New (And Free) Music In Rotation
I subscribe to several vodcasts through a program called Miro. I'm sure that iTunes could also do the same thing, as all Miro does is RSS subscription and video playback. Use this for the feed: http://del.icio.us/rss/popular/system:media:video For instance, this video came my way: http://motionographermedia.com/carl_burton-drift.mov Eerie and beautiful all at the same time. Better yet, I get a ton of cool new videos and artists this way.
A while back I came across a video for the Irish indie rock band, Evil Harrisons. Unfortunately their home website, http://www.evilharrisons.com/ has gone by the wayside. Now that URL points towards their MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/evilharrisons I no longer have that video, but you can view a clip on their YouTube page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMlOQpTHN5k Unfortunately, you can no longer DL songs for free, but check out their latest EP through iTunes. I'd love to find a way to get a hold of their older material.
Here is a Sigur Ros video that came my way: http://www.heimafilm.com/heima_trailer.html The images completely put their music into context for me. Can't say that I love them, but it is somewhat interesting. Someone on LastFM pointed out you can DL more Sigur through their home page: http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/media/
Another video came my way though this RSS. Check out this video for The Mountain Goats: http://telemusicvision-server.com/videos/The.Mountain.Goats-Woke.Up.New.mp4 There is one free download up on LastFM that I DL'ed. They have a ton of material up on their website: http://www.themountaingoats.net/mp3/index.html The Jack & Faye 7" is a great place to start. Here is another site with more DL's: http://www.the-collective.net/~sashwap/goats/ I guess they have a live taping policy and allow distribution of their live music.
The same website has a link at the bottom to DL Neutral Milk Hotel songs: You can find that here: http://www.the-collective.net/~sashwap/media.html I haven't had the opportunity to listen to much of their music, so the jury is still out on the NMH (but I hear great things, and LastFM suggests that I might like NMH based on some other bands I listen to).
On a final note, I rented the movie Mutual Appreciation by Andrew Bujalski. He is comparable to Richard Linklater in the sense that the entire movie is driven through lengthy dialogue and little action. Whereas Linklater has a knack for making mundane conversations compelling, Bujalski uses one-line interruptions and dead space. Bishop Allen, the main character in the movie, is also the lead singer in a band of the same name.
A while back Bishop Allen (the indie band) released a series of songs through their "EP Project". A four song EP was released once a month, every month for a year. Hence there is the December EP, January EP, February EP, etc. The songs were somewhat rough around the edges, but contributed to two subsequent albums. You can download several MP3's off their home page: http://www.bishopallen.com/index.php
What a great way to discover new music.
A while back I came across a video for the Irish indie rock band, Evil Harrisons. Unfortunately their home website, http://www.evilharrisons.com/ has gone by the wayside. Now that URL points towards their MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/evilharrisons I no longer have that video, but you can view a clip on their YouTube page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMlOQpTHN5k Unfortunately, you can no longer DL songs for free, but check out their latest EP through iTunes. I'd love to find a way to get a hold of their older material.
Here is a Sigur Ros video that came my way: http://www.heimafilm.com/heima
Another video came my way though this RSS. Check out this video for The Mountain Goats: http://telemusicvision-server
The same website has a link at the bottom to DL Neutral Milk Hotel songs: You can find that here: http://www.the-collective.net/
On a final note, I rented the movie Mutual Appreciation by Andrew Bujalski. He is comparable to Richard Linklater in the sense that the entire movie is driven through lengthy dialogue and little action. Whereas Linklater has a knack for making mundane conversations compelling, Bujalski uses one-line interruptions and dead space. Bishop Allen, the main character in the movie, is also the lead singer in a band of the same name.
A while back Bishop Allen (the indie band) released a series of songs through their "EP Project". A four song EP was released once a month, every month for a year. Hence there is the December EP, January EP, February EP, etc. The songs were somewhat rough around the edges, but contributed to two subsequent albums. You can download several MP3's off their home page: http://www.bishopallen.com/index.php
What a great way to discover new music.
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