Free Music Friday 16!

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Like any other person in my age bracket, I'm a huge Legend of Zelda fan. I even just ordered Ocarina of Time for my new/old Nintendo 64.

Recently I've also become a huge fan of the screamo genre. So when I stumbled across a band simply labelled as "Legend of Zelda themed screamo" it was night on impossible for me to say no.

The band is The Sky Above and the Earth Below, and as you've probably already guessed, they have free music that you can listen to!

I can't pick out too many Zelda references, but then again, being screamo, you're lucky if you can understand one word of it. Which you can.

Give it a go, it's free on their Bandcamp.

Free Music Friday 9!

I really just want to post this band purely for their description on Last.Fm:

They sound like a panda bear spaghetti birthday party, that has a not funny clown but you’re kinda just laughing at him, and everyone got you pretty sweet gifts like comics/records/books/video games (even though you’re totally an adult and you don’t really care) and of course mom made you triple chocolate cake and got you peanut butter and chocolate ice cream to go along with it and she put chocolate covered strawberries on top just like she has for the past 6 years or so and the party is so indescribingly awesome, like all your friends getting splinters in their feet cause of shitty hardwood floors but your mom takes them out with tweezers, and your friends are all good to go and its just a rad time.

The band? Jazz Hands.

After spending a few days this week seeing bands like La Dispute, Quiet Steps, To The North and Nuclear Summer playing, it's no surprise that I'm staying in that vein: noodly guitar screamo. They easily fall into this seemingly becoming popular category of screamo with indie math-rock guitars. They typify the style of fast, clean and bright music overlayed with screamed and shouted lyrics.

You can name your price ($zero to $infinity) and get their new The Party EP at their Bandcamp here.

Quiet Steps

I have no idea how I stumbled across this band. I've yet to see them live, but somehow they rocked up in my playlist one day. This is Brisbane's own Quiet Steps:

These guys tick all the boxes for me right now, as I am currently in a weird mood of listening to a lot of screamo and mathrock/noodly indie bands. And hey, guess what, they combine math rock/noodly indie and screamo!

They've put out a new album this year and you can get it for free as well. Right here.

If you like what you hear, go check them out playing Ric's on December 29. 18+