Free Music of the Week 2: January 11th, 2013

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Ferret is a one-woman-band fronted/run by Tiffany Harris. Everything is recorded through her laptop microphone. It’s hit or miss with the recording quality. But even when it’s shitty, Tiffany is still able to make some of the most beautiful music you’ll hear. She layers everything. Layering guitars, vocals, sometimes even trumpets. When she does this it makes it sound as if she has an entire band of 10 people playing with her. It’s kind of hard to imagine all of it coming from one person. Only until recently all of her songs had the infamous “(short demo clip)” or something like that at the end of her songs. Most of these songs are those songs that you wish would just keep going for at least 10 minutes. She has come out with a new “album” every 3 months. But when she starts on a new album, she releases every track as soon as she’s done. So you get to experience the making of the album process with her. She has 4 full length albums and 1 EP. Right now, she’s working on her 5th album Jellyfish. She started it back in November and she’s 6 songs in. This one is her best one yet, but all of her music is great. Go check them out.

Some other cool albums that came out in 2012 that you should check out.

There really were a lot of great albums that came out this year. There are definitely SO many more that I probably would have loved, but just haven’t listened to, yet. Here are some more albums that you should totally check out, if you have the time.

Ferret: Arctic Custard / Chocolate Cow / Manfred and Goliath’s Adopted Son / Manfred and Goliath (yes that is 4 full album releases in one year and a 5th in the works)

Dusty Gorilla: The Lights Below

White Lung: Sorry

185668232: 21st CENTURY AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT

Cheers Elephant: Like Wind Blows Fire

BADBADNOTGOOD: BBNG2

Sweet Valley: Eternal Champ / Stay Calm

Himanshu: Nehru Jackets

Lower Dens: Nootropics

Milo: Milo Takes Baths

Pallbearer: Sorrow and Extinction

El-P: Cancer 4 Cure

The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends

Fucked Up: Year of the Tiger

Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

Mac Demarco: 2

Liars: WIXIW

Pop 1280: The Horror

Purity Ring: Shrines

R. Stevie Moore: Lo Fi High Fives… A Kind of Best of

Dan Deacon: America

Chromatics: Kill For Love

Best Coast: The Only Place

Beach House: Bloom

Bat For Lashes: The Haunted Man