It’s FAI Ford Cup Final weekend and to celebrate what we’re sure will be a titanic struggle between St. Patrick’s Athletic – come on you Saints! – and Derry City, we’ve a bumper going-in-all-studs-flyingFree Music Friday for you.
 
The Coup, Mac DeMarco, I Got You On Tape, Eskmo, Indian Handcrafts, Menahan Street Band, Me And My Drummer, Lost Bear, Black Marble and Andrew Bird kick off this week’s streaming action at [link]3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/albums.html[/link] while [link]music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/#/1[/link] chips in with Calvin Harris, Q Parker, Zion I and Macy Gray and [link]music.aol.com/new-releases-full-cds/spinner#/1[/link] adds Cody ChesnuTT, Andrew Combs, West End Motel, Chad Valley, The Faint and Lulu Gainsbourg to the mix.
 
The streaming pickings this week on NPR are slim but they do have a damn fine Passion Pit session for your download delection.
 

 
There’s a Richie Hawtin Moogfest set to be drooled over at [link]www.npr.org/series/live-in-concert[/link] and an archive Moby gig at [link]www.npr.org/event/music/141657328/moby-in-concert-moogfest-2011[/link] which is just itching to be added to your iTunes.
 
Another deal you shouldn’t be saying “no” to is the free digital download of Josh Rouse & The Long Vacations’ eponymous album, which includes two bonus demos. If you want to leave a couple of bucks in the tip jar, nobody will be offended!

Epic Records have dropped Death Grips after the US hip hoppers gave away the new album, No Love Deep Web, the label was supposed to be releasing commercially. It’s also possible that they objected to the hairy erect penis artwork. Cop an earful at [link]thirdworlds.net/main/death.php[/link].
 
This week’s free album avalanche continues with a 13-track sampler from Bleek Records, the Brooklyn-based home of among others Natureboy, Heart Of Hearts, Two Twins, Mr. Moccasin, House Of Wolves and Easy Lover.
 

 
 
Dwight Yoakam, The Mavericks, Simone Felice, The Raveonettes and Rev. Payton’s Big Damn Band contribute to the November edition of American Songwriter: The Muse.
 

 
Synth legend Giorgio Moroder has made a load of rarities available for free [link]soundcloud.com/search?q[fulltext]=Giorgio+Moroder[/link] download; Julie Feeney gives away the title-track from her Cold Water album at [link]soundcloud.com/juliefeeney/cold-water-wav[/link]
lo-fi pop merchant Calvin Love debuts New Radar at [link]www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/av/2012/10/album-stream-calvin-love---new-radar.html[/link]; Norwegian electro man Lindstrøm returns at [link]exclaim.ca/MusicVideo/ClickHear/lindstrom-smallhans_album_stream[/link] with Smalhans; the [link]http://www.kidcudi.com/#!All[/link] taster will make you want to rush out and buy the alternative hip hoppers Kid Cudi album; [link]soundcloud.com/crystal-castles/crystal-castles-affection[/link] is the go-to place for new Crystal Castles tune ‘Affection’; Aerosmith give an airing to one of their Music From Another Dimension!standouts at [link]http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/aerosmith-on-we-all-fall-down-track-by-track-premiere-20121031[/link] and [link]www.ballerstatus.com/2012/10/31/free-download-chingy-chances-champions-mixtape[/link] is home to the second free mixtape of the year from St. Louis motormouth Chingy.

There’s quality fare to be had on this here website too with a stream of the debut Gavin James EP – he’s going to be huuuuuuge! – at [link]www.hotpress.com/gavinjames[link] and fine acoustic tunesmithery from O Emperor at [link]http://www.hotpress.com/O-Emperor/news/WATCH-O-Emperor-in-session-with-Hot-Press/9304170.html?new_layout=1[/link]
 
Of the many Halloween freebies that were out there this week, we were particularly taken with this ‘60s-minded mix from Black Lips which includes a rare archive recording of The Beast himself, Aleister Crowley.
 

 
 
One Little Indian signings Stubborn Heart get all glitchy on their eponymous debut, which is currently lurking with intent on YouTube.
 

 
 
Not music, but most definitely rock ‘n’ roll! We thought you should hear the observations Scottish comedian Jerry Sadowitz made about Jimmy Savile in 1988.
 

 
Vampire Weekend celebrated Halloween by donning corpse paint and debuting a new tune, ‘Unbelievers’, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!  which bodes extremely well for their new album. They also threw in a cutesy ‘Oxford Comma’ for old time’s sake.

 

 
Also giving us much ocular pleasure this week are the new promo for Cast Of Cheers’ ‘Trucks At Night’; Billy Pilgrim’s lyric-based vid for Villagers’ ‘Passing A Message; and the clip accompanying the Republic Of Loose’s latest flight of funky fancy, ‘They Pay For Love’.
 
 

 

 

Finally, here's the new clip for M83's 'Steve McQueen', which has racked up over half a million views in five days and confirms Monsieurs Gonzalez and Fromageau as the hottest things in Gallic dance.

 
 
Which is where must leave it for another action-packed week. Send all your Free Music Friday links to @stuartclark66