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July 2

D Rain

I lived for a time in a shed with one of those corrugated fiberglass roofs. It rained. Then it stopped. Then started again. Etc. [more inside]

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posted by Danf at 3:01 PM - 0 comments

Olive Fields

I got the idea for this tune while driving through the farmlands of Northern California. Introspective and calming.

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posted by dagosto at 1:47 PM - 1 comment

Henrietta Park

Final upload from my pile of rejects - ok, the other two weren't exactly the dog's bollocks (which is why they were jettisoned - duh), but this one..........hell, even I like this... [more inside]

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posted by MajorDundee at 1:04 PM - 0 comments

A Brief History of the Meaning of Life

Its me, Eric Idle and Stephen Hawking in an all-new supergroup. [more inside]

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posted by criticalbill at 9:38 AM - 1 comment

This Party is Over

Another from my series of lo-fi punk and glam inspired songs about the Interweb, this time dealing with Web hoaxes and tragedies. [more inside]

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posted by Astro Zombie at 9:00 AM - 1 comment

Oh Wow

Brazilian Infomercial fodder. [more inside]

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posted by chococat at 12:22 AM - 1 comment

July 1

Hidden Places / Secret Spaces

by Fralex9. Recorded March 21, 2009 at Studio A, Seattle, Washington Vocals and guitar: Sken Bass: Jim Hartley Drums: Abraham Calleros Recording and mixing by Matt Hanrahan

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posted by augustweed at 5:05 PM - 1 comment

My Baby Crying

Bill Fox song appears for the first time on the internet: Bill re-retires out of shame. [more inside]

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posted by Potomac Avenue at 4:52 PM - 1 comment

Word Czar

A goofy, gleeful, garage-y little summer-in-the-city song. [more inside]

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posted by DaDaDaDave at 12:22 PM - 3 comments

Barely Legal

Another of my punk and glam rock-inspired songs about the Interwebs. [more inside]

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posted by Astro Zombie at 8:00 AM - 1 comment

Walkin on Ground

More experimental/Low-fi hip-hop. When I say low-fi, I mean it this time. [more inside]

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posted by swellingitchingbrain at 7:59 AM - 0 comments

Atriplex - Order 240

Some more space music, a little majestic and melodic this time. [more inside]

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posted by Jimbob at 2:01 AM - 0 comments

Excellent Unicorn

I hope that Futurecop doesn't mind that I'm ripping off their style verbatim. I know that I sure don't. This was fun as hell to make.

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posted by CarrotAdventure at 1:56 AM - 2 comments

June 30

Not Nice

Another from the waste-bin of demos that never went anywhere. Gauging from the effects unit, I'd say 1996; at least pre-1997.

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posted by chococat at 11:51 PM - 0 comments

Acappellujah

It's still June for another hour and seventeen minutes, server time. [more inside]

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posted by cortex at 10:43 PM - 4 comments

Ha! Lay, Lou. Yah?

Squeaking in under the wire with a three-quarters-assed cover for the June challenge. [more inside]

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posted by andrewraff at 8:40 PM - 0 comments

Oh Ma Gad Yall

Hello metafilter music I forgot about you.
Vocal sample taken from youtube, used FLStudio 8 so I wouldn't have to spend 45 minutes making synths not sound like MIDI soundfonts.

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posted by tehloki at 7:43 PM - 0 comments

Stony Brook

From the back catalog of The Olivers. Somehow this one never made it over here. As always, interested in y'all's thoughts.

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posted by Navelgazer at 4:23 PM - 0 comments

Lullaby For A Spin Doctor

#2 in a short series of 3 "rediscovered" tracks from my pile of untitled cds - which were heading for the bin until I decided I'd better check them out first. Again, about 5 or 6 years old (at a guess) this one's pretty off-centre..... [more inside]

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posted by MajorDundee at 2:19 PM - 0 comments

The Fort

A simple beat I made using samples of the kids in my class saying their names. [more inside]

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posted by cloeburner at 7:56 AM - 1 comment

Boys Dads And Stars

A simple, starry-eyed moment. [more inside]

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posted by Moistener at 12:50 AM - 0 comments

June 29

Looking at Things, Doing Stuff

Another chill orchestration of guitar, drums, bass, flute, and sax. The solo at the end is one of my favorites. [more inside]

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posted by dagosto at 10:06 PM - 3 comments

Flaut.

She's a bad Moogerfooger. [more inside]

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posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 8:47 PM - 0 comments

Beat It

Just a small goodbye tribute Michael Jackson. After all the mike Ive heard just outside my window even. It would feel wrong not to pay respect. Peace

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posted by american caesar at 6:41 PM - 0 comments

MJ's Gone

A Boards of Canada-esque song that I made the day that Michael died. [more inside]

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posted by cloeburner at 7:34 AM - 0 comments

June 28

Counsellors Don't Lie

The trials of trying to get prescription medicine through counsellors. [more inside]

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posted by lhude sing cuccu at 4:06 PM - 1 comment

60 minutesss

Experimental/Low-Fi, Un-ironic Nerdcore Hip-Hop [more inside]

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posted by swellingitchingbrain at 11:31 AM - 3 comments

Eden

Some ambient-ey stuff I've been working on for a while. Somehow I think it could should actually be longer... [more inside]

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posted by azarbayejani at 9:21 AM - 3 comments

Atriplex - ISS

A little space music, with random satellite transmissions.

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posted by Jimbob at 3:47 AM - 3 comments

Internet Famous

Another in my series of glam rock-styled lo-fi songs about the Web. [more inside]

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posted by Astro Zombie at 12:17 AM - 3 comments

June 27

Revolutionary

A song i wrote a few months ago and just recently recorded. Again, recorded straight into my Macbook Pro. One take for Guitar and lead Vocals, one take for backup vocals. [more inside]

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posted by ichthuz at 10:06 PM - 1 comment

Gumby-lujah

In an alternate dimension, where Leonard Cohen is from Yorkshire, stupid things happen. [more inside]

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posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 3:47 PM - 3 comments

June 26

Reasonably Appropriate Affections

A melody I had in my head for a while that I just had to get out. [more inside]

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posted by dagosto at 7:51 PM - 7 comments

Sundowner

Recorded 5 years ago. Frankly, a bit of a mess. Lyric is vaguely about relationship breakdown, but is "stream of consciousness" i.e. bollocks. But......something there? Worth re-recording/working on? I dunno. You might tell me.

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posted by MajorDundee at 3:43 PM - 12 comments

Mozzarella

Part two of the epic Cheese trilogy. [more inside]

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posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 2:18 PM - 3 comments

Creative Commons Happy Birthday Song

I decided to create a new birthday song for people who don't feel like breaking the copyright laws or don't have $10,000 to spare. It belongs to the internet now!

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posted by I Foody at 8:28 AM - 4 comments

June 25

Thoughts of Rain

This is a chill instrumental easy listening rock piece. Drums, bass, guitar, and saxophones accompanied by a storm. [more inside]

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posted by dagosto at 2:51 PM - 7 comments

June 24

favorite flavor

bouncy and better than dark chocolate.....from a new band called seratone n. [more inside]

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posted by kimyo at 11:11 PM - 1 comment

Chain and Shadow

This song is a direct result of a Flickr comment. I took a photograph, titled Chain and Shadow, and posted it to Flickr in March. A contact there, who knows my music, commented: "chain & shadow" is sweet. get out your strumstick and write a song.... And I thought, yeah, he's right, there's a song there for sure. I wrote one, and recorded it yesterday. I also discovered that "chain and shadow" (or some close variant) is a popular photographic theme indeed at Flickr. Hope y'all enjoy the tune. And/or the photograph(s). [more inside]

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posted by flapjax at midnite at 9:20 PM - 10 comments

The Bunny Who Wanted to be a Rat

Would you like to hear a story, boys and girls? [more inside]

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posted by askmeaboutLOOM at 10:46 AM - 11 comments

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