This weeks light at the end of the tunnel:
- Kickin’ The Peanuts Posted a brief review of The Submarines pending the release of their forthcoming album “Honeysuckle Weeks” on 13th May. Two tracks were posted to sample. Read the post [here]. They also posted two tracks from the new Weezer album, “Weezer (Red Album)” which is due for release on June 24th. Read the post [here]. And if you want to download and sample the latest Ratatat single, ‘Shiller’, read the post [here]. Coldplay’s new Album “Viva La Vida” gets a quick review and there are 3 tracks to try. Read the post [here]
- a PLAGUE OF ANGELS continued with their review of rock legends, The Who. read part 2 [here] and part 3 [here]. A rather blunt (but honest) post on Jason Mraz whose album (which I already have) called “We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things” was released 13th May. I have to say I agree with the review, but there are still some good songs to sample here. Read the post [here]
- Bag Of Songs put together a nice Mothers Day mix with plenty of downloads. (Mothers Day in UK was back in March btw). Read the post [here]
- Music Is Art posted a nice collection of cover songs which can be downloaded as individual tracks or as a zip file of the full mix. Read the post [here]
- The World Of Wingrove did quick reviews of 12 newly released albums with a sample track to download for most of them. Artists include, Death Cab For Cutie, The Black Angels, Santogold & Martha Wainwright. Read the post [here]
- Who Killed The Mixtape? produced a brilliant collection of tracks all of which feature hand claps of some sort/length. Read the post & download [here]
- If you’re a Jazz fan (and if not, why not???), Glorious Noise had a fantastic post titled “A History of Jazz for Rock Fans”. Nothing to download but a whole wealth of information about jazz music and the Gods artists who perform it. Read the post [here]
- Indie Launchpad Introduced P.Hux (Parthenon Huxley) who offers a rather nice blend of Power Pop with a download of the track ‘Perfect’ from his latest album “Kiss The Monster”. Well worth a listen. Read the post [here]
- Muzzle of Bees posted three Radiohead sample tracks from their VH-1 basement session. Read the post [here]. The new Shearwater album “Rook” was covered and a free legal download of the first single ‘Rooks’ was provided as well as an older track. Read the post [here]
- All Things Go reviewed the new Ratatat single, ‘Shiller’, with a download to sample. Read the post [here]
- Remix lovers will find this post at Pretty Much Amazing! to be useful. Download remixes of Estelle ft. Kanye West, Britney Spears, Radiohead, Usher, N.E.R.D., and Santogold. Read and download [here]
- The Pop Cop discusses the state of playlists on our radio stations and points us in the direction of ASDA FM, the supermarket channel, and posts two The Pigeon Detective tracks for sampling. read the post [here]
- Captain Obvious reviewed the new Death Cab For Cutie album, “Narrow Stairs”, with 2 tracks to try. Read the post [here]
- Lost In Your Inbox had quite a deep and searching post titled Past Imperfect and posted 4 rather poignant tracks, Read the post [here]
Cheers for the plug!
The Pop Cop