The Free Christian Music Blog

Free Switchfoot, Family Force 5, Leeland, & More!

I’ve got some very exciting free music news to share today… “Mess of Me” anyone?  That’s right, Switchfoot’s latest hit “Mess of Me” is available for free, plus several other great songs.  The list:

• Leeland – “Count Me In”
• Underoath – “Writing On The Walls”
• Rapture Ruckus – “One”
• Hillsong United – “No Reason to Hide”
• Parachute Band – “Shout It Out”
• Family Force 5 – “Dance or Die (The Secret Handshake Remix)”
• Falling Up – “Streams of Woe at Acheron”
• And of course, Switchfoot’s “Mess of Me”

All eight songs can be yours, for free, thanks to Parachute Festival (the New Zealand equivalent of Creation or Cornerstone Festival.)  You do need to sign up for the Parachute Festival’s website to download the songs, and you can only download each song once, but the music is great, and it’s free.  Definitely worth checking out.  Enjoy!

-Parachute Festival’s Free Downloads Page-

Tags: Falling Up, Family Force 5, Hillsong United, Leeland, Parachute Band, Rapture Ruckus, Switchfoot, Underoath

Summer Festival Sampler 2009

Yes, you heard me right, yet another summer sampler from Tooth & Nail/BECrecordings/Solid State. This one might not be as big and make your head explode, but it still contains some good music. Also, many of these songs were already on the previous Sampler Matt posted just two days ago, but, this one does have a few songs that were not. Of the twelve songs, 7 of them are on the Fuel Sampler. Track listing:

• Emery – Cutthroat Collapse
• Thousand Foot Krutch – Bring Me To Life
• Kutless – The Rescue
• FM Static – Boy Moves to a New Town with Optimistic Outlook
• The Glorious Unseen – Hear Our Prayers
• Falling Up – Streams of Woe at Acheron
• KJ-52 – Wake Up
• Hawk Nelson – Lets Dance Dojo Dominating Remix by Jason Dunn
• Since October – Guilty
• August Burns Red – Thirty and Seven
• Seventh Day Slumber – Take Everything
• Children 18:3 – All My Balloons

Anyway, even if you did get the Fuel Sampler, the remaining five songs on the Summer Festival Sampler ’09 make it all the worth while to download. Besides, what do you have to lose?

-Summer Festival Sampler 2009-

It also says that the ‘The Rescue’ is done by an artist called by the same name. However, when I downloaded it, it came out as Kutless. I haven’t heard of an artist by the name by ‘The Rescue’, so I believe it was just an error.

Tags: August Burns Red, Children 18:3, Emery, Falling Up, fm Static, Hawk Nelson, KJ-52, Kutless, Seventh Day Slumber, Since October, The Glorious Unseen, Thousand Foot Krutch

Various Updates

A couple of free music updates:

iTicket’s has new music for this week.  This time, it’s “Providence” by new band Abandon, “Black Coal (Acoustic)” by Sanctus Real, and “Alive” by Superchick.  Yes, “Alive”, again.  Oh well, the Abandon song is new and the Sanctus Real is an exclusive, rare, new song.

-iTicket’s Free Music Page-

Speaking of iTickets, they recently unveiled a Facebook application that lists the free downloads for the week.  I’ve added to my personal profile, but it would be nice to add it to the TFCMB Facebook Group page.  Does anyone know if that’s possible?

Also recently update, Soul-Audio has a lot of new music.  They’ve got new songs from Mike Farris, Sixpence None the Richer, Jenn Weber, CO3, Jon Foreman, Beloved, and After Edmond.  Soul-Audio is becoming a real center of free music goodness.  Definitely worth checking out.

-Soul-Audio’s Free Music Page-

Falling Up is releasing a new best-of CD in a couple of days entitled Discover The Trees.  If you pre-order it now, you can get a free Falling Up air freshner.  Yes.  An air freshner.  Umm, interesting.  I really like Falling Up, but an air freshener?  Check it out:

-Discover the Trees on Musichristian-

Brandon Heath has new music coming out soon, and as a bonus, he’s giving out a random, free mp3 to anyone on his mailing list.  You need to confirm for the list, but after that, you can visit the bonus page, answer a “What If We” question, and download the free music.  There’s supposed to be some new stuff in the mix, and probably some old and rare stuff too.

-BrandonHeath.net-

And if that’s not enough, a new website NoiseTrade.com has full CD’s from Alli Rogers, Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken, Sixpence None the Richer, Joy Whitlock, and more.  Pay what you want, or tell three friends and get the CDs free.  I’m going to write a full post as soon as I can check the system out, but I thought you’d want to hear about it as soon as possible.  Thanks to everyone who sent this in!  Sorry I’ve been so long in featuring it.

-NoiseTrade.com-

Wow, that’s was a lot to write… 

Tags: Abandon, After Edmond, Alli Rogers, Beloved, Brandon Heath, CO3, Derek Webb, Falling Up, Jenn Weber, Jon Foreman, Joy Whitlock, Mike Farris, Sanctus Real, Sandra McCracken, Sixpence None the Richer, Superchic[k]

Free Music from Falling Up, Dizmas, and Family Force 5

Christian rock fans rejoice, this is the post for you.  Well, the second post for you, after this one.  Three songs, no matter how good, can’t really compare to over 25.  Anyway, I have three can’t-miss free mp3s today from a new website called NOTW (Not of This World).  They are actually a Christian clothing wholesaler, selling T-shirts, sweatshirts, etc.

Anyway, I’m getting off-topic.  The site has three free downloads, “Play It Safe”, by Dizmas, “Never Let Me Go”, by Family Force 5, and “Good Morning Planetarium”, by Falling Up.

All three are amazing songs, and I’d highly recommend them all.  Even more exciting is that the site says there will be new songs monthly. 

-NOTW Homepage-

Before I close this off, I wanted to say something about “Good Morning Planetarium”.  The song is all about brokenness, followed by hope in Christ, then, a call to anyone else who’s feeling “cold and incomplete inside”.  I would like to echo Falling Up.  If you ever need someone to talk to about problems, or life in general, I’m always available.  I can’t promise to have all the answers, but I know Who does.  I know having someone like that was and is really helpful in my life, so, if you ever need someone to talk to, you can email me or try and catch me on Google Talk.  Either way, freechristianmusicblog@gmail.com.

Tags: Dizmas, Falling Up, Family Force 5

"Under the Watchful Eyes Of T.J. Eckleburg" {And Other Weird Song Titles}

Here it is! The highly anticipated list of weird, strange, random, unusual, and wise, song titles. When I first announced this, I had no idea the response I would get. I also had no idea that such interesting titles existed. Therefore, without further ado, the moment you’ve been waiting for:

• Relient K – “Crayons Can Melt On Us For All I Care”
• Five Iron Frenzy – “At Least I’m Not Like All Those Other Old Guys”
• The Devil Wears Prada – “Reptar, King of the Ozone”
• Daniel Amos / The Swirling Eddies – “Donna Nietche And Her Super Race Of Kick-Boxing Uber Parrots”
• Daniel Amos / The Swirling Eddies – “Arthur Fhardy’s Yodeling Party”
• Five Iron Frenzy – “The Phantom Mullet”
• Search the City – “In This Scene You’re Just An Extra”
• Showbread – “I Had Music In My Heart, But Now My My Heart Is Broken”
• House Of Heroes – “You Are the Judas of The Cheerleading Squad”
• Relient K – “Chap Stick, Chapped Lips, And Things Like Chemistry”
• Underoath – “I Have Ten Friends and A Crowbar that Say You Ain’t Gonna Do, Jack”
• MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE – “A Bayonet Doesn’t Make You A Hero”
• Blue Cadet and the Brave December – “Brass Knuckles Won’t Do You Any Good In Soul To Soul Combat”
• The Devil Wears Prada – “Hey John, What’s Your Name Again”
• Send Out Scuds – “This is So Cliche That it Will Rot Your Teeth”
• Showbread – “Oh! Emetophobia”
• Underoath – “It’s Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door”
• The Almost – “They Say You Can Never Write I Told You So In A Song But Here I Go DEMO”
• Falling Up – “The Dark Side of Indoor Track Meets”
• Project 86 – “The Forces of Radio Have Dropped A Viper In The Rhythm Section”
• Emery – “You Think You’re Nickel Slick (But I Got Your Penny Change)”
• Rich Mullins – “Alrightokuhhuhamen”
• MxPx – “Another Song About T.V.”
• Five Iron Frenzy – “Wizard Needs Food, Badly”
• David Crowder*Band – “O God Where Are You Now (In Pickerel Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)”
• Anberlin – “A Heavy Hearted Work of Staggering Genius”
• Sullivan – “Under the Watchful Eyes Of T.J. Eckleburg”
• Anberlin – “There Is No Mathematics to Love and Loss”
• Showbread – “A Llama Eats a Giraffe (And Vice Versa)
• Nodes of Ranvier – “Nagheenanajar”
• Maylene And The Sons of Disaster – “Bang! The Witch Is Dead”
• Norma Jean – “I Used To Hate Cell Phones, Now I Hate Car Accidents”
• Demon Hunter – “Our Faces Fall Apart”
• Daniel Amos / The Swirling Eddies – “(Near Sighted Girl With Approaching) Tidal Wave”
• Daniel Amos / The Swirling Eddies – “(It’s The Eighties So Where’s Our) Rocket Pack”
• DC Talk – “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”
• Gwen Stacy – “What Will Happen If I Hit Enter?”
• The Chariot – “If Wishes Were Horses, More Beggars Would Ride Them”
• The Devil Wears Prada – “Swords, Dragons, and Diet Coke”
• The Devil Wears Prada – “This Song Is Called”
• The Chariot -
  1. Back To Back
  2. They Faced Each Other
  3. They Drew Their Swords
  4. And Shot Each Other
  5. The Deaf Policemen
  6. Heard This Noise
  7. Then Came To Kill
  8. The Two Dead Boys
  9. Forgive Me Nashville
  10. The Trumpet

And my two personal favorites:

• The Chariot – “Someday In The Event That Mankind Figures Out What It Is That This World Revolves Around, Thousands Of People Will Be Shocked And Perplexed To Find Out That It Was Not Them. Sometimes This Includes Me.”

• Gwen Stacy – “Hey God, This Song’s For You. I Hope You Like It.”

Pretty crazy, huh? Let me know what you’re favorites are by leaving a comment on this post.

One other thing, if you want to copy the list and use it on your blog, Myspace, Facebook, etc, go ahead. Spread the weirdness. All I ask is that you link back to The Free Christian Music Blog (http://www.thefreechristianmusicblog.com).

Tags: Anberlin, Blue Cadet and the Brave December, Daniel Amos, David Crowder Band, DC Talk, Demon Hunter, Emery, Falling Up, Five Iron Frenzy, Gwen Stacy, House of Heroes, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster, MxPx, MyChildren MyBride, Norma Jean, Project 86, Relient K, Rich Mullins, Search the City, Send Out Scuds, Showbread, Sullivan, The Almost, The Chariot, The Devil Wears Prada, The Swirling Eddies, Underoath

Merry Christmas!

Well, since my latest post, between my readers and myself, I’ve gotten 5 free-and-legal Christmas songs for next week. Combined with the five I had before, that means I only need two more. Thanks to everyone who submitted something! You can look forward to Christmas music from Eleventyseven, Watashi Wa, Aaron Shust, Jars of Clay, Starfield, and more.

Now for today’s music. I have one song from Falling Up. It’s called “Bittersweet” and is the first song on their first album, Crashing. It’s available for free from GarageBand.com, a website for independent artists. I suspect this might be a demo version of Bittersweet, but, since I don’t own Crashing, I can’t check. Perhaps a reader who owns it could set me straight. Anyway, you can download it regardless, and it is a awesome song.

Tags: Falling Up