Time for more creepy, scary and ghoulish indie Halloween songs. IRC has received a huge amount of interest for Halloween indie and alternative songs, playlists and MP3s.

Cobwebs - Ryan Adams

Animal Ghosts - Abe Vigoda

Brandenburg (Monster Island) - Beirut

The Monster - Lovedrug

Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT Remix) - Metric

Ghost Song - Air

Cemetary Party - Air

Ramp Of Death - Stephen Malkmus

Ghost Train - The Stranglers


Check out Halloween Indie MP3 Playlist, No. 1

Labels: Halloween Indie Playlists, Halloween Music, Indie Halloween Songs

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Lawrence, Kansas indie sensations Shearwater released their new EP last week titled Snow Leopard on Matador Records.

MP3: "Snow Leopard" - Shearwater

Here is Shearwater's current 2008 scheduled shows:

Labels: Indie Rock 2008, New Releases, Shearweater

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Boo! It's Halloween and time to visit the old haunts and sweep out a ghoulish collection of indie rock Halloween songs.

You can download or listen to the songs listed below, witch ever you choose. Witches, monsters and ghosts, mah-hah-ha.

Witch Mountain Bridge - Stephen Malkmus

1% of Monster - Mogwai

She Walks Like A Ghost - High Court

The Ghost of You Lingers - Spoon

Every Day Is Halloween - The Postmarks

To Kill A Dead Man - Portishead

Let The Devil In - TV on the Radio

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Labels: Halloween Indie Playlists, Halloween MP3s, Indie Halloween Songs

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With praise from the music mainstream press and bloggers worldwide, Chicago-based indie rock band The Laureates are set to release their debut full-length album There Are No More Gentlemen on November 11th.

A writer for the popular music site 3Hive said of the new album: "Laureates fans beat me to some apt descriptions like 'equal parts paisley and punk' and 'Interpol produced by Phil Spector.' Absolutely right up my alley." The Chicagoist called it "60s inspired pop with a new millennial sensibility."

MP3: "A Novel Approach" from the forthcoming debut album by The Laureates.

The Laureates have become one of Chicago's most popular indie rock bands over the past couple of years and were successful in creating the all-important "blogger buzz" by opening for indie artists like Frightened Rabbit and The Spinto Band.

The band formed, and reformed, during a two-year process between 2005 and 2007, drawing on musicians from states like Iowa, Illinois and Kentucky. The Laureates is the brain-child of Chad Preston. Preston had written a collection of songs, his PR firm says, "that was exciting enough to inspire him to go out and find the right team to perform the songs."

Preston assembled bassist Crawfie Ward, drummer Peter Gray and guitarist Adam Penly, and together with Mike Lust from Phantom Manor Recording in Chicago, recorded all 13 songs, during a time that spanned from December 2007 through March 2008.

The resulting songs contained on There Are No More Gentlemen feature a blend of influences from bands like The Kinks, Spoon, The Creation, The Replacements and Guided by Voices, drawing off "the spirits of '60s freakbeat, pop, garage, indie rock, psychedelia, and post-punk."

Fans and interested music listeners can download The Laureate's 7" EP for free.

The band's official record release show will be held at Chicago's Empty Bottle club on November 19, 2008.


New feature: Halloween indie playlists to get you in the mood for Halloween week.

Labels: Free Indie Albums, Indie Artist/Group Profiles, The Laureates

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To celebrate the release of The Eels' acclaimed Blinking Light and Other Revelations four LP deluxe vinyl limited edition, the band is offering a four-song EP download for free until October 28th.

The deluxe Blinking Lights package includes three LPs from the critically acclaimed album on vinyl with a fourth disc featuring an exclusive 17 track live album, Manchester 2005.

Pressed on 180-gram vinyl, the four LPs each have their own covers, rice paper dust sleeves, and a hardback book of lyrics and photos. The edition is limited to 2,500 copies and will be sold in order of lowest cover numbers first, 0001 - 2500.

The free EP contains four songs from the exclusive Manchester 2005 and is available on The Eels' official website. Simply enter a valid email address and you'll receive an email link to download the free EP. All four MP3s will play on any iPod, MP3 player or computer.

EP TRACKLIST:
01 fresh feeling
02 packing blankets
03 jeannie's diary
04 climbing to the moon

To order the deluxe edition box set, go to http://www.merchlackey.com/eels.

Labels: Free MP3s, New Releases, The Eels

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A collection of photographs by Rob Sheridan taken from the Lights In The Sky: Over North America 2008 summer tour have been made available for purchase exclusively at frcphotos.com.

Download Nine Inch Nails free MP3s.

Hey everyone, we're getting the Halloween indie rock playlists ready to publish over the next week, so check back or sign up for the Feed Me Indie RSS or iTunes podcast feed.

Labels: Free MP3s, Halloween Indie Playlists, Nine Inch Nails

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Some Radiohead fans will definitely take issue with the following remix of one of the biggest songs from In Rainbows - Reckoner. According to the deejay Diplo himself, he was asked by "the band" to do a remix, and apparently was given their blessing to go ahead and release it on his blog.

Listen or download the remix here:

MP3: Reckoner v2.0 (Diplo Train Wreck Remix) - Radiohead

Radiohead purists will find this remix a vast departure from the original on the history-making In Rainbows album, but the fact is that a whole new generation of Radiohead fans - especially all you ravers out there - will more likely find value in this remix.

What is your opinion, does this remix, hailed on some blogs, slammed on others, do Radiohead any justice? Give your opinion by going to this post link and then clicking on the 'Post Comment' link.

Labels: Albums: In Rainbows, Radiohead, Remixes

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After an awesome performance on Saturday Night Live recently, The Killers' have fans on edge for their fourth album Day & Age, slated for US release on November 24.

Stream the single "Human" on The Killers official website. By the way, the countdown is on for The Killers' new UK website - just 12 days away.

New Indie MP3s

IRC receives many MP3 submissions each month, and the idea is to weed out the mediocre, and just plain awful, music for your listening enjoyment to deliver just the best. That is what IRC readers expect, so hopefully the mid-October 2008 selection below won't disappoint.

To submit music for review to IRC, follow the guidelines on the About IRC page.

Featured bands this month include two bands from the independent label, The Kora Records; one from Sweden - Fredrik, and a new band called The Piano Creeps, consisting of two former members of the 90's acclaimed alt-pop band Madder Rose.

"The Black Fur" - Fredrik from the new album Na Na Ni

"Hey Love" - The Piano Creeps from the new album Future Blues

"I'll Be Your Whore" - Boo and Boo Too from No Tempo

"Coal Grey Sky" - The Buttless Chaps from Cartography

"Mr. Electric" - Chandeliers from The Thrush

"Have a Nice Day" - Kinetic Stereo Kids from Have A Nice Day

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Labels: New Indie Rock, New Releases, The Kora Records

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