June Free MP3 Downloads
Beautiful songs for ugly people!
By Jeremy Azevedo
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The June free MP3 roundup this month is so baddass, even Skeletor is bumpin’ it whilst chilling on Snake Mountain, plotting his latest minion dishwashing schedule or whatever the hell it is that he does when not trying to take over Eternia… |
And since there is nothing more metal than a blue-skinned leather daddy with a skull for a face that sits on a thrown made of monster bones, I’d say that’s a fair endorsement of this month’s hardcore selection! (But the hipster tracks are pretty good too!)
Artist: French Kicks
Song: Abandon
FRENCH KICKS are so precociously indie, you’ll be surprised that they didn’t record the whole “Juno” soundtrack themsleves! These guys have great potential to be the next big indie rock success.
Abandon
Artist: Blake9
Song: Always Something
Candlewax Records CEO, founder and producer BLAKE9 is well versed in old school and future school techniques, combining styles like a good bartender combines liquor, serving up a stiff glass of shut the f**k up so overrated pricks like Kanye can solemnly drink it up, knowing full well that their rhymes could be tighter…
Always Something
Artist: Clinic
Song: The Witch
CLINIC has been around for awhile, and has never really achieved breakout success despite massive critical approval. That has never stopped the press from trying, though, so here goes again: Buy a goddamn Clinic album already! What’s wrong with you people?
The Witch
Artist: Dillinger Escape Plan
Song: Black Bubblegum
THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN has always been the band that “Queens of the Stone Age” wish that they were. Black Bubblegum is stoner metal at it’s finest.
Black Bubblegum
Artist: Genghis Tron
Song: Board Up the House
GENGHIS TRON is a hardcore/synth band that should please techy hipsters and metal fans alike. “Board Up the House” is an excellent example of their style, stark, raw and panicky one minute, full, textured and methodical the next.
Board Up the House
Artist: Kingdom of Sorrow
Song: Led into Demise
KINGDOM OF SORROW is like a hardcore metal supergroup that includes members of Hatebreed, Down and Crowbar. Kingdom of Sorrow is so bone-chrunchingly metal that symptoms of listening to it may range anywhere from spontaneous beard growth to a debilitating inability to stop headbanging…
Artist: Plastic Little
Song: I’m Not a Thug
Philly-based PLASTIC LITTLE is an amalgamation of hip hop, dance and electro pop that defies classification. If Hammer signing to Death Row wasn’t already the final nail in the coffin of thug rap, then “I’m Not a Thug” surely is.
Artist: Stephen Malkmus
Song: Cold Son
STEPHEN MALKMUS, formerly of the influential indie rock band “Pavement” has set the stage for so many acts to follow that it’s no great surprise that his solo work is equally excellent. “Cold Son” is a great, catchy track by an extremely talented songwriter.
Artist: What Made Milwaukee Famous
Song: Resistance St.
WHAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS is one of the best new bands that you haven’t heard yet… I strongly recommend that you check this band out for their tightly crafted dream-pop sound that shifts perspective by the moment. This band is too good to miss.
Resistance St.
