Root Down in the Shadow

Day 4 of my quest to share free music once a day until I run out of sources. Be sure to tell me what you think here or at the Facebook site .  Today's band is ANDREW BIRD. In recent weeks Andrew Bird has had some free tracks across the web in support of his brand new album.  You may have missed KCRW's Today's Top Tune free download of 'Give It Away' the stellar lead single from Break It Yourself.   (NOTE: Today's Top Tune is only available on the specific day.. subscribe via iTunes now to prevent missing future awesomeness) Andrew Bird performing 'Eyeoneye' on the Colbert Report The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes , Political Humor & Satire Blog , Video Archive You still have the opportunity to download, 'Eyeoneye' via KEXP's Song of the Day .  The track is also available through a Noisetrade for a four track Andrew Bird sampler! via AndrewBird.net If you don't go for the Noisetrade sam...

Free Music ALERT: I've been browsing the net a lot this week, searching for some cool places for music to share.  Here's the best of what I found:  Brown Bird - Fingers to the Bone by supplyanddemand This is one of the singles from the new Brown Bird album Salt for Salt, released in October a few weeks ago.  This album and the corresponding E.P.  The Sound of Ghosts are just infectious.  If you start listening to them, it will be very hard to stop. Brown Bird just started touring with the Devil Makes Three another incredibly enjoyable band.  Catch them if they come to your town.  Regrettably this match up won't be coming to Philly just yet.  For more info on Brown Bird , check out the interview with one half of the band MorganEve Swain ! While browsing SoundCloud.com for some free tracks, I came upon more of the Dum Dum Girls. They are currently on tour in support of  Only In Dreams .  Feel free to p...

My man on the inside, recently gave me a recommendation to check out Boston based David Wax Museum .  I had heard something of the band once prior very quickly and my first mistaken reaction was that it belonged on a bad soundtrack for Friends , so I wasn't so sure I was going to give it a very long listen. Unexpectedly to me, the band had been gaining steam.  On Feb 1, David Wax Museum was featured as the Today's Top Tune by KRCW .  Also, my friend was so confident that I would enjoy the band, he picked up a copy of the band's new disc Everything is Saved specifically for me.  When I received the disc from my friend Matt, it was perfectly timed with the start of this new blog. Naturally, I had decided after I would give it a listen, that it could be future "Recommedned to Me" post.  I was surprised how much I really liked the band.  I had placed it into a playlist of music obtained all in the same night.  I was determined to give a complete listen t...