Guitars, electronics, sweet vocals.

"Drawn-out conclusion: this is abrasive, jarring stuff. It’s amateurish, harsh, artless, unpleasant and immature." I like it.

"The complete soundtrack to Super Mario World, covered by one man using dozens of instruments. Roughly in game order, faithful to the originals, with some bizarre artistic license thrown around. A private hobby made public."

"In 1983 the Serge Modular company produced a demo cassette featuring many artists using the Serge Modular synthesizer." Experimental electronic.

"Each month, I ask one of my favorite DJ's to contribute a 30-40 minute mix of whatever they're feeling at the time." Free and excellent mixes.

Free MP3s of live performances by a funny folk band called "Flight of the Conchords."

"A repository of demos, unreleased and hard-to-find material beloved by friends, fans and everyone at Secretly Canadian." Fantastic songs.

Including links to the fifteen free MP3s of Salon's "Summer Soundtrack."

MP3s of songs recorded and pressed to vinyl between 1900 and 1930.

"All the symphonies are performed by BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda." Available for free download the day after broadcast.

Free MP3s from the indie scene.

The label that Sufjan calls home offers a host of fine MP3s.

Wherein a download of the theme song _and_ all of the songs Brent sings may be found.

Excellent 8-bit tunes. 17 free songs for download, and more all the time.

About twenty-five free MP3s. All superb.

The band was asked to do songs for Coca-Cola, an anti-smoking PSA, and English cell phones. Don't miss parts 1 and 2; all three (short) songs are available for download.

A six-track EP available for free download

"mk Ultra was an American alternative band that played between 1994 and 1999." John Vanderslice before he went solo. All three albums completely free.

Free new tracks from Sufjan Stevens, Spoon, _and_ Need New Body. They're all excellent, and bode well for the unreleased albums from which they come!

"provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs..."

An hour-long mix, showcasing "the history of cut up music - be it avant garde tape manipulation, turntable megamixes or bastard pop mash ups."

A free collection of Super Mario Brothers and Final Fantasy songs on piano.

"A collection of legally downloadable, freely distributable creator-approved files, from electronic/indie music to movies and books, which we have made available via BitTorrent."

"Top 10 net.label MP3 releases for the year, in no particular order, all freely downloadable and Creative Commons licensed." Yes. YES. YES!!

"Monotonik is a net.music.label that _exclusively_ releases music online in the mp3 format. All of our releases are freely downloadable and distributable under a Creative Commons license that allows free non-commercial distribution."

Marathon I, II, and III. Free!

Mashups.

"In 2005, Basic Hip Digital Oddio will feature an entire year of albums from the golden age of kiddie records, lovingly transferred from the original 78s and encoded to 192kbps MP3 format. That's one a week for 52 weeks!"

Dozens and dozens of excellent (free) tracks by People Like Us and friends.