So, saved the best for last here. I got hipped to this via an e-mail from one of the fine readers of ATS a little while back. First thing I thought was HOW THEY HELL DID I MISS THESE GUYS! This is really good stuff guys. Very melodic, very twangy, very much something you will not regret checking out.Ten years into their career, Murfreesboro, TN rock denizens Glossary have learned a few things. The band’s latest offering of bleeding heart defiance and optimism, The Better Angels of Our Nature, represents those attributes in both exhibition and execution. Rather than suffer the trappings of the record industry’s broken business model, the latest chapter in Glossary’s long legacy is available directly from the band completely free of charge. No strings attached, no cut corners, no hassle, just a band enthusiastic about what they’re doing. From the opening lilt of “Only Tell Will Tell” to the matter-of-fact declaration of “I’m still holding on to rock ‘n roll” on album closer “Blood On the Knobs,” there’s plenty on Better Angels about which to be excited. Having crashed the Glossary website the day of release due to the sheer volume of downloads, the band’s fifth full-length finds the septet ascending even higher above their simple Southern roots — exploring the beauty, nuance, conflict and contradictions of life in Dixie. The vitality found in these songs transcends whatever medium through which they might be presented, putting Glossary in a position of utmost importance during a cross-section in music’s history. <The Better Angels of Our Nature will also be made available on CD on Oct 23, pressed in a series of short runs featuring artwork courtesy of local Middle Tennessee artists and designers, with a vinyl release to follow in early 2008.
That's right, I said albums....plural. Singer-Songwriter Jason Anderson has decided to make a bunch of his albums free on his website. Quite a few of them I might add, and mostly from 2007 & 2008. 
This one is a little more laid back and subdued than the last few free albums I've posted. It's very much an introspective folky affair. Think Bonnie Prince Billy and The Avett Brothers though not as lush and a bit more rustic (these are demos after all). Also a lot of subtle hints of 60's pop in here ala The Beatles or The Beach Boys. Particularly in the title track, which is my favorite of this collection along with I'm Lost. 
As promotion for his upcoming album Nowhere Nights, Kasey Anderson is giving away 3 LP/T-Shirt bundles and he asked a few of us bloggers to help him out. But Kasey doesn't want to just give them away, where is the fun in that, he wants you to earn them. So somewhere in this post, and in the other blog's posts (hint: Start at Red River Records) are a series of clues that will lead you to the prize.
I guess by now you are starting to see a theme. This Dexateens album is from last year and made a few best of lists around the blog-o-sphere. It was free last year too...sorry guys, guess I flaked on that one! Regardless it's still free and it's a pretty killer little album.
This one comes via Nine-Bullets-Dot-Net, and it's a sorta free album well because these guys are letting your consience be your guide. See it's a choose your own price download. Want to get it for free, leave it at zilch, want to help them buy a new altenator for the tour van, then chip in a few bucks. (DISCLAIMER: I don't know if they need a new alternator, but being a touring band, I'm sure they do) 
Seems there are a lot of groups offering up goodies for fans these days. Which is great for us fans. Macon Greyson are a Dallas band (notice I sand band not guy) who are very much in the southern rock vein of music. Which is not a bad thing to these ears. Lots of sweet slide guitar, big bass, big drums, and big Les Paul riffs. Think Backsliders meet Black Crowes, that would start you in the right direction of their sound. These guys can also draw more than a few parallels with fellow Texas rockers Band Of Heathens: They both are purely grounded in a classic roots rock sound, and both have been produced by Ray Wylie Hubbard. Odds are if you like Bands of Heathens....you will like these guys and vice versa.
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