MP3s Roundup: Melvins, Tortoise, Future Of The Left, Twilight Sad

OK, kittens, here it is: a roundup of all the MP3s we have presented thus far on the IndiePit Blog - and some ones that hadn’t found a home yet. Well, at least, we’re pretty sure we got ‘em all. We’ve been pubbing a lot lately, yo.

Enjoy.

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Artist: Care Bears on Fire
Label: S-Curve
Latest release: Get Over It! (out today)
Download: “Superteen”

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Description: The opening bass riff sounds just like Acetone’s “Shobud” - now there’s one for the hard-core muzos - but when the rest of the songkicks in, the similarities bend toward the Donnas. Fun, light, playful.

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Artist: Karen Dalton
Label: Light in the Attic
Latest release: It’s So Hard to Tell Who’s Going to Love You the Best
Download: “Are You Leaving for the Country”

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Read more: “Light in the Attic: Dusting Off Betty Davis, Free MP3s”

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Artist: Dark Knights of Camelot
Label: Olympic Records
Latest release: Hurrication EP (out today)
Download: “Purple Undertones”

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Read more: “Release Me: Dark Knights Of Camelot, Grizzly Bear, Young Widows”

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Artist: The Donnas
Label: Purple Feather
Newest release: Greatest Hits Volume 16
Download: “Get Off”

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Read more: “Release Me: MGMT, The Donnas, Moss, Renminbi”

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Artist: Drummer
Label: Audio Eagle
Newest release: Feel Good Together
Download: “Feel Good Together“

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Read more: “RecaPitulation: Blitzen Trapper, Shudder To Think, Drummer“

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Artist: Noel Ellis
Label: Light in the Attic
Newest release: Noel Ellis
Download: “Memories“

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Read more: “Light in the Attic: Dusting Off Betty Davis, Free MP3s“

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Artist: Jeremy Enigk
Label: Lewis Hollow Recordings
Newest release: OK Bear
Downloads: “Mind Idea,” “Life’s Too Short“

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Read more: “Jeremy Enigk, Ready For Another SDRE Reunion, Talks Big Hairy Gay Guys,” “Fine Print: Jeremy Enigk’s OK Bear“

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Artist: Future of the Left
Label: 4AD
Newest release: Travels With Myself and Another
Download: “Arming Eritrea“

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Description: These followers of Bacchus keep it together for almost a full three minutes, blurting out some heartfelt, confrontational confessions.

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Artist: Isis
Label: Ipecac
Newest release: Wavering Radiant
Download: “20 Minutes 40 Years“

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Read more: “Inside the Label: Ipecac Recordings,” “Isis’ Aaron Turner Calls Golden Gods Awards ‘Demeaning,’ ‘Ridiculous’“

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Artist: Made in Mexico
Label: Skin Graft
Newest release: Guerillaton
Download: “Guerillaton“

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Description: Sounds like Shellac playing Dick Dale covers. With a female vocalist who sings in - you guessed it - Spanish.

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Artist: Marmoset
Label: Secretly Canadian
Newest release: Tea Tornado (due August 4)
Downloads: “Peach Cobbler,” “Run Away Teri“

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Read more: “RecaPitulation: Dinosaur Jr., Marmoset, Iggy Pop, Spindrift“

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Artist: Melvins
Label: Ipecac
Newest release: Nude With Boots
Download: “The Kicking Machine“

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Read more: “Inside the Label: Ipecac Recordings“

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Artist: Miss Derringer
Label: Nickel & Dime/Triple X
Latest release: Winter Hill
Download: “Black Tears“

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Read more: “Release Me: Dark Knights Of Camelot, Grizzly Bear, Young Widows“

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Artist: Mountanaka
Label: unsigned
Newest release: “Lights Divide” 7-inch
Downloads: “Lights Divide,” “Are We Ahead?“

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Read more: “The Rising: Mountanaka“

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Artist: Riceboy Sleeps
Label: XL
Newest release: Riceboy Sleeps (due July 21)
Download: “Boy 1904“

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Read more: “RecaPitulation: Mirah, Quasi, Melvins, Riceboy Sleeps“

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Artist: Rodriguez
Label: Light in the Attic
Newest release: Coming From Reality
Download: “Heikkis Suburbia Bus Tour“

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Read more: ”Light in the Attic: Dusting Off Betty Davis, Free MP3s“

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Artist: Spindrift
Label: Tee Pee
Newest release: The Legend of God’s Gun (due July 21)
Download: “The Legend of God’s Gun“

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Read more: “RecaPitulation: Dinosaur Jr., Marmoset, Iggy Pop, Spindrift“

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Artist: Sweet Tea
Label: Fat Possum
Latest release: “If I Were a Carpenter” single
Download: “If I Were a Carpenter“

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Read more: “Country Music That Doesn’t Blow: Sweet Tea, Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band”

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Artist: Thieves Like Us
Label: Shelflife
Newest release: Play Music EP
Download: “Really Like to See You Again“

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Description: Proof the Factory revival is still going strong.

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Artist: Tortoise
Label: Thrill Jockey
Newest release: Beacons of Ancestorship
Download: ”Prepare Your Coffin”

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Description: This isn’t nearly as scary as it sounds - no surprise to anyone familiar with the Chicago fixture that is Tortoise. Fluffy, warm, concise (not usually a term associated with this band) and proficiently played.

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Artist: The Twilight Sad
Label: FatCat
Newest release: Forget the Night Ahead (due September 22)
Download: “Reflection of the Television“

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Read more: “RecaPitulation: Shellshag, Thermals, Bishop Allen”

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Artist: Why?
Label: Anticon
Newest release: Eskimo Snow (TBD fall release date)
Download: “This Blackest Purse“

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Read more: Read more: “RecaPitulation: Dinosaur Jr., Marmoset, Iggy Pop, Spindrift“