Cruising  through a few sites, and especially Austin Town Hall, I stumbled across a few for free and gratis downloads of a couple of bands, and being a  sucker for something free of course I partook, and just for the record here are the links to do the same

Ruby Coast – Whatever This Is

A Canadian five-piece, @rubycoastband have worked with the likes of producer Howard Billerman (Arcade Fire) on this their debut fell length CD . A sparky, poppy concoction that is indeed very endearing and well worth a listen or two. It can be downloaded for free from their Bandcamp site

Brown Recluse – Panoptic Mirror Maze

Slightly psychedelic tinged, jangly indie pop with a more than a passing reference to the likes of Belle and Sebastian, this EP was apparently something to be getting on with as they prepared their full length album, evening Tapestry due for released later this month. This Panoptic EP can be downloaded from their Bandcamp site

White Denim – Last day of Summer

This album length free offering was put down as they prepared their third album proper and benefits from a rather freer approach rather befitting of the Summer in the title – it feels like a holiday and scored a very creditable 7.4 from Pitchfork. The album can be downloaded from  the White Denim web site

Robin Pecknold

Surfacing via the Fleet Foxes FB page this sumptuous little song trio was recorded in LA recently with Mr Pecknolds friend Noah. One is a new song that’s a duet with  Ed Droste from the Grizzly Bear, one is a solo new song, and the other is a cover. The three songs can be downloaded here