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Did you know Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?

klangklangston — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:26:42 -0800

The Social History of the MP3.

chunking express — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:03:46 -0800

Summer Mix Series

CharlesV42 — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:11:49 -0800

Summer Mix Series is the soundtrack to your summer. Created by yewknee.com, this collection of user submitted mix CDs encourages submissions to have unique, specific themes, giving many of these mixes a more cohesive edge than "Bill's Favorite Tunes June 2009". Listen to summer, 48 CDs and counting! A sampling of those so far:

MALTA (Soundtrack to an Imaginary Film)
The Summer Will Break Your Heart (Anti Summer Romance)
Sweet Home Alabama (Delta Blues)
Mute (Instrumental Mix)
Kill Me Softly (Sweet Songs of Murder)
Death and Texas (songs referring to the great state)
Cover Me and I'll Cover You (Wink-wink covers collection)
The Raw Ingredients (songs that have been sampled elsewhere)
Jams of the Summer - 1989 (What it says on the tin)
Count Me In (Numbers 1-10)
Floor Fillers (Summery Funk Mix)
BBQ Summer (BBQ Food Themed disclaimer: this one was submitted by yours truly)

Many, many more, and instructions on submitting your own at summermixseries.com. Make this summer last forever.

Joyful Noise

Miko — Sun, 24 May 2009 05:55:03 -0800

Pilgrim Productions Presents: Voices Across America, an archive of gospel music in a variety of genres, submitted for free play and download by church groups and folk and traditional groups across the country and beyond. Style, age, and quality vary greatly, but fans of noncommercial music will enjoy hunting for the gems of blues, Cajun, bluegrass, choral, shapenote, country, vintage, and mountain gospel and more.

Filling up the city skies with righteous grooves

jammy — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:39:49 -0800

Four Hours of Free Funkiness Filter: Pretty Lights Derek Vincent Smith is a DJ with quite mad skills who weaves funky masterpieces of chill-hiphop-electronica. But, really, I can't say it any better than Kyle at Aurgasm (where I found this):

Organic, soulful, electronified and good-feeling vibes, freely shared by Colorado producer Derek Vincent Smith. Nearly four hours of this Pretty Lights sound is available for free on his website. It’s a vivid collage of continuity, enriched with robust beats, eloquently laced vocal samples that range from nostalgic to serene, both compelling and entertaining, with a diverse selection of instruments all aimed towards enjoyment.

The Fun 91

roll truck roll — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:18:07 -0800

For the fourteenth year, Yo La Tengo will murder the classics tonight. (Previously: 2002 2006 2007 2008) Unlike many community radio fundraisers, WFMU's marathon is one of the most beloved times of the year among the station's followers. You have only two more days to make your pledge and secure one of these mix CDs arranged by WFMU DJs. You can download an mp3 from each premium at the WFMU blog.

Revival Revival

Miko — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:06:52 -0800

The Folkways Collection is a downloadable, 24-part podcast series that "explores the remarkable collection of music, spoken word, and sound recordings that make up Folkways Records (now at the Smithsonian as Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)."

Your favorite music blog sucks

swift — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:51:47 -0800

Your favorite music blog sucks.

Rock/Psych/Prog/Indie/Folk
ChrisGoesRock
Prog Not Frog
Like Dynamite to your Brain
YoungMossTongue
Glamorous Indie Rock'n'Roll
FANTASY
SONZEIRANANET
A L A I N F I N K I E L K R A U T R O C K
Orexis Of Death
Eclectic The Devil's Music Hefiorels eclectic music Many fantastic colors makes me feel so good ... Saque su disco URBAN ASPIRINES History of the 80s The Glorious 70s Experimental experimental etc Cagedream Misterioso Impossível Underground/Punk FACTS MYTHS & LIES of D.I.Y. MUSIC 1987-93 DOWN UNDERGROUND Blues BLUES TOWN The Blues Lounge Disco DANCE DISCO MUSIC My Favourite Sound© Meta All Music, All Blogs Progressive Rock Music Ultimate Discography PNF Blogwatch

Dead men walking

caddis — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:18:23 -0800

“You can’t roll a joint on an iPod” or how the iPod killed the music industry. First the music biz overlooked the computer CD rom when they put copy control on cd burners. Then they eliminated the single. Shortly after that "mp3" replaced "sex" as the most popular search term. Apple has become the largest music seller largely against the wishes of the music biz, but 99 cents beats free. Yesterday Apple announced they were eliminating DRM. The questions remains, who needs Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group, and EMI, does Apple? When is Apple just going to replace them? There were rumors a year ago that they would launch a record label with Jay-Z but that does not appear to have come to fruition.

Is it because I'm an auto-pirate?

acb — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:26:51 -0800

In the 1980s, songwriter, artist and cultural critic Momus recorded a number of albums for the legendary indie label Creation Records, combining influences as diverse as Jacques Brel, Serge Gainsbourg, Pet Shop Boys-style synthpop and Balearic acid-house. These have largely languished in Sony Music's vaults over the past few years, occasionally fetching hefty prices on eBay. Now, Momus has taken the step to commit auto-piracy and release his Creation albums online, for free; over December, he will post MP3s of all six albums to his LiveJournal blog, each with freshly written liner notes. The first one, 1987's The Poison Boyfriend, is here. Momus explains his decision: "Six Momus albums -- the ones I recorded for Alan McGee's Creation label between 1987 and 1993 -- are out of print. Creation doesn't exist any more, and in theory Sony owns the rights to these albums, but isn't doing anything with them and probably never will. In the meantime, only Russian pirates are profiting, charging punters for illegal downloads. "So, during the rest of December, I've decided to release mp3s of my six Creation albums here on Click Opera, for free. Think of it as a sort of Creation Advent Calendar, with a new old Momus album every couple of days. If you're the sort of person who likes to donate to the artist when you download, do it here. But it's not really necessary; these albums paid for themselves long ago. Think of this as a Christmas present. Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!"

"No, Miss Vega. Consider the Black Box theory!"

Blazecock Pileon — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:04:09 -0800

"So, that’s my long and winding history of a little postcard from the Upper West Side of Manhattan!" Suzanne Vega writes about writing the hit song Tom's Diner, coping with its numerous remixes, and its part in the birth of the MP3 music compression format.

National Anthems of the World

Effigy2000 — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:38:57 -0800

Have you ever wondered what the national anthem of Bolivia, Nepal or The Republic of Seychelles sounded like? Well wonder no more because NationalAnthems.info has got you covered! It claims to have the national anthem for every country in the world in MIDI format, along with downloadable lyrics and sheet music so you can sing and play along. But if the MIDI format isn't doing it for you, there's also other sites that you can visit that have downloadable MP3s of pretty much every national anthem this planet and its inhabitants have to offer, such as this one or this one, which is notable in that the anthems featured there were performed by the US Navy Band. And finally, for your further reading and listening pleasure, check out this forum which contains background information on and even more links to downloadable national anthems.

A lifetime of lost playlists

feelinglistless — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:17:19 -0800

A lifetime of lost playlists Martin Belam offers a personal history of music formats and describing how he made playlists with each of them. I'd love for his conclusion to become a reality.

Some Guy's 78 Collection

carsonb — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:16:31 -0800

The following is a list of over 3600 titles recorded from my collection of 78 rpm records....Right now, there are over 2,450 titles on this page linked to mp3's....I have about 2500 more records to record, so I'll be adding more titles as time permits over the next hundred years or so....I loaded a searchable ACCESS database for this list HERE. [.mdb] I don't know if it will work for everyone. Good luck! I've picked up some non-english collections of 78 rpm records and have loaded mp3's of the songs. Since I cannot read these languages, I also loaded pictures of the record labels so you can see what they say. Click the links below to see and hear them. ARABIC JAPANESE GREEK

You're not like the others. You like the same things I do: Wax paper. Boiled football leather. Dog breath.

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:31:25 -0800

Ren + Stimpy Production Music: 109 Instrumental Tracks!

God Save The Thief -- Sex Pistols vs. Wolfmother

jason's_planet — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:50:01 -0800

God Save The Thief (automatic download) is a mashup of The Sex Pistols' "God Save The Queen" and Wolfmother's "Joker and The Thief" mixed by The Illuminoids.

Muxfind

Korou — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:40:20 -0800

Looking for a song online? Use Muxfind to search Muxtape (previously) for tracks.

Tapes of Dalston

klangklangston — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:38:27 -0800

Once a week high quality digital recordings of cassette tapes purchased at the Dalston Oxfam Shop in East London.

Any more free music and I'll have to grow more ears.

Shepherd — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:35:03 -0800

Music is good. Free is good. So free music must be double good. With over 1000 albums listed from netlabels and other sources, Free Albums Galore (mentioned a while ago) is a well-curated collection of links to some of the best free full-length releases on the 'net. Of course, there are a lot more netlabel resources out there. Phlow, for instance, does both a regular podcast and "compilation albums") that cover recent releases across a variety of genres. The Dutch podcast Netwaves provides handy links to featured songs and a track list for non-Dutch listeners. Net-Label Review is another rundown site of good netlabel releases, and you can always just check out the netlabels category at archive.org and do some exploring on your own. If you'd like more of a guided tour, SonicSquirrel has moderated playlists and recommends netlabels by marking them with an acorn.

Freedom's just another word for never getting paid

klangklangston — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:01:50 -0800

Idle nostalgia led me to check on the mp3 page for Bulb Records (early home of Quintron and Andrew WK).

That all reminded me of space/noise rockers Gravitar, whose drummer Ben Cook has put up a fair amount their music (and other music he's made) for free. Oh, and he has a (rarely updated) music blog, which mentioned the Weird Sound Generator and Noizehole. All told, about three hours of free music.

Apparently, you can now download music on the internet.

Item — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:16:02 -0800

Shareminer is a clownsuit engine that searches for files upped to Rapidshare, Megaupload, SendSpace, ZShare, and other similar one click hosts. A great tool for locating full, rare, and out of print albums. Good for other, non-music files as well. The site is as bare bones as can be at the moment but was just relaunched in the last day or so.

He’s really excited about that girl.

churl — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:40:44 -0800

Like a dog fucking a blender. Six-Word Reviews of each of the 763 SXSW Mp3s. [Previously] [Via]

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.

Candy for your brain

JimmyJames — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:58:06 -0800

Surf your music. Audio surfer is a new game that uses .mp3 files to create racetracks of musical goodness. If guitar hero and F-Zero had a love child, this would be it.

What we're gonna do right here is go back. Way back.

dhammond — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:55:14 -0800

Go way back into time with a deliciously analog collection of mastermixes from 1980s-era soul radio from London. [previously, semi-related]