MP3: Magnet Magazine

Magnet Magazine has some great free MP3s:

• Denmark's Choir Of Young Believers
  
• Durham NC's Megafaun (great beards)
  
• Former Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle
  
• Canadian "psych/folk duo" Lightning Dust
  
• Telekinesis (compare "I See Lightning" to Liam Finn's "I'll Be Lightning")
  
• Former dBs Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey have reunited
  
• Magnolia Electric Co.
  
• Cub Country
  

Music: Bonnie "Prince" Billy

The stand-out track on Bonnie "Prince" Billy's latest album, "Lie Down In The Light", has to be "Missing One", particularly for anyone who has lost a parent. You can hear it at this blog.

Will Oldham played some acoustic concerts with his brothers in 2006. It seems to have been a tribute to their father, who had died recently. Mostly traditional songs. You can hear most of it at Aquarium Drunkard.

Music: 12-Tone System

There's an article in the NY Times about Schoenberg and the 12-Tone System. The best part is the accompanying video where the writer, Anthony Tommasini, demonstrates the concepts on the piano.

The Peabody Symphony Orchestra has some Schoenberg available for free download.

Music: Who Are You 2

Robb adds the National: "I'm the new blue blood, I'm the Great White Hope. I won't fuck us over, I'm Mr. November." (MP3 here.)

Which reminds me of the Killers, "Open up my eager eyes, 'cause I'm Mr. Brightside." Coincidentally, there's a great cover by Paul Anka.

Music: MP3 Blogs

For a shameless Smiths ripoff/homage, go here and listen to track 5 on both the A and B sides, by Math & Physics Club. I also recommend this by Edith Frost. And it's all legal.