The Oedipus Project
Moby is set to release a deluxe version of Destroyed, his latest album.
It will be a 3-disc set consisting of the original album from earlier in the year, a bonus CD and a full-length DVD.
“The Poison Tree” is the lead track from the bonus disc. He also donated this song to the David Lynch Foundation album Music That Changes the World.
It is now a free download on Moby’s website.
“The Poison Tree” is Moby at his finest, an electronic slide-guitar blues rocker.
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Class Actress is a Brooklyn-based trio fronted by Elizabeth Harper.
Born in Los Angeles, she moved to New York and began as a solo acoustic performer.
Teaming with Mark Richardson and Scott Rosenthal, the synths now ring true on their Rapprocher album.
“Weekend” is a free download from the Class Actress website.
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Yesterday we linked to two free CMJ samplers.
Another appears today from Spin via Facebook.
Download and explore more music of the future.
One of these bands is Slowdance, a Brooklyn-based 5-piece, led by the French-born Quay Quinn-Settel.
“Sweetness” is from their Light & Color EP.
“Sweetness” by Slowdance
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The annual CMJ Music Marathon is currently taking place in New York.
Going strong since 1980, hundreds of indie bands of differing genres showcase their talents throughout the city.
Both CMJ and RCRDLBL have excellent free download samplers of some of the bands performing, including more than a few who have been featured here in the past.
You will also find a San Francisco band, Weekend, that I am particularly fond of.
“Hazel” is from their recently released Red EP.
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She calls herself Oh Land, a play on her middle name Øland. She’s a Danish singer/songwriter living in Brooklyn.
A former ballet dancer, she creates dreamscapes onstage to her electronic pop sounds.
Here she covers one of my favorite songs, “Bloodbuzz Ohio” by the National. We’re used to the deep baritone of Matt Berninger. Her upper register lends both a new interpretation and new appreciation for the song.
And it’s a free download.
“Bloodbuzz Ohio”
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Combine a hefty portion of Matt & Kim and add a dose of Soulja Boy and Andrew W. K. and you conceive a catchy end of summer sing-a-long.
“I’m a Goner” is irresistible and also a free download courtesy of Converse.
I’m a goner as well. See you after holiday.
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I associate summer with Best Coast. Last year’s “Boyfriend” helped define the summer of 2010.
This year we have we have “Gone Again” featured here in June.
Now Bethany and company give us “How They Want Me to Be”, a new song that she says will probably be re-recorded and included on the second album. Free download as well.
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Plus, I’ve included the Drew Barrymore video for the song “Our Deal”.
Get More: MTV Supervideo, Music, Best Coast
Last year Mates Of State gave of us Crushes, an album of some of their favorite cover songs.
They return in September with a LP (their seventh) of new material they call Mountaintops.
This husband/wife duo from Kansas offers a free download of the first single “Maracas”.
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Era Extraña will be the second Neon Indian album.
It translates from the Spanish as “Strange Era” or “She was Weird”.
Led by the Mexican-born Alan Palomo, we highlighted the song “Deadbeat Summer” last summer.
“Fallout” is a free download from the forthcoming recording.
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In May we featured the first single, “Calgary”, from Bon Iver’s stunning second album named after himself.
He is now offering another free download from Bon Iver, one of the best albums of the year.
Lose yourself in the beauty of “Holocene”.
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M83 is French electronic musician Anthony Gonzalez.
He name derives from Messier 83, a barred spiral galaxy found in the Hydra constellation and visible with binoculars.
His sixth album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, a double LP, is expected in October.
“Midnight City” is free download from the M83 website.
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In June, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah gave us the song “Same Mistake” from their forthcoming Hysterical album.
Now this Brooklyn quintet give us “Maniac”, another free download from their website.
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I’m loving the new Washed Out album, Within and Without.
We featured the first single, “Eyes Be Closed” here early in the month.
Another gorgeous song from the album, “Amor Fati”, is free download from Sub Pop.
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St. Vincent, the moniker of Annie Erin Clark, has given us two marvelous albums.
Her third, Strange Mercy, is due in September.
The former Polyphonic Spree member, offers a free download of the new single “Surgeon” from her website.
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Nevermind, the Nirvana album that helped define a generation, will mark its 20th anniversary in September.
In celebration and to honour its brilliance, Spin has compiled a free tribute album of contemporary artists performing the 13 tracks in original song sequence.
Meat Puppets, Titus Andronicus, the Vaselines, EMA and dear friend Amanda Palmer are a few of the artists included.
Download the album via Spin’s Facebook page and listen now to Amanda’s version of “Polly”. She does have a way with a cover song: thoughtful, respectful, insightful.
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