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The Cheapskate: The Greatest Summer 2010 DIY Mixtape (Side 3)
Posted by rober in The Cheapskate on September 3rd, 2010
The second volume of our DIY summer mixtape focuses on hip/hop; dance and electronica. Side Three begins with Californian electro-funk master Dâm-Funk and contains highlights by the likes of KanYe West; Chromeo; Janelle Monáe…
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The Cheapskate: The Greatest Summer 2010 DIY Mixtape (Side 2)
Posted by rober in The Cheapskate on August 26th, 2010
We continue with our mega DIY double summer mixtape, with the Side 2 of the first volume, which has a more indie pop flavour, beginning with dance-pop favourites Cut Copy and including summer highlights by Of Montreal; Jens Lekman; Blonde Redhead; etc.
If you missed Side 1, you can get it here.
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The Cheapskate: The Greatest Summer 2010 DIY Mixtape (SIDE 1)
Posted by rober in The Cheapskate on August 21st, 2010
The Cheapskate has been on summer leave and on returning we’ve found so much quality free material piled up, that we are doing a ‘Summer wrap-up special’ to compile it all; Beginning with the free tracks that have been made available during all this months.
To include them all, we have created our own improvised DIY double mixtape. We’ll provide a suggested tracklist and links to all songs in four different posts –one per side-, and all you have to do is download and add them in your collection.
The tracklist for SIDE 1, which begins with queen of summer herself Bethany Cosentino and her band Best Coast, after the jump Read the rest of this entry »
The Cheapskate: The Month In Freebies
Posted by rober in General, The Cheapskate on June 10th, 2010
The freebie bonanza rose to a new height last month. Not only many artists gave away their brand new tracks; but also DJ compiled mixtapes; label sponsored series of free MP3’s; podcasts; etc.
In the mixtape department Kanye West ‘s official beatmaster A-TRAK offered the second installment of his acclaimed ‘Dirty South Dance’. This time the mix was somehow less eclectic and more US rap based, but still an excellent work that can be obtained for nothing.
Teen heartthrob and rapper T.I. celebrated that his trouble with the law has gone with his brand new ‘Fuck A Mixtape’, anticipating both his new album ‘King Uncaged’ and his acting debut ‘Takers’.
In the US, one of the most promising new MC’s, PILL, keeps on offering his output through an acclaimed series of mixtapes that are helping to rise his profile until his debut finally materializes. The lates one ‘1140: The Overdose’ was launched last week.
The Caribbean project of DJ/producers Diplo & Switch, MAJOR LAZER, put their hands back to work compiling a mixtape for British electro-popstars LA ROUX, currently celebrating their track ‘Bulletproof’ breaking into the US mainstream charts. The ‘Lazerproof’ mixtape blends some of the moments from the Brit duo’s debut with DJs from the Diplo’s stable Mad Decent and features collaborations by some of the newest stars in the rap and dancehall field such as Drake, Gucci Mane or Gyptian.
Among the DJ mixes available for everyone to enjoy. US hipster NICK CATCHDUBS compiled the trendiest sounds for the summer on his ‘Pink Lemonade Mix’; across the Atlantic Jamie from the XX prepared a chiller and more atmospheric mix for Collette; whereas British music Tabloid NME put together some tracks from up and coming talent in the third offering of their ‘Radar Mixtape’.
Many global brands are increasingly using music for their marketing strategies. Levi’s has just began a free mp3 download series in which indie artists such as The Shins; She & Him; etc. cover some of their favorite artists. The series began with Dirty Projectors’ cover of Dylan’s ‘I dreamed I saw St. Augustine’.
The Bleep website has teamed up with Sonar Festival, offering a couple of mp3s of participating artists -Fuck Buttons; Broadcast; etc.- per week as a way to warm up until the festival takes place in Barcelona –and also in La Coruña from this year onwards- on the 17th of June.
Last but not least, the US cartoon channel for grown-ups Adult Swim, began a series of 8 singles to be downloaded one per week from their website. Cutting edge artists such as Madvillain; Washed Out; etc have already offered their contribution.
Elsewhere, The Fader in association with Nike has curated 6 different mixtapes, each one dedicated to a different continent as a way to kickstart the arrival of the World Football Championship. Canyons; Sinden and Maga Bo are the DJs behind some of them.
In Spain Heineken was behind the celebrations of the recently held ‘Day Of The Music’, with a number of gigs by local and European bands taking place. Each one of them gave away a new track to a compilation to mark the occasion. Nacho Vegas; Christina Rosenvinge & Bejamin Biolay and Sr. Chinarro were among the participating artists. The ‘Día de la música’ compilation in full is also available as a free download.
Other historical record given away in Spain is a compilation to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Radio 3, in which new artists such as La Bien Querida provided alternative soundtracks or covered existing ones for some of the radio station’s best known shows. In the States, The Rub Story Of Hip-Hop, dedicated to remember the best rap songs through the years, reached the year 2000 and mixed a large amount of the genre’s best tracks released at the time.
And two rarities that have seen the light of day. The odd collaboration between MF Doom and Sacha Baron Cohen, when the latter was promoting the launch of his classic comedy ‘Borat’. With Doom adding the vocals to Borat’s rhythms, the pair renamed as MF BORAT has prepared a 5-track EP ‘The Man & the Moustache’ unveiling their recordings.
On a completely different ground, experimental musician Daniel Lopatin, whose ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER moniker is about to release one of the most anticipated albums of the year in the blogosphere; gets the promotion rolling by releasing the ‘REAL SHIT/I AM YOUR DRIVER -7%%%%% VOL. I Mix’ in which the artist reveals some of the influences behind his sound.
The Cheapskate: The Month In Free Tracks
Posted by rober in The Cheapskate on June 9th, 2010
The Freemium economic philosophy seems to be establishing as the way to go in the world of music. Each week there is more and more top notch material given away. This week’s selection begins with the welcome return to shape of electronic titans UNDERWORLD, who take advantage of the fact British electronic music from the nineties is back in trend. The band is offering their surprisingly catchy comeback single ‘Scribble’ in exchange for your mailing details.
Another of the ongoing retro trends is the revisiting of the C-86 British indie sounds, and no one has done it with more tuneful charm and accuracy than THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART. The four piece from Brooklyn are giving away their brand new single ‘Say No To Love’ and its B-side ‘Lost Saint’ one month ahead of its physical release. At the same time, they have launched a video for their former track ‘Higher Than The Stars’.
And hotly tipped for glory US youngsters THE DRUMS have just released their eponymous debut album surrounded by rave reviews. A remix of their latest single ‘Forever & Ever Amen’ by British indie legends St. Etienne is been offered as a freebie for their growing number of fans.
The world renowned Daytrotter sessions added two new artist to their illustrious list of performers: British energetic rock trio MALE BONDING and Brooklyn popsters TWIN SISTERS. Both recordings are available for everyone to download at Daytrotter’s webpage.
The latest FOUR TET album was a welcomed recovery of Kieran Hebden’s top form and the most recent track taken off from is ‘Angel Echoes’ as remixed by CARIBOU. More electronic artists who return: MATTHEW DEAR premieres his new album under his real name with first taster ‘I Can Feel’ and Dubstep star Kode 9 is responsible for the latest FACT mix. One of his new tracks, ‘You Down Wash’ is also available as a free download.
Exploring more indie ground, JOSE GONZALEZ reignites one of his past projects, the band JUNIP, and offers a krautrock infused 4-track EP anticipating the arrival of their first work in the autumn. Portland trio MENOMENA keep on teasing about their imminent comeback by offering another track ‘Five Little Rooms’; Classic rock revivalists BLACK MOUNTAIN gave away their new single ‘Old Fangs’ and Sub Pop’s all-girl garage band DUM DUM GIRLS were also in generous mood by making their last two singles available gratis.
The Cheapskate: The National; Latin American Indie; Phoenix…
Posted by rober in The Cheapskate on March 26th, 2010
This week has brought us a few top quality freebies for all you saving conscious music lovers: Track wise The National were giving away ‘Bloodbuzz Ohio’, the surprising first single –we thought it would be the already leaked ‘Terrible Love’- from their forthcoming fifth album ‘High Violet’.
Ex-Beta Band frontman Steve Mason provided another taster from his solo debut, ‘Lost And Found’, a trendy Active Child remix of which can also be downloaded for free. And Madonna’s mates and gipsy rockers Gogol Bordello began their way towards world domination with ‘Pala Tute’, taken from their Rick Rubin produced new album.
Leftfield Latin American bands were given an online boost this week with both Pitchfork and Club Fonograma giving away samplers of the most interesting up and coming new artist in the Spanish speaking continent. Pitchfork has compiled a mix to celebrate the MTYMX festival to be held soon in Mexico City–highlights include Jovenes Y Sexys; Chikita Violenta; etc. Meanwhile, Club Fonograma offered the seventh volume of their regular ‘Fonogramáticos’ compilation, covering the most adventurous sounds across the Latin world –Dominican Rita Indiana; Spanish indie band Los Punsetes and Chile’s new folkies Los Mil Jinetes are some of the best moments.
On the live stages, Phoenix gave away a full live album recorded in Sidney a few weeks ago during their current world tour. It offers renditions of eight out of the nine songs that formed their acclaimed ‘Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix’.
Just a stream, but equally interesting, Joanna Newsom is letting her fans to check the sound of her current tour by showcasing one of her recent shows via NPR radio.
The Cheapskate: Best Free Music
Posted by rober in The Cheapskate on February 3rd, 2010
Another week, another feast for lovers of free music: There has been no shortage of prime track downloads and mixtapes during the last few days. Beginning with Yeasayer, the rising Brooklyn combo is previewing their festive second album “Odd Blood” –which can be heard in full at Myspace- with the free download of their second single “O.N.E.”, the follow-up of “Ambling Alp”.
Four Tet, still earning rave reviews for his latest opus “There is love in you”, went to the BBC to broadcast his take on the Beeb’s much loved Essential Mix series. You can listen to the whole mix at Four Tet’s website and it can also be found on Download format.
The laptop-electronica artist formerly known as Manitoba, now morphed into a proper band formation under the moniker of Caribou, is back with “Swim”; offering the excellent first taster “Odessa” for free, which is currently riding high in our loop.
Raekwon put the cream on top of an incredible year, in which The Chief has gathered unanimous acclaim for the second installment of his “Only Built For Cuban Lynx” classic, with a new mixtape “Coke Up In Dollar Bill” compiling freestyle moments, some of them in the Company of other Wu-Tang members such as the late ODB.
Bullion, a DJ and remixer from the London neighborhood of Acton has curated this month’s Fact magazine mix. The rising artist has just released his new single “Say Goodbye To What”, samping Buffie Sainte Marie and wrapping her speeded-up vocals in all sorts of uplifting arrangements.
Other online magazine, Verbicide, offers the volume 3 of its mixtape with recent greats from Animal Collective, Elliott Smith; Dum Dum Girls; etc included.
Last year it seem that Canada’s frenetic pop activity was put on hold, but 2010 begins with news of some of their most iconic bands (Arcade Fire; Broken Social Scene; etc) releasing new works and with some new names surfacing. Ontario’s ethereal duo Memoryhouse, self-described as the bedroom recording project of a neo-classical composer and a photographer, is giving away a full EP worth of music named “The Years”.
Meanwhile, L.A. based band Dios are also giving away the two tracks comprising their “1st Quartet” single.
From Sunderland, England, the band of the Brewis brothers have readied their third album, “Measure”, after a gap year shaping up different side projects. Field Music’s first single “Them that do nothing” was available online before Christmas and now the trio is giving away the title track to plug the album’s release.
Somewhere else in England, Peter Gabriel keeps unveiling the contents of his covers album “Scratch My Back”, after Arcade Fire’s “My Body is a cage”, now is the turn for Bon Iver’s “Flume”, an mp3 of which is offered as a freebie.
Listen to Madonna’s good album “shocker”
Posted by rober in The Cheapskate on April 22nd, 2008
MADONNA feat. JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE & TIMBALAND-4 minutes
After the huge disappointment that was her much advertised going back to disco roots in “Confessions on the dancefloor” and some terrible moments that arrived afterwards, like the ballad she penned specially for the Live Earth fiasco –acoustic pollution reached new heights thanks to it-, everybody thought Madonna’s career was starting its natural decline. But in another display of heavy weaponry, at 50, she’s back with a new album, her last ever for Warner after a lucrative tour/merchandising/record deal with concert promoter Live nation, anticipated by the rather good duet with Justin Timberlake “4 minutes”. And, luckily enough, it is an excellent one. Read the rest of this entry »
The Cheapskate: Björk Tribute; R.E.M. show; Matador Sampler and Music TV Online
Posted by rober in The Cheapskate on April 1st, 2008
“Gran Ganga” comes again packed with freebies, beginning with the new offering in Stereogum’s series of tributes to classic albums. After “OK Computer” and “Automatic For The People” now is the turn to pay respect to Björk’s second solo album “Post”. Among the bands gathered for the occasion, Liars give a noisy rendition of “Army Of Me”; Dirty Projectors apply their chamber pop antics to “Hyperballad” with a great deal of success; and No Age, Atlas Sound, Xiu Xiu, Evangelicals and Spanish sensation El Guincho give their best shots to the rest of tracks. The album is free to download at Stereogum’s popular blog.
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“Gran Ganga” The Cheapskate: Free Radiohead and Alela Diane gigs; Sigur Rós film; SXSW Torrent; etc.
Posted by rober in The Cheapskate on March 12th, 2008
ALELA DIANE-The Pirate’s Gospel
Our “Gran Ganga” comes back loaded with all sort of exciting freebies for all of us cheapskates. This month: a whole cartoon series; a feature film, a new found lost track from one of popular music’s most influential bands ever and the usual array of listening parties, mixtapes and free online and real live shows.
+Beginning with Alt-folk vocalist Alela Diane, who is in London playing tonight at Bush Hall the gorgeous compositions included in her debut collection “The Pirate’s Gospel”. She will be also performing a free live set next Friday’s during lunchtime at Rough Trade East shop, probably to thank them for choosing her album as the best of 2007. Next to favorites like “The rifle”, we hope to hear some new songs from her forthcoming second opus, expected later this year. Some of them are already circulating online. Read the rest of this entry »
Introducing “Gran Ganga” The Cheapskate
Posted by rober in The Cheapskate on February 14th, 2008
PEDRO ALMODOVAR’s early days in Almodovar & McNamara.
Named after a character created by Pedro Almodovar for his shockingly funny early efforts in pop music as part of the duo “Almodovar & MacNamara” and later used in the acclaimed director’s second feature film “Labyrinth of Passions”; Roberawards gets into his best charity shop outfit to premiere a new section, dedicated to everything that’s free; gratis; for-no-money-whatsoever available on the net.
With tough financial prospects for 2008, we though we should play a stronger social role as community benefactors, helping our readers to save a few pounds by pointing them towards the finest free entertainment.
Our first delivery includes free Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Vampire Weekend gigs; a take away show from Animal Collective; a few top of the range mixtapes and a mad as a hatter, indie artist giving away for free his complete back catalogue.
You’re welcome.
Con nombre de canción de Almodovar en uno de sus primeros intentos de triunfar en el mundo del pop en su dueto con McNamara; posteriormente usada en su segundo largometraje “Laberinto de Pasiones”; Roberawards se enfunde en sus mejores galas de segunda mano para presentar una nueva sección dedicada a destacar el mejor entretenimiento gratuito disponible en el ciberespacio.
Con todo apuntando a que el 2008 será un año economicamente duro, pensamos que era hora de ejercer una mayor responsabilidad social, enfundandonos en el papel de benefactores de la comunidad y ayudando a nuestros lectores a ahorrarse unas perrillas encaminándoles hacia horas de fina diversión sin moverse del PC.
Nuestra primera entrega incluye un show pret a porter de Animal Collective, varias mixtapes de altura y la locura de un artista indie que ha puesto a disposición de sus fans todo su fonde de catálogo.
De Nada. Read the rest of this entry »
Digital Gifts Bonanza
Posted by rober in The Cheapskate on October 3rd, 2007
DEERHOOF-This Magnificent Bird Will Rise (Live at Primavera Sound 2007)
The digital world’s upheaval after last Saturday’s Radiohead announcement continues with two of 2007 most prominent bands being in giveaway mood through their websites.
First of them, Deerhoof, have put an album worth of rare, live and unreleased MP3s available to download for free via their website. The tracklist goes as follows:
1) “Holy night fever”
2) “Rrrrrrright: germlin remix”
3) “Milk man”
4) “Our angels ululu”
5) “Look away part two”
6) “Kidz are so small”
7) “Someone’s swizz-deerhoof mash up we found”
“Jorge b.s. friend”
9) “Flower, panda, you’re our two, the last trumpeter swan”
10) “Unused dedication sound effect”
11) “The perfect me: cover by so cow”
12) “Twin killers”
13) “Milking”
Download or stream Deerhoof’s new MP3s here.
ARCADE FIRE-Money Changes Everything (Cyndi Lauper Cover, Live at The Hollywood Bowl)
And, to create new expectations, Arcade Fire have just warned their fans to go to http://www.beonlineb.com on Saturday October the 6th for more surpises, Gratis!!
Last, but not least, superblog Stereogum has launched the second installment of its tribute to iconic albums series. If a few weeks ago, the likes of Marissa Nadler, The Twilight Set, My Brightest Diamond, etc. covered the whole of “OK Computer” and renamed it “OKX” for the occasion; now it comes the turn for another Rober award winning album, the last of R.E.M.’s finest hours, “Automatic for the people”.
Titled “Driver XV”, to commemorate its release fifteen years ago, TheVeils, Blitzen Trapper, Figurines and The Wrens stand out from a myriad of fresh indie talent celebrating the sounds of Athens, Georgia’s music legends.
Click here for the whole tracklist and/or free album dowload.
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