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Rack and Ruin Records, Or: Free Music On The Internet

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Scandanavian War Machine:
Okay, I'm usually not all about starting new threads because...well...I rarely have anything to say that warrants one. But this does. It totally does. Rack and Ruin is, apparently, a small internet-based record label that lets you download any of their albums right off their website simply by clicking on the album art (no annoying hosting sites). Some of their artists are really quite talented and unique and if only one of you finds something you like, even just a little bit, then this thread will have done it's job.

Little back story:
A while back, I downloaded an album called "As Is The Sun" by a band called Jason The Swamp. I found it randomly on the famed and much revered Sordo and, while unimpressed at first, quickly fell completely in love with it. For a while, I was content.
Then, through Last.fm similar artists radio, I found a couple songs by other artists on the Rack and Ruin label that didn't suck (a couple did). That was neat but I never explored it further. Until today.
Today, on a whim, I went to Rack and Ruin's website and have since discovered a couple other really interesting things. Most importantly (to me) I finally found Jason The Swamp's other records, which I have been dying to hear.

Anyway, back to the present. I just wanted to show you guys the website and tell you to check it out because...well, it's free music, there's no reason not to check it out.

And before people start crying fowl or spam, I just wanna remind you that the website is nothing more than a record label giving away it's music for free. Hell, I don't even think they have ads on the site, so there's really nothing to complain about. As far as my stake in the thing, and my own affiliations, I can assure you I have none. I just recently discovered this label and wanted to share it here, since I've been here a while now and I think alot of you would enjoy a good bit of the tunes.


Rack and Ruin Records

Enjoy!

the_pied_piper:
Excellent, who doesn't love free music?

What sort of genres would you say the bands encompass? Are they all similar or are they a wide spread of undiscovered artists?

pilsner:
Nice!  The funny thing is the way I'm programmed is when something is offered for free I don't want it as much as something that is sold for money that I'm downloading for free.  Sort of like how the DVDs I want to rent are generally the ones that are out.  But I think I can get over that.  Thanks for linking.

scarred:
You whore.

(will check this out later)

Scandanavian War Machine:
Honestly, I've only listen to like three or four of the bands on the label but it seems to have a decent amount of variety.

For example, Jason The Swamp is like sweet, acoustic folk with crazy percussion and...uniqueness...i dunno. Conversely, there is ZGRESS which is partially auto-tuned retro funk-pop. Or something. I'm not even sure.

You'll just have to check it out. There are usually little review snippets, along with short descriptions written by the artist, on their respective pages which should help to describe what they are like.

I'd recommend just going to the artists page and checking a couple out at random, and see what you find.


As I've said, I'm pretty enamored with Jason The Swamp so check him out if you like acoustic music, folk, percussion, suprises, and soft vocals. Espescially surprises.

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