Monday, July 27, 2009

Annie's Shining Light

How did I miss this?

Annie Lennox of legendary 80s synthpop superstars Eurythmics released this irresistibly uplifting song earlier this year:



The original studio version is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoOaBsB30lU

Another live performance:



Annie still brings it!

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Purple Rain Cover Album + 15 More Free MP3 Music Downloads

Spin magazine is offering free a "Purple Rain" Cover album- A dedication to Prince's 80's masterpiece!




SPIN's Purplish Rain tracklisting:

1. "Let's Go Crazy" RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS
2. "Take Me With U" SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS
3. "The Beautiful Ones" FOL CHEN
4. "Computer Blue" OF MONTREAL
5. "Darling Nikki" CHAIRLIFT
6. "When Doves Cry" THE TWILIGHT SINGERS
7. "I Would Die 4 U" MARIACHI EL BRONX
8. "Baby I'm a Star" CRAIG WEDREN
9. "Purple Rain" LAVENDER DIAMOND

Download "Purplish Rain" Here

Use the codeword "keyboardist", give em your email and you got yourself a free album!






More free MP3 Downloads:


Remember "Rockwell", that one hit wonder from the 80s? Recently, Geico Insurance resurrected his song for their commercials. You can download the "Somebody's Watching Me" remake here for free: "Somebody's Watching Me"



Paul Banks AKA "Julian Plenti"- "Fun That We Have"



Liam Frost- "Your Hand In Mine" (feat. Martha Wainwright)



Memory Tapes- "Bicycle" (Horrors Cosmic Dub)



Each month, Mercedes Benz offers a free mixtape of up and coming artists. Download here: Mercedes Benz Mixtape #27

Here is the track listing:


01 IT’S NOT FOR US - AUDREY EBBS................................ |3:24
02 CAN´T GET ENOUGH OF ME - PAULETTA............................ |5:04
03 MY BENZ - SNOW PICNIC........................................ |3:14
04 DOWN TO THE STREETS - EMPTY BEAUTY........................... |2:58
05 DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? - BROKOF.............................. |5:45
06 STAY STILL - ANNA SCOTT...................................... |4:28
07 WATERDROPS - ANNA............................................ |4:26
08 NEW AGE - NINE DOTS.......................................... |2:52
09 EMERGENCY DISKO - IKI BEAT................................... |3:59
10 LOVE - CHANTELLE NANDI....................................... |4:05



Metric- "Help, I'm Alive"


Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

U2 Tour Begins + 4 Free MP3 Downloads



David Bowie's voice sang out, “Ground control to Major Tom...” as U2 took to the stage of Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium last night to begin their “360 Degree” world tour.

The new tour will take U2 through Europe, over to the US and up to Canada before the end of the year.



New Free MP3 song downloads (Click on title to sample and/or download):


"The Simple Life"- Juan Maclean


"True Love Will Find"- Headless Heroes


"Monday Morning"- The Rifffs


"Shot In The Back Of The Head"- Moby