Category: Digital Music

Free MP3: OMD, 'Green' (Demo) — early version of track off 2010's 'History of Modern'

Free MP3: OMD, ‘Green’ (Demo) — early version of track off 2010’s ‘History of Modern’

As the reunited Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark gets to work on its upcoming album, the group is treating fans to a glimpse at the making of their 2010 comeback ‘History of Modern’ in the form of a download of a demo version of ‘Green,’ which is available for free in exchange for an e-mail address.

Stream: The Godfathers, 'Primitive Man' — new track in advance of St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Stream: The Godfathers, ‘Primitive Man’ — new track in advance of St. Valentine’s Day Massacre

With their annual St. Valentines’s Day Massacre concert coming up next week in London, The Godfathers over the weekend posted a rough mix of brand-new track ‘Primitive Man’ the third new song the rockers have released since reuniting in 2008 — which you can stream here.

Free MP3s: Dead Can Dance, ‘Live Happenings — Part III’ 4-track EP

Free MP3s: Dead Can Dance, ‘Live Happenings — Part III’ 4-track EP

Tweet The newly reunited Dead Can Dance this week released the third in a series of free, four-track digital EPs collecting live material recorded on the band’s […]

Free MP3: The Cult, 'Lucifer' — first track off new album 'Choice of Weapon,' due in May

Free MP3: The Cult, ‘Lucifer’ — first track off new album ‘Choice of Weapon,’ due in May

The Cult roars back into action this May with a brand-new, 10-track album called ‘Choice of Weapon,’ co-produced by ‘Sonic Temple’ veteran Bob Rock and preceded by the rocker ‘Lucifer’ — which is available here as a free MP3 download. It’s the group’s ninth album overall and first in five years.

Stream: Wire, ‘The Black Session – Paris 10 May 2011’ – live album out next week

Stream: Wire, ‘The Black Session – Paris 10 May 2011’ – live album out next week

Wire next week will give wide release to last year’s tour-only live album ‘The Black Session – Paris 10 May 2011,’ a 13-track live set recorded last May at Radio France’s Paris studios in front of an audience as part of Bernard Lenoir’s series of live broadcasts. Stream the whole thing here.

Stream: Ministry live at Misfits in Chicago, March 1982 — earliest live recordings

Stream: Ministry live at Misfits in Chicago, March 1982 — earliest live recordings

For fans of Ministry’s early synthpop incarnation, here’s a real treat: Four tracks recorded live in Chicago at the short-lived Misfits club in March 1982, the earliest known live recordings of Al Jourgensen and Co. made nearly 30 years ago — and long before the group morphed into an industrial giant and then near-metal act.

Stream: VCMG, 'Single Blip' — 2nd track from Depeche Mode's Martin Gore, Vince Clarke

Stream: VCMG, ‘Single Blip’ — 2nd track from Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore, Vince Clarke

Former Depeche Mode bandmatesVince Clarke and Martin L. Gore, working together again for the first time in 30 years under the name VCMG, will precede their debut album with a second teaser, in the form of ‘EP 2/Single Blip’ — featuring the title track, which you can hear here, plus remixes by Byetone and Mathew Jonson.

Stream: Jesus and Mary Chain's 'Way We Were: 1980-85’ mix by Bobby Gillespie & Douglas Hart

Stream: Jesus and Mary Chain’s ‘Way We Were: 1980-85’ mix by Bobby Gillespie & Douglas Hart

Following up on last fall’s vintage Jim Reid mix, Demon Music Group — the label behind the new Jesus and Mary Chain reissues — posted a new mix by ex-JAMC rhythm section Bobby Gillespie and Douglas Hart representing what was on their tour-bus mixtapes during the band’s early days.

Pixies' Black Francis to release 2nd Grand Duchy album, Catholics live record, box set

Pixies’ Black Francis to release 2nd Grand Duchy album, Catholics live record, box set

The Pixies have yet to record a new album since reuniting in 2004, but frontman Black Francis has been no stranger to the recording studio in those intervening years, and, in April, will release ‘Let the People Speak,’ his second effort with wife Violet Clark as the indie/electropop duo Grand Duchy.

Stream: The Cure, 'Apart' (Renholdër Remix) — from 'Underworld Awakening' soundtrack

Stream: The Cure, ‘Apart’ (Renholdër Remix) — from ‘Underworld Awakening’ soundtrack

The Cure is appearing on the soundtrack to an ‘Underworld’ sequel (in remixed form) for the second time in three years, and while the ‘Underworld Awakening: Official Motion Soundtrack’ isn’t out until Jan. 31, you can now stream Danny Lohner’s “Renholdër Remix” of the Wish ballad ‘Apart.’

Free MP3: Lee Ranaldo, 'Off the Wall' — first track from 'Between the Tides and the Times'

Free MP3: Lee Ranaldo, ‘Off the Wall’ — first track from ‘Between the Tides and the Times’

Matador Records today debuted the first track off Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo’s forthcoming solo album ‘Between the Times and the Tides.’ The 3-minute ‘Off the Wall’ — a gentle, mid-tempo rocker that mixes acoustic and shimmering electric guitars — can be streamed or downloaded here.

Nick Cave's Grinderman to release remix album 'RMX' — stream Nick Zinner's mix

Nick Cave’s Grinderman to release remix album ‘RMX’ — stream Nick Zinner’s mix

Nick Cave may be shelving his garage-blues side project Grinderman, but not before releasing a 12-track remix album called ‘Grinderman 2 RMX,’ collecting new and previously released mixes of cuts from the band’s sophomore album by members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, UNKLE and Queens of the Stone Age.

Stream: 'Lost' Deep Wound practice tape from 1983 — featuring J Mascis, Lou Barlow

Stream: ‘Lost’ Deep Wound practice tape from 1983 — featuring J Mascis, Lou Barlow

Lou Barlow has been treating fans to a treasure trove of free, rare and often unreleased music via his e-mail newsletter, and with his latest dispatch, he reaches back all the way back to 1983 to share a ‘lost’ 3-song practice tape from Deep Wound, his pre-Dinosaur Jr band with J Mascis.