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Elephant 6 live in Chicago, streaming on NPR

Chicago November 3, 2008 | 9:09 AM Categories: Alternative/Punk, Free MP3s, Industry, Live

Holland 1945 - Neutral Milk Hotel

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Elephant 6 fans, and especially Neutral Milk Hotel fans, tend to be a little obsessive, so most of them probably already know that NPR is streaming the show that the Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour played at the Bottom Lounge last week.

Save the World with a Free Track from the Vandals

Los Angeles October 17, 2008 | 4:31 PM Categories: Alternative/Punk, Free MP3s

Save the World With My Hockey Stick - The Vandals

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Yes, the fathers of Orange County punk (established 1980) are still running around Warped festivals and trying to change the world with a hockey stick. At this point, it seems foolish to try and do anything about it.

Enjoy this free MP3 track. Please be aware this music is offered for a limited time, and more than 90 days from the date of this post may no longer be available.

Teens Shaking to TK Webb & the Visions

New York October 16, 2008 | 9:37 PM Categories: Folk, Free MP3s, Rock/Pop

TK Webb & the Visions -- Teen is Still Shaking

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More urban-boogie muscle courtesy of the metal-heads at Kemado Records. Think "Kashmir" on moonshine, getting kicked out of a car by Crazy Horse's fuzz-pedals somewhere in the swamps of Brooklyn, and smoking 'em if you got 'em

Enjoy this free MP3 track. Please be aware this music is offered for a limited time, and more than 30 days from the date of this post may no longer be available.

Rocking "In the New Year" by Walkmen

New York October 15, 2008 | 8:54 PM Categories: Alternative/Punk, Free MP3s, Rock/Pop

Walkmen -- In the New Year

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They may no longer be Big Apple's great new rock hope, but the Walkmen's anthemic melodrama still springs eternal. These are big tunes about big wishes in big cities. Perfect for next year, and every year after.

Enjoy this free MP3 track. Please be aware this music is offered for a limited time, and more than 30 days from the date of this post may no longer be available.

Ham1 post free download of their third album, The Underground Stream

Atlanta October 14, 2008 | 2:43 PM Categories: Electronic/Dance, Free MP3s, New Releases, Rap/Hip-Hop

Moonie - Ham1

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ham1.jpgAthens' psych-damaged melody makers Ham1 are preparing to release their third full-length, The Underground Stream, due out  this fall, with an LP slated for an early 2009 release on Infinity Cat Records.

The entire album is available as a free download here.

Several of the group's members (which include principle songwriter Jim Willingham, Christopher Sugiuchi, Eric Harris of Olivia Tremor Control, and Jacob Morris) spent the summer touring with Vic Chesnutt throughout Europe, later spent time on the road with Elf Power, and appeared as Liz Durrett's backing band on her latest release, Outside Our Gates.

Get Those "Bar Woman Blues" with the Watson Twins

Los Angeles September 30, 2008 | 4:21 PM Categories: Country, Free MP3s

Bar Woman Blues - The Watson Twins

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Louisville-born Chandra & Leigh Watson bring a country soul to Silverlake, harmonizing on pretty songs about love and lovers. Think of it as the pretty midway between Bakersfield and whatever was lost out in Joshua Tree.

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"Look Back" at a Free Track from Ying Yang Twins

Atlanta September 30, 2008 | 11:48 AM Categories: Free MP3s, Rap/Hip-Hop

Look Back At It - Ying Yang Twins

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Despite their hushed tones and Mr. Collipark's buttered-up tracks, Ying Yang Twins Kaine and D-Roc were never the smoothest members of Atlanta's crunk set. But they certainly competed for most lascivious. And still do.

Enjoy this free MP3 track. Please be aware this music is offered for a limited time, and more than 90 days from the date of this post may no longer be available.

Brass Castle signs to Hoss Records

Atlanta September 15, 2008 | 8:22 AM Categories: Alternative/Punk, Free MP3s, Industry

Bookworm Resign - Brass Castle

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Baltimore-based ATL expatriate label HOSS Records has announced that this fall  it will be releasing the third full-length from Atlanta purveyors of sludge-infected drunk-punk riffage, Brass Castle. Though the currently untitled LP is still in production, here is a sneak peak mp3 of the song "Raining Balls,"  which kind of says it all.

In addition to the Brass Castle full-length, HOSS has a few other releases up its sleeve slated for release late in  '08 / early '09...

Any publicity is good publicity . . .

Chicago September 12, 2008 | 11:34 AM Categories: Free MP3s, New Releases, Rap/Hip-Hop

Stronger - Kanye West

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Chicago September 10, 2008 | 6:10 AM Categories: Free MP3s, New Releases, News, Rap/Hip-Hop

Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest

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atribecalledquest.jpgI've always thought A Tribe Called Quest were OK, but I never rode hard for them. When the six or so people at my high school who listened to rap they couldn't hear on the radio were passing around The Low End Theory, I thought it was weak compared to the blare of Fear of a Black Planet and too smooth compared to Check Your Head. I also thought Tribe came off kinda smug and superior--an attitude that seemed to infect their more dedicated fans, like dudes thought they were somehow better people just because they listened to a particular group. That turned me off more than anything.

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