iTunes: Free Wednesday
Welcome to this week's edition of iTunes: Free Wednesday featuring a new collection of free singles and videos from around the world. Each week we send out our dealgnomes to the furthest corners of the Earth to find and retrieve iTunes freebies from all the International stores. Here's what's new today. Unfortunately, it's a pretty dry spell video-wise. Things should pick up pretty quickly once the Fall TV season swings into action. We keep hoping also that the UK video store will launch asap.
US Music
US: Song for the Fields by Fields
Each week, we find a track from an artist or a band we've been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. We get a lot of music coming through these parts, but the Fields struck a chord with us that we wouldn't mind being struck more often. "Song for the Fields" is a traditional folk tune as it might have been if the Flaming Lips and My Bloody Valentine took the place of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger. Boy/girl harmonies that coo and curl around each other and moody, frantic acoustic guitars culminate in an expansive full-band, swooning blow-out at the end. Very nice and very free.
US: Esta Soledad by Kany Garcia
Each week, we find a track from an artist or a band who's on the cusp of success and bring it to you, for free, as our Canción de la Semana. Puerto Rico's Kany Garcia has a warm, strong voice that starts out with a deceptive whisper on "Esta Soledad." The track builds as Garcia takes command of the track, unveiling a strong voice suitable for shouting from mountaintops. Her band provides her with a slightly dreamy backdrop to work around, creating a sturdy mix of Coldplay-esque alt-rock in which to display her vocal skills.
US: Wrecking Ball by King Wilkie
Our Discovery Download puts the focus on a different genre each week, offering up a free track we think is worth your attention. King Wilkie are a young group of performers from Charlottesville who started out as strict adherents to the bluegrass style, but have opened up their doors of perception a bit more on their newest album, Low Country Suite. "Wrecking Ball" shows their love of the bluegrass form, but features a steely-eyed vocal more akin to a blues moan.
US Video
Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County, Get to Know the Cast (frepeat)
For three years we have lived, loved, and come of age with the teenagers of Laguna Beach. This season, we're moving up the coast . . . to Newport Harbor! Join a new group of friends as they discover new loves, face new rivalries, and suffer new heartbreaks. On the road to their first kiss, the newest, hottest couple at school contends with an overprotective father and a girl that's used to getting everything she wants. Meanwhile, former best friends compete for the affection of a sophomore beauty. As they prepare to leave their childhood behind, they'll find that high school isn't always a day at the beach. New beauty, new town, new love, and new faces: Newport Harbor – The Real Orange County.
International
Australia: Incomplete Lullaby by Lisa Mitchell
Each week, we find a track from an artist or a band we've been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Albury's Lisa Mitchell gained widespread exposure thanks to last year's Australian Idol and now her debut EP, Said One to the Other, positions her as one of Australia's most promising pop songwriters. "Incomplete Lullaby" is a lustrous piano ballad co-written by Evermore's Dann Humme.
New Zealand: Incomplete Lullaby by Lisa Mitchell
Each week, we find a track from an artist or a band we've been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Albury's Lisa Mitchell gained widespread exposure thanks to last year's Australian Idol and now her debut EP, Said One to the Other, positions her as one of Australia's most promising pop songwriters. "Incomplete Lullaby" is a lustrous piano ballad co-written by Evermore's Dann Humme.
Canada: L'ours by Tricot Machine
Chaque semaine, nous trouvons un titre d'un artiste ou d'un groupe que nous avons apprécié et vous le proposons gratuitement comme Single de la semaine. Si vous vous intéressez au tricot, vous connaissez probablement ce merveilleux outil qu'est la machine à tricoter. Le monde de la musique a aussi son Tricot Machine, qui est tout aussi extraordinaire et ingénieux. Ce groupe quebecois joue de la pop indépendante jouissive réduite à sa plus simple expression. La magie de " L'ours " s'exprime à travers une guitare acoustique, des claquements de mains et une mélodie murmurée et enjouée, et pourtant tellement puissante !
France: Prescilla by Bat for Lashes
Si vous aimez ce morceau, obtenez l'album ici.Derrière Bat For Lashes se cache Natasha Khan, artiste virtuelle, multi-instrumentiste et auteur-interprète. Elle passe avec aisance d'un instrument à l'autre : tambours, guitares du désert, piano d'étude, clavecin, grognements de sub-bass, claquements de main et rythmes naïfs. Bat For Lashes s'est produit la première fois fin 2005, en ouverture de CocoRosie, à la Scala de Londres. Un an plus tard, presque jour pour jour, le projet y jouait en vedette devant un public dont Björk, Nellee Hooper et Brett Anderson. Devendra Banhart, Jarvis Cocker et Thom Yorke (qui a inclus " Horse And I " dans sa playlist iTunes) comptent aussi parmi ses fans les plus célèbres.
UK: Battle by Colbie Caillat
Each week, we find a track from an artist or a band we've been enjoying and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Colbie Caillat had the sound of breezy California down pat on her first single, "Bubbly". On "Battle", she looks inward and finds some solemn sweetness. A little bit of folk guitar, a lilting rhythm, and some introspective lyrics make this cut perfect for overanalysing your relationships.
Japan 今週のシングル: Little Sunset Dance by Fusik
たぐいまれなサウンドでクラブシーンの注目を集める i-dep の藤枝伸介(Sax)と、DJかつクリエイターとして幅広い活動を続ける chari chari こと井上薫による新ユニット、Fusik(フュージック)。ハウス、ダブ、ジャズ、ラテンなどのエッセンスを巧みにアレンジした井上薫によるトラックに、藤枝伸介のスリリングな Sax が共鳴する。デビューアルバムから"Little Sunset Dance"をフリーダウンロード。