Free MP3 of the Day

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Are there any sweeter words in the English language than "free music?" (I know, "free pizza" runs a close second, followed immediately by "free beer," "free chocolate," and "free Tibet.")

If you're looking to stock your iPhone, iPod Touch, or Zune with some fresh, new tunes, you can find a mountain of free stuff if you know where to look. I'm talking legal free stuff, not the "free" tunes you pilfer from P2P services. Bad user, bad!

As you probably know, iTunes gives away one song every week (gee, wow, thanks). Head to Rhapsody, however, and you can score a free song every day. And not just obscure tunes from little-known artists: Green Day's new "Know Your Enemy" was a recent download of the day (ahead of the new album's release, even), and yesterday's selection was Poison's classic power ballad, "Every Rose Has Its Thorns." (Couldn't...help...myself.)… Read more

Songs: Ohia, 'Farewell': Free MP3 of the Day

This is the last Free MP3 of the Day on Download Music, so we figure "Farewell" by Songs: Ohia would be fitting good-bye song. Tune into Last.fm to keep hearing more great free music!

About Songs: Ohia... Having weathered his frequent comparisons to Will Oldham, Jason Molina (the chief force behind Songs: Ohia) has matured as a writer and also branched out as a musician, shifting between slow-moving moments of melancholy and more vigorous Midwestern guitar-rock anthems, like something off "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere." The latter's what you'll find here, so crank … Read more

Handsome Furs, 'I'm Confused': Free MP3 of the Day

The side project of Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner, the Furs couch his indie-man's urgency in a starker sonic template. Implosive machine beats are introduced to piercing synths, and by all accounts they agree to disagree. The dirges may end up closer in spirit to Modest Mouse than Boeckner's main band.

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The Golden Filter, 'Peter Bjorn and John: Lay It Down (The Golden Filter Remix)': Free MP3 of the Day

New York outfit the Golden Filter mixes retro-sexual disco-tech around undulating waves of electro-pop--revival style. With influences ranging from Soft Cell and Giorgio Moroder, the beats of GF will leave you craving their "nu-disco" sound not long after they end. Here's to a night of solid, disco-dancing!

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Grandmaster Flash, 'Can I Take You Higher ft. Mr. Cheeks, Grandmaster Caz & Tito': Free MP3 of the Day

As one of hip-hop's pioneers, Grandmaster Flash has contributed more than his share to the art form, but he continues to give back. His latest release, The Bridge, does exactly that, connecting old-school artists with the new, including the featured track on our site, "Can I Take You Higher" featuring Mr. Cheeks, Grandmaster Caz, and Tito.

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Black Lips, 'Starting Over': Free MP3 of the Day

If you followed all your notions of what being in a band should be--heavy drinking, wailing away on an untuned Strat, generalized debauchery--well, you'd probably never finish a song. But Atlanta's Lips make it work. It's as though their scruffy garage melodies reward the purity of their rockness.

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Sam Bisbee, 'Never Fall In Love w/ Leona Naess': Free MP3 of the Day

After hearing this album (and finding out it's his fourth!), we wonder why we're just getting to know Sam Bisbee. The outstanding guy-meets-gal harmonies on "Never Fall in Love" with Leona Naess tap into the similar magic that Damien Jurado and Jenna Conrad created on their most recent effort.

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J.Period, 'Excursions 2009 ft. De La Soul': Free MP3 of the Day

J.Period is about to separate the men from the boys with his latest mix, The Best of Q-Tip. He's rounded up some of hip-hop's finest, including De La Soul, Black Thought, Talib Kweli, Questlove, Pharoahe Monch, Busta Rhymes, Dres, and Blu to contribute reworkings of classic Tip and A Tribe Called Quest classics. You can download "Excursions 2009" feat. De La Soul right here, right now.

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Miranda Lee Richards, 'Early November': Free MP3 of the Day

Miranda Lee Richards creates what she calls "psychedelic chamber folk rock," and her moody and introspective songs definitely contain faint shimmers of whimsical psychedelia paired with personal folk stylings, resulting in reflective and timeless folk tunes.

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Eliot Lipp, 'Beamrider': Free MP3 of the Day

The New York-based producer carves out his own niche in electronic music by combining electro-funk, hip-hop rhythms, and even house and techno beats. With driving synthesizer progressions and old-school arcade game sounds, Lipp creates wide-ranging digital compositions to satisfy any music lover's sonic palette.

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