Man alive, 36 free songs: That’s almost too much music to digest in one sitting.
But right now, iTunes is offering just that with two new mixes, each loaded with indie rock favorites and up-and-coming bands.
First up, we have a Lollapalooza sampler. Click here for that.
The sampler includes 14 songs from acts playing the annual Chicago festival, which happens this weekend. The mix includes the Fleet Foxes best song to date, “Mykonos.”
Next up, Nylon magazine is giving away 22 songs, including the synthesized blat of Phoenix’s highly danceable track “1901.”
Click here for the Nylon mix.
(I had a bit of trouble with the Nylon download. If you do too, trying going to iTunes, clicking on Redeem in the Quick Links bar, and entering this code: HFHEXF6N9JMJ.)
Here are the full track lists for both mixes, with the bands named first:
Lollapalooza mix:
ALBERTA CROSS – The Thief &The Heartbreaker
BON IVER – Skinny Love
CONSTANTINES – Trans Canada
DEERHUNTER – Nothing Ever Happened
ERIC CHURCH – Smoke a Little Smoke
FLEET FOXES – Mykonos
JOE PUG – Hymn #101
LANGHORNE SLIM – Rebel Side of Heaven
LIVING THINGS – Oxygen
RYE RYE – Bang
THE HENRY CLAY PEOPLE – You Can Be Timeless
THE KNUX – Fire (Put It In the Air)
THE RAVEONETTES – Dead Sound
WHITE LIES – Farewell to the Fairground
Nylon mix:
ANJULIE – Boom
CRYSTAL ANTLERS – Andrew
GAY BLADES – O Shot
HEARTS REVOLUTION – Ultraviolence
LaROUX – In For The Kill
LISSY TRULLIE – Self Taught Learner
LITTLE BOOTS – Meddle (Ebola Remix)
MAPEI – Public Enemy
OF MONTREAL – For Our Elegant Caste
PASSION PIT – I’ve Got Your Number
PHOENIX – 1901
PLASTISCINES – Barcelona
SANTIGOLD – LES Artistes
SPINNERETTE – Ghetto Love
STARDEATH AND WHITEDWARFS – I Can’t Get Away
SUCKERS – It Gets Your Body Movin’
THE HORRORS – Sea Within a Sea
THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART – The Tenure Itch
THE SOFT PACK – Bright Side
THUNDERHEIST – Jerk It
TINY MASTERS OF TODAY – Skeletons
WHITE LIES – Death (Crystal Castles Remix)
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