CHIRP: The Chicago Independent Radio Project

Dustin Drase writes

Free Podington Bear!

Everybody likes free music right?

Portland based musician Chad Crouch has been masquerading as Podington Bear for a little over a year ago, and vowed to record and release three songs a week via his podcast and blog (156 total). With the task now complete, Crouch has released a ten-disc box set of the Podington Bear songs on his label Hush Recordings. Additionally, he is making two albums available for free download via the hushrecords.com site. The Lost Album collects the last 11 original songs posted in the run up to number 156, whereas Remixes Vol 1 collects the remixes peppered throughout the Podcast feed, including remixes of Radiohead, YACHT, Dntel, Bobby Birdman, M. Ward and more.

Podington Bear – The Lost Album

1. Sparkletone

2. Janky Cluster

3. Nature Kid

4. Robin’s Egg Blue

5. Simple To Operate

6. Drama Queen

7. Misfit Toys

8. Hook Line & Slinker

9. Proof

10. Invisible Is Not Invincible

11. Graduation

Podington Bear – Remixes Vol. I

1. I Believe In You (YACHT)

2. Father Of Failure (Horse Feathers)

3. Au Naturale (Radiohead)

4. Shake Shugaree (Laura Gibson)

5. Val K (Graves)

6. Radio Campaign (M Ward)

7. No Where (Graves)

8. Dumb Luck (Dntel)

9. Sweet Deception (Laura Gibson)

10. Perfect For Light (Bobby Birdman)