The Earth has revolved the sun enough times that freebies are due again, so here are some.

Lovers Turn To Monsters
Heaven forbid I miss the chance for a gig plug. Ahead of Saturday’s gig, Lovers Turn To Monsters staged a takeover of Scottish Fiction. Included in that was a free EP of Lovers Turn Top Monsters covering songs by Paws, So Many Animal Calls, Honeyblood and Chvrches. Get that here.

Northern Alliance
With an entire discography shoved out for the price of your choice this week Northern Alliance could practically have filled the freebies column on their own. Four Northern Alliance albums, and one under the guise of The Ossians, can be yours here. I’d previously only heard little bits of the band before, so I was particularly happy to get my paws on all this, most of which has been listened to and thoroughly enjoyed this week.

Universal Disappointment Sponge
I had Fashoda Crisis on here a few weeks ago with an EP I really liked. The marvelously names Universal Disappointment Sponge are a side project of one of that band, and it’s their turn to come along with a fab EP. Name your price for Time to Surrender Puny Earthlings here.

In Session
Edinburgh radio show In Session have stuck out their selection of - funnily enough - session tracks recorded for the show. Tons of good stuff on this. It’s a pay what you want download, with any money raised going to charity, here.

DanDanDan
Noisy Edinburgh tykes DanDanDan have a new EP out, available for whatever you want to pay here. Excellent song titles.

Run/Lucky/Free
Indie-pop types Run/Lucky/Free have decided to split up. They are giving away a free download of a four track EP here as a parting gift.

The Girobabies
I always forget to include The Girobabies in the freebies when they have one, no idea why. My mind usually remembers they had something an hour after posting, then shuts down again if I go to do an edit. The freebie they passed on to me to include this week isn’t actually available to download, though you can listen to it here, so instead I’ll mention that you can still get Bus Stop Apocalypse album here for whatever price you want.

Hi. I like what you’ve done with your hair today. If you don’t have any hair then I like that too.
“What music can I get off the internet at minimal cost to myself this week Jim?” I hear you say. The doctors tell me this is perfectly normal though, and I shouldn’t worry about it too much. They are getting me a special jacket to wear so I can cuddle myself while I hear voices asking me things on the internet.

Pinact
Pinact have a new EP out now. Or they have a zine out, which comes with an EP. Look, Pinact have a thing out, right? You can buy it here. That’s not free, but their first EP, the quite splendid Spill Your Guts, Let Out Some Noise can be had for whatever price you want to pay for it here. While I’m plugging, I should mention that they’ve got a few tasty looking gigs next week in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen. Go on over to their Facebook for all the details on those.

The Big Nowhere
My old mates The Big Nowhere have been promising a second album for about as long as I can remember. It’s still not ready. They have put together a wee song for Valentine’s Day though, which I bring to you a day late, like a bouquet of petrol station flowers bought in a panic at 5am. I’d never do something like that, my 5am petrol station purchases are far less romantic. Enough about that though, get hold of The Big Nowhere’s cover of Gene Clark’s Through the Morning, Through the Night over here.

Randolph’s Leap
Ahead of their big gig at Edinburgh’s Queens Hall on Saturday night, long time blog favourites Randolph’s Leap have a new single. News is available here as a name your price download. It’s fab.

Hey! Hello!
Somewhat carrying on the day late Valentine theme, we’ve got Hey! Hello! I’ll forgive you if you aren’t familiar with the band name, but once I tell you that one half of the band is one of the major Aye Tunes mancrushes I expect you to pay attention. Hey! Hello! is a side project of sorts, set up by Ginger of The Wildhearts fame - because he doesn’t have quite enough projects on the go at any one time, with Victoria Liedtke. Together they’ve put together an excellent punky pop album, the first single from which is Black Valentine. Get yourself a download of the track here, for whatever price you fancy. If you like the single, you can get hold of the alum right now through Pledge Music.

Andrew Pearson and the Riflebirds
Last time I had Andrew on the blog it was Christmas. Goodness, how time flies. Mr Pearson and his Riflebirds have a new album out on Monday, but you can get yourself a single from the album right now! Ribbons comes with a plethora of remixes, and is a free download here.

Did you all have a nice Valentine’s Day, or did you all ignore it? I went to see A Good Day To Die Hard with my ladyfriend. It was here idea, honest. I don’t advise going to see the film unless you bloody love incoherent direction and plotting or didn’t think Die Hard 4 was quite orange and teal coloured enough for your liking.

After a week off to rest my weary head, and because there was hardly anything to post last week, here’s the freebies back again. I fine line-up this week, if you ask me. But then I would say that, since I tend not to post things I think are shite. You may disagree with the quality.

Machines In Heaven
Long term pals of the blog Machines in Heaven have taken their sweet time to finally get round to releasing something, but I can stop badgering them about that for the moment. They have released The Glasgow Jihad EP today, and you can get hold of a copy for whatever you want to pay here. I really quite like it, which means we don’t need to have a sad break-up. Good.

The Plimptons
After 13 years, The Plimptons are going away. I’m quite sad about that, as they are still one of the most fun live bands around. As a parting gift, you can pick up their final release, The Plimptons are Dead! for free here. There’s more freebies on their Bandcamp page too, if you poke around. They’ll be finishing things in style with an all day going away bash on March 30th, split between Stereo and The Old Hairdressers, you can get tickets for that on Bandcamp too. Awkwardly, me Neil and Lloyd have one of our gigs that night, meaning I may need to don a disguise to go see The Plimptons instead…

Song, by Toad
I think in all the time it has been running, Song, by Toad Records has only put out one thing I didn’t really like. That’s either a pretty good track record, or I’m just easy to please. The 2013 label sampler is out now, and available as a free download here. Doesn’t look like there’s going to be anything coming from the label I don’t like any time soon on this evidence, especially with the additions of Adam Stafford and Sparrow and the Workshop to the roster. Add in the next split 12″ with Plastic Animals, Le Thug, Magic Eye and Zed Penguin and you’ve got a handful of folk who have either done gigs for me, or place very high up the wishlist for future. Excellent work toad people.

Jim Bob
We bloody love Carter USM round here. We also bloody love Jim Bob’s solo stuff. So much so that I’ve had this for ages, since it came as a free download with the latest Jim Bob novel (we also like his books, and should stop saying we). I’m so cool. Though not as cool as Last Year’s Girl, who put him on in Glasgow. The Day Job EP is now available to everyone, for whatever you want to pay for it, here. As an added bonus, it has the man behind Thirty Pounds of Bone on it, we like him a lot too.

Zombie Girlfriend
I’d call Zombie Girlfriend my favourite lo-fi band from Hungary, but they are pretty much the only band I know from Hungary, so I won’t. I do really like the band though. Nab yourself a free download of Aglaope here, it’s quite lovely. Gentler, more restrained and quite different to most of their stuff, all of which is worth investigating here.

Laurence and the Slab Boys
Last year Laurence and the Slab Boys put out their debut album, Lo-Fi Disgrace. It was good. I completely neglected to mention this fact on the blog. The description on Bandcamp for the just released Songs For B-Movies EP says it is a secret, but I’m going to stick it in here and hope Larry doesn’t batter me. Name your price for the EP here, and check out the album here.

It Girl
The one thing I did want to post last week, but it had to wait. It Girl’s debut album Neon Signs is out now, available to download for whatever price you want here. Particularly worth looking at if you like Interpol.