Once more we at Refrain Magazine have a beet truck load of free downloads, videos, and lots of new music. Some of these artists are brand new. Some are well-loved favorites. And some will make you say WTF! 

 I will be adding to this feature over the next week. But here are a few to whet your appetites for new music. Enjoy!

 TUUNG

 Those London-based twisted pop wonders, Tunng, will release their fourth album, …And Then We Saw Land, this April 2010 on Thrill Jockey Records, and it promises to be their best yet.

The band recently did a ten-day voyage of discovery with Malian desert bluesmen,  Tinariwen, a unique collaboration that aimed to fuse the sounds of the two bands together.  An experience that helped shape Tunng’s approach to the new album, “We learned that you don’t always need structure!  As long as there is presence, emotion and groove. It taught us that everything is open and adaptable…”

In the spirit of all that travel and experimentation, they’ve decided to call their new album …And Then We Saw Land – and it’s full of adventurous spirit.  The first Tunng album to take more than a year to write and produce, it’s packed with big choruses and joyful tunes. Three songs contain what the band describe as The Mega Chorus – a 15-strong group of collaborators and drinking buddies who lent their voices to the album one rainy night in an abandoned school hall in Old Street.  The same blend of rustic acoustic based folk, kitchen sink experimentalism, delicate electronics, and pop melodies that don’t let go still pervade and remain the core of Tunng’s rich sonic tapestry.  

Download their new song: “Don’t Look Down Or Back” here:

http://thrilljockey.com/assets/freedownload/Tuung-Dont_Look_Down_Or_Back.mp3

And check out the video for the track, “Bullets,” that appeared on the album Good Arrows (Thrill Jockey 2007) right here:

http://www.thrilljockey.com/vault/index.html?media_id=44

photo by Pearson

DIRTFOOT

“Dirtfoot … is a spectacle, a movable party with instruments.” — Janie Franz, Skopemag.com

“Imagine Nick Cave on a bed of rusty nails, the cover of “Gin and Juice” by the Gourds, some old-timey “Dem Bones,” Old Crow Medicine show culture-clash, and that subtle fecal stench of Mr. Bungle skronk sax craziness: let them stew in an oaken barrel for years and out comes Dirtfoot.” — Spencer, Synthesis.net

“From laid back odes to liquor and lovers, to foot-stomping sing-a-longs their sound manages to be effortlessly their own. With the abundance of musical acts these days, they are certainly a refreshing alternative. Not to mention, it is almost impossible not to at least… jump up and dance along.” — Rachel, www.scenestars.net

Check out their music here:

http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/artist_23941

THE DISCO BISCUITS

New Album, Planet Anthem, Has New Release Date: March 16th (Diamond Riggs Records)

The Video for “You and I” won the MTVu’s Freshman Five and is in Rotation on MTV2’s Subterranean!  See it here:

And the MP3 for “On Time” can be found here: ttp://www.girlieaction.com/music/the_disco_biscuits/downloads/On%20Time.mp3

GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals just debuted their new video for “White Rabbit” (off the Almost Alice Soundtrack). You can view it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vy1OoBAL-E

Also, it’s official – their third album, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, will be released June 8th on Hollywood Records.

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