{"id":176,"date":"2006-02-03T16:22:37","date_gmt":"2006-02-03T23:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/posts\/2006\/where-i-get-free-mp3s\/"},"modified":"2006-02-03T16:27:09","modified_gmt":"2006-02-03T23:27:09","slug":"where-i-get-free-mp3s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecompany.net\/jason\/posts\/2006\/where-i-get-free-mp3s\/","title":{"rendered":"Where I Get Free MP3s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know I may be slow to the trend, but I&#8217;ve recently discovered the joy of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/MP3_blog\">mp3 blogs<\/a>. Now, every day, I check two sites and load up on promotional songs and rare remixes. It&#8217;s been great.<\/p>\n<p>My current favorite is <a href=\"http:\/\/theprettiestpony.typepad.com\/\">The Prettiest Pony<\/a>. From this blog, I&#8217;ve managed to get a whole bunch of really awesome remixes (from the likes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mstrkrft.com\/\">MSTRKRFT<\/a> [the guys in Death From Above 1979], <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/Thin+White+Duke\">Thin White Duke<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/Jacques+Lu+Cont\">Jacques Lu Cont<\/a>\/Stuart Price, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/Linus+Loves\">Linus Loves<\/a>, and many others). I have no idea where this person gets the tracks, but they are great. I&#8217;ve discovered bands such as The Knife, Shit Robot, and Services. Some of my recent favorites from The Prettiest Pony are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theprettiestpony.typepad.com\/the_prettiest_pony\/2006\/01\/the_most_you_ca.html\"><b>&#8220;The Wedding&#8221; (Lindstr\u00c3\u00b8m &#038; Prins Thomas remix)<\/b> by Annie<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theprettiestpony.typepad.com\/the_prettiest_pony\/2006\/01\/the_most_you_ca.html\"><b>&#8220;Love is a Number&#8221; (Blackstrobe remix)<\/b> by White Rose Movement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theprettiestpony.typepad.com\/the_prettiest_pony\/2006\/01\/some_of_it_is_r.html\">&#8220;<b>What Else Is There?&#8221; (Thin White Duke remix)<\/b> by Royksopp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theprettiestpony.typepad.com\/the_prettiest_pony\/2006\/01\/there_are_monst.html\">a whole bunch of remixes of Mylo&#8217;s <b>&#8220;In My Arms&#8221;<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theprettiestpony.typepad.com\/the_prettiest_pony\/2006\/01\/dead_disco.html\"><b>&#8220;International Dateline&#8221; (Simian Mobile Disco remix)<\/b> by Ladytron<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to The Prettiest Pony, the other site I check daily is <a href=\"http:\/\/this.bigstereo.net\/\">bigstereo<\/a>. This site doesn&#8217;t have as many remixes, but it does have promo tracks by up-and-coming artists. I&#8217;ve learned about bands like The Tough Alliance and Infadels from bigstereo. Also, and this is what endeared the site to my heart, it <a href=\"http:\/\/this.bigstereo.net\/2006\/01\/30\/the-go-team-2\/\">posted the Simian Mobile Disco remix of The Go! Team&#8217;s <b>&#8220;Ladyflash.&#8221;<\/b><\/a> Though it didn&#8217;t give us the Kevin Shields remix (I&#8217;ll buy the single just for that), it&#8217;s cool to get an interesting sneak peak.<\/p>\n<p>For <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\">Salon.com<\/a> premium subscribers, there is also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/ent\/audiofile\/\">Audiofile<\/a>, which provides a download-a-day as well. There is lots of great music here (and well worth the cost of a Salon subscription!) such as Cat Power, Death From Above 1979, the Eels, Belle &#038; Sebestian, Animal Collective, etc. A lot of the stuff is from bands I haven&#8217;t heard of, so this is potentially a great place to discover new music. Also, not all of these mp3s are Audiofile exclusives, but it saves the time of searching the web. My &#8220;best find&#8221; here has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/ent\/audiofile\/index.html?item=\/ent\/audiofile\/2005\/11\/21\/animal\/index.html\"><b>&#8220;Grass&#8221;<\/b> by Animal Collective<\/a> (since I still haven&#8217;t bought that album&#8230;). Salon&#8217;s favorites are at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/ent\/music\/feature\/2005\/12\/31\/best_of_2005\/index.html\">The Best Downloads of 2005<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another place to find free MP3s, though not daily, is the Vice Records (Bloc Party, Annie, Death from Above 1979, The Streets) blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vice-recordings.com\/blog.html\">Up Your Jaxxy<\/a>. According to the site, new songs will be posted every two months. I highly recommend checking out the first submission, Bloc Party&#8217;s <b>&#8220;Two More Years&#8221; (MSTRKRFT remix)<\/b>. The song is already somewhat of a rarity (only available on a two-song single), so it&#8217;s cool to hear the remix.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, if you are still hunting for MP3 by bands that haven&#8217;t released albums yet, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\">My Space<\/a> can be your friend. After hearing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youngsportsmen.com\/\">The Young Sportsmen<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kexp.org\">kexp<\/a> a while ago, I&#8217;ve been trying to find their song &#8220;Under the Rocks and the Stars.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.limewire.com\">Lime Wire<\/a> wasn&#8217;t helpful, nor was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\">Amazon<\/a> since they didn&#8217;t have an album out yet, but when I checked out the <a href=\"http:\/\/myspace.com\/youngsportsmen\">The Young Horsemen My Space profile<\/a>, I was able to download songs from the My Space music player.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully these sites, and others I&#8217;m sure (comment with your recommendations!) will keep your iPods full and cravings for new music satisfied. I know they have helped me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know I may be slow to the trend, but I&#8217;ve recently discovered the joy of mp3 blogs. 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