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Free Music: Science Record's gift to you

nospam@example.com (Staff Reports) — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:05:00 -0600

Science Records says:

For the holiday season, as a gift to you, Science Records presents their Digital Download sampler!

Just go to www.sciencerecords.net and click the link. Wait for the download and 10 songs from Science artists (including Blessthefall, The Confession, Covette, Greeley Estates and The Dear and Departed) are yours absolutely FREE! Enjoy!

Free Music: Bruce on iTunes

nospam@example.com (Christie Keith) — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:48:26 -0500

Just a little heads-up about some free stuff over on iTunes:

Bruce Springsteen's new single "Radio Nowhere," from his forthcoming album with the E Street Band, Magic (due out Oct. 2), is available free for one week -- and according to his official site, it's only available on iTunes. Download. Rock out.

Free Music: Matthew Good on iTunes

nospam@example.com (Christie Keith) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:38:04 -0500

The free single of the week on iTunes is a mixed bag of good and bad, and this week it's two kinds of good: Just plain good music, and Canadian musician Matthew Good, a favorite of mine. I don't even have words to tell you what I think about his song "Weapon."

The free single is called "Born Losers" and it's off the dark, darker, darkest album Hospital Music. Amazon will tell you it's not yet released, but it is... they'll start shipping Monday. In the meantime, go download "Born Losers." And if you don't have iTunes, it's free too... although if you don't have an iPod, playing it on other mp3 players can be a challenge unless you buy one of the (so far few) DRM-free files.

Free Music Friday: Amazon.com

nospam@example.com (Christie Keith) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:47:00 -0500

Yes, yes, I know Amazon.com sells music. It sells CDs and it sells digital music too.

But proving once again that we will buy the cow even if the milk is free, they also give it away. So get on over to Amazon and check out their current offerings. Today it's Madness and Koufax:

'80s favorite Madness is back with a funky bunch of cool covers on The Dangermen Sessions, Vol. 1 and indie rockers Koufax hit their stride with Hard Times Are in Fashion. Download a free track from each new release:

"Shame and Scandal" from Madness's The Dangermen Sessions, Vol. 1
"Why Bother It All" from Koufax's Hard Times Are in Fashion

Those and more, free and legal, here.

Free Music Friday: Fingertips

nospam@example.com (Christie Keith) — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:01:00 -0500

Every week, Fingertips reviews at least three free legal music downloads. You can get them sent via email, or just check the website. The week of June 17-23 lists:

"Kidstuff" - Tenderhooks
This song wallops me with its late-'70s new wave vibe but I can't put my finger exactly on why. Put early Elvis Costello, the 1977-79 Kinks, Television, and the Undertones in a blender and this song maybe pours out, with its ringing guitar line, observational wordplay, and solid pop melody.

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"Trouble" - Over the Rhine
As the noisy part of today's music scene is dominated almost fascistically by those obsessed with what is bright and shiny and new, there fortunately remain many musicians to listen to who are not simply brand new, thank goodness. To think of the depth and richness we would lose if we really were only listening to the latest MySpace and Pitchfork sensations--but no worries, we're not, and never will. Because some of the best new bands will stick around and hone their art in fruitful and unanticipated ways over the years, just as some of today's most wonderful not-new-anymore bands themselves once gleamed with the newcomer's glow. Long-time Fingertips favorites Over the Rhine are a categoriocal example of how impressive musicians can become as they have the chance to mature and write and perform together.

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"Move = Move" - Wheat
And this one oozes the ramshackle charm of 1967-or-so Rolling Stones (the melody to my ears partially echoes "Sing This All Together Now"), without any of the silly bad-boy posturing. And yet "Move = Move" likewise feels rooted right here in the indie-rock-saturated '00s, with its sculpted sound and stray electronic lagniappes. There's a real looseness on display that I find totally wonderful in such an otherwise brisk and focused tune, epitomized by the almost haphazard way the harmony vocals weave in and out of both awareness and alignment.

All this and more, at Fingertips. Free, and legal.

Free Music Friday: Bonnaroo 2007

nospam@example.com (Christie Keith) — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:17:40 -0500

You can't capture it, but you can watch it. From the ~~soulless corporate marketing machine~~ good folks at AT&T:

Tune in to the AT&T blue room June 15-17 to see the LIVE Bonnaroo 2007 webcast, straight from Manchester, TN. Only the blue room can give you an exclusive front row seat to the show without even having to leave your computer!

A four-day, multi-stage festival, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival brings together some of the best performers in rock and roll, along with dozens of artists in complementary styles such as jazz, Americana, hip-hop and more. Bookmark the blue room because you won't want to miss this year's all-star lineup including the String Cheese Incident, Cold War Kids, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Brazilian Girls, John Butler Trio, Gillian Welch, Michael Franti, Spearhead, The Flaming Lips and more!

It's all here.

And it's not free, but rumor has it that some of the sets will be available in their entirety on iTunes after the festival is over.

List of acts under the jump.
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Free Music Friday: Audiofile

nospam@example.com (Christie Keith) — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:54:41 -0500

It is without question a haven of the intellectual liberal elite, but regardless of whether that fits you a tee or gives you fits, it's one of the best places to get free legal music downloads.

I'm talking about Salon's Audiofile. And you're going free? Free? You have to subscribe to Salon! Not true!

Well, yes, you do, but you can also get a free day pass. So sign up for it, go in, download to your little heart's content, and thank me later.

Today's "Song of the Day" is "This Boy Can Wait" by the Wedding Present:

The other night I dreamed that I'd gone back in time to 1988 and moved to London. I dyed my hair jet black, teased it half-a-mile high, bought myself a baggy trench coat and spent most of my time reading Byron and pogo-dancing in dark, dank nightclubs. A raccoon-eyed girl named Perfidia gave me a mix tape with a version of the Wedding Present's great "This Boy Can Wait" on it. If I remember correctly, Perfidia taped it off the radio, but those of you unable to access my dreams or travel back in time can find the song on a newly released compilation of material that this underappreciated and very Smiths-like band recorded for the BBC.

Download it free, here. Or sign up to get the "Song of the Day" from Audiofile on iTunes or via RSS feed directly to your browser, in the upper right hand corner of the Audiofile home page -- also featuring music news and podcast and written interviews, most recently with Rufus Wainwright.

Did I mention it's all free?

Then browse every single song of the day going back to the beginning of time here.

Free Music Friday: Blacklist

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 25 May 2007 14:34:00 -0500

Blacklist at SXSW07

Welcome to our new feature, Free Music Friday! Every Friday one of our editors will let you know where you can download music for free -- legally -- someplace on the web.

I saw the band Blacklist and interviewed them at this year's SXSW. Fronted by Josh Strawn, it's a great band with a dark, moody, brooding sound, like the Breakfast Club soundtrack gone goth. Songs like "Dawn Of The Idols" and "Exit" are reminiscent of bands like the Call and the Fixx. Blacklist has made a bunch of their songs available for free to download in the media section of their web site located at http://www.listofblack.com/. Check them out and let us know what you think.

If you know someplace people can download free legal music drop us a note!

Free Music Friday: SXSW Bands

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:24:52 -0500

Voxtrot at SXSW07

Welcome to our new feature, Free Music Friday! Every Friday one of our editors will let you know where you can download music for free -- legally -- someplace on the web.

SXSW, Austin's super incredible buffet of bands, has hundreds of songs available to download for free on their web site. Bands and artists from Robyn Hitchcock and the Burden Brothers to Bloc Party and Brandi Carlile.You can start off with music from the 2007 SXSW by clicking here or you can jump in the wayback machine and download music from 2006 SXSW by clicking here or even 2005 by clicking here. Hundreds of bands, hundreds of songs, every genre imaginable, you can spend a whole weekend downloading free songs to your iPod and it won't cost you a cent.

If you know someplace people can download free legal music drop us a note!

Free Music: Free Music Friday

nospam@example.com (Jeff Barringer) — Fri, 04 May 2007 21:01:49 -0500

Paul Collins and The Beat at SXSW07

Welcome to our new feature Free Music Friday! Every Friday one of our editors will let you know where you can download music for free someplace on the web. There are tons and tons of songs available to download free on the net legally, it's just hard sometimes to find them all.

This week's free music is from Paul's Collin's Beat. You can download a number of great songs for free, including such power pop classics as "Don't Wait Up For Me" and "Rock and Roll Girl", at their site at http://paulcollinsbeat.com. There are 14 free song downloads in all on the site. They even have 7 videos you can download too!

If you know someplace people can download free legal music drop us a note!