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2005 MP3 giveaway!
After weeks of bartering and bargaining
(well, alright, a couple of emails) we bring you a collection of MP3s that
would grace any music lover's errr...hard drive. Download them all for free
and help support all of the artists who have kindly donated tracks...
Right click on the speaker symbol
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choose the location you wish to download the MP3 to. |
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Shane's Picks |
'You Are Being Lied To'
[3.66mb]
From the album 'You Are Being Lied To'
(Captains of Industry) |
Kinesis
www.kinesis-official.co.uk |
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Talk about rock and roll - Kinesis split up
the day this album was released. The full lyric 'You are being lied to by
those who should protect you' should ring a few bells with anyone who lives
in the UK or the US |
'Ever'
[2.8mb]
From the EP 'Bilkis'
(Self release) |
Bilkis
www.bilkis.co.uk |
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Beautiful minimalist modern folk from
London based Bilkis |
'Friendz'
[4.23mb]
Radio Edit from the single 'Friendz' |
Hiem
www.hiem.net |
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From the city that brought us the Human
League and The Full Monty, Hiem serve up a delicious slice of electro
guaranteed to get you dancing. |
'Trying
to Stop a Tank With Your Hands'
[4.28mb]
From the EP 'Click to Enter'
(Self Release) |
Satellite
Dub
www.satellitedub.com |
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Under his pseudonym of Satellite Dub, Craig
Brown has been crafting some of the best ambient techno gems to cross the
tasty cassette deck this year. Remember-don't try to stop a tank with your
hands, it won't work. |
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'Star
Sign Girl' [3.31mb]
From the album 'Patterns
of Behaviour'
(Much Better) |
Viva
Stereo
www.vivastereo.co.uk |
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Viva Stereo just keep kicking out electro
rock gems like this one, taken from the 'Patterns and Behaviour' album. Also
a formidable live force, providing they do not destroy all of their
equipment during their performance. |
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'Punk
Rock Motors'
[2.68mb]
From the album 'The Line From A to B'
(Captains of Industry) |
TEAM
www.teamtm.co.uk |
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Another sonic onslaught from Leicester
noiseniks TEAM sees Dave and Scott harmonising like The Proclaimers. Sort
of. |
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'Impasse'
[3.9mb]
From the album 'The Night
Don Benito Saved My Life'
(Jealous) |
This Aint Vegas
www.thisaintvegas.co.uk |
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Sunderland's This Aint Vegas put on one of
the best shows I've seen this year and managed to chuck out a rather fine
album for good measure too. North East coast hardcore. |
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'Sleep'
[4.04mb]
From the EP 'Cabana'
(Made Up) |
Treewave
www.treewave.com |
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Let's hear it for Dallas based Treewave who
not only produce the most lush Casiocore you'll ever hear but also write
their own software for various 80's micro computers on which they perform
the whole album. 8-bit tastic. |
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'Some
Things Will Never Change'
[2.58mb]
From the Single 'Face Fit For Radio'
(Deadskool) |
Blind
Jackson
www.blindjackson.com |
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Just in time for this year's reviews, Blind
Jackson release the hyper catchy double A-side 'Face Fit For Radio' single.
This track has a weird surf pop vibe that reminds you that there is only 172
more days until mid-summer.. |
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Sam's Picks |
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'Zipcodes' [5.43mb] |
MJ Hibbett
www.mjhibbett.com |
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Will's Picks |
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'Breaking Habits' |
Lights
Run Riot
www.myspace.com/lightsrunriot |
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"Breaking Habits" is the best track from
the debut EP by Lights Run Riot...an emo four-piece who's (in their own
words) broad taste combines to produce a sound that encompasses the vocal
harmonies of Jimmy Eat World, the pop sensibilities of The Police, the
delicate melodic guitars of Mogwai and the uninhibited rock of the Foo
Fighters. They also have fabulous hair. |
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'Durty Laugh, Durty
Mind' |
The Get Set Go
www.thegetsetgo.com |
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It's great when your
friends are in a band that's actually really good. It means you don't have
try and avoid telling them they're shit. Well, The Get Set Go are definitely
not shit. Check out "Durty Laugh, Durty Mind" for a healthy dose of
Costello-esque pop japery and then go and have a nice lie down. |
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'Talking Backwards' |
Fanfarlo
www.fanfarlo.com |
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A perfect little gem of
a song, "Talking Backwards" is the lead-off track from Fanfarlo's "Look Both
Ways" EP...beautifully sung and genuinely heart-rending. |
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'Made in Heaven' |
Bailey
www.thesoundofbailey.com |
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Further proof that one
man and his guitar are still as perfect a combination as cheese and chips,
Bailey's handcrafted gem "The Way Things Are Done" proved a hit with this
reviewer, and we hereby present you with this choice cut. |
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Luke's Picks |
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'Everything
Has to End' |
Things in Herds
www.thingsinherds.co.uk |
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'2am' |
Thee More Shallows
www.theemoreshallows.com |
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'Execution' |
David Thomas Broughton
http://www.birdwar.com/broughton.htm |
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all
music remains the copyright of the artists |
