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New Releases Nov. 21: Suncraft, Brokedowns, Grouper, Major Lazer, Kesha, Shores of Null and Convocation (Updated 11:15 a.m. MT)

Posted in MP3s, New Releases with tags , , , , , on 11/21/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
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Suncraft’s Welcome to the Coven (All Good Clean)

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Aksak Maboul – Before Aksak Maboul (Documents & Experiments 1969-1977) (La Bascule/ Crammed Lab)

Arny Margret – I Miss You, I Do: Sjáumst Deluxe Edition (One Little Independent Records)

Bicycle Inn – Long in the Tooth

Big Bill – Sick Myth (TODO)

Birch – Vicious Mind (Tonzonen/Cargo)

Brokedowns – Let’s Tip the Landlord (Red Scare)

Danko Jones – Leo Rising (Perception)

Darktribe – Forgotten Reveries (Scarlet)

Depravity – Bestial Possession (Transcending Obscurity)
• free Bandcamp download

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10 Best Free Bandcamp Downloads: Smirk, Miracle Blood, Jute Gyte, Rat Champion, Iodine Sampler

Posted in Lists, MP3s with tags , , , , , , , , , on 11/14/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Strapped for cash but hungry for great music? You won’t have much luck camping out at the grocery store these days; Bandcamp is a way better destination. Here’s a rundown of 10 rad releases, about half of them newly released, that The Bad Penny recently came across on Bandcamp.

(Note: If you do have some green to spare, please show your thanks to these deserving artists and labels.)

1. Smirk’s “Domestic Dog” b/w “Manhunt In Paradise”

Connecticut punk prince Smirk greased the wheels for a swing of spring dates last year with this single, which Industry Standards just put out today in the form of a 7-inch. The still-free digital version tops our list of gratis Bandcamp releases because the humble artiste donated all proceeds from sales of it to HEAL Palestine.

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Exclusive Premiere: of persephone’s ‘Rainbow Road’

Posted in Exclusives, MP3s with tags on 03/20/2023 by Kurt Orzeck

At the end of a rainbow lies a pot of gold. So legend goes, at least. What we can say with certainty is that “Rainbow Road,” a rousing new song by siren rock project of persephone, sounds downright golden.

With chanteuse Sarah Rae’s high-octave vocals leading the charge, the song is a galloping adventure into fuzzy, upbeat indie pop. It’s a dreamy excursion that, at less than two and a half minutes, leaves you wishing the track wouldn’t end. The Bad Penny is honored to exclusively premiere it today.

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Hear Covert Stations’ Latest Reworking: Roxette’s ‘It Must Have Been Love’

Posted in Interviews, MP3s with tags , on 12/19/2022 by Kurt Orzeck

Covert Stations, Craig Cirinelli’s ambitious project that reimagines classic pop songs, is getting visible enough that the word “covert” is now something of a misnomer.

On Friday, Cirinelli and his latest crew of cohorts unveiled the fifth “borrowed” tune in the ongoing endeavor. (He prefers “borrowed” to “cover,” as Covert Stations drastically rework the original versions of the songs they select.)

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The Violent Sleep Of Reason Episode 6, 4.26.17

Posted in MP3s, The Violent Sleep of Reason with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 04/29/2017 by Kurt Orzeck

Farsot’s Fail-lure album cover

The Bad Penny’s new program through Radio Free America, “The Violent Sleep of Reason,” focuses on new and upcoming heavy-metal releases. The show’s sixth installment featured new cuts by Farsot, Ancient Ascendant, Artificial Brain, Nothing Left and Vampire.

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The Violent Sleep Of Reason Episode 5, 4.19.17

Posted in MP3s, The Violent Sleep of Reason with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 04/29/2017 by Kurt Orzeck

Varg’s Götterdämmerung album cover

The Bad Penny’s new program through Radio Free America, “The Violent Sleep of Reason,” focuses on new and upcoming heavy-metal releases. The show’s fifth installment featured new cuts by Varg, Necrowretch, All Hell, Tombs, Suffocation and Coltsblood.

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The Violent Sleep Of Reason Episode 4, 4.12.17

Posted in MP3s, The Violent Sleep of Reason with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 04/12/2017 by Kurt Orzeck

Wear Your Wounds’ WYW album cover

The Bad Penny’s new program through Radio Free America, “The Violent Sleep of Reason,” focuses on new and upcoming heavy-metal releases. The show’s fourth installment featured new cuts by The Obsessed, Royal Thunder and Wear Your Wounds.

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The Bad Penny New Music Releases Schedule 2014

Posted in Latest New Releases Schedule, MP3s, New Releases, Sound Off on 04/14/2014 by Kurt Orzeck

APRIL 15

The Afghan Whigs – Do to the Beast (first new album in 16 years; Sub Pop)
The Both (Aimee Mann and Ted Leo) – s/t (SuperEgo)
• stream: “Milwaukee”
Crookes – Soapbox (Modern Outsider)
• stream: “Play Dumb”
• video: “Play Dumb”
Deleted Scenes – Lithium Burn (Park the Van/ Nevado)
• video: “Stutter”
• stream: “Stutter”
Ex-Cult – Midnight Passenger (Goner)
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The Bad Penny New Music Releases Schedule

Posted in Latest New Releases Schedule, MP3s, New Releases on 12/19/2010 by Kurt Orzeck

JANUARY 2011

Byrds of Paradise – TBA (Don Giovanni)
• Bad Penny download: “Barefoot Generation”
Cut Copy – TBA (TBA)
Dave Hause (Loved Ones guitarist/vocalist) – TBA (Paper + Plastick)
Iron and Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean (Warner Bros.)
Haroula Rose – These Open Roads (TBA)
Spectrals – Spectrals Extended Play EP (physical version; previously available digitally; Moshi Moshi)
• Bad Penny download: “Chip a Tooth (Spoil a Smile)” Continue reading →

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My City Rules: Exray’s On San Francisco

Posted in Features, Interviews, MP3s, My City Rules with tags , , , on 10/27/2010 by Kurt Orzeck

You say your band has a big following on Facebook? Well, San Francisco’s Exray’s can do you one better: One of their songs is featured in David Fincher’s related movie “The Social Network,” which appears well on its way to a Best Picture nomination. The experimental lo-fi group just released its debut EP; here’s a downloadable song from it – along with one of the bandmembers’ contribution to “My City Rules,” a new Bad Penny series. Continue reading →

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