Audio
Listen to a really long Surgeon mix
One of State’s favourite DJs, Surgeon aka Anthony Child, played a banging set at The Forum in Sydney last month and is sharing it with the internet.
“It turned out to be a much heavier set than I’ve played for a long time; I just went with the intensity of emotions that I felt in…
Hear the new track from And So I Watch You From Afar
They made one of our very favourite albums of 2009 and now And So I Watch You From Afar are getting ready to tour Ireland with Jape and Fionn Regan as part of the FMC Tour. To celebrate they’ve put out a new track called ‘Straight Through The Sun’ and to celebrate that we’re streaming…
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Marina Gasolina (former Bonde Do Role) – free single download & video
Update: Video added.
Marina Gasolina, formerly of Bonde Do Role is releasing her debut single ‘Leone’ on the 29th November. She appears to have ditched the baile-funk that she is known in favour of a more explorative experimental electronic sound.
Her self-titled debut solo album is currently being mixed and is giving away ‘Leone’ as…
State.ie Mixtape – Flannel Weather
A lot can change in a week, who switched the lights off? With two feet firmly planted in winter wrap up warm and get snug with our latest hour of fine and free tuneage.
This week we have Taken By Trees, The War On Drugs, Ghost Eyes, Courtship, Porcelain Raft, Evan Voytas, Air Waves, Seapony,…
Cork Rock City 69-track compilation for download
Cork Rock City… is a free compilation available this week from Drop-D celebrating the city’s vibrant music scene.
Featuring songs from I’ll Eat Your Face, death metallers, For Ruin, indie-popsters When Good Pets Go Bad, KVX, Hope is Noise, Brains, Toby Kaar, Generic People, Laserface and Robin Renwicl, dub’s Wiggle, The Altered Hours and Ladydoll
Somadrone releases free collaborative download & new album in December
Neil O’ Connor aka Somadrone has recently started his own online label called Scintilla Recordings from his new home in San Francisco and the first release is available now. Scintilla 01 is an ambient album from Somadrone & Locus Solus called Music For Bathyscaphes… which was recorded at Institute of Electro Acoustic music in Stockholm.
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Stream new albums from Cee Lo Green, N*E*R*D, Jamiroquai, & Small Black
New albums available to stream around the interwebs today.
Cee Lo Green’s The Ladykiller is streaming via NPR.
Matt and Kim are streaming their new album Sidewalks at Myspace this week.
N*E*R*D’s new album Nothing… is streaming at Luisterpaal as are new albums from Sun Airway, Jamiroquai, Broken Records, SALEM, Warpaint, Gold Panda and many
State.ie Mixtape – In Your Time
The clocks go back this weekend and we plan to fill that extra hour with timely Autumnal tunes, latest releases and some smooth grooves for those cosy nights in.
On the mix we have Lykke Li, Generationals, Reading Rainbow, Kurt Vile, Coma Cinema, Halves, Banjo or Freakout, Evan Voytas, Hooray For Earth, Twin Shadow, Star…
The Narcoleptic Dancers free download
Franco-Dutch duo The Narcoleptic Dancers are half brother and sister Anton Louis Jr and Melody Van Kappers. Their catchy indie folk has already seen comparisons to Slow Club, Nouvelle Vague and The Moldy Peaches.
Their debut EP Not Evident… is out November 8th and they are giving away the title track as a taster of
Listen to the new Brian Eno album in full
When it was announced that experimental icon Brian Eno was to release an LP on the prestigious Warp Records it sent flurries of excitement around the interwebs.
Small Craft On A Milk Sea is Eno’s first solo outing since 2005′s Another Day on Eart…h and is heavily inspired by movie soundtracks. The album, which
Crystal Castles – ‘Not In Love’ feat. Robert Smith of The Cure
“Dude! Robert Smith of The Cure!”
Well here’s a pleasant surprise, Mr. Smith hooks up with 21st century digital noisemakers Crystal Castles for a remix of a song from CCII… – ‘Not In Love’ which quickly becomes one of the best things the duo have ever done.
The single gets an official release early December
MP3: Tapes n Tapes – ‘Freak Out’
Tapes n Tapes announced a US tour today as well as details of their latest album, Outside…, released 11/1/11 (that’s January 11th next year) on Ibid Records. To celebrate the band are giving away the lead single ‘Freak Out’
Freak Out by tapesntapes
Listen to The Temper Trap remix album
The Temper Trap’s Conditions Remixed… is released on Friday 29th October and 1st November in the UK. Amongst the remixers are: Rollo & Sister Bliss of Faithless, Rusko, Three Trapped Tigers, Peter Bjorn and John, Alan Wilkis (our favourite), Penguin Prison and Hervé.
The band play three dates in Ireland this week starting at Ulster
State Mix #24: Solar Bears
Cinematic sound-scapers Solar Bears released their stunning debut She Was Coloured In on Planet Mu earlier this month, receiving rave reviews here and across the board.
For State mix #24 the band assembled a mix of their peers and influences and it making for some delightful listening.
MP3: State Mix #24: Solar Bears mix
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