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| 06/14/13 | This Stephen Kellogg song is fantastic, and a great sneak peek of the forthcoming album Blunderstone Rookery out next week (here’s our album preview): Thanksgiving |
| 06/07/13 | We reviewed this album earlier and it’s pretty damn good – now it’s free, too! Green River Ordinance: Under Fire |
| 05/31/13 | RARA’s FARM favorite Pete Yorn has teamed with J.D. King to form The Olms – check them out for free: Wanna Feel It |
| 05/17/13 | Luc found this one from 80′s pop-punkster Billy Idol. This one is good for Android users: White Wedding |
| 05/10/13 | Night Beds and their excellent acoustic guitar driven rock offer us up a beautiful rocker: Ramona |
| 05/03/13 | The Cayucas are offering up their super cool Alt-rock sound, with a fun summertime vibe: High School Lover |
| 04/26/13 | Kate Tucker is one of our RARA’s Farm favorites, she’s back with Sons Of Sweden, and is offering a nice sampler: Kate Hudson Sampler |
| 04/19/13 | This is a killer sampler CD: Old Crow Medicine Show, Alabama Shakes, Bobby Long and more… ATO Records Spring Sampler |
| 04/12/13 | The Presidents of the United States of America offer us a fun one: Tiny Explosions |
| 04/05/13 | They’re riding high with their current single “Stairway,” here’s something earlier from some kick ass rockers, Yukon Blonde: Choices |
| 03/22/13 | These quirky Canadian Indie Rockers are about to release a new album. Love the sound of The Born Ruffians & Ignite sessions: With Her Shadow |
| 03/15/13 | Earlier Fun. from before their huge Some Nights success. Good stuff off of the Aim & Ignite sessions: B-Sides and more |
| 03/08/13 | This is a nice sampler from a greatly anticipated Spring tour with AWOLNATION, Mother Mother and Blondfire: Tour Sampler |
| 03/01/13 | Check out the upcoming single from Mike Mains and The Branches and grab their first album. Contagious, addictive pop rock: Noises |
| 02/22/13 | This one is just fantastic. The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club covering the Call’s fantastic and under-appreciated: Let the Day Begin |
| 02/15/13 | A special Valentine’s Day offer from AWOLNATION and Red Bull Records: All I Need |
| 02/08/13 | New Strokes – good stuff with a cool new sound for the band: One Way Trigger |
| 02/01/13 | Pittsburgh native turned Nashville resident Brooke Anniabale offers up some nice folksy rock Middle of the Mess |
| 01/25/13 | Spoon’s Britt Daniel and Handsome Furs’ Dan Boeckner, have created a cool new thing – Divine Fits: Would That Not Be Nice |
| 01/18/13 | Indie-Rock veteran Matt Ponds has been making good music for years – now he embarks on his first solo effort: The Natural Lines |
| 01/11/13 | The pride of Saskatoon, The Sheepdogs are back – and sounding ever so Black Keys-ish: The Way It Is |
| 01/04/13 | The Delta Saints have a smoking new album headed our way on January 14th. Here’s one to whet your appetite: A Bird Called Angola |
| 12/28/12 | This UK band has a great fresh sound. Here’s a song for the season from A Silent Film: The Christmas Song |
| 12/07/12 | From my old Philly stomping grounds, something fresh from the always creative G. Love: Fixin To Die |
| 11/23/12 | In honor of my current trip to Georgia – here’s Athens’ The Whigs – great Alt-Rock: Waiting |
| 11/16/12 | We stumbled across this band in Sanford last night. Fun, fun stuff! It’s a groovy, ska rock thing that you need to check out: UNRB – Take On Me (yeah, that song) |
| 11/09/12 | Free Live Metallica downloads, some great stuff here going back to the early 80′s: The Metallica Vault |
| 11/02/12 | A nice sampler from Glamour Kills: Yellowcard, State Champs, Action Item and more: Glamour Kills Winter Sampler |
| 10/26/12 | These guys are so under-appreciated. Some nice stripped down stuff from River City Extension: Welcome to Pittsburgh |
| 10/19/12 | Philly’s hip and cool Dr. Dog has a fun new offering: Exit For Sale |
| 10/12/12 | Young Rival, a young trio out of Canada offers up a fun free download: Nothing You Know Well |
| 10/05/12 | Paul Westerberg, the voice of the Replacements, and one of Rock’s classic voices offers up his latest single: My Road Now |
| 09/28/12 | The Pain of Being Pure At Heart, NYC Indie rockers who remind me of a guitar powered New Order offer a cool remix: Heart in Your Heartbreak |
| 09/21/12 | The Amends, Indie rockers out of Colorado are always fun. Some harsh language on this tune, but it’s still a fun listen: It’d Be Nice |
| 09/14/12 | Singer songwriter Aimee Mann, that sweet voice from Til Tuesday, is offering a free five song sampler on Noisetrade: Charmer |
| 09/07/12 | Green River Ordinance, a talented band out of Fort Wort (who we reviewed this week) offers an excellent track: Heart of Me |
| 08/31/12 | Vampire Weekend’s bassist Chris Baio releases two new dance tracks: The Silent and New You |
| 08/24/12 | A Sampler from Glamour Kills including some new stuff from All Time Low: The Reckless and The Brave |
| 08/17/12 | This is a pretty good find from last year, It’s The Greatest Hits from one of Canada’s finest bands, Sloan: Select Singles, 1992-2011 |
| 08/10/12 | The Last Royals finally release their first single off their new album and definitely worth the wait: Only The Brave |
| 08/03/12 | AWOLNATION are about to hit the road for a big American Tour – here’s a free sampler: Kill Your Heroes |
| 07/27/12 | Late addition since I was on vacation this week – It’s Imagine Dragons: It’s Time (Jailbreak Remix) |
| 07/20/12 | Here’s another free album offer, this time from the talented Alt-Country rocker Rhett Miller of The Old 97′s: Live at Eddie’s Attic |
| 07/13/12 | This is like getting caught stealing. The entire latest Jane’s Addiction album The Great Escape Artist |
| 07/06/12 | We caught this band live a few weeks ago, excellent show – here’s one of the tunes they played at The Social: Brat Pack |
| 06/29/12 | The Cloud Nothings are an excellent new punk rock band, check out their latest: Stay Useless |
| 06/22/12 | River City Extension offers up some fine Alt-Americana – Here’s the opening track off of their new release: Glastonbury |
| 06/15/12 | The Cult are back with their new release Choice of Weapon and they still know how to rock: Lucifer |
| 06/01/12 | Joey Ramone – Some lost vocal tracks with a new backing band. Cool, stuff, ya know? The What Did I Do To Deserve You? |
| 05/25/12 | Sarajevo Rose – These Brisbane, Australie Alt-Rockers remind me a bit of 30 Seconds to Mars. Check them out: The Hardest Words |
| 05/18/12 | Another band I found via my Twitter account. The Gallery sounds like a modern day Tom Petty: Ballroom of Broken Hearts |
| 05/11/12 | Cool, cool stuff. Chappo covering Beck with a nice unique approach: Cyanide Breath Mint |
| 05/04/12 | Apex Manor is Russ Flournoy’s follow-up to Broken West. This one is a fun tune that actually channels some McCartney: Under the Gun |
| 04/27/12 | Lit’s back in the studio and still putting out great rock and roll. Here’s their latest Same Shit, Different Drink |
| 04/13/12 | Cuff the Duke – This is cool Alt-Rock/Country from Canada. Check out their hip cover of John Lennon’s Instant Karma |
| 04/06/12 | Mark Foster, Kimbra and A-Trak collaborate for a fun free tune in honor of Journeys, and their cool tribute to classic Chuck Taylors: Warrior |
| 03/30/12 | Something groovy from our favorite Danish duo The Raveonettes: Night Comes Out |
| 03/23/12 | Loving this new stuff from Sleeper Agent. Download this one by Sunday:Get Burned |
| 03/16/12 | Great song from Neon Trees, Buick is offering a free download, today only. Get It!:Everybody Talks |
| 03/09/12 | Ohio’s Lovedrug has just released their new album, Wild Blood. Here’s a sample for you:We Were Owls |
| 03/02/12 | The Armstrong Family’s new band (Billy Joe’s crew) has some cool new stuff to share:I Want Revenge |
| 02/24/12 | Sleigh Bells has some new music just hitting the street. Here’s a link for their big hit from a few years ago:Ring Ring |
| 02/17/12 | Quirky power-pop. This song is addictive. Something new from Team Genius:Ronald Reagan’s Cousin |
| 02/10/12 | Fresh hard rock from Queens. It’s new stuff from Eve To Adam:Banquet For a Starving Dog |
| 02/03/12 | Revolution, I Love You. Found these guys via Twitter. A unique sound, and I like a few of their free downloads: Anthem Underground |
| 01/27/12 | I’m not really sure how to classify these guys? Surfish Punk, maybe? Listen to Obits and decide for yourself: You Gotta Lose |
| 01/20/12 | Fresh from the Rockies. The Amends are music to our ears. Check out some fun stuff: Dance |
| 01/13/12 | Free EP from Akron native and Nashville transplant Kate Tucker. Good Americana Rock. We love Revolution |
| 01/06/12 | The first single from Atlas Giant, a hot band from down under: Trojans |
| 12/30/11 | Of Monsters and Men – Great new stuff from this young band out of Iceland: Little Talks |
| 12/16/11 | Lykke Li – our Swedish songstress with the unique voice covers some Righteous stuff Unchained Melody |
| 12/09/11 | New stuff from Band of Skulls – a different sound for them: Devil’s Rug |
| 12/02/11 | Stumbled across this one flying over the Carolina’s – something cool from the other North of the Border: Rich Aucoin: “It” |
| 11/25/11 | A Cool Remix of “The Sun” from The Naked and Famous (near page bottom) The Sun Remix |
| 11/18/11 | A free sample from Vampire Weekend’s Latest: Horchata |
| 11/11/11 | A cool alternate version from The Last Royals: Backseat Lovers |
| 11/04/11 | Something to whet your appetite from the Drowning Men – Look for our album review shortly: Rita |
| 10/21/11 | Found this one from Nine Inch Nails: “Slip”: The Slip |
| 10/14/11 | Some good stuff from Matt Mays one of our favorite Canadian performers / song-writers: Matt Mays |
| 10/07/11 | Download the Arcade Fire’s “Month of May” – this is a great song off of their last album: Arcade Fire |
| 09/30/11 | Today a free one from one of the best live bands around: Flogging Molly |
| 09/23/11 | Free Music Friday: I love this song from England’s The Vaccines - check it out: Vaccines |
| 09/16/11 | Something new from San Fran’s Stroke 9. Check out some fresh stuff from these talented guys. Stroke 9 |
| 09/09/11 | Here’s our best find yet: Coldplay - Left Right Left Right Left, a live album gift for their fans: Coldplay |
| 09/02/11 | The Sounds remix of “Something To Die For” not as good as the studio version, but it is FREE: Sounds |
| 08/25/11 | Handsome Furs are offering the two songs covered in our last update: What About Us and Repatriated |
“Sarajevo Rose – These West Coast Alt-Rockers remind me a bit of 30 Seconds to Mars. Check them out: The Hardest Words”
They’re actually from Brisbane, Australia. Amazing stuff, everyone needs to listen.
Kris – thanks for the correction. I’ve fixed it above, and agree, this band is definitely worth a listen. Appreciate your comment!