Please send any new submissions to reviews@absolutepunk.net with "Free Music Friday" in the subject line.

Submissions should include your band's name, title of submission (and whether it is a full length, EP or single song), myspace or website link, and similar bands for the "recommended if you like" section. Please upload it to a downloading website such as mediafire or megaupload and send that link.

Full Lengths
StumbleDrunk - Monday Evenings
website
RIYL: The Toadies, The Replacements, Modest Mouse

Declan's Well - Campaign Cool
bandcamp
RIYL: The Postal Service, Owl City, Death Cab for Cutie

Megasapien - Surrender
facebook
RIYL: Deftones, Tegan and Sara, Depeche Mode, My Bloody Valentine, Smashing Pumpkins, Failure, Hum

The Dead Ends - Cellar Doors
myspace
RIYL: Brand New, Pavement, Elliott Smith, Sonic Youth, Nirvana

Baryshnikov - Baryshnikov
bandcamp
RIYL: Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Clean, Lemuria, Blondie

Project Sign - Project Sign
facebook
RIYL: Angels and Airwaves, Jimmy Eat World, Sum 41, Green Day, Blink-182


EPs
The Glass Child - The Glass Child - Charlotte Eriksson
facebook
RIYL: Meg & Dia, Paramore, Lykke Li, Valencia

Turnover -Turnover
facebook
RIYL: Such Gold, Rust Belt Lights, The Story So Far, Latin For Truth

The Upside - Down for the Four Count
bandcamp
RIYL: Green Day, Home Grown, Face to Face

Tonight, The City Skyline - Nothing Will Be The Same
website
RIYL: Death Cab For Cutie, Fall Out Boy, Number One Fan, Parade The Day

Slowriter - Slowriter Halloween Vacation Party Pack
website
RIYL: The Flaming Lips, Beck, Minus The Bear, Danger Mouse

Call The Shots - Crank Up The Happy
website
RIYL: All Time Low, Good Charlotte, Heroes For Hire


Samplers / Compilations / Demos
Sic Vita - Steady (Part 1)
bandcamp
RIYL: Anberlin, Rise Against, Therefore I Am, The Receiving End of Sirens, Brand New

Dagger Sight Records - Volume Two
website
RIYL: All breeds of punk

Dakota Drive - Demos
purevolume
RIYL: Thrice, Brand New, Say Anything, Incubus, Elliot Smith

Single Songs
Tommy Gun - "Purpose and Decay"
myspace
RIYL: Rancid, Street Dogs, Anti-Flag

The Devil Whale - "Standing Stones"
bandcamp
RIYL: Fleet Foxes, Head & The Heart, The Animals, Harry Nilsson

Gargage - "A Lot Has Changed"
website
RIYL: Story Of The Year, Yellowcard, Four Year Strong, Mcfly, A Day To Remember

Goodbye To Farewells - "Like New"
facebook
RIYL: A hardcore band that went acoustic

Difference of Forever - "Office Romance"
bandcamp
RIYL: Fall Out Boy, Taking Back Sunday, This Providence

The City Never Sleeps - "Mistakes"
facebook
RIYL: As Tall As Lions, The Bravery, The Killers, Weerd Science

Moovalya - "Wasteland"
website
RIYL: Independent punk bands

The LateShift - "Just Be (The Kendra Song)"
facebook
RIYL: John Mayer, Train, Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Morning Birds - "I'm On Fire" (Bruce Springsteen Cover)
facebook
RIYL: Imogen Heap, Andre 3000

Gwyneth & Monko - "Found In Benson"
facebook
RIYL: Emmy Lou Harris, Jenny Lewis, Gillian Welch

Lawrence and Leigh - "Chelsea Nights"
facebook
RIYL: Joanna Newsom, Elliott Smith, Dirty Projectors

The Sewing Circle - "Lead Role"
facebook
RIYL: The New Pornographers

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Dinotrax - Rearranging Patterns (full LP)
http://www.facebook.com/dinotrax
http://www.pxl-bot.com/2011/05/pb006...-patterns.html
RIYL: Horse the Band, Anamanaguchi

Bands should not be able to put either DCFC or Radiohead in their RIYL, let alone both.

I'm really digging The Upside. Reminds me of Through Being Cool era Saves the Day if I'm being honest. Also hear a little Zac from Man Overboard in some of the vocal delivery. I very much like both of these things.

Originally Posted by LivingTheLyrics

Bands should not be able to put either DCFC or Radiohead in their RIYL, let alone both.

I'm really digging The Upside. Reminds me of Through Being Cool era Saves the Day if I'm being honest. Also hear a little Zac from Man Overboard in some of the vocal delivery. I very much like both of these things.

RIYL: Death Cab For Cutie, Fall Out Boy, Number One Fan, Radiohead

Wha, wha, what?

Originally Posted by Kid Amnesiac

RIYL: Death Cab For Cutie, Fall Out Boy, Number One Fan, Radiohead

Wha, wha, what?

Haha precisely why I made the comment! That RIYL made me laugh. There is no equivalent to Radiohead, People need to stop lol.

Originally Posted by LivingTheLyrics

Haha precisely why I made the comment! That RIYL made me laugh. There is no equivalent to Radiohead, People need to stop lol.

My question is how are they like Radiohead and Fall Out Boy???

the RIYL for project sign, call the shots, sic vita, and gargage all caught my attention, will definitely check those out when i get home

goood weeek this weeek

Beyond Goodbye - "Number One"

Free download at www.listn.to/BeyondGoodbye

Moovalya, and Tommy Gun: Solid.

LOCAL BANDS!

i am working on putting together a 4 part compilation series of local bands from each of the United States time zones!

Part 1: WESTERN
Part 2: MOUNTAIN
Part 3: CENTRAL
Part 4: EASTERN

the purpose of this FREE digital-only compilation is for music lovers to discover up and coming local bands from around the country, as well as for bands to get their music out there to new people.

if you or your band would like to participate in this, please send an email to YNFBrecords@hotmail.com with the song you'd like to put on it, as well as a link to your website (facebook/bandcamp/myspace/whatever) and PLEASE include which US state you are from. US BANDS ONLY!

if you have any questions, either e-mail me, PM me here, or just reply to this thread.


DISCLAIMER: There is no guarantee that every band will be included.

The City Never Sleeps- Same producer as Weerd Science, and Ex-Coheed keyboard player.

New Banquets song, "SEXY GHOSTS," available for free until 7pm here: http://fanzeye.com/?c=9LBBT PLEASE REPOST!!!