Before you become a subscriber to one of the new music streaming web sites, have a gander at this list of free music from Amazon, and the albums below. Just beware that a “downloader” is required. Yes, it’s a proprietary file format, and so it’s necessary, and It’s not that hard, really. But still, there’s something about needing a “downloader” to download things that doesn’t quite make sense, intellectually. I thought a computer was a perfectly good enough downloader.

Kill Rock Stars 20 Year Anniversary Sampler

Eleanor Friedberger

Scandinvian Gold Vol. 2

Ninja Tune XX Compilation

Dan Mangan’s Robots Vs. Indie Queens

White Swan Records 20th Anniversary Digital Sampler

The Orange Mountain Music Philip Glass Sampler Vol.I

The End Records 2011 Summer Sampler

Friendly Fire 2001 Sampler

23 This Year: The Sub Pop Amazon Sampler

Mexican Summer Vol 2

Rotana Presents Music of the Middle East

Stockholm Belongs To Us – A Labrador Records Compilation

New York City Gritty Soundscapes, Vol 1

Music from Nigeria

1320Records Volume II

Saddle Creek Sampler

Summer Fun with Giovanni

Native American Flute Lullabies

Anana Presents: Music From Israel

Don’t Mess With Texas: SXSW 2011 New Music Sampler

Frenchkiss Records Amazon MP3 Sampler

Project: Afar

Bibio: Ambivalence Avenue Sampler

Sesame Street: Amazon Sampler

Dead Oceans Summer Sampler

Gigantic Music Sampler

Paw Tracks Sampler 2011

Luaka Bop Presents Xingu, with Javelin, Tom Ze and Delicate Steve

Connections:

• Amazon is Going Girl Talk
• The Profitable Piracy Argument