URB ALT Sampler-Dos Is Here and it RAWKS!

Hola, Loved Ones,

Yup, I've been promising this sucka, URB ALT Sampler-Dos, for a good while. The FREE album-only download is available on the URB ALT site right now(*see note below). By weeks end it will be accessible from Amazon.com and Itunes as well. So much work went into putting this compilation of cool indie and avant garde artists together. The licensing of the songs took 3 months to settle due to the inclusion of several large indie label artists. Trust me that it was well worth it because some great relationships were established due to that grind. I'm much appreciative of the folks from XL Recordings, Warp Records, Downtown Records, Mercer Street Records, Secretly Canadian, Carpark Records and the other indie companies that allowed us to include the beautiful work of their artists. It's easy to say "no" but "yes" is a leap of faith that I want to honor by using URB ALT Sampler-Dos to build more exposure for all of the incredible signed and unsigned artists involved.

Can I say how excited I am that the legendary Gil Scott-Heron is on the compilation? Me and some URB ALT folks had a chance to attend the Fader sponsored release party for his new long player "I'm New Here." It's such a moving album.

Alternative chanteuse Leila Adu is in the mix with a full band arrangement of her trippy song Train. It features some of the biggest names in the New Zealand musical improv scene.

What about the idea that Ikey Owens of Mars Volta graced us with a live track from his band Free Moral Agents?

Grizzly Bear? Is any group hotter or more respected artistically than these fellas right now? They released, Veckatimist, one of my top 5 albums from 2009.

Very excited about BLK JKS, musically intense rocker brothers from South Africa, being part of the fracas. These cats know how to make a seriously joyful noise.

Ah, just check out the full tracklist and tell me it's not bonkers. :-) RAWK!:

1)MuthaWit – Give It To Me

2)Divisible – Calm, Collected

3)Gil Scott-Heron – Me And The Devil

4)Leila Adu – Train

5)Grizzly Bear – Cheerleader

6)Free Moral Agents – Aravand(live at the prospector, LBC)

7)California King – Whiskey Glass

8)No Bra – Noise Pollution

9)Ezekiel Jiminez – Wee Wee Wata Knot Belly 5

10)Paris Suit Yourself – Brainwash

11)Meshell Ndegeocello – Lola

12)Art Terry – Future

13)The Dolldaze – The Hard Way

14)Toro y Moi – 109

15)Uninterrupted – Regret

16)BLK JKS – Lakeside

17)Fat Transfer – Now You’re Back

18)Swallowing the Seas – More Than Water

All that's left for me to say is thank you to all involved and that we're very proud of URB ALT Sampler-Dos. Go ahead and download it. Let me know what you think. Please forward the download link and press release far and wide. Retweet, Twitterers. Definitely let the artists know that you're happy that they participated in the project. Support the labels. Tell your friends and associates to download the record. Tell them to join the URB ALT community. Ask them to please sign our mailing list. There are so many great announcements to come and I want to tell the world about it. RAWK!

Love,

Boston

*Faster download times feature slightly lower audio fidelity. If you have a fast broadband signal and are an audiophile definitely download from the highest quality link. You'll enjoy it more. Both links are good, however, so you won't be disappointed either way. At the sendspace.com please click the "Regular Download" column.

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