Music Picks For The Week

For this week I am going to share albums and or songs that I have found on a pretty amazing website called freemusicarchive.org. It is completely legal music from virtually unknown and obscure independent bands and artists. And a music nerds dream location to find random music.

So here are my favorite albums and or songs that I have found on Free Music Archive:

1. Voice Of Christmas Past (23 Original Vintage Recordings From 1898 to 1922)- This might be my favorite album ever. This is definitely a record of dubious origin (boot-leg), but it is amazing. These are pretty much the first Christmas songs ever recorded. And it is a piece of history really. Also there is a version of Noel (Holy Night) by the Venetian Trio that is so peaceful and beautiful
2. The Victor Herbert Orchestra- Edison Cylinders- Another record of dubious origin. This is a phonograph rip and it is great industrial America early 20th century music.
3. Albert Beger- Big Mother- This is like Brian Eno meets jazz. It is a really interesting album. Good easy listening music.
4. Feu Machin- Kojotl Beat- This is a 5:34 predominately guitar-loop led instrumental. No lyrics or words. Just awesome.
5. Holy Coast- Self Titled- This album I found mind blowing. It is folk, it is garage, it is a lot of things. And it blends so well together. I love this album.
6. Kevin Purvis- Ain't No Reason To Write No Letters- Bluesy and folksy album. Really good song writing. Better than a lot of popular music today. And it is a very intimate album.
7. Kingface- Live at Washington DC's 9:30 Club, 1988- This one of the best live garage/punk albums I have ever heard. For real. The lead singer sounds like the guy from Reel Big Fish. This album is just in your face the whole time. You feel the mosh pit.
8. Los Negretes- Los últimos diez minutos  de Maria Duval- This is a Spanish punk band. All of the songs are in Spanish. Everything is Spanish. I can not understand a single word. But I flibbing love it.
9. Means- The Divine Right of Means- This is like a combination of the Hives, White Stripes, and Arctic Monkeys. Really good garage album.
10. The Munitionettes- Fast Jurassic- A poors man Hot Chip. Really cool. Punk/Progressive/Chip/Garage album.
11. Mystic Morison Visions- Fuzzy Set- Like I have stated before, this Russian band is like Rush backwards. It is prog-jazz and it is so refreshing to listen to.
12. Motorama- Alps- This a really well organized modern Indie record. There one song in particular (Compass) that I really love. It gives me a real Joy Division/Cure vibe.
13. Sendelica- The Mellow Mushroom Cosmic Cloud- I.... I do not know how to adequately describe this album.
14. Stems- Stems- Great Indie lyrics. Great garage album. Free Music Archive is the mecca for fantastic garage bands.
15. Stephan Siebert- Stephan Siebert- Let me just leave you with the album description this German jazz/piano player left for his description:

"musik ist eigentlich ein individuelles mittel zur kommunikation von dem, wofür es keine worte mehr gibt es auszudruecken.
gefuehl zu gefuehl … seele zu seele.

direkte beruehrung des wesenhaften."

Which translates to...

"music is actually a means for communication of the individual, for which there are nowords to express everything there is.
a soul feeling to feeling ... soul.
direct contact with the intrinsic."

Best description for music I have ever heard.