April 28, 2011 | 9:27 AM | By The Key
Download the new Key Studio Sessions Compilation Volume One for free
FILED UNDER: Artists, Downloads, Recordings, 5 O'Clock Shadowboxers, American Babies, Attia Taylor, By Surprise, Cheers Elephant, Creepoid, Grimace Federation, Johnny Miles And The Waywards, Lady, Moon Women, Prowler, Purling Hiss, Res, Slutever, Soars, Summer Fiction, The Key Studio Sessions, The Shackeltons
The Key Studio Sessions Compilation Volume One—which you can download for free here—features one exclusive track recorded at the WXPN studios by 17 local acts, including Cheers Elephant, Grimace Federation, Summer Fiction, Moon Women, Prowler, Attia Taylor, 5 O’Clock Shadowboxers, Res, Purling Hiss, The Shackeltons, Soars, Johnny Miles And The Waywards, Creepoid, By Surprise, Lady, Slutever, and American Babies.
Want to hear more? Click here to listen to the full sessions by all 17 local acts. You can also download The Key Studio Sessions Compilation, Volume One in its entirety as a .zip file.
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