wax&wires

Normally the freebies aren’t worth the hard drive space they take up, but these ones are legit.

Earlier today, the free download of Coldplay’s new live album, LeftRightLeftRightLeft, was made available – click here to download your free copy from Coldplay.com now.

Free Music Archive brings a fresh means of finding solid music released under Creative Commons by actually curating the content.

Free music from SXSW ‘09!

Just finished watching these guys on the Late Show, a little band you might have heard of… and a little media blitz you’ve definitely heard of.

[via ars]
What happens when a professor who believes that file-sharing has been beneficial to the music industry takes the witness stand in The Pirate Bay trial, then learns that prosecutors have been talking to his boss about the quality of his research? Fireworks—and flowers.
The Pirate Bay trial settled into something (sort of) approaching normality today [...]

[via RollingStone]
Eminem’s two-year-old lawsuit against Universal Music Group over digital music royalties finally entered a courtroom today, the Wrap reports. In a trial featuring star witnesses like UMG head Jimmy Iovine and Apple’s Steve Jobs, Slim Shady’s publishing company F.B.T. Productions is seeking more royalties from purchases made using digital music services like Jobs’ iTunes. [...]

[via ars]
U2’s yet-to-be-released album, No Line on the Horizon, is already available on P2P networks across the Internet thanks to a leak that the band is always so adamantly working to prevent. Considering U2’s views on piracy and Safe Harbor, the leak is both poetic justice and confirmation of the band’s fears.
What’s the worst thing [...]

The first solo release from producer and beat-smith Josh Furey, Archaeology is a sample heavy instrumental album made up of a broad range of musical styles. This album consists of more than 200 samples, is 17 tracks deep and 2 years in the making. Built with turntables, a sampler, midi-devices and a keyboard.
I’m about halfway [...]

[via ars]
More than a year after its expected launch, free P2P music service Qtrax has finally gotten off the ground with deals with all the major music labels. Universal, EMI, Sony, and now Warner Music Group are now all on board with the ad-supported service, and things can finally get rolling… once the software becomes [...]

Just in time for V-Day (which is TOMORROW for all you gentlemen about to disappoint your lady friends), Amazon has put up Marvin Gaye’s ubiquitous lover’s classic Let’s Get It On as a free download.
Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
You can also pick up Marvin’s full album Let’s Get It On for just $5 [...]

The struggling music units of Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG merged in 2004 so that a combined company could better fend off illegal file sharing and shrinking CD sales.
The new recording company, named Sony BMG, was expected to wield the kind of resources that could challenge Universal Music Group as the largest of the four [...]

[via ars]
The Ruckus music service shut down over the weekend, raising the question of whether universities are done offering sponsored legal download services to students.
The music industry, struggling to find workable business models for the digital age, apparently can’t even give its product away. Ad-supported services like SpiralFrog have generated what can only be charitably [...]

Edison’s Not What Ships Are Built For, is available for free download here.
It’s a great chilled-out ambient electronic record. Don’t think you’re getting something to fall asleep to though, as the instrumental album pulls a lot of energy from glitchy, sliced and really unique samples.
If you’re into Ratatat, be sure to give this a go. [...]

Bowie’s classic Ziggy Starudst, has been mashed up and remixed by artists like ATOM, A plus D, dj BC and more to bring you Ziggy Remixed. You’ll hear Bowie’s renowned songs set to the landscape of MGMT, Deep Purple, The Supremes and sprinkled with Bob Marley and the obligatory mash up favorite, Jay-Z.
DJ BC on [...]