NPR Offers Free SXSW Sampler...

Download a free 10-song sampler of the artists featured by NPR Music at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX this month. Click the link below and the songs will automatically begin downloading into your iTunes account. If you do not have an iTunes account, follow these instructions and then click below. Read more about the bands featured on the sampler and NPR Music's full SXSW coverage here.

Click here to download the Sampler. (You must have iTunes)

Tracklist:
Furr by Blitzen Trapper
Knotty Pine by David Byrne & The Dirty Projectors
Lakeside by BLK JKS
Go On, Say It by Blind Pilot
Bag of Hammers by Thao Nguyen
The Rake's Song by The Decemberists
St. Joseph's by The Avett Brothers
The Mountain by The Heartless Bastards
Dreamer by K'Naan
Just Ain't Gonna Work Out by Mayer Hawthorne

Free Beastie Audio Commentary (MP3)...

If you are still celebrating the fact that the Beastie Boys released Paul's Boutique 20 years ago, you gotta head to their mini-site that addresses everything PB. Hit up said site & check the upper right hand corner...under News. It is here that you will find the gold you are looking for...a FREE download ~ a 53 minute full length album commentary by Mike D, Adrock & MCA (general banter & hilarity). Supply your e-mail & they will zap a link to you so you can grab the track. The site is loaded down with little discoverable wonders...you can even upload your own image & story about how Paul's Boutique changed your life forever.