Tagged: 100legalmp3s

Sanders Bohlke: Ghost Boy

Feb 15, 8:00am Muruch

Guest Post By: Brendan It's been seven years since Sanders Bohlke's debut album was released. Since then, there've been many singles and EPs from Sanders, but no full-length releases until now. His long-awaited new album, Ghost Boy, will be released on February 19th by the Communicating Vessels label. The sound is lush and the lyrics [...]

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Artist:	Sanders Bohlke
Title:	Ghost Boy
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File Name:	02_Ghost_Boy.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Mahler: Symphony No. 1 Free Mp3s!

Feb 13, 8:00am Muruch

Guest Post By: Brendan Alexander Street Press is offering a recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 1 as free, legal mp3 downloads this week only. The performance is by Orchestre National de Lille under the direction of Jean-Claude Casadesus and is usually a $9.99 album on iTunes, so grab the free version while you can. Muruch [...]

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Art Decade: New Mp3 & Video!

Feb 12, 8:00am Muruch

Art Decade's press release calls their music "symphonic post-pop" and I must agree it's the perfect description for their elegant, dreamy sound. It's so pretty, you just have to hear it. You can download a free, legal mp3 of the track "Breeze" and watch the title track video from Art Decade's debut album, Western Sunrise, [...]

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Artist:	Art Decade
Title:	Breeze
Link Text:	Art Decade - Breeze
File Name:	breeze.mp3

Bing Satellites: The Dream

Feb 11, 8:00am Muruch

Guest Post By: Brendan Our friend Brin has released a new Bing Satellites EP, The Dream. It's a glorious concoction of sounds, representing a singular talent. If you haven't jumped into his world yet, now's your chance. Bing Satellites gets several hours of play each week in the Muruch house and has become a respite [...]

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Tristan Allen: I-V

Feb 8, 8:00am Muruch

Guest Post By: Brendan Muruch posted about Tristan Allen's collaboration with Amanda Palmer back in 2010 and I recently stumbled across his debut EP, I-V. It's a warm and virtuosic performance, channeling the best of Glass and Nyman. The opening track, "Set in Motion," is breathtaking. I-V is currently available for the low price of [...]

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Dr. Dog: Free Mp3s!

Feb 7, 8:00am Muruch

Guest Post By: Brendan If you like Foxygen, and I don't want to know you if you don't, you may also enjoy this other retro-pop group, Dr. Dog. Several free, legal mp3s are available at Dr. Dog's Official Site and you can hear them perform on Mountain Stage at NPR. BUY @ AMAZON

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Ukulele Party!

Feb 5, 8:00am Muruch

Guest Post by: Brendan Muruch Editor Vic may not have been fond of Amanda Palmer's ukulele era, but I've been enjoying her performance of popular Radiohead hits on her Magical Ukulele: Even more awesome is the fact that she brought her ukulele to C-Span. Amanda's Ukulele anthem is among the free downloads available from her [...]

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Artist:	NPR
Title:	20111130_asc_tuneyards
Link Text:	Tiny Desk Concert from Tune-Yards
File Name:	20111130_asc_tuneyards.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Escondido: The Ghost of Escondido

Feb 4, 8:00am Muruch

This is fantastic! Escondido's debut album, The Ghost of Escondido, churns the retro-influenced pop-rock of Sugar & the Hi-Lows with the haunting, low-fi pop-folk of Mazzy Star and the slinky Western-tinged noir of Rykarda Parasol. Escondido are Nashville duo Jessica Maros and Tyler James and they recorded their debut live in one day, Highlights are [...]

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Foxygen: We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic

Feb 1, 8:00am Muruch

Foxygen's We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic is such a hit in the Muruch household that Editor/Head Writer Vic and Guest Writer Brendan had to do a She Said/He Said review... Vic says: If Foxygen's We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic isn't my #1 of 2013, we [...]

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Post-Rock Roundup: Free Mp3s!

Jan 31, 8:00am Muruch

Guest Post by: Brendan A powerful live performance from Godspeed You! Black Emperor has been preserved at Archive.org. The End Of The Ocean are offering a free, legal mp3 download of "We always think there is going to be more time" via SoundCloud: The rest of their album is available on Bandcamp - you can [...]

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French Horn Rebellion: New Song Feat. Jody Watley!

Jan 30, 8:00am Muruch

Remember Jody Watley? "I'm Looking for a New Love," "Don't You Want Me"...oh how I loved her music when I was a little girl in the late '80s. Jody's voice can be heard on "Cold Enough," a song from French Horn Rebellion's new EP Love Is Dangerous. The peppy electro-pop arrangement sounds like a funked [...]

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Bells Atlas: New Mp3

Jan 25, 8:00am Muruch

"Video Star" is the new single by "Afro-Indie-Soul" band, Bells Atlas. The song is said to have been inspired in "by Björk and Missy Elliott," but the sound is closer to Zap Mama. It's refreshing and rhythmic. Bells Atlas are a four-member Californian band led by Nigerian-American artist Sandra Lawson-Ndu. the four-member band You can [...]

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Artist:	Bells Atlas
Title:	Video Star
Link Text:	Bells Atlas - Video Star
File Name:	01 Video Star.mp3

Contrast Podcast: 2012 Festive 50 Pt. 1

Jan 23, 8:00am Muruch

Part 1 of Contrast Podcast‘s 2012 Festive 50 has finally been posted. It features Muruch‘s Vic introducing the title track from Anaïs Mitchell's Young Man in America and Brendan intros "Better Now" from The Vesper's The Fourth Wall. The two albums were #1 and #2 on Muruch’s Top Albums of 2012 list. Contrast Podcast - [...]

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Title:	2012 Festive 50 Pt. 1
Link Text:	Contrast Podcast - 2012 Festive 50 Pt. 1
File Name:	130112Contrast232.mp3

Brooke Waggoner: Originator

Jan 22, 8:00am Muruch

Finally, new music to get excited about! Two weeks into 2013, I've been disappointed with the lackluster new releases I've heard so far. Then Brooke Waggoner's Originator blew in like a breath of very fresh air. I'd been anticipating the album since Brooke's spectacular set at Mountain Stage last November. Originator is set for release [...]

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Ambrosia Parsley: Free EP Download!

Jan 18, 8:00am Muruch

Former Shivaree singer Ambrosia Parsley is offering a free, legal download of her new EP, I miss you. I do. You can download the zipped mp3 files at the link below. As I posted last November, Ambrosia has been recording her fan-funded full-length solo debut, Weeping Cherry. The album will be released later this year. [...]

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Liz Lawrence: Free Album Download

Jan 16, 8:00am Muruch

Liz Lawrence's debut album, Bedroom Hero, is currently available as a "name your price" (including free) download on her Bandcamp page. I especially like the lovely title track ballad. Bedroom Hero by Liz Lawrence Liz Lawrence Official Site

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Kimiko Ishizak: Free Album Download

Jan 15, 8:00am Muruch

Guest Post By: Brendan Thanks to the fine people who supported a kickstarter campaign, Kimiko Ishizak's classical album, The Open Goldberg Variations, is available as a free download here and you can also stream it on Soundcloud. If you're inclined to support the artist, the double-disc album is also available to purchase from Amazon. The [...]

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Ivan & Alyosha: New Album & Mp3

Jan 11, 8:00am Muruch

Ivan & Alyosha were recommended to me since we here at Muruch like their labelmates, The Lumineers. Ivan & Alyosha have a similiarly buoyant, twinkling indie-folk sound. Can't wait to hear their album, All The Times We Had, which will be released February 26th. You stream and watch the video for their new song, "Running [...]

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Introducing Dysphemic & Miss Eliza

Jan 10, 8:00am Muruch

I stumbled upon Dysphemic & Miss Eliza's brilliant, beautiful and very cool EP, Synthetic Symphony, while browsing Bandcamp and it seems they've not been discovered by the world at large yet. The Australian duo are kindred spirits of Luminescent Orchestrii, playing - and apparently "pioneering" - what they deem "Classical Dub-step" music. Strings and beats, [...]

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Denny White: New Mp3 & Video

Jan 8, 8:30am Muruch

Californian singer-songwriter Denny White emailed me his new single, "Colors," and gave me permission to share the song with you fine folks. It's a very polished, ready-for-radio pop-rock tune, so I don't think he'll be sending his own press emails for long. You can stream and/or download a free, legal mp3 of the song below. [...]

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Artist:	DennyWhite
Title:	Colors
File Name:	SoundCloud