Free Music Friday

On my heavy metal Christmas my true love gave to me,
12 silver crosses
11 black mascaras
10 pairs of platforms
9 tattered t-shirts
8 pentagrams
7 leather jackets
6 cans of hairspray
5 skull earrings
4 quarts of Jack
3 studded belts
2 pairs of spandex pants
and a tattoo of Ozzy!

And who could ask for more? Well, you lot probably, so here it is:

First we have a very festive offering for this season of goodwill and all that lovely stuff.

It's an alternative take on Christmas given to us by those splendid folks at XO Publicity. Actually, I'm with Bill Hicks on this, anyone who works in PR is Satan's little helper, but y'know it's snowing and I feel kind.

Anyway, by alternative, they mean jangly American pop-rock from bands called things like 'Sleepwalk Kid' and 'Caravan of Thieves', but at least it's better than John f*cking Denver. (Yes, that is his middle name.)

So if jangly indie pop is your bag, click here to download. If not then humbug to you sir, but hopefully you will enjoy our other offerings!


Sublime to the ridiculous now, or vice versa, as we move from indie to airhorn-blasting ghetto bass through the exciting method of intarweb space folding.

So yeah, think we transitioned that okay.

Scatter Music is a new netlabel / blog offering its releases for free whilst simultaneously selling them through major download sites. It makes payment entirely optional and as far as I know it's a pretty new approach to running a label.

I'm loving the chaos of Mat Cant's 'Hornbo', their second release. It's a slice of bruckwilin' party-friendly beat-breakery chock full of mad ragga samples and airhorns. Noice!

Their first release was a 21-track dirty bomb of an album blasting its way through breaks, hip-hop, twitchy house and Baile-funk. Go here to grab Real Music For Hustlers. If you like your music loud, chaotic and mental you won't regret it.


Let's ease back with something chilly-outy now. Re-Runs is a free EP from 00Genesis, featuring crackly beats, laid-back loungey samples and thumping bass. Just the ticket if you need to relax after battling your way through the zombie hoards whilst Christmas shopping.

Go here and register to download Re-Runs and a load of other releases.

Finally this week, a release from heroes of breaks Splitloop who have remixed, re-recorded and re-imagined tracks from their album 'Pleasure Machine' in an easy listening stylee. The result? 'Leisure Machine' of course.

Really awesome stuff. It works incredibly well. Go here and hear for yourself.