, grab a free track and get their latest tour dates.

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EELS 2011 World Tour plus free Trilogy EP Download

by Alex 31 March 2011 Downloads

EELS have surprised fans by announcing a World Tour. This will be their first tour since the release of their album trilogy (HOMBRE LOBO, END TIMES, TOMORROW MORNING) in 2010. To kick things off they are giving away a free track from each album which you can grab below.

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Peter Wolf Crier – Video Session

by Alex 31 March 2011 Downloads

Peter Wolf Crier have probably found themselves in some unusual locations for sessions, but in a greenhouse? Surprisingly, the accoustics sound quiet good. Check out their North Shore Session as they tackle the plant life and go green with Untitled 101 off their debut Jagjaguwar release Inter-Be.

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Review: Emily Jane White – Ode to Sentience

by Melanie McGovern 30 March 2011 Downloads

Emily Jane White’s new album, Ode to Sentience is an album of darkness and mystery. Vocally her dulcet tones have been likened to Mazzy Star and Cat Power, a voice that is at once both rich and wispy, a subtle whisper sucking you in much like the darkness she utters of being intoxicated by.

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Introducing: Jác

by Alex 28 March 2011 Downloads

Jác are a six-piece folk-pop ensemble that cross a mix of genres infused by Latin and European influenced instrumentations including horns, classical strings, ukulele, mandolin, accordion, and group vocal harmonies. Comparisons to Beirut would be more than justified but the band are by no means following in their tread.

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Let me tell you a story: A Motorcycle For A Horse

by Alex 24 March 2011 Art and Culture

Well, there’s always a first for everything and this is your first audio story on offer from FRUK. A Motorcycle for a Horse is a new short story from critically acclaimed author and Richmond Fontaine frontman Willy Vlautin who has been described by the independent as mining a lost seam of American writing.

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Introducing: Sea of Bees

by Alex 23 March 2011 Downloads

Sea of Bees is Julie Baenziger, a Twenty-something singer songwriter from Sacramento who has signed to Heavenly to release her debut album ‘Songs For The Ravens’. She will be entering the FRUK playlist from next week with a very welcome splash. Video, audio tracks and re-mix by Conquering Animal Sound below:

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Fleet Foxes – Listen to Battery Kinzie from their new album

by Alex 22 March 2011 Downloads

Fleet Foxes forthcoming album Helplessness Blues, has everyone jumping up and down at any track highlights so here is a new one: Battery Kinzie, you can hear it below as well as download the title track.

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Alexander – free download

by Alex 22 March 2011 Downloads

Alex Ebert, lead singer of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros has just released his self-titled solo debut album Alexander. As Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros prepare for their Railroad Revival Tour with Mumford and Sons and Old Crow Medicine Show a few eyes were raised on the timing, but the album has been [...]

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Pearl and the Beard release free EP

by Alex 21 March 2011 Downloads

Pearl and the Beard, those feel good spectacled folkies and apple in the eye of Family Records have released a free EP, are appearing at SXSW and have a new album out in April!

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Introducing: Balto

by Alex 18 March 2011 Downloads

Balto have just released their debut album, October’s Road. For a debut release they sound great. Lead singer Daniel Sheron found inspiration for the songs in a journey he undertook in Siberia: A great tale, A great album.

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New Marissa Nadler LP Out Spring 2011

by Alex 15 March 2011 Downloads

Marissa Nadler has announced the release of her new album for Spring this year. To celebrate this she has offered a free download of ‘Baby, I Will Leave You In The Morning’ which is taken from the self-titled forthcoming album.

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Patrick Porter mix tape

by Alex 14 March 2011 Downloads

HI54LOFI attempted to cram over 10 years of Patrick Porter creativity into one free digital mix tape. It comes in at an amazing 40+ minutes. I wouldn’t know where to start! All that aside, it is now your chance to explore –the man, the myth, the mystic– further.

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Marcus Foster – UK Tour Dates and Behind the Scenes Video

by Alex 11 March 2011 Downloads

To mark the forthcoming release of his debut EP ‘Tumble Down’ on the 4th April via Communion/ Geffen Records, Marcus Foster has released a behind-the-scenes documentary from his recent debut album recording sessions at Rockfield Studios. Plus get those new April Tour Dates.

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