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Bootlegs ahoy

pompomtom — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:18:22 -0800

I don't know how these people got their fairly decent recording devices into a bunch of gigs... but I can guess why. ...and I'm pretty sure I was at that Church gig...

The Best Off the Web

msalt — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:09:53 -0800

Alec Duffy won all rights to Sufjan Stevens' song "Lonely Man of Winter" in a contest (traded for the rights to his winning song). Rather than sell or blog it, he's having private listening parties with a handful of guests each Wednesday night in Brooklyn through Feb. 25th. Here's why. You can hear his winning entry, the vaguely Magnetic-Fieldsy Every Day Is Christmas, but so far, he has kept Stevens' song offline. Some people are angry about these "little asshat tea parties." The closest most of us can get are listener descriptions from Annie Scott ("lovely"), and Jessica Suarez ("gorgeous"). Sufjan said of the winning song: "It feels, at once, like a classic show tune, the perfect parlor song, a bar ballad, and a church hymn. It is unencumbered with the pejoratives and prophetic exclamations of Christmas, the most complicated of holidays."

uncrazyfrog: toneshared ringtone library

nthdegx — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:08:48 -0800

toneshared is a library of free mobile phone ringtones made by electronica/alternative musicians. From the subtle to the mashed to the downright annoying.

Geek Pop 08 Science Songs

algreer — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:36:37 -0800

Geek Pop '08. Online science music festival at the Null Hypothesis science blog, with mp3 downloads. Featuring the immense Dark Matter by Johnny Berliner. It can be downloaded as a fat 30min mp3, or the individual songs can be downloaded by clicking on the artists names.

Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream

nthdegx — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:53:08 -0800

"Final Fantasy VII: Voices of the Lifestream is an OverClocked ReMix Album featuring free fan arrangements from the soundtrack to Square's legendary Final Fantasy VII for the Sony Playstation."

Fuck Yuo I am a Robot

nthdegx — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:33:58 -0800

Fuck Yuo I Am a Robot are offering their album Compensator for the Accelerator for free download from their site. Infectious ass-shakin' Estonian electro-pop. Lyrics to track 2 NSFW, likewise sleeve art jpgs if you opt for the .zip download. You can sample one of the tracks, Hydraulic, on YouTube if you don't know them and would like to check them out first, though personally I can't get enough of Zukunft (direct mp3 link).

OK Computer's 10 year tribute

puddleglum — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:14:15 -0800

OK X - Radiohead's OK Computer covered by 12 modern artists. Free download.

Presumed Lost

aaronetc — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:30:50 -0800

The major label machine sucks in and churns out young bands all the time, leaving plenty of good music unheard by the public. Boston's trip-hoppy Splashdown were one of the acts brought low by this process, disbanding two years after Capitol decided not to release their major label debut LP. The late 90's were a commercially bad time for female-fronted electro-pop, of course, but the band found an outlet for their material by releasing it for free online -- their whole catalog, including three LP's, two EP's and some double-secret-unreleased tracks, is available with the band's blessing. Members have since joined other bands -- Freeze pop, Universal Hall Pass -- which hopefully will avoid the trouble Splashdown had.

And While London Burns - an operatic guided tour of London

headlessness — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:38:52 -0800

"Bathed in fire, flood, love and turmoil And While London Burns is a compelling collision of thriller, opera and guided walk."

Allofmp3 Battle the World

rongorongo — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:56:08 -0800

AllofMP3 gets a copyright lawyer to help with their FAQ but with Russia's entry to the WTO apparently at stake and Putin getting involved their future looks a bit perilous.

New kids on the block

pfafflin — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:08:35 -0800

Amie Street: "[A] recently launched music Web site that carries independent -- and mostly little-known -- artists, is trying an unusual model for selling music. Instead of selling songs at one fixed price, the site determines prices for songs based on how frequently they're downloaded." [WSJ link].

Replacing Trident? The UK's role in nuclear proliferation

nthdegx — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 01:52:59 -0800

Replacing Trident? Clare Short MP, former International Development Secretary for the UK Labour government, debates replacing trident and the UK's role in nuclear proliferation (and the world in general) with Michael Codner, Director of Military Science at the Royal United Services Institute. Scroll to the bottom for the mp3s.

A podcast for learning Italian.

nthdegx — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 02:58:54 -0800

learnitalianpod - a thoroughly archived podcast that can teach you to speak Italian. RSS

43 Folders Podcast: GTD takes a side-step toward leftism

nthdegx — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 14:27:45 -0800

Merlin Mann's 43 Folders podcast is hilarious.

Deep House for lost souls.

gen — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 03:21:11 -0800

fleep.com is a wonderful repository of deep house electronic dance music mixes from Tokyo. The fleep.com mix archives is where you can find my favorite mixes such as "7am Sessions," "Situation Satellite," and the newest one, "4th Floor." Enjoy!

ticks and tones may break my 'phones...

nthdegx — Tue, 19 Oct 2004 06:50:59 -0800

gameboyzz orchestra project, live @ paris. Don't be put off by the first track of the Paris set - that's just a warm up.

What would Jesus download?

wfrgms — Tue, 04 May 2004 22:37:57 -0800

Holy illegal downloads, Bibleman! Christian music fans are pirating songs, too! What would Jesus download?

Labels seek end to 99c music per song download

diVersify — Sun, 11 Apr 2004 21:04:07 -0800

Labels seek end to 99c music per song download
"...the major five labels think that 99 cents per song is too cheap, and are discussing a price hike that would increase the tariff to $1.25 up to $2.99 per song." How about free legal downloads for $6 a month. DRM free. The artists get paid.? Will the RIAA ever see the light?

Guilt-free mp3 downloads!

dg — Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:44:27 -0800

Psst! Wanna download some mp3s? Now you can do so without looking over your shoulder to see who is watching. Creative Commons has compiled a selection of tracks utilising their licensing system for free download. The ability to create derivative works and share them around has resulting in some interesting remixes of one of the original tracks, also. via A Whole Lotta Nothing