Blog posts by year and monthJuly 2014
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MPFree: The Megaphonic Thrift 鈥� Bergen Revels
Today鈥檚 MPFree comes from Norwegian four-piece The Megaphonic Thrift, who鈥檝e been described as a 鈥渕asterclass in sonic terrorism鈥�.
MPFree: Menace Beach - Lowtalkin'
Wednesday's MPFree download comes from Leeds duo Menace Beach. They聽released their EP Lowtalker earlier this year and now they鈥檙e back with more, a double-A sided single featuring two new tracks 'Tennis Court' and 'Lowtalkin''. The latter聽being today's Mpfree download. You can get this before it...
Memory Tapes: Memoirs Of A Shoe Gazing Gentleman
Today we have an extra special Memory Tape from music writer, critic and journalist David Quantick, who takes us down Memory Lane with a Shoe-Gazing theme tape! You may remember David wrote a column called Memoirs of a Shoe Gazing Gentleman in the NME as Lord Tarquin back in the 90s. Let him gui...
MPFree: Erland & The Carnival - Daughter
Today鈥檚 MPFree comes from Erland & The Carnival. Erland being Erland Cooper a young fellow from Orkney, and The Carnival being multri-instrumentalist Simon Tong of The Verve, The Good The Bad and The Queen and聽Gorillaz. A decade after forming they return in excellent form with their third record...
MPFree: Lost Midas - Archetype Forgotten
Today鈥檚 free download comes from somebody we鈥檝e had our eye on for quite some time now, and they鈥檝e finally arrived with more material in their cache.聽
MPFree: Black Rivers 鈥� The Ship
Today鈥檚 MPFree comes from the remaining two-thirds of Doves, the Williams brothers Jez and Andy. And it feels like the brothers are revisiting their days as Sub Sub.
Desert Island Disco: Get Up Offa That Thing
Today's castaway is聽Alacoque Davey in Northern Ireland, and she enjoys a proper get-down boogie! Remember to send your Desert Island Disco party tracks to: lauren.6music@bbc.co.uk. That's exactly what Alacoque did:
MPFree: Crooked Hands - Freefall
Today鈥檚 free download comes from Crooked Hands. And we just seemed to find them a little too late.
The Raveonettes-Sisters (MPFree)
Today鈥檚 free download came out of the blue yesterday from our favourite Danish 鈥渘arco-rock鈥� duo Sune Rose Wagner and Sharin Foo.
Memory Tapes: Happy, Crazy, Fun Filled Memories
Today's Memory Tape comes from Nina McNair, who's sharing a tape all about her best friend Denise. They met, they partied, they grew up, they're the best of friends. Remember, you can send in your story and tracklist anytime to: lauren.6music@bbc.co.uk.