SXSW, Sleepy Vikings, Austra

This week's Free MP3 Download of the week is from a band that apparently grew up listening to lots of Sonic Youth, amongst other things. Dig that driving guitar!

Click here for the free download: Sleepy Vikings- "Calm"

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Mas Free Downloads:



Screeching Weasel- "Beginningless Vacation"



Austra- "Lose It"



Dear Lions- "Space Sister"



Free Download! 17 Tracks From SPIN's April Issue



Free MP3's from 100+ SXSW Artists

Jake Shimabukuro- "Bring Your Adz"




Don't Mess With Texas: Sxsw 2011 New Music Sampler



Rude City Riot- "Imposter"



First Aid Kit- "Ghost Town"



New Roman Times- "VCR"



Fakir- "Time Will Tell"



Asobi Seksu- "Perfectly Crystal"




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Best SXSW Bands 2011

1. The Vaccines, "Wreckin' Bar (Ra Ra Ra)"
2. JEFF the Brotherhood, "Diamond Way"
3. DOM, "Bowl Cut"
4. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, "The One"
5. Yuck, "Holing Out"
6. The Kills, "Satellite"
7. Prince Rama, "Lightning Fossil"
8. Lower Dens, "Tea Lights"
9. La Sera, "Devils Hearts Grow Gold"
10. Fences, "Girls With Accents"
11. Jessica Lea Mayfield, "Our Hearts Are Wrong"
12. Grouplove, "Colours"
13. Cults, "Most Wanted"
14. Smith Westerns, "Weekend"
15. Cloud Nothings, "Didn't You"
16. Black Lips, "Be a Man"
17. Kurt Vile, "Jesus Fever"
18. Okkervil River, "Walked Out on a Line"
19. Young the Giant, "My Body"
20. Mona, "Lines in the Sand"
21. The Joy Formidable, "Whirring"
22. The Head and the Heart, "Down in the Valley"
23. J Mascis, "Not Enough"
24. Sharon Van Etten, "Don't Do It"
25. Esben & the Witch, "Warpath"
26. Gold Panda, "Snow & Taxis"
27. The Chain Gang of 1974, "Hold On"
28. Twin Shadow, "At My Heels"
29. Skrillex, "Fucking Die 1"
30. OMD, "History of Modern (Selebrities Remix)"
31. Big K.R.I.T., "Country Shit"
32. G-Side, "Mayday (Live)"
33. OFF!, "Upside Down"

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Free MP3s; Stevie Nicks, Los Lobos, Human League

FREE MP3 Download Song of the Week:



Couldn't find a vid for "Motheaten Memories" so this will have to do. Exlovers' garage rock combines a bit of Sonic Youth with Silversun Pickups to create a unique sound.

Free MP3 Download: Exlovers- "Motheaten Memories"

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More FREE:


The Human League- "Never Let Me Go" (Aeroplane Remix Edit)



William Fitzsimmons- "So This Is Goodbye" (Pink Ganter Remix)



The Coathangers- "Hurricane"



The Fleshtones- "Bite Of My Soul"



Los Lobos In Studio At Daytrotter



The Black Keys- "Tighten Up"



The Kills- "DNA"



Operator Please- "Catapult" (Slim Remix)



Memoryhouse- "Bonfire"



Phoenix- "Armistice" (RAC Remix)



Stevie Nicks- "Landslide" live at KBCO




Bloodshot Sxsw 2011 Sampler



La Sera- "Never Come Around"



HOT STATION featuring Rie- "Sakura-No-Hanabira (Remixes)"



Free SXSW Featured Artists sampler



The Crystals- "He's A Rebel"



Explosions in the Sky- "Trembling Hands"
These free MP3 downloads are legal and compatible with all MP3 players. May only be available for a limited time.

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Free MP3s from Papercuts, Raveonettes, OMD

FREE MP3 Download Song of the Week:



Papercuts brand of jingly jangly Pop is this week's free MP3 Download. Check the video and download it below.

Papercuts- "Do You Really Wanna Know"

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More FREE downloads:

Girls Names- "Seance On A Wet Afternoon"



Foster The People- "Pumped Up Kicks"



The Raveonettes- "Forget That You're Young"



Billy Joel- "My Life (Live At Shea)"



WOLFRAM- "Fireworks" (feat. Hercules & Love Affair) (J.AGEBJORN Remix)




Various Artists- Ioda SXSW Opening Day Bash Sampler 2011

Features: Aphasia, Beach Fossils, Queen Sea Big Shark



The Thermals- "Not Like Any Other Feeling"



OMD- "History Of Modern" (Part 1) (Krystal Klear Remix)




Free iTunes Sampler

This free 10-song sampler features Holy Ghost!, Cut Copy, oOoOO



Adele- "Someone Like You"



Tangram- "Docosanoid" Album

Most excellent ambient chill.



Girls Names - "Falling" (Twin Peaks Theme)

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FREE: Cold War Kids, English Beat, Delta Spirit, Moby, Interpol

FREE MP3 Download Song of the Week:

This week's song is a bit of synth heaven from Next Wave band Cold War Kids.



Click here for the free download: Cold War Kids- "Mine Is Yours" (Passion Pit Remix)

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More Free MP3 Downloads:


The English Beat unreleased remix of "Mirror in the Bathroom"



Delta Spirit- "Bushwick Blues"



Nalepa vs It's Not Over Quebec- "Ripple"



Bat For Lashes' Natasha Khan- "Strangelove" (Depeche Mode cover)



Bettye LaVette- "All My Love" (Led Zeppelin cover)



Guineafowl- "BOTANIST"



Interpol- "North American Tour EP"

Includes:

Dust Devil- School of Seven Bells
Slowdance- Matthew Dear
Lights- Interpol

High Kings- "Whiskey In The Jar"

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Voltaire Twins- "Jump Cuts"



Wassabi Collective- "Life's A Miracle"



Princeton- "To The Alps"



City Of Glass- "Big Idea"



Tom Tom Club- "Genius Of Love (Money Mark Remix)"



The Infamous Stringdusters- "In God’s Country" (U2 Cover)



Kisses- "Midnight Lover" (Clancy Remix)



White Lies- "Holy Ghost"



Monument- "Diamond Age"



Papercuts- "Do What You Will"



Sparkadia- "Mary" (The Royal Palms remix)


Moby- "Be The One" EP

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The Cars Roar Back!

"I never thought I'd make another Cars record"- Ric Ocasek

Groundbreaking late 70s/early 80s New Wavers, The Cars, have reunited and recorded a new album. The Cars first studio album in 24 years, "Move Like This" will be released on May 10th by Hear Music. Includes the original line up minus the late, great, Ben Orr.

Here is the first single, "Blue Tip":



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