The Alternative Tone

15 free tracks from across Man Overboard's back catalogue. Excellent pop punk! RIYL: Transit, Fireworks, Blink 182 Highly Recommended 

Emo from New Jersey Download Here RIYL: American Football, La Dispute Highly Recommended. 

Live The Dream by Ramshackle Glory (2011) Anarchist, happiness inspiring folk punk from the seven piece. Features what may be my favourite lyric of all time ' Maybe God isn't the right word but I believe in you', Live The Dream is an album that will leave you grinning like an idiot. Fact, I pleayed 'Your Heart Is A Muscle The Size Of Your Fist' ten times over the first time I heard it.   Buy It Here   The Rip Tide by Beirut (2011) The third album from everyone's favourite world tinged indie folk band, The Rip Tide continues where The Flying Club Cup finished off. Featuring the fantastic 'A Candle's Fire', The Rip Tide is the sort of album that makes every moment feel like you're sitting in a French restaurant sipping coffee whilst the sun shines.    Buy It Here   A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (2001)  Yes, it's a book. And yes, it's a memoir. And yes, I should stay the hell away from it...

Jangle pop/surf pop from Texas.   Download Here RIYL: Real Estate, Best Coast, the summer Highly Recommended. 

Indie rock from Minneapolis. http://thefarewellcircuit.bandcamp.com/album/brothers-eyes-ep RIYL: Death Cab For Cutie, The Antlers, dreamy indie rock that isn't dreampop Highly Recommended. 

Indie rock from New York, features one original and a Beach House cover. http://theantlers.bandcamp.com/album/cold-war RIYL: Grizzly Bear, MUSIC! Highly Recommended.

Indie rock from New York. Featuring an early version of Hospice's Sylvia and covers of Yo La Tengo and The Magnetic Fields. http://theantlers.bandcamp.com/album/new-york-hospitals RIYL: Grizzly Bear, indie rock, good music Highly Recommended.

Ridiculously brilliant and happiness inspiring folk punk single from Ramshackle Glory. Free Download Link RIYL: The Anarchist Pizza Society, Frank Turner, happiness and joy Highly Recommended 

Here, Hear III EP by La Dispute (2009):  Spoken word from the post-hardcore experimenters.Yes, spoken word might seem a little dubious, however it does feature 'Nine', one of the best tracks of their career. Bandcamp James Is Going To Die Soon by Crywank (2010):  Ridiculously simple yet emotive folk-punk from London. Pretty close to perfect debut. Bandcamp  (free download) Accordion Peas by Neutral Milk Hotel (1998):   Live bootleg of a '98 NMH show featuring the amazing, and rare, Oh Sister.

A 40 track sampler from possibly the best indie record label in the world. Includes the likes of; Appleseed Cast, The Dandelion War, Goonies Never Say Die, Latterman, Ride Your Bike, Coma Recovery, Dorena... The list goes on. Seriously, download this. http://deepelmdigital.com/ RIYL: Post-rock, indie, music, life Highly Recommended. 

Indie pop from Canada. http://paperlions.com/download RIYL: Fun., Dry The River, feeling hip Highly recommended. 

Indie rock from Brooklyn. http://unseentapes.bandcamp.com/album/unseen-tapes-vol-4-2000-2010-humboldt-house RIYL: Elliott Smith, Pavement, Built To Spill Highly recommended. 

Eight track recorded indie rock from Brooklyn.   http://unseentapes.bandcamp.com/album/unseen-tapes-vol-3-1999-2000-the-generator RIYL: Elliott Smith, Pavement, Beck Highly recommended.    

Four track recorded indie rock from Brooklyn. http://unseentapes.bandcamp.com/album/unseen-tapes-vol-2-1996-1998-porch-songs RIYL: Elliott Smith, Pavement, Beck Highly recommended. 

Four track recorded indie rock from Brooklyn.    http://unseentapes.bandcamp.com/album/unseen-tapes-vol-1-1994-1996-fractured RIYL: Pavement, Beck, Belle & Sebastian   Highly recommended. 

Post-rock from Deep Elm Records. Yeah, it's going to be good. http://deepelmdigital.com/album/why-arent-i-home RIYL: Moving Mountains, The Appleseed Cast, Explosions In The Sky Highly Recommended

Atmospheric  indie-folk from Nashville. http://foreignfields.bandcamp.com/album/anywhere-but-where-i-am RIYL: Bon Iver, James Vincent McMorrow Highly recommended

Postcards EP by Gatherer (2012):  Post-hardcore from Virginia. This pawns. Seriously. http://gatherernj.bandcamp.com/album/postcards Read Music, Speak Spanish by Desaparecidos (2002): The awesome album on which Conor Oberst was convinced he was hardcore. Listen to this and then get excited about the recent reunion. http://saddle-creek.com/store/50 Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem (2007): It's dance! But it's indie! MIND BLOWN.

Indie hip-hop from Chicago. http://miloraps.bandcamp.com/album/milo-takes-baths RIYL: P.O.S, Cecil Otter, Mac Lethal Highly Recommended 

Acoustic folk from Brighton, England. http://edtullett.bandcamp.com/album/never-joy RIYL: Bon Iver, James Vincent McMorrow, Highly recommended