Free Album Bonanza

Half of eMusic's top fourteen albums today are completely free, even if you are not a subscriber.

At the top is eMusic's SXSW Birthday Bash Free Sampler.



Bon Iver's "Skinny Love," and Delorean's "As Time Breaks Off" are must downloads.


Next up is another SXSW sampler: "Don't Mess with Texas."



It includes a brand new Dr. Dog song "A Long Time Ago,"[mp3] the oft blogged Dodos, a Hysterics song (whose singer sounds like Jason Faulkner), a hyper punchy pop tune from the Plastic Constellations[mp3], and eleven other singles from bands playing this years SXSW--a perfect Austin, Texas road trip mix CD.


Third is Noise Pop sampler.



This opens with Earlimart!


In fourth place is "A Small Commotion," a full album by Spokane.



Spokane delivers some seriously mellow songs for falling asleep and slow dreaming.


Next is yet another SXSW sampler, this time by IODA.



I have not sampled all of this yet, but Sean Hayes' "Flowering Spade" and Oliver Future's "Stranger than the Stranger" are the best of the ones I listened to.


In penultimate position is Smithsonian Folkways Sampler: A Sound Legacy.



Download "Go Tell It On the Mountain" and sing along.


Finally, there is a short free album from The War On Drugs, Barrel of Batteries.



"Arms Like Boulders" is worth a listen.