Free Indie Music Downloads

Download.com

Download.com’s music site is one of the best place on the web to score some free indie music downloads. On this site you’ll find music from your favorite indie bands, plus your favorite indie bands you haven’t heard yet. Plus, you’ll find exclusive album streaming, bands bios, and a top notch selection of indie videos you’d never see on MTV. Check out some of the music we have found on Download.com:

• No Children by The Mountain Goats

• People Keep Coming Around by Tindersticks

• Watching Xanadu by Mull Historical Society

• Again and Again by The Bird and The Bee

• Summer Left Your Heart Behind by His Name is Alive

• When the Angels Play Their Drum Machines by Hefner

• Harvest by Clinic

• Gimme Indie Rock by Sebadoh

• The Kick by The Caseworker

• Barracuda by Miho Hatori

• Back to Me by The Positions

• Kelly by Van She

• When You Go Out by I Love You But I’ve Chosen Darkness

• Entertain by Sleater Kinney

• Crackers by Lambchop

• Monkey by Low

Amazon

Of course, what Amazon really wants to do is sell you stuff, so the free indie music downloads aren’t flowing as freely as they are over on Dowload.com. That doesn’t mean you can’t find them, though. Sign up for a free membership and check back often to get your indie music downloads from Amazon. The following tracks are from their site:

• Cure is the Key by Pete Kronowitt

• Take Your Carriage Clock and Shove It by Belle and Sebastian

• Sugarcube by Yo La Tengo

• All My Friends by Pavement

• If I Were a Rich Man by The Magnetic Fields

• Two Rights Make One Wrong by Mogwai

• When The Roses Bloom Again by Laura Cantrell

• Dear Grandma and Grandpa by Tortoise

• The Argument by The Sea and Cake

• Misery is a Butterfly by Blonde Redhead

• Between the Bars by Elliott Smith

LTK Music

But wait, you say, aren’t you on the LTK Music site already? Yes, you are, but did you know that we bring you a free download every day? And that we have an archive of free daily downloads for your perusal, just brimming with free indie music downloads for the taking? We also have downloads from Bright Eyes, The White Stripes, and many more. Don’t forget to have a good comb through our site; the song you’re looking for may already be here.

Other Free Indie Music Download Resources

If you’re hunting instinct is still not satisfied, try to scare up some more free downloads using these ideas:

• Visit artist websites and record label websites to see what free downloads they have on offer.

• MySpace has tons and tons of free music; see if your band of choice has a page.

• [http:www.mtv.com MTV] and VH1 often have free downloads on their sites, especially of new releases.