December 2011
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Elliott Smith “Twilight” From a Basement on the Hill is the sixth and final studio album by the late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. Released posthumously on October 19, 2004, the album was incomplete at the time of Smith’s death. Smith’s family hired his former producer Rob Schnapf and ex-girlfriend Joanna Bolme to sort through and put the finishing touches on the...
Dec 30th
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@JoshuaHyslop “Nowhere Left To Go” Vancouver singer-songwriter Josh Hyslop’s debut EP ‘Cold Wind’ features melodic tracks including ‘Nowhere Left To Go,’ ‘If I Was a Better Man,’ and the title track ‘Cold Wind.’ Listen here and download for free at The New Record!
Dec 28th
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@FedericoAubele  ”No One” Berlin 13 marks Federico Aubele’s return to a smoky realm of acoustic guitar licks, heavy rhythms and sinister dub atmospherics. Featuring guest appearances by Jesse Harris, Karina Zeviani, Natalia Clavier, and Mauro Refosco (of Forro in The Dark and Thom Yorke’s live band). Listen here and download for free at The New Record!
Dec 26th
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The Reverend Peytons’ Big Damn Band “Plasma for Christmas” A holiday classic from The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band. Listen here and download for free at The New Record!
Dec 25th
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Ancient Astronauts “Worldwide”  The Ancient Astronauts return from the far reaches of the musical cosmos with their stellar new sophomore album. Released in early 2011, the Astronauts take their vintage-meets-future block party aesthetic and blast off to new frontiers. They are not alone in their journey however, as they bring along a solid crew of MCs, vocalists, and ...
Dec 24th
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Jesse Malin and the St. Marks Social “Burning The Bowery” After 3 critically acclaimed solo records, dozens of world tours and TV appearances, Jesse Malin found himself back in New York City questioning his next move. When Jesse met producer Ted Hutt one night at a local bar, their talk of making a record fast, loose, and raw, was the beginning of a quest to create a record that...
Dec 23rd
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Boris “Spoon” Boris is a Japanese experimental rock band, known for often combining and switching between different music genres including drone metal, sludge metal, noise rock, psychedelic rock, ambient and pop. As of 2008, personnel are drummer-vocalist Atsuo, bassist-guitarist-vocalist Takeshi, and guitarist-vocalist Wata. Listen here and download for free at The New...
Dec 15th
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The Deep Dark Woods “Westside Street” The Deep Dark Woods wake the ghosts of Appalachia with their prairie gothic pyre-side tales. On their new record, The Place I Left Behind, the band finds continuity in themes of temporal and geographic alienation, neglected inward trails, and the scars of abandoned intimacies. Listen here and download for free at The New Record!
Dec 14th
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Automatic Loveletter “Carry The Fire” Automatic Loveletter is a rock band, with acoustic and emo influences, based in the United States of America. The band formed in Tampa, Florida, in 2007, led by vocalist and guitarist Juliet Simms, her older brother and lead guitarist Tommy Simms, drummer Ryan Metcalf, and bassist Clint Fowler. Listen here and download for free at The...
Dec 13th
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Dana Falconberry “Baby Blue Sky” Dana Falconberry is a musical natural. Hailed by the Austin Chronicle as one of the city’s “most promising singer-songwriters” and “most arresting female vocalists,” her distinctive talents and singular creative vision find full and brilliant fruition on her debut full-length national album release, oh skies of...
Dec 12th
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Nick 13 “Carry My Body Down” Nick 13 is best known as the singer, songwriter, guitarist and founder of the band Tiger Army. His solo work recalls the vintage American sounds of honky-tonk and classic California country from the middle of the last century with a modern twist. He’s already performed at Stagecoach, Hootenanny and South By Southwest. Listen here and download...
Dec 11th
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Thievery Corporation “Culture of Fear” Perfect headphones music. Listen here and download for free at The New Record!
Dec 10th