Some Interesting Free Music...

I've meant to mention this before, but never got around to it... Sorry for my slackery. Anyway, in my constant search for interesting music, I came across a band I really like called Charts and Maps, whose odd-time- + saxamaphone-laden stuff sits nicely in-between jazz + post-rock.


Further digging turnd up their record label's blog, where (a huge chunk of, if not) the entire catalog is available for free download, under the aegis of the Creative Commons licensing agreement.

I cannot stress how very cool + important Creative Commons is to creators; clear-cut language that cuts thru any bullshit to the core of creators + their ability to retain their inherent rights to their creations...


So, Wise Owl is the record label + they seem to be a very cool + forward-thinking one...

I haven't had a chance to properly listen to all of these bands, or even most of 'em, but so far I've really enjoyed Charts and Maps, cssc, Lost Reverie (which is a bit more metal), Petrograd in Transit, + Taiga Blues...

Check out some free music, motherfucker!

(Here's a Charts + Maps vid - sort of... for 'Pearl Divers of the Arabian Peninsula' off their newest, Dead Horse)