Dedicated Ears Legal / Free Album/ep List: January 2014

Baby Mollusk - Insane Baby (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 22 November 2012

Acoustic, bedroom, pop, folk from Brooklyn based Baby Mollusk. Thanks to Baby Mollusk for the download! Thanks to DC at The Waiting Room Radio Show, where I heard this wonderful music first. He has a must listen to podcast!

Perfect Hair Forever - BUBBLEGUM (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 24 August 2012

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Electronic, diy, garage, punk, pop from New Zealand based Perfect Hair Forever. Thanks to Perfect Hair Forever for the download! Thanks to DC at The Waiting Room Radio Show, where I heard this wonderful music first. He has a must listen to podcast!

American Merlin - Live EP (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 25 February 2012

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Experimental, lo fi, indie from St Louis based American Merlin. Thanks to American Merlin for the download!

The Nuclear Family - Carpet Fossils (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 31 January 2014

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Experimental, instrumental, indie, math from Cookeville based The Nuclear Family. Thanks to The Nuclear Family for the download!

The Whale and The Warbler - Thanksgiving (Expanded Review)(FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 19 September 2013

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Folk , indie, swing from Rochester based The Whale and The Warbler. Gotta love the trombone on the song "Sap". Add trumpet and viola to that trombone on the waltz timed "Tennessee's Shrinking" and you have the recipe for a wonderful track that lurk about. Such a great song! I also really enjoy the weepy title track which builds nicely into a wall of noise. Thanks to The Whale and The Warbler for the download! Thanks to DC at The Waiting Room Radio Show, where I heard this wonderful music first. He has a must listen to podcast!

Special Costello - Stoner Nights (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 02 September 2013

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Garage, glam, psychedelic, stoner from Halifax based Special Costello. Thanks to Special Costello for the download!

Flocktape - Solo Junk (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 27 January 2014

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Experimental, electronic, hip hop, rock from Glasgow based Flocktape. Thanks to Flocktape for the download!

Lincoln Hazelton - Songs For Purists and Tourists (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 02 September 2012

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Garage, lo-fi, psychedelic from Los Angeles based Lincoln Hazelton. Thanks to Lincoln Hazelton for the download!

Mas Agua - Mas AguaEP (Extended Review)(FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 05 February 2014

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Electronic, experimental, hip hop, soul from London based Mas Agua. Its not often I come across blue eyed soul I enjoy, and more often than not, said artist is from the UK. That's the case with Mas Agua (David Ellis) which stays away from common soul/hip hop stereotypes which makes it a really inviting listen. From the layered vocal goodness of the opening track to "Towers" to the sparse and emotive track "Soul" this little ep is bound with a lot of honest emotion and almost no trappings that a big label would force on the sound. There are as many open spaces as there are note on these songs, which make them winners in my book. Thanks to Mas Agua for the download!

American Merlin - 2303 (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 20 April 2013

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Experimental, lo fi, indie from St Louis based American Merlin. Thanks to American Merlin for the download!

Dead Folk - It Won't Take Long (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 07 January 2014

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Alternative, electronic, experimental, folk, pop, analog cassette, dream pop from Portland based Dead Folk. Thanks to Dead Folk for the download!

The Reptile of Gigopepo's Fiesta - Marcha (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 15 January 2014

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Alternative rock, grunge, stoner from Brazil based The Reptile of Gigopepo's Fiesta. Thanks to The Reptile of Gigopepo's Fiesta for the download!

War Sugar - The Tape (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 27 January 2014

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Indie rock from Louisville based War Sugar. Thanks to War Sugar for the download!

WHATEVER, DAD - les sloppy copies (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 13 April 2012

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Lo-fi, indie, pop, folk from New York based WHATEVER, DAD. Thanks to WHATEVER, DAD for the download!

Knyfs - Songs (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 10 March 2013

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Metal, indie, instrumental from Chicago based Knyfs. Thanks to Knyfs for the download!

The Sea Life - Transitions (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 31 October 2013

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Alternative, art rock, dream-pop, fuzz from Washington D.C. based The Sea Life. Thanks to The Sea Life for the download! Thanks to DC at The Waiting Room Radio Show, where I heard this wonderful music first. He has a must listen to podcast!

Atlas Sound - Live on Dublab 12 15 06 (FREE DL)(fremusicarchive) Released 15 December 2006

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Lo fi, electronica songs from Bradford James vehicle Atlas Sound. Thanks thanks to Atlas Sound and Dublab for the download!

Sam Bodary - One Take Tuesday (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 12 August 2013

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Acoustic folk from Kettering based Sam Bodary. Thanks to Sam Bodary for the download!

Sunken Seas - Cataclysm (FREE DL)(bandcamp)(muzai) Released 06 September 2013

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Ambient, shoe-gaze, space rock from Auckland based Sunken Seas. Thanks to Sunken Seas and muzai for the download!

eskimeaux - I Am A Spiral (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 16 October 2010

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Experimental, bedroom recordings, dark, freak folk from New York based eskimeaux. Thanks to eskimeaux for the download!

Sam Bodary - Just Call It Laundry (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 13 January 2014

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Acoustic folk from Kettering based Sam Bodary. Thanks to Sam Bodary for the download!

American Merlin - Hazy (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 15 August 2011

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Experimental, lo fi, indie from St Louis based American Merlin. Thanks to American Merlin for the download!

Idiot Genes - Lousey (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 31 October 2013

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Alt, rock, grunge, punk from Boston based Idiot Genes. Thanks to Idiot Genes for the download!
Thanks to DC at The Waiting Room Radio Show, where I heard this wonderful music first. He has a must listen to podcast!

Sarah Winchester - Northeast Kingdom (FREE DL)(bandcamp)(mthomearts) Released 12 January 2014

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Folk, acoustic from Vermont based Sarah Winchester. This is a re-release of these of these songs as the were originally released via the excellent resource, Team Love Records Library.
These are some sparse and beautifully done songs. I have liked this released for a few years now. The title track is my favorite as it has a somber beauty to it.
Thanks to Sarah Winchester and mthomeartsf or the download!

Curt Oren - I LOVE MY DOG (Extended Review)(FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 07 January 2014

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Experimental, saxophone, indie from Iowa City based Curt Oren. Curt album Home was one I played quite a bit at the end of last year. There is something refreshing about his sax playing. It takes more liberties than traditional experimental jazz does. The track "Everything's Gonna Be Okay" is my favorite. It features a recognizable rhythm that descends into noisy chaos and then returns to that rhythm. I listen to thousand of albums every year and Curt's music really stands out, in the best of ways.
Thanks to Curt Oren for the download!

School Knights/Pacific Pride - Fred Durst Sex Tape (FREE DL)(bandcamp)(Crash Symbols) Released 10 May 2011

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Experimental, garage, pop from Pacific Pride and School Knights. On Morgantown WV based Crash Symbol label. Thanks to Pacific Pride and School Knights and Crash Symbols for the download!

American Merlin - Cause and Effect (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 20 May 2011

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Experimental, lo fi, indie from St Louis based American Merlin. Thanks to American Merlin for the download!

Bobee -how the movies made me happy * mostly instrumental album (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 10 August 2011

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Alternative, bedroom, indie pop from Austin's Bobee. Thanks to Bobee for the download!

euphoria again -Bedroom tapes part 1 (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 20 August 2012

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Bedroom, pop, folk, from Salt Lake City based euphoria again. Thanks to euphoria again for the download!

an amiable medley - cold, east and blue (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 01 January 2009

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Experimental, acoustic, bedroom from California based an amiable medley. Thanks to an amiable medley for the download!

American Merlin - Hope Ep (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 14 February 2011

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Experimental, lo fi, indie from St Louis based American Merlin. Thanks to American Merlin for the download!

Black Tower White Mountain - A Stream, A River, The Ocean (FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 07 January 2014

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Rock, ambient, drone, psychedelic from York based Black Tower White Mountain. Thanks to Black Tower White Mountain for the download!

Teenage Rage - badkitchenmadman (extended review)(FREE DL)(bandcamp) Released 03 January 2014

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Pop, vomit, counry, exp from Chicago based Teenage Rage. Teenage Rage can have as many as 7 or 8 members, that crowd a small stage and sound like a country symphony, or sometimes the band is just comprised of Will Wholesome (stage name) all by his lonesome. badkitchenmadman is a Will solo album, is a lo fi offering, and it will have humming songs you never thought you would. I am particularly taken with the polka/vaudville infused song "red red walls". Also, the sad country song "as the water runs" replete with yelling and moaning, which is a staple of the Teenage Rage and a favorite of mine.
Be sure to see them live as Will is apt to do anything. Once he said he had a new song to sing that he had been working on. He played said song then stopped abruptly and said that was as ar as he had finished writing the song!
Thanks to Teenage Rage for the download! I have a tons of concert and interview videos up under the Dedicated Ears name on youtube. Lots of great artists to check out. Here are a couple Teenage Rage videos.
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