Here’s the fifth and final instalment of our Favourite Free Music of 2015 list. Check out the other parts here. Remember, while it’s always tempting to put a big fat zero for ‘name your price’ releases, you can give a little something. Bands need to eat too, and would doubtless appreciate even the smallest donation for their efforts. It’s the least they deserve.
Sabbatical Wilderness – Night Life in the Lemon Town of Büshka (REVIEW)
(RIYL: experimental, narrative-driven music, J-RPGs)
Sad Girls Club – Sad Girls Clubbing
(RIYL: bedroom artists, 90s/00s pop, crying in discos)
Sailor Jupiter – S/T
(RIYL: punk, noise, Riot Grrrls)
Schapero – Girls EP
(RIYL: catchy pop, Toro y Moi, LCD Soundsystem)
Sea Ghost – SG
(RIYL: punk, powerpop, The Unicorns)
Single Colour Fields – Jaundiced Views
(RIYL: dream pop, freak folk, splits)
Sister Something – Duds EP / The Tongue Davids EP
(RIYL: indie rock, post-pop, Mac DeMarco)
Sleeping In – EP
(RIYL: shoegaze, Speedy Ortiz, Sonic Youth)
Slows Down – S/T (REVIEW)
(RIYL: dream pop, drone, post rock)
SNCKPCK – LAVA PAL
(RIYL: Electronic, chill, positivity)
Spirit of the Beehive – You Are Arrived (But You’ve Been Cheated) (REVIEW)
(RIYL: indie rock, lo-fi, dream rock for disaffected youth)
Sports Day Records – RELAY (REVIEW)
(RIYL: indie pop, bedroom pop, compilations)
Stolen Jars – Kept
(RIYL: math pop, folk, Dirty Projectors, Freelance Whales)
Strange Friends – Summer Recordings (REVIEW)
(RIYL: fuzz pop, lo-fi, Gorgeous Bully)
Stray Amour – S/T
(RIYL: indie pop, shoegaze)
Sun Hotel – Coast / Fight Off You Demos
(RIYL: folk, “swamp pop”, Lord Huron)
Sunshine Faces – Peaked / Letting You Know
(RIYL: dream pop, lo-fi, bedroom pop)
Ursidae – Tape 4
(RIYL: drone, field recordings, sonic collage)
The Wailin’ Smithers – S/T (REVIEW)
(RIYL: indie rock, laidback summer fun)
The Wandering Lake – From James’ Garden
(RIYL: psych folk, experimental, meditative vibes)
The Washboard Abs – WHATEVERLAND (REVIEW) / The Beaming Pts. 1 & 2 (REVIEW)
(RIYL: bedroom pop, folk, Mount Eerie)
Wished Bone – Pseudio Recordings
(RIYL: dreamy lo-fi, Elliott Smith, Sharon van Etten)
Yesses – S/T
(RIYL: lo-fi, pop, The Beatles)
We’ve shared a new section of the list every day this week, so be sure to check back for the complete collection. If you find something you like, or think we missed something life-changing, then why not let us know on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr or good old email.