I was going to post my own thread about this, but this will work just as well:
My favorite unknown band is Glossary and they are offering their brand new album for FREE via download on their website. You don't have to register or give any of your information, but they do request people to sign up for their mailing list.
Before anyone says they hopped on the Radiohead bandwagon, to be fair Glossary announced their plan to make the new record available for free via download three weeks ago. Maybe Radiohead hopped on the Glossary bandwagon! Yeah, I know, probably not.
Anyway, Glossary is a band from Murfreesboro, TN with a very alt-country / Southern rock sound I absolutely die for. If you like Drive By Truckers, Lucero, Two Cow Garage, The Drams, Centro-matic, etc. then these guys will be right up your alley. In fact, when I saw Patterson Hood performing solo at the Austin City Limits Music Festival a couple of weeks ago, he was wearing a Glossary t-shirt. The band is highly respected within the genre and last year's For What I Don't Become was my favorite 2006 release. Joey Kneiser's smokey vocals combined with Bingham Barnes' rock solid foundation and Todd Beene's occasional pedal steel make for a sublime combination.
Download the new album, The Better Angles of Our Nature, for free here: http://www.glossary.us/the-better-angels-o...-free-download/
It's available as medium or high quality MP3s or AACs. The physical CD will be released in three weeks and they'll be doing some shows with The Drams, Grand Champeen and Two Cow Garage in November. If you like the new record, go to a show and/or buy the CD when it comes out.