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telescopebuilder: Sep 11, 2001; thump thump bump bump

http://www.8bitpeoples.com/discography_gfx.php -- some pretty cool 8 bit gameboy-sounding music. some of my favs include: paza, nullsleep, and twilight electric

# ? Jun 30, 2006 20:09

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# ? Apr 20, 2024 02:54

Chamberpothead: Nov 6, 2005

2.4 GB and 854 MB torrentsss of bands that played this year at SXSW (not live, just demos).

http://2006.sxsw.com/toolbox/schedules/ipod/

The genre tagging pretty much sucks, but when does it not?

# ? Jul 1, 2006 02:02

Threatis: Sep 28, 2005; congrats on figuring out how to use a machine with 4 buttons

Chamberpothead posted:

2.4 GB and 854 MB torrentsss of bands that played this year at SXSW (not live, just demos).

http://2006.sxsw.com/toolbox/schedules/ipod/

The genre tagging pretty much sucks, but when does it not?

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# ? Jul 1, 2006 02:07

Bathos: Sep 20, 2004

http://www.noisemp3.com/

Tons of free harsh noise MP3s from some of the bests artists in the genre. Highly recommended.

# ? Jul 1, 2006 04:32

eclipse9: Dec 20, 2005; Am I a sad sack?

I swear to God, I had no idea that download.com had a music section until just yesterday. They have a fuckload of free, legal music there. Check it out.

# ? Jul 1, 2006 06:21

Adhesion: Sep 10, 2001; _{Next you gonna mention lifting up a nacho and seein' a big old terrified eye starin' at you}

Yet another electronic music netlabel thing checking in:

http://evilresidence.com

Our stuff is mostly weird/experimental music, with numerous forays into stuff like downtempo, IDM, ambient, noise, techno and other random genres. All 32 of our releases are available (under a creative commons license) on the Internet Archive.

# ? Jul 1, 2006 20:23

Bicarbon: Jul 15, 2004

snyprmag posted:

Binary Star's Masters of the Universe
Binary Star's Water World
The two albums by the amazing Michigan rap duo. They were never payed for the copies of Master of the Universe that were sold, and Water World only so a limited production run (and has a lot of the same songs as the other). As a result both albums are now availible for free download. The duo has since split up.

Can't find where to download these, am I just an idiot?

# ? Jul 1, 2006 22:57

Nihiliste: Oct 23, 2005; The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Fans of minimal techno may enjoy the MP3's Monolake has on offer:

http://monolake.de/buymp3.html

Specifically, there's a remix of "Darkest Star" by Depeche Mode, of all songs.

# ? Jul 2, 2006 05:14

okkie: Oct 3, 2005; play nothing

I recently rediscoverd the Kahvi Collective. Great ambient/experimental/idm style electronic music, check out tons of free tunes at http://www.kahvi.org/

# ? Jul 2, 2006 18:53

Pretty Boy Floyd: Mar 21, 2006; If you'll gather round me children...

http://www.plan-it-x.com/catalog.html

There's some good punk-folk stuff there.

# ? Jul 2, 2006 21:20

Billy Pilgrim: Dec 20, 2005; Poo-tee-weet?; Grimey Drawer

Cool thread. Check out http://www.ochremusic.com/mp3s.htm for some nice IDM/electronic/whatever genre it is. The Like I Love You remix is pretty funky : )

# ? Jul 6, 2006 11:32

Trainbearer: Nov 5, 2005; ♨

myo posted:

(reposted from the Cock Rock Disco mailing list)

http://www.cockrockdisco.com/june.zip

12 free promo tracks from the experimental/IDM/wtf label Cock Rock Disco. The link dies on June 16th, so dl now. If you like that check out their 2006 Free Compilation too:

http://www.cockrockdisco.com/free.html

thanks for this! im gay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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# ? Jul 7, 2006 02:16

Pretty Little Rainbow: Dec 27, 2005; by T. Finn

S.S.H. - A Japanese transmetal band that does alot of covers of video game music (Guilty Gear, RPG battle music etc) as well as their own stuff. All of it is free.

http://www.ssh.ne.jp/

# ? Jul 7, 2006 07:45

telescopebuilder: Sep 11, 2001; thump thump bump bump

Also worth meantioning, although it's not necessarily "promo" material - https://www.trashtreasury.com - filled with tons of live Elliott Smith performances.

I recommend Live In Stockholm (1998)

and the unmastered, unreleased, studio demo From A Basement On The Hill II

# ? Jul 7, 2006 21:56

GreenMeat: Sep 2, 2002; slow mutant

You can grab the promo CD for Deaf in the Family titled For Those About to Rock, a collaboration from Brookyn production team The Resource (DJ Sae One and Adam Podrat aka Mr. Ling) and a host of underground MCs including Scavone, Bavu Blakes, Pumpkinhead and more. Their 10-song promo CD features remixes of classic rock tracks -- from The Clash's "Guns of Brixton" to The Who's "Who Are You", nicely flipped. This isn't really a mash-up; it's better.

Go to their website here and sign up for their mailing list. They'll send you a link to a directory where you can dowload all 10 tracks plus the album art for free.

# ? Jul 7, 2006 22:07

stripsearch: Jan 18, 2005

Exgene Records - Drum & Bass net label.

# ? Jul 9, 2006 12:35

snyprmag: Oct 9, 2005

Bicarbon posted:

Can't find where to download these, am I just an idiot?

They used to be links to the MP3's in the tracklisting but they arn't there anymore. I wonder if they were planing on releasing them or if it was another issue like bandwidth.

# ? Jul 11, 2006 19:51

Carlos Lantana: Oct 2, 2003; HOLY SHIT I JUST WON'T SHUT UP ABOUT BIRDS IN CAGES. DID YOU KNOW PUTTING BIRDS IN CAGES MAKES YOU LITERALLY WORSE THAN HITLER? CAUSE IT DOES AND I WILL MAKE SURE YOU KNOW. I ALSO WANT YOU TO KISS YOURSELF IF YOU EVER THINK ABOUT PUTTING A BIRD IN A CAGE.

drat...just posted this in the recommendations thread.

http://www.buttholesurfers.com/buttlegs.html

A ton of offbeat stuff gratis of its creators.

# ? Jul 12, 2006 15:27

Gone Fashing: Aug 4, 2004; KEEP POSTIN
I'M STILL LAFFIN

http://www.thelongwinters.com/mp3s/index.php

Free mp3s from The Long Winters, an amazing indie rock band and currently one of my favorite bands to listen to.

# ? Jul 12, 2006 21:54

cinq: Jul 14, 2006; Where can I get a BLOW JOB here???? crackle carackle DICK!!!!

https://www.epitonic.com - Hasn't been updated in a while, but has a decent selection of mp3's from various genres

and if youre looking to get into trance, singles and livesets are here: http://tranceaddict.com/trancemp3.shtml

# ? Jul 14, 2006 05:29

SteepleJack: Oct 20, 2005; Live.

For those who haven't discovered Destroyer yet:

http://www.mergerecords.com/band.php?media=true&band_id=29

# ? Jul 15, 2006 15:05

Walked: Apr 14, 2003

http://uumetal.com - tons of unsigned metal, legal downloads

(Shameless site pimp, but it fits)

# ? Jul 17, 2006 23:38

Capt. Awesome: Jun 17, 2005; ¡orale vato!

http://www.fatwreck.com/mp3/

I just came across this awesome link today. Free MP3 downloads from a lot of bands on Fat Wreck Chords. Good Riddance, Less Than Jake, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, NOFX, No Use For a Name, Rise Against, and Strung out to name a few of my favorites.

Enjoy!

# ? Jul 18, 2006 21:47

Byte Salad: Dec 21, 2005

Sawtooth posted:

thanks for this!

the band Dealership has an album's worth of free mp3's available for download right here:http://www.dealerkids.com/mp3s.asp

I only really like Forest and Pure of Heart, but I really, really, really, really like them. They're pretty great! and the video for Forest is just adorable.

No prob Bob. Thanks for the dealerkids link. That Forest video is awesome!

I just remembered another good link. If you're into the micro/noise/glitch stuff: http://uhfest.underground.hu/

This is most of the performances from Ultrahang Festival 2003, in Hungary. Yes, I know what Ultrahang connotes over here, but I guess nobody told them.

I like the Kid606, Andrey Kiritchenko, and Sheriff sets the best, but Kim Cascone and Vladislav Delay are also good.

# ? Jul 19, 2006 20:08

Cliche Guevara: Dec 12, 2005; whistlebritches

cinq posted:

https://www.epitonic.com - Hasn't been updated in a while, but has a decent selection of mp3's from various genres

Wholeheartedly recommend this one, discovered a lot of acts through this that I own full albums from to this day -- Legendary Pink Dots, 1-Mile North, etc.

MC Chris has his whole first album to download for free on his site:
http://www.mcchris.com

# ? Jul 19, 2006 21:24

Lacey: Jul 10, 2001; _{Guess where this lollipop's going?}

http://www.shimmerkids.com/music.htm

The Shimmer Kids Underpop Association has disbanded and most of the band members are now in the Society of Rockets. They've rather generously made available what seems to be everything by the Shimmer Kids.

Pitchfork says the band has a musical sensibility ignoring anything post-Beach Boys. Whatever that means.

I especially like Bury My Heart at Makeout Point and Prairie Prayers.

# ? Jul 19, 2006 23:33

nbv4: Aug 21, 2002; by Duchess Gummybuns

http://isodrosotherm.info

ambient electronic / dark ambient

# ? Jul 20, 2006 20:56

Dave!: Jun 6, 2006

http://www.gnotorious.com/

Notorious B.I.G. mixtape over Gnarls Barkley beats. I like this a lot more than the Biggie Duets CD. Check it out.

# ? Jul 21, 2006 09:02

Phlegmbot: Jun 4, 2006; "a phlegmatic...and certainly undemonstrative [robot]"

It's just one song, but right now it's a good one.

Get the song "The Deception of the Thrush (live)" by King Crimson at their website, http://www.dgmlive.com/. It's right on that page.

# ? Jul 23, 2006 15:40

DEUCE SLUICE: Feb 6, 2004; I dreamt I was an old dog, stuck in a honeypot. It was horrifying.

Here are a shitload of live MP3's from my funk band, including our Osaka show from February in its entirety.

clickity clack

# ? Jul 23, 2006 18:31

ManoliIsFat: Oct 4, 2002

myo posted:

No prob Bob. Thanks for the dealerkids link. That Forest video is awesome!

I just remembered another good link. If you're into the micro/noise/glitch stuff: http://uhfest.underground.hu/

This is most of the performances from Ultrahang Festival 2003, in Hungary. Yes, I know what Ultrahang connotes over here, but I guess nobody told them.

I like the Kid606, Andrey Kiritchenko, and Sheriff sets the best, but Kim Cascone and Vladislav Delay are also good.

Awesome!

# ? Jul 23, 2006 21:42

toolboi: Jul 24, 2002

http://www.modemaudio.com/?page=discog

Modem, a strange semi-IDM semi-Chiptunes guy. Reminds me a bit of Arovane if Arovane made all his music on a Commadore 64. Both his albums are on the site. In particular I think the song Cheerios on his first album is great.

# ? Jul 24, 2006 06:22

Pianist: Jun 9, 2001; NOT A RAPIST.

If you like Wu-Tang, http://www.wutang-corp.com/media/downloads.php is a veritable treasure-trove of unreleased mixtape tracks, remixes, and other random stuff. Some of these tracks are actually drat good.

# ? Jul 24, 2006 19:54

Herr Roboto: Jul 20, 2006; by Ozma

here you can download 3 denali songs and their first demo(5 songs)

basically a beautiful female voice singing over melancholic music
I love it

# ? Jul 25, 2006 20:48

missed_again: Nov 8, 2005

Click here to listen to 3 songs by the Protomen, from their epic rock opera depicting the story of megaman and his struggles against the darkness

# ? Jul 25, 2006 20:58

Rush Limbo: Sep 5, 2005; its with a full house

Buck 65 has released a free downloadble mixtape called "Strong Arm". It's available from:

http://www.buck65.com/secrethouse/multimedia.html

"Strong Arm is a "mixtape" in the New York-style underground hip hop sense of the word... with a twist. None of the instrumentals are from hip hop records. The music comes from the worlds of punk, classical, folk, library music, everywhere else.

It was recorded in a day on a budget of $0 and it shows. This is a scrappy piece of work. There are loud vinyl pops, mistakes, vocal glitches... In other words, it's very lo-fi."

(from the Project Notes)

Edit: Might aswell mention this aswell. http://www.darkwinter.com has a bunch of free releases in the dark ambient genre. They're all under the creative commons licence, and there's a lot of good stuff there.

Rush Limbo fucked around with this message at 09:03 on Jul 26, 2006

# ? Jul 26, 2006 08:59

firehawk: May 23, 2005; Oookkeeee!

The finnish IDM artist Lackluster (aka. Esa Ruoho) has a lot of his older music available for free on his website;

http://www.lackluster.org/index2.php?page=other&p=warez

I'd recommend starting with the CD-R -only album CDR2 - really beautiful, melody-driven IDM.

# ? Jul 30, 2006 19:53

Dave!: Jun 6, 2006

ADULT SWIM & STONES THROW'S
CHROME CHILDREN
CD & DVD
COMING OCTOBER 3RD

The CD: music from Madvillain, J Dilla, Madlib, and other mofo's. The DVD: a full-length live hip hop show headlined by MF DOOM and Madlib, filmed & edited by the Adult Swim crew.

"Chrome Children" track list:
1. Oh No - Oh Zone
2. Guilty SImpson - Clap Your Hands
3. Madlib - Take It Back
4. Koushik - None In Mind
5. J Dilla - Nothing Like This
6. James Pants - Do a Couple of Things
7. Madvillain - Monkey Suite
8. Georgia Anne Muldrow - Simply a Joy
9. M.E.D. - All I Know
10. Dudley Perkins - Wassup World?
11. Percee P & Quasimoto - Raw Heat
12. Jaylib - No $ No Toke (aka "Blaze Up")
13. J.Rocc - Drama
14. Roc C - Movin'
15. Gary Wilson - Dreams
16. Pure Essence - Third Rock
17. Aloe Blacc - What Now
18. Baron Zen - Turned Around (PBW Remix)
19. Young Jazz Rebels - Nino's Deed

- - -

Free mixtape download on https://www.stonesthrow.com containing many of these tracks!

https://www.stonesthrow.com/CHROMECHILDREN

Enjoy!

# ? Jul 30, 2006 19:55

penismightier: Dec 6, 2005; What the hell, I'll just eat some trash.

Pianist posted:

If you like Wu-Tang, http://www.wutang-corp.com/media/downloads.php is a veritable treasure-trove of unreleased mixtape tracks, remixes, and other random stuff. Some of these tracks are actually drat good.

Any specific recommendations?

# ? Jul 31, 2006 00:52

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Ah Yes: Jan 8, 2006; goofy boots

punk label fat wreck chords has released a whole bunch of mp3s from a bunch of their artists: http://fatwreck.com/audio/

# ? Jul 31, 2006 21:37

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