The Alternative Tone

A live split release between  McCafferty ,  Chris Joecken  and  Sam Rockwell, Machete Champion  is now available as 'name your price'. Check it out below. This Will Mean Nothing (A Live Acoustic Split) by McCafferty, Sam Rockwell Machete Champion, Chris Joecken

Sampler of various South Carolina bands, most within the lines of folk and indie folk. Download Here RIYL: South Carolina

Indie folk! Download Here RIYL: Sufjan Stevens; Fionn Regan

Acoustic sadness with pianos. Download Here RIYL: Tom Odell; Daughter Highly Recommended

Folk from San Francisco Download Here RIYL: Fionn Regan; Joshua Radin

Don't forget guys, The Alternative Tone: Bands Of 2013 compilation is still available on Bandcamp! Make sure you get hold of a free download of 34 tracks of the best emo, post-hardcore, folk, folk punk, pop punk and much more. The Alternative Tone: Bands Of 2013 by The Alternative Tone

Emo Download Here RIYL: Crywank, emo gone folk.

If you register for Frank Turner 's newsletter  here , you get a free download of "Four Simple Words & Cowboy Chords (Demo)", his new track. That link also features Turner's Christmas message, and him in a very dashing Christmas jumper.

Atlanta-based neo-folk outfit  Sleepy Turtles  & alt rockers  Austin Archer  are now giving their respective albums away for free directly from their label page on the Autumn + Colour Records website. Sleepy Turtles -  Summer, Hither  (free download) Austin Archer -  Venture To Breathe  (free download)

Folk from New England. Download Here RIYL: Kevin Devine, folk music

Folk from England. Download Here RIYL: Frank Turner, Britishness!

Folk from Tulsa Download Here RIYL: Frank Turner, Britishness! (via America) Highly Recommended. 

Folk from Tulsa Download Here RIYL: Frank Turner, Damien Rice Highly Recommended

Folk compilation from For Folk's Sake including the likes of Admiral Fallow, The Last Battle, Erica Buettner, The Son(s), Phil King, Songs For Dead Sailors, Georgia Bruce, Jonah Maddox, Gibson Bull, Tiny Birds, Charles Mansfield, Thiago Pethit, Rebel Bran, Just Handshakes (We're British), Emily & The Woods, and Blue Sky Archives. Download Here  (Download each track individually) RIYL: Folk music, music, Britishness!

Folk from Glasgow Download Here RIYL: Damien Rice, Mick Flannery

Baroque/indie pop from Baraboo, WI. Download Here RIYL: Beirut with female vocals

Lo-fi, female vocals folk. Download Here RIYL: Kimya Dawson, lo-fi-ness!

Acoustic folk.    Download Here RIYL: Jakob Lewis, Caleb Engstrom, acoustic music.  Highly Recommended.  Also, the dude is trying to raise money to properly record an album, and as he has ridiculously insufficient funds, he's been sort of forced to share his demos. So, if while it is 'pay as want', any payment is going to what should be an awesome album. 

Indie folk from Detroit Download Here RIYL: Sufjan Stevens, Andrew Bird

Male/female folk from the UK. Download Here. RIYL: Laura Marling, sadness. Highly Recommended.