best of 2.01k :: Favorite Free Albums
Thursday, December 30th, 2010Bandcamp, Mediafire, and sometimes a little good old fashioned web hosting have made it easier than ever for bands to make the decision to share their music with new audiences around the world without charging for it. That said, it is important to support the artists who are giving away their music. Do they tour? Go see them perform live. Do they have merch for sale? Buy something. Do they have a paypal link on their website? Throw some $$ their way. Check out the samples below and then make with the downloading. These are the free recordings or collections there of that have stood out for us this year. If we missed something really good drop us a note in the comments. Listen.
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All Day by Girl Talk
Listen: Oh No (mp3) [free album d/l]
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Day of the Woman by Day of the Woman
Listen: Kill Screen (Pollination Remix) (mp3) [free album d/l]
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Summer Singles from Anamanaguchi
Listen: Aurora (Meet Me in the Stars) (mp3) [free singles d/l]
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Reunions by Tan Dollar
Listen: Full Bloom (mp3) [free album d/l]
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Guilty Ghosts by Guilty Ghosts
Listen: Everyone Around Me (mp3) [free album d/l]
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The BreakThru Radio Ampeater Compilation
Listen: Confetti (mp3) by Young Mammals [free album d/l]
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Cyanide Sisters EP by Com Truise
Listen: Slow Peels (mp3) [free album d/l]
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Bedroom Databank Vols. 1-4 by Atlas Sound
Listen: This Wheel’s On Fire (Dylan) (mp3) [free album d/l]
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Shattered Darlings & Liquid Kisses by Shattered Darlings & Liquid Kisses
Listen: Lindsey Six (mp3) [free album d/l]
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The Мишка Presents Artificially Sweetened Mixtape by The Death Set
Listen: Grinding Halt (The Cure) (mp3) [free album d/l]
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Weekend Recovery by girls in the eighties
Listen: Awake But Not Aware (mp3) [free album d/l]
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The WW Presents Compilation
Listen: Never in Love (mp3) by Wonder Wheel and the Warriors
[free album d/l] -
Ghost Animal’s Bandcamp by Ghost Animal
Listen: California Summer pt. 1 (mp3) [free d/ls]
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Qids by Slothbear
Listen: Little Qid (mp3) [free album d/l]
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Troubleshooters by Milks & Rectangles
Listen: Wink And A Gun (The Jury’s Hung) (mp3) [free album d/l]
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Turns by Big Spider’s Back
Listen: Turns (mp3) [free album d/l]
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Aphids On The Lettuce: Beck Remixed & Mashed Up by Big Pauper
Listen: feel like a piece of shit (mp3) [pay-what-you-want d/l]
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Slow Animal by Slow Animal
Listen: theFUNsun (mp3) [free album d/l]
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Why I’d Try by Grandfather
Listen: AWOL (mp3) [free album d/l]
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railcars rmxs by railcars
Listen: castles (no age remix) (mp3) [free album d/l]
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Hidden Trees by kohwi
Listen: Hobbies (ft. Mutual Benefit) (mp3) [free album d/l]
Oh, and be sure to check out the rest of our of best of posts.
Additionally, if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers (or your local independent record store):
Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music
Also, If you want to download all (or most of) the tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.
