Paul Hayworth- Modern Design (Video)

Charting constantly on the Austrian Indie Rock charts as a guitarist in the band Freud, Paul Hayworth is now releasing his solo material via his personal label (Electrocuted Wilma). This is his single from his 2011 album, Goodlove & The Dirty Plan, a surreal concept album "with music like paintings."

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Jason Wain- No One Knew (Video)

Here is a new video from Oregon raised now Nashville based singer/songwriter, Jason Wain. "No One Knew" is the first single of Jason's forthcoming record, Keep My Heart to Myself.

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Samson- Just For Now and How I Really Feel (Videos)

Samson is an emerging MC/Vocalist from Los Angeles, California that some are calling the "light skinned" Kid Cudi due to his ethereal mix of singing and rapping. Since December 2010, Samson has released three free albums-- Chasing Truth, Angels, and Light.Loves.Dark--  all of which can be downloaded for free via his bandcamp page.

In 2011, Samson has also connected with director Jakob Owens on two fantastic music videos for his songs "Just For Now" (above) and "How I Really Feel" (below).

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Achoo! Bless You- Coming Home (To You This Christmas)

Sydney, Australia's Achoo! Bless You made one of my favorite Christmas tunes on our compilation in Coming Home (To You This Christmas). This simple yet endearing folk-pop record is sweet, infectious, and highly accessible for all music fans. Check out Ross James Tipper and Ashleigh Steel do a wonderful live version of the track in the video above.

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Rags & Ribbons- Greensleeves (Video)

Portland's Rags & Ribbons (formerly known as Galaxy Farm) laced our 'Tis the Season Christmas Compilation with their awesome song set to the tune of Greensleeves. Here is the video they released for it on Thanksgiving.

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BandSoup.com Presents- 'Tis the Season (Compilation)

'Tis the season to double up on spiked egg nog, slip on a pair of headphones, and bask in the warm glow of holiday wattage with fifteen holiday themed tracks from BandSoup.com!

'Tis the Season is our latest compilation album featuring fifteen BandSoup artists from around the globe-- New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Scotland, Australia, Ohio, Canada, Minnesota, Illinois-- paying homage to the holiday season with brand new original recordings and modern renditions.

This compilation has a gift for all types of music fans. 'Tis the Season offers folky duets, infectious alternative pop, eccentric indie rock, ukeleles, blues, and much more! If that didn't sound like a late night infomercial enough-- this compilation can be yours right now for absolutely FREE!

Here is the download and track list below. Please share this wonderful holiday gift with any music fan you know and make sure to check out the digital liner notes within the download to find your favorite band on BandSoup and Facebook.

Thank you to all the bands and solo artists for sharing their tunes and being apart of this compilation!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year to you all...

- Team BandSoup

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Track List:

1. Earwig- Next Christmas

2. Achoo! Bless You- Coming Home (To You This Christmas)

3. Symmetry/Symmetry- O, Holy Night ft. Amy McVey

4. El Dog- Let it Snow

5. Hot Buttered Elvis- Jingle Bell Rot

6. Todd Wright- Christmas

7. Asker- White Christmas

8. Ghost Ghost- Please Stay for Christmas Eve

9. Rags & Ribbons- Greensleeves

10. Gwamba- Get Some Santa Claws

11. The Locals- Heat Miser

12. The Milkweeds- A Ukelele Christmas

13. Lil' Davy Max- Christmas in the Jailhouse

14. Danny Newport- St. Nick

15. Bernie Doucette- Please Give Me Peace

Five Knives- UN EP and White Light Riot (Video)

Five Knives is a loud, abrasive, and spastic electro-punk quartet hailing from Nashville, Tennesse that I was glad to find a few weeks ago. Led by the captivating cries of lead singer Anna Worstell, Five Knives bounces between heavy industrial rock soundscapes (All Fall Down), streams of party fueled electronica (Vive Le Roi), infectious trash-pop vocals (RATTATATAT, The Rising) , and in your face punk rock (White Light Riot). Instead of knocking on the doors of The Grand Ole Opry like most emerging Nashville outfits, it sounds like Five Knives want to burn them down.

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In the beginning of the month, the band released their debut UN EP, which they are currently offering as a free download. They also released the first visuals from the album in the form of a video for the single White Light Riot directed by band member Lamar Baptiste.

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Broken Bricks- Pop Song (Video) and Little Fugitives Free Album Download

Broken Bricks consists of Marlon Chaplin and Luke Kuplowsky, both songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, fleshed out by Joey Clement on bass and backing vocals and Matt Duncan on drums and percussive duties. What brought these two together can best be described as serendipitous; an impromptu jam session after an unexpected meeting in their highschool hallway--Chaplin with guitar in hand, Kuplowsky wielding his harmonica and as the story goes, "no one spoke, they only played". From that day forward they began writing and playing as Broken Bricks. 

Over the last few years, the band has gained a lot of notoriety in Canada for their highly energetic and infectious live shows. This "can't miss" act hailing from Toronto engage their audience with catchy, brit-pop influenced rock and roll infused with unadulterated garage glamor and endless instruments.

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Their 2011 record, Little Fugitives,  has solidified the band's already stellar reputation as one of Toronto's best new indie rock acts. The eight track album reveals the band's impressive arsenal of sound that enthusiastically jumps from pop to modern indie rock to acoustic without confusing the listener. After indie rock fans hear the album's opener, "Pop Song", and feast their eyes on the accompanying visuals, Broken Bricks will undoubtedly be used to build their cities of playlists and mixtapes for years to come.

Little Fugitives is still available as a free download, so head on over to Broken Bricks' bandcamp page and exchange your email for a piece of Northern pop rock.

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