Zune Insider : New Music Friday: Fifty-Fourth Edition

Music, culture, and the inside scoop from Cesar Menendez,
a Microsoft employee working on Zune - Microsoft's new music project.

January 25, 2008

Greetings - oops, hit 'publish' instead of save. Anyways, here's the collection of free n' clear music this week :)

First up, check out IDA, over at Brooklyn Vegan.
Next up, our buddies at RockInsider drop another Evangelicals track, plus a few more bands for you to check out. As frequent reader/commenter Eddie says "Evangelicals are win"
If you're a fan of David Bazan, head over to MOKB. And if you're not a fan, head over to MOKB.
Sweet! Pick up an R.E.M. track over at Aquarium Drunkard.
And Counting Crows (my favorite person's favorite band) are giving away two tracks - pick them up on their site.
Head over to 'Tracks for a Rancid download. I mean, um, the punk band. Don't take that the wrong way
Winning this week's designation as most peculiar band name, Pig Destroyer's got an MP3 over at Stereogum
Fans of hip hop, check out Clipse/Re-up gang over at Gorilla vs Bear
Continuing in NMF's long tradition of awesome covers that are awesome, Of Montreal cover M.I.A, over at You Ain't no Picasso.
In a grooving mood? Go pick up this track by Colin Munroe at Arjan Writes
And last but certainly not not-awesome, The Gutter Twins rock Cleveland.

Ok,enjoy the music, the new software update, and have a great weekend!

| Friday, January 25, 2008 6:35 PM | 7 Comments

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# January 25, 2008 chrisssssssssssssssssssss Um...seems a little bit messed up...


# January 25, 2008 Gary Oh, know is this the day the music died, Don Mclean was a prophet.


# January 26, 2008 Paul I would love it if the [Genre] would be posted at the end of each item. I honestly have no idea if I'd be interested in a band, but I don't have the time to download and listen to them all. Please? <3


# January 26, 2008 Adam K I think there might be something screwy with the link system. The Colin Munroe track is linked on the last four tracks. Weird. The Clipse link should point to http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/2008/01/new-clipse-20k-brothers-on-corner.html As much as I like the Clipse, it's kinda unfortunate they took a sample from PE's anti-racist "By The Time I Get To Arizona" and made it coke rap (and so close to MLK day too). The only redeeming thing (intellectually) about the track was Malice's bit at the end. He doesn't have the flow or the style of the other members, but his clever lyrics more than make up for that.


# January 26, 2008 amp23 "not not-awesome"? lol


# January 28, 2008 Drea Avellan "Pinksage" Sweet! I love R.E.M.


# January 29, 2008 Gary Russo Cesar, Do you know which Presidential Candidate (if any) has a Zune? If so, what's the Zune Card? My guess is that their staff will scramble to get them a Zune in addition to their iPod.

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