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A sample from the sophmore album by Ra Ra Riot has been made available for free on the band’s website. “Boy” is not only a track from the Ivy Leaguers’ forthcoming album, The Orchard, but also the title recently released three-track EP. Other tracks on the EP showcase the trademark “Ra Ra” sound but with a twist the band describes as, “something of a left turn.” The tracklisting for the EP goes as follows:

1. Boy
2. Saccharin and the War
3. Keep it Quiet (Bear)

The Orchard is due to be released on August 24th. Check out the lead track here and then download from the Ra Ra Riot website.

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Ra Ra Riot- Boy

Cut Copy is putting the finishing touches on their as-yet-untitled third album, that’s due to be released in January 2011. Get a sneak listen to the track, “Where I’m Going” from the album and download it for free!

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Cut Copy- Where I’m Going

Sample Jenny & Johnny for FREE!! The new project of Kilo Riley frontwoman, Jenny Lewis and songwriter Johnathan Rice, who is also Lewis’ boyfriend was announced earlier this year. Their debut album, I’m Having Fun Now will be released on August 31st, and duo have made a couple of tracks available: “Big Wave” and “Scissor Runner,” available to download right here!

Jenny and Johnny tour this fall in support of the album.

Rooney’s new album, Eureka, has just been released and have magnanimously offered a free download for their track, “Don’t Wanna Lose You”.    Just fill out the form below and you’re good to go!

From Hugo’s homepage:

Born in England and raised in Thailand, Hugo — a seriously dedicated songwriter, musician and performer — has already plowed through several aesthetic incarnations on the road to Old Tyme Religion.

As a young teen in Thailand, he achieved nationwide success by cutting four studio albums with Siplor, “a hick band with a mission,” whose charge against ‘the man’ resulted in a couple of their records being banned on the radio. Reflecting on this experience, he realized how formative and insular his Thai musical experiences had been. “The records I was making in Thailand, in isolation from American culture, were made as if we were still in the 70s. Nothing after 1977, Elvis wasn’t dead, punk never happened. Thailand has this hangover from the 60s and 70s. The juke boxes had Creedence Clearwater Revival, anything that had a bit of heat to it looked right and sounded right through the cicadas and the mosquitoes, heavy into that swampy dark ominous thing.”

He began working his way through pop sounds post-1977, citing Appetite For Destruction, Nirvana, Dr. Dre, Jeff Buckley, MGMT, Tame Impala, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Devendra Banhart, The Big Pink and “anything Jack White touches” as exemplary for the period.

As a tip of the fedora to Roc Nation’s founder, Hugo puts a twist on the classic “99 Problems,” finding a new previously unforeseen nexus linking pop, rock, country, urban and hip-hop.

Check out 2 tracks which are also FREE for you to download right now! The track “Bread & Butter” and his remake of “99 Problems” Right click the highlighted link to save.

Hugo- Bread & Butter

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Hugo- 99 Problems

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School of Seven Bells‘ debut album, Alpinisms, came out in 2008 and have been on our radar ever since. Formed by Benjamin Curtis of Secret Machines, together with identical twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, who were previously in On! Air! Library! Their follow up, Disconnect From Desire is due on July 13th. The first track, “Babelonia” has been made available, and FREE for you to download right now! Right click the highlighted link to save.

School of Seven Bells- Babelonia

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The album, produced by band member Benjamin Curtis and mixed by Jack Joseph Puig, was recorded in the band’s home studio and mixed in Los Angeles at Ocean Way Recording. Disconnect from Desire is a tremendous leap forward for the band musically, evident in all elements of their intricate and multi-layered sound. Further, the unique experience of playing live allowed them to step out of their sometimes-insular creative process, and to discover and explore a newfound connectivity with listeners. This connection to the external world is reflected throughout the new album and indicative of the trio’s development. “From the start, we knew we wanted to make a record that connected on more of a direct and personal level than we ever had before,” says Curtis, “It’s a complete account of our lives this past year, and it’s crazy how taking an honest look at yourself can tell you the most about the world around you.”