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10 MP3s You Need to Download for Free This Week: Wire, Kristin Hersh

It’s Friday, which means that we’re watching the snow come down in New York and wishing we were in Austin, and also that it’s time for our regular roundup of new music to download for free. This week there’s a new Glass Candy track from the upcoming After Dark II compilation, along with an unreleased Kristin Hersh track from a new solo record, a taste of John Vanderslice’s David Bowie covers record, a new/old Wire track, new songs from Mudhoney and Thee Oh Sees, and a bunch of other stuff. None of this will cost you a dime, so click through and get a piece of the action! … Read More

10 MP3s You Need to Download for Free This Week: Tricky, Low

It’s Friday, which means that we’re preparing for Flavorpill’s inaugural intra-office pool competition, and also that it’s time for our regular roundup of new music to download for free. This week we’re pleasantly surprised by a new Tricky song, as well as free stuff from Low and Glass Candy, new work by Xander Harris, atmospheric weirdness from Barn Owl and William Tyler, Titus Andronicus’ Patrick Stickles covering his best friends, and more. None of this will cost you a dime, so click through and get a piece of the action! … Read More

The 15 Best Musical Reissues of 2012

For some reason, the end-of-year listomania is starting early this year — the Guardian has begun its best-of-2012 list already, and we’re sure others will soon be following suit. In the spirit of getting onto getting onto such things ahead of time, then, we thought we’d commence our own end-of-year listing this week with a look at the best of reissues of 2012. In any case, it seems an appropriate time to be looking at reissues, because this month sees the (re-)release of Massive Attack’s classic 1991 debut Blue Lines, an album which we’re very excited to be able to get on nice heavy vinyl. So her are our picks of other reissues we hope you were laying your hands on during 2012. As ever, we’d be interested to hear your additions in the comments section. … Read More