Now that I have revealed where I download free MP3s, I figure I should highlight some more cool MP3s I’ve found lately.

First up, thanks to The Prettiest Pony (and today Big Stereo) is “Caller” by Codebreaker. I loved this track so much that I purchased their album What Is This Earth Love? this weekend from CD Baby.

Also, I have to digress and say that CD Baby is probably the cutest place I’ve ever purchased music from, ever. Look at how they write their emails:

This is just a happy automated email to let you know a real person will email you as soon as your package is sent, and you will also receive a paper receipt with your order in the mail.

and

CD Baby loves jason
Your CD has been gently taken from our CD Baby shelves with sterilized contamination-free gloves and placed onto a satin pillow.

A team of 50 employees inspected your CD and polished it to make sure it was in the best possible condition before mailing.

Our packing specialist from Japan lit a candle and a hush fell over the crowd as he put your CD into the finest gold-lined box that money can buy.

We all had a wonderful celebration afterwards and the whole party marched down the street to the post office where the entire town of Portland waved ‘Bon Voyage!’ to your package, on its way to you, in our private CD Baby jet on this day, Sunday, February 12th.

I hope you had a wonderful time shopping at CD Baby. We sure did. Your picture is on our wall as ‘Customer of the Year’. We’re all exhausted but can’t wait for you to come back to CDBABY.COM!!

How cute is that?!?!?! Seriously, it makes me want to order from them again (if for no other reason than to give the fine folks over there another party and march to the post office!!).

Next up in the downloads department are remixes of Coldplay’s song “Talk.” This song was my instant favorite when I got X&Y last summer. I love the way it samples Kraftwerk’s “Computer Love.” I read a review once that called it X&Y‘s version of “Clocks” (my favorite from Coldplay’s A Rush of Blood to the Head), which is totally accurate. Anyway, last week they released an iTunes-only Talk EP, featuring remixes by Thin White Duke, Junkie XL, and François Kevorkian. So far I’ve only picked up the Thin White Duke and Junkie XL remixes, and they are awesome.

The Thin White Duke remix definitely speeds the song up and makes it more club-friendly, but doesn’t feel as predictable as his other remixes are getting to me (now that I have somewhere around 15 or so). The Junkie XL remix is a remix for people who love the song so much they just want to hear it longer. The album version of “Talk” is 5:11 — Junkie XL expands it to 11:45. As I said, “Talk” has always been my favorite from X&Y, but these remixes have only made me love the song more. For whatever reason, the lyrics stand out more and the song has more meaning to me. I highly recommend paying the $2 and getting at least these two remixes.

Finally (and I’m saving the best for last), Salon.com’s Audiofile directed me over to Diplo’s Optimo remix of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ new single “Gold Lion.” This song totally rocks. I don’t know too much about Diplo, but that should change shortly. He’s worked a lot with M.I.A., I know, but that’s about it. And he’s remixed Beck’s “Go It Alone,” Gwen Stefani’s “Hollerback Girl,” and Kanye West’s “Golddigger.” I’ve always been impressed with remixes of Yeah Yeah Yeahs songs (iTunes has “Y Control” remixes for sale), mostly because they seem like one of those bands that is just un-remixable — so when someone does a good remix, it’s like a big accomplishment. For comparison, iTunes is also selling the album version of “Gold Lion.”

I know some of these aren’t free, but they are all worth it. And don’t forget that when you download music you like, it’s really much better to go ahead and actually purchase the music (like I did with Codebreaker) than give the RIAA reasons to go around and sue people. Especially when it goes to an independent seller like CD Baby.