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Posted on February 7, 2010
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The music industry has changed dramatically in the past few years. It can be very hard to locate stores that sell blank cassettes and once you do, you’ll often find that the batteries on your Walkman are flat.
But for every person that says home taping is killing music, there’s a true music fan who just can’t get enough of the good stuff. The likeithateit team have been long time fans of an Australian music company called Vitamin. With a roster that includes a wildly disparate selection of artists – the one thing you can be sure of is their quality. The people that run this label are fans, obsessives, that will trap you in the corner of the party to talk endlessly about Tony Buck’s drum tones or why Chris Abrahams is probably Australia’s greatest musician.
So in some rather exciting news, Likeithateit are pleased to announce, that the very nice people at Vitamin have an extremely generous offer to make to our readers. Every month, we’ll be giving you the chance to have some FREE MUSIC!
We’ll be featuring an artist from their catalogue we’re particularly fond and you can then download a couple of their tracks for nix! nada! nothing! and then, make a tape of it for your walkman or whatever it is kids do these days. This is a win win win situation and one that I hope you’ll all take advantage of, since for some reason or other, people now seem to think that music should be free, even though it costs tens of thousands of dollars to make an album and release it. Which brings me to the second part of this offer.
I want you to promise me, that if you like these tunes that you will go to their website and spend a few of your measly gold coins on buying some more, and not go off in a rush to some P2P website called piratecove or papster trying to get this for nothing. Agreed? Excellent.
So to get the ball rolling, we have some lovely tunes from Tin Pan Orange and David Lane.
Tin Pan Orange are a Melbourne duo that feature the stunning genetic good fortune of the Lubitz family. Brother and sister Emily and Jesse write a kind of romantic burlesque acoustic pop, which is charismatic, soulful and joyous. Emily’s voice is the delight here. She has the kind of tone that makes writers want to gush the kind of talk you find on the back of wine bottles, with its hint of berries and cigarbox overtones. But if this is not enough, there are the songs – delightful celebrations of pop’s love affair with loving. As a first taste – Vitamin are offering you the single Lovely. Try it – you’ll like it. Click here to enjoy free music offer!
David Lane, sadly is not quite as busy as he used to be, but remains one of Australia’s finest songwriters. A musician with an uncanny ear for the pop hook and the ability to turn the melancholic into the upbeat, he has a voice that is relaxed, earnest, yearning and sweet all at the same time. He’s a compelling artist with a great back catalogue, but his recent album is in many ways his best, with a rawer, straighter feel that showcases the songs with excellent performances from his band, including some sterling work from local axemeister Richard Boxhall. Head in the Clouds is one of the stand out tracks from a great collection, and I’m sure that all lovers of indie pop will find it to be a toe tapping favourite. Click here to enjoy free music
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