Each week we select music from an independent artist we’re excited about and bring it to you, for free, as our Indie Free Download. “Tiger Child” is by The Young Romans, a Los Angeles his-and-hers singer/songwriter duo; their music recently appeared in Salmon Fishing in Yemen. The Young Romans’ sweet harmonies and acoustic strums camouflage a lyrical ferocity, hinting that beneath the furry exterior roars the heart of a forest cat. “Tiger Child” is the title track of The Young Romans’ latest album.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or a band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Canción de la Semana. Monica Lionheart has built up a solid group of fans thanks to her, strong-yet-etherial work with bands like Zigmat and Pacha Massive. For her solo outing, she continues to blend the worlds of electro-pop and atmospheric torch ballads. For "Escape Strategy", she leans heavy on the former – finding a direct line between artists like Berlin and the Chromatics.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. There’s something about this cozy pop-rock ditty that keeps growing on us. The English quintet’s blend of melodic guitar interplay and pensive-yet-earnest vocals strikes a warming chord. It’s a sympathetic tale about people caught in flux.
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Each week we’ll be selecting music from an independent artist who we’re excited about and bringing it to you, for free, as our Indie Free Download. If you were one of the thousands following the events at Austin’s annual SXSW festival, you may have heard of The Lumineers. This Denver-based trio had a run of amazing performances while there and the word has been spreading fast. "Hey Ho" shows the appeal–emotional acoustic folk-pop with and indie rock grandeur–somewhere between The Civil Wars and Arcade Fire.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Canciòn de la Semana. You can hear cumbia and dancehall influences in this blazing track from Buenos Aires’ Mati Zundel. The swaying groove, stomping drums, and rumbling bass roll together to form a colorful pastiche we’d expect from a sonic scavenger like Diplo. This high-energy track is featured on Zundel’s debut album, Amazonico Gravitante.
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Each week we find a track from an artist or band we’ve been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Complexity is what makes Alabama Shakes so intriguing. The Athens, Ga.–based Southern rock band has roots in the local punk rock scene but sounds steeped in the old-school traditions of Muscle Shoals. On their rollicking single “Hold On,” Brittany Howard belts lyrics with Joplinesque abandon to Heath Fogg’s Skynardian guitar riffs. If “Hold On” is any indication, patience really is a virtue.
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