UsedWigs » Free MP3s http://usedwigs.com Quality Workday Distractions Tue, 22 May 2012 16:23:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 “Serpents” by Sharon Van Etten http://usedwigs.com/serpents-by-sharon-van-etten/ http://usedwigs.com/serpents-by-sharon-van-etten/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:27:09 +0000 Jeff http://usedwigs.com/?p=13913 I love this Sharon Van Etten song so much I had to post two videos of it for you to enjoy. To thank me for doing this, simply buy her new record Tramp, it is excellent. Download MP3: “Serpents” (via Brooklyn Vegan) Website: Sharon Van Etten Also, listen to a wonderful interview Maggie Serota did [...]]]>

I love this Sharon Van Etten song so much I had to post two videos of it for you to enjoy. To thank me for doing this, simply buy her new record Tramp, it is excellent.

Download MP3: “Serpents” (via Brooklyn Vegan)

Website: Sharon Van Etten

Also, listen to a wonderful interview Maggie Serota did with Sharon on the Low Times podcast, fun and informative.

]]> http://usedwigs.com/serpents-by-sharon-van-etten/feed/ 0 “Ruby” by Cheap Girls http://usedwigs.com/ruby-cheap-girls/ http://usedwigs.com/ruby-cheap-girls/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:36:13 +0000 Jeff http://usedwigs.com/?p=13825 For Fans of: Karl Hendricks, Armchair Martian, Long Winters, Overwhelming Colorfast. Download: Free MP3 (from Rolling Stone) Stream CD: music.aol.com Website: cheapgirls.tumblr.com]]>

For Fans of: Karl Hendricks, Armchair Martian, Long Winters, Overwhelming Colorfast.

Download: Free MP3 (from Rolling Stone)

Stream CD: music.aol.com

Website: cheapgirls.tumblr.com

]]> http://usedwigs.com/ruby-cheap-girls/feed/ 0 Favorite Modern Holiday/Christmas Songs http://usedwigs.com/the-best-modern-holiday-and-christmas-songs/ http://usedwigs.com/the-best-modern-holiday-and-christmas-songs/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:55:58 +0000 Jeff http://www.usedwigs.com/the-best-modern-holiday-and-christmas-songs/ sufjan_santaA bit tired of hearing Bruce babbling on about Clarence getting a new sax for Christmas? Us too. Here’s a holly jolly roundup of some little-known originals and some well-known classics done by some of our favorite modern (mostly indie) artists. Have a favorite tune you wish to share? Just Post a Comment (bottom of [...]]]> sufjan_santa

A bit tired of hearing Bruce babbling on about Clarence getting a new sax for Christmas? Us too. Here’s a holly jolly roundup of some little-known originals and some well-known classics done by some of our favorite modern (mostly indie) artists. Have a favorite tune you wish to share? Just Post a Comment (bottom of page) and let us know. Merry Merry!

Boy Least Likely To – “Christmas Isn’t Christmas” -  MP3

The Mynabirds - “All I Want is Truth (For Christmas)” – MP3

Duvall – “Do You Hear What I Hear” – MP3

Sufjan Stevens – “Only at Christmas Time” – MP3
and “That Was the Worst Christmas Ever” – MP3

The Dismemberment Plan – “This Christmas” – MP3

Dream Diary – “Christmas All Over” -  MP3

Mogwai - “Christmas Song” – MP3

Alexi Murdoch – “Silent Night” – MP3

Andrew Dost – “Yeah, I Know, It’s Christmastime” - MP3

Long Winters - “Sometimes You Have to Work on Christmas (Sometimes)” – MP3

Cliff Hillis - “On A Day Like Christmas” – MP3

Belle And Sebastian – “Are You Coming Over For Christmas?” – MP3

Death Cab For Cutie – Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home) – MP3

Centro-Matic – “Fuselage (It’s Starting to Look Like Christmas Once Again)” – MP3

Descendents - “Christmas Vacation” – MP3

The Swimmers – “A Christmas Sound” – MP3

Adam Arcuragi – “The Christmas Song” – MP3

The Flaming Lips – “A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn’t So)” – MP3

Adventures of Jet – “Waiting for Christmas” – MP3

Pearl Jam – “Let Me Sleep” and “Someday at Christmas” – MP3

Snow Patrol – “When I Get Home For Christmas” – MP3

The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl – “Fairytale Of New York” – MP3 – Video

Chomsky – “Christmas Time Is Here” – MP3

The Soft Lightes – The Last Christmas On Earth – Listen here

The Hives & Cyndi Lauper - “A Christmas Duel” – Video

Harvey Danger - “Sometimes You Have to Work on Christmas (Sometimes)” – Video

Aimee Mann – “Calling on Mary” – Video

The Ramones – “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)” – Video

Low – “Just Like Christmas” – Video

Matt Pond PA – “Snow Day”

Huffamoose – “Hanukkah And Christmas Hand In Hand”

Chris Stamey & Cathy Harrington – “You’re What I Want For Christmas”

Coldplay – “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”

Man or Astroman – “Frosty the Snowman”

Blink 182 – “It’s Christmas Time Again”

More Holiday Cheer!

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If you enjoy the silence, DO NOT watch this. Because it’s not silent. It’s filled with lots of singing and music playing.

If you have little to no problem with silence, then go right ahead and enjoy Nada Surf’s lovely version of this Depeche Mode classic. You can find this track on their 2010 covers album “If I Had a Hi-Fi.” This snazzy video was filmed and directed by Jan-Ole Gerster during last summer’s (2010) European Tour.

I also really liked the Bill Fox cover from the record.

Download Free Mp3: “Electrocution”

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Remember kids, no matter how hard you try, your band will never be as effortlessly cool as The Thermals. But don’t stop trying, second place is totally up for grabs.

The Thermals‘ clip for Personal Life single “Never Listen to Me”, directed by Lance Bangs, was one of the last films shot on Kodak’s Kodachrome film, which the company is no longer producing or developing. Fittingly, the video has a hazy, idyllic look that’s pleasurable to the eyes. Check it out below, or over at Pitchfork.tv. – More on Pitchfork>

Download Free MP3: “Never Listen to Me”

More: www.thethermals.com

]]> http://usedwigs.com/the-thermals/feed/ 0 “Riley” by The Corin Tucker Band http://usedwigs.com/corin-tucker/ http://usedwigs.com/corin-tucker/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:21:29 +0000 Jeff http://usedwigs.com/?p=11035 When I heard the name "The Corin Tucker Band" I pictured a dusty old Southern-fried band with a triple guitar threat all wearing Ronnie Van Zant hats and smelly vests playing endless masturbatory solos at state fairs. Forgive me indie rock, I did not realize Corin Tucker was the singer and guitarist for Sleater-Kinney, a band I enjoyed and admired for years. I am old and no longer have the brain juice to remember the names of all the member of all the bands I like. But, if you need someone to name all the members of Dag Nasty in chronological order, I'm your man.]]>

When I heard the name “The Corin Tucker Band” I pictured a dusty old Southern-fried band with a triple guitar threat all wearing Ronnie Van Zant hats and smelly vests playing endless masturbatory solos at state fairs. Forgive me indie rock, I did not realize Corin Tucker was the singer and guitarist for Sleater-Kinney, a band I enjoyed and admired for years. I am old and no longer have the brain juice to remember the names of all the member of all the bands I like. But, if you need someone to name all the members of Dag Nasty in chronological order, I’m your man.

Anywho, this song is super! Great band too, Corin is joined by Unwound’s Sara Lund and Golden Bears’ Seth Lorinczi. Want more?

Free MP3 Download: Doubt

CD: 1,000 Years

Website: www.killrockstars.com

]]> http://usedwigs.com/corin-tucker/feed/ 0 Your New Favorite Band: Sky Larkin http://usedwigs.com/sky-larkin/ http://usedwigs.com/sky-larkin/#comments Fri, 08 Oct 2010 13:46:33 +0000 Jeff http://usedwigs.com/?p=11005 Remember that great song you heard at that bar a while back but you didn't have the app to tell you who the band was, plus you were pretty drunk? You said it kinda sounded like Julianna Hatfield if she was British and hung out with Los Campesinos! and was a bit more sonic and into tempo shifting... So close. It was Sky Larkin, silly! These kids are brilliant.]]>

Remember that great song you heard at that bar a while back but you didn’t have the app to tell you who the band was, plus you were pretty drunk? You said it kinda sounded like Julianna Hatfield if she was British and hung out with Los Campesinos! and was a bit more sonic and into tempo shifting and… so close. It was Sky Larkin, sillypants! These kids are brilliant.

Free MP3: “Kaleide”

Website: www.weareskylarkin.com

]]> http://usedwigs.com/sky-larkin/feed/ 0 “I Don’t Believe You” by The Thermals http://usedwigs.com/thermals/ http://usedwigs.com/thermals/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:33:10 +0000 Jeff http://usedwigs.com/?p=10296 Make your Friday better with this super fun song and video starring former Sleater-Kinney member Carrie Brownstein. It’s the first single from their forthcoming record Personal Life on Kill Rock Stars. (via pitchfork) Download MP3: I Don’t Believe You Release Date: September 7 Order: www.buyolympia.com]]>

Make your Friday better with this super fun song and video starring former Sleater-Kinney member Carrie Brownstein. It’s the first single from their forthcoming record Personal Life on Kill Rock Stars. (via pitchfork)

Download MP3: I Don’t Believe You

Release Date: September 7

Order: www.buyolympia.com

]]> http://usedwigs.com/thermals/feed/ 0 Daily Distractions – Good Animal Dads, Video Mailbox, Free MP3s and New Pernice Brothers http://usedwigs.com/daily-distractions-for-2010-06-17/ http://usedwigs.com/daily-distractions-for-2010-06-17/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:00:00 +0000 Jeff http://usedwigs.com/daily-distractions-for-2010-06-17/ Thanks for the tip Facebook Recommended Pages, “Many who like Barack Obama like Vin Diesel and Mafia Wars. Enjoying “Goodbye, Killer” by Pernice Brothers. Streaming here: http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/11 Catching up on “Little People Big World” because it’s the first night of vacay and my family is away. I’m a maniac. I am unstoppable. 2-week vacation starts [...]]]>

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