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The joys of free music
Thrillho:
In these days of stuff being shoved on the internet for free both legally and illegally, a lot of people just download rather than buying physical music any more. This is something I'm not too happy about, but that's another story.
These days, there's a wealth of free, perfectly legal music on the internet (and elsewhere) if you look hard enough. What are some of the gems that you've found completely legal? Discounting the obvious Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails, of course.
The label Matador - who house Pavement, Mogwai and others - have something like 100 free MP3s from their various artists on their website.
Q magazine regularly give away free CDs, which I've taken shameless advantage of, getting, for example, the one Libertines song I want to own. I also discovered Nick Cave and Wilco via these CDs, both of whom are now among my favourite bands (and the latter of which are renowned for streaming their stuff on their webpage before it comes out).
What free delights have you found on the internet?
Katherine:
Last.fm has some free MP3s on their website and I downloaded one by Andrew Bird a little over a year ago. I had never heard of him, or heard his music before, but that song is now one of my favorite songs ever and I love me some Andrew Bird oh yes I do.
Thrillho:
I just realised I missed out the best one - which is Machina II by Smashing Pumpkins, which was leaked for free on the net in 2000, and I found recently. I downloaded it and it's awesome. Worth every penny??
ellis:
http://www.pandora.com/ (or http://pandorafm.real-ity.com/login.php if you're a bit OCD and have last.fm) are lovely. Nothing to download and keep, but I find that I always encounter new music I really enjoy through it. It's not perfect, but I definitely find it useful - I was surprised it wasn't mentioned in the initial roundup.
I think last.fm itself also has something similar? I've never used it, though.
Pogotross:
http://cllct.com/ is probably the most interesting I've come across...it's a site where anyone can upload an album they've created to be streamed and downloaded by anyone who comes across it. Most of the albums are lo-fi acoustic/ukulele types of music.
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