Anyway, mp3 blog aggregators really do help you scour the high seas for free mp3s while discovering new music you like (they compile the latest mp3 blog postings and make the content searchable). I download music torrents a lot, but there are major limitations like i) you first need to know what you want to download; ii) most torrents are for latest releases--the old albums are usually taken off; iii) if you're into niche music, it'd be easier to find me at a Paris Hilton concert than you getting your feed here.
While hunting down great music on your own can be very rewarding, it also takes time. A lot of time. I've sat through hours of patient downloading, all the while reading other people's glowing reviews of said band, only to click 'play' and discover the music sucks--to me at least. (On a side note, with the gluttony of music in the world today, you do need to start sharpening your own earbuds to what you like so that you don't drown in all the sounds. Different people like different music, so it's useless trying to find reasons to agree with all the hype if you really don't.)
Anyway, three bands / artistes that stand out from my current binging, in no particular order, are:
- The National (listen to them on Spinner here)
- Thomas Dybdahl (whose collaborations led me to discover another amazing voice, Christel Alsos)
- Peter and the Wolf (among other things, this dude plays in cemeteries at night and travels to gigs by boat)
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i like the national and peter & the wolf too :)
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