Great free music!

Scott Altham has done it again: another fantastic remix! After an interesting 10-month hiatus from his music (“started a company, had a little boy”) he returns with If You Wait For Me, based on If You Wait (Anahitas Promise) by Loveshadow. (Both versions are available on the ccMixter site.)

Altham’s latest is an a-Ha-esque pop ballad that includes a driving drum track, soaring electronica, and smooth crooning that will take you back to the 1980s. This is a great summer driving song, perhaps the first of many to come now that Scott Altham is back!

Scott Altham on ccMixter

Scott Altham on MySPace

Scott Altham: If You Wait For Me Play Now | Play in Popup

Wow, this is some crazy good shoegazer music!

From the EardrumPop website, this is Insect Guide, a trio from Leeds (UK). The warm, jangling buzz of the guitars and the buttery smooth vocals of Su Sutton make me want to close my eyes and smell the darkness of a crowded room. The tripping drums and up and down mood of this song have got me hooked and I have been playing it over and over trying to get it out of my head!

PS: I will definitely have to ask Neil about these folks as he is quite the expert on his hometown music scene.

Insect Guide: Bats [ 3:11 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

Stomp! Stomp! Stomp!

Snowflake and friends have created a fierce song that includes text/audio from Larry Lessig and Henry David Thoreau. While the message is serious, the beat and vocals are pure fun!

“We’ve been hacking at the branches
You’ve been stealing all the loot
Now we are marching for the changes
That are striking at the root”

Snowflake: We are Free (at the root) Play Now | Play in Popup

Here’s Vidian, a young Toronto mix-master who

Vidian: Wait (V's Liquid Danger Mix) [ 6:26 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

Mary Cigarettes is an unusual name for this one-man band from the CorpId netlabel. His high, sweet vocals and gently bouncing accompaniment (high hat snare and popping organ slides) add a layer of smokey emotion to this catchy tune. The lyrics are chock full of sly shots at the cliche lyrics of 80s pop songs, too…an audio treat for music fans!

Mary Cigarettes: Burning Bridges That Never Really Mattered [ 4:06 ] Play Now | Play in Popup