I'm surprised how many great songs can be downloaded for free. Not illegal, but directly from the webpages of the artists or record labels. Here's a long list of songs I've found on the web (which hopefully will continue to grow) and you can find the links for the songs here:
http://stytzer.blogspot.com/2007/01/nothing-but-music-endless-post.html
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Aberdeen City - God Is Going To Get Sick Of Me
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Against Me! - Don't Lose Touch
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The Airfields - Leaps And Bounds
+ Airiel - Kiss Me Slowly
+ The Alpine - Trigger (A.T.O.C. remix)
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Ambulance LTD. - Primitive
+ Anamia - Butterfly In Paris
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anotherstory - Plans
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The April Skies - Rise & Rise Again
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Arab Strap - Where We've Left Our Love
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The Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)
+ The Arrogants - Don't Die Before Your Day
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Ash - Meltdown
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Asobi Seksu - Walk On The Moon
+ Avocadoclub - Too Much Space To Walk Away
+ Bahnhof - Tanktop Girl
+ The Ballet - In My Head
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Band of Horses - The Great Salt Lake
+ Band Of Horses - Funeral
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Baumer - How The West 1
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Beirut - Postcards From Italy
+ Billie the Vision & The Dancers - Summercat
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Black Tie Dynasty - Crime Scene
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Bloc Party - Banquet
+ Bobby Baby - In Ten Years From Now
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The Boy Least Likely To - Be Gentle With Me
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Budapest - 1979 (The Smashing Pumpkins cover)
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Built to Spill - Alarmed
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Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken
+ Canada - Beige Stationwagon
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Pelle Carlberg - Riverbank
+ Cars & Trains - Broken Streetlamp Serenade
+ Cartridge - Tree Crowns
+ Celestial - Nothing Happens Twice
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood
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The Clientele - Since K Got Over Me
+ The Constantines - Soon Enough
+ The Consultants - Hollow-Bodied Evening
+ The Dears - Lost In The Plot
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Death Cab for Cutie - Soul Meets Body
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Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights
+ Decoration - Intercom
+ Delaware - Loss
+ Demons Are Real - Planet Of Dreams
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Division Day - Colorguard
+ Division Day - Hurricane
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Early Day Miners - All Harm
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Editors - Munich
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Kathleen Edwards - In State
+ El Video - A Day Off
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Elefant - Lolita
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Elf Power - Never Believe
+ Elika - Acting For You
+ EPO-555 - Hyperschlieb
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The Essex Green - Our Lady In Havana
+ Fathom 5 - Nothing Lasts
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The Feeling - Sewn
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The Fields - Song For The Fields
+ Fields - Brittlesticks
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Figurines - Rivalry
+ Figurines - The Wonder
+ Figurines - Divided By The Shore
+ The First Miles - The Best One Around
+ Foretaste - Secret (OMD Cover)
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Roddy Frame - Portastudio
+ Fruit Bats - A Bit Of Wind
+ Gentle Touch - Smedby
+ Gentle Touch - Memories
+ Gran Ronde - Retrace
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Grandaddy - Elevate Myself
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The Go-Betweens - Here Comes A City
+ Gravy - Meltdown
+ Green Concorde - This Time (tWAMi Remix)
+ The Guggenheim Grotto - And A Tear Isn't Such A Bad Thing
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Guided by Voices - My Kind Of Soldier
+ Halph - Calm
+ Hazey Jane - Bad Wine
+ Head Like A Kite - Noisy In The Circus
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Helen Stellar - You Glow From Within
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The High Dials - The Holy Ground
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The High Violets - Invitation
+ The Holiday Show - Snookerstar
+ Huckster - Drives Me Crazy
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IAMX - President
+ I Am Bones - Building Hospitals
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I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Your Worst Is The Best
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Immaculate Machine - Broken Ship
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Infomatik - Inside A Moment
+ [ingenting] - Släpp In Solen
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Kaiser Chiefs - Oh My God
+ Kicker - Blue
+ Kind of girl - Poetry Boy
+ Kind of girl - Slave To Your Charms
+ Kind of girl - You Can't Save Me
+ Lampshade - New Legs
+ Language Of Flowers - Tara Mascara
+ Larsen & Furious Jane - Tourist With A Typewriter
+ Late Night Venture - Pay The Moon
+ Le Sport - Tell no one about tonight
+ Le Sport - Business Girls
+ Leisure Alaska - Transistors In My Mind
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Jens Lekman - Black Cab
+ Like Honey - Airport
+ The Lodger - Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion
+ The Lovekevins - Blame The English
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Loveninjas - I Wanna Be Like Johnny C
+ Low Frequency In Stereo - Big City Lights
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The Lucksmiths - Smokers In Love
+ The Lucy Show - Melody
+ The Legends - He Knows The Sun
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The Legends - Play It For Today
+ Made Of Buildings - The Previews At The Movies
+ Marching Band - Letters
+ The Mary Onettes - lost
+ Mavis - Point Of No Concern
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Mazarin - Another One Goes By
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Micah P. Hinson - The Leading Guy
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Mighty Six Ninety – Leave This World
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Modest Mouse - Interstate 8
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Mogwai - Christmas Song
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Moi Caprice - Artboy Meets Artgirl
+ The Monday Photo - Fall
+ Murder Mystery - Who Doesn't Wanna Give Me Love?
+ My Favorite - Burning Hearts
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My Latest Novel - Hope Edition
+ Neon Machine - Heaven Is A Lot Worse
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Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland 1945
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New London Fire - Different
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The New Pornographers - The Laws Have Changed
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of Montreal - Disconnect The Dots
+ Of Montreal – Rapture Rapes the Muses
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Okkervil River - Black
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120 Days - Get Away
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Oppenheimer - Breakfast In NYC
+ Otter Petter - Winter Days
+ Oxford Collapse - Please Visit Your National Parks
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Page France - Junkyard
+ Paloalto - Catalan
+ Panda Riot - She Dares All Things
+ Paperplane - Grow Young
+ Phonodrive - Don't Forget Me
+ Port Largo - Breakdown Into Fiction
+ The Positions - Every Conversation
+ Postal Blue - Weather Sensitive
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The Radio Dept. - The Worst Taste In Music
+ Regina - Minua ollaan vastassa
+ Revolver - Since Yesterday (Strawberry Switchblade cover)
+ The River Detectives - Some Kind Of Love
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The Ropes - Kill Her Off
+ The Rosebuds - Leaves Do Fall
+ Ruined By Martin - Burn The Sun
+ Salem - I Love The Avenue
+ Sambassadeur - Kate
+ Sambassadeur - Between The Lines
+ Santa Dog - Chemical
+ Saturna - Springboard
+ Saturna - Just For Thrills
+ Seafood - Western Battle
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The Shins - Phantom Limb
+ Snowden - Anti-Anti
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Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - Oregon Girl
+ The Sonnets - Louden Up, Pretty
+ The Sounds - Painted by Numbers
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Spoon - I Turn My Camera On
+ Starring Me - Carousel
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The Stills - Still In Love Song
+ The Stills - In The Beginning
+ Stones Cry Out - Exit Utopia
+ Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - Funeral Face
+ Superheroes - What's Going On
+ Swimm TV is TV - Crush
+ Swimmer One - Largs Hum
+ Tales Of Jenny - Noone Appreciates the Sky
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Teenage Fanclub - Fallen Leaves
+ TempEau - Mädchen aus Greifswald
+ Tiger Baby - Chinese Fairytale
+ Tillmanns - Run
+ Tower Of Foil - The Comedy Of Summer Rain
+ Track A Tiger - Glad To Be Scattered
+ The Turn-Ons - Strange As Snow
+ Two Gallants - Nothing To You
+ Ultrasport - The Boy That Never Lied
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Under Byen - Af Samme Stof Som Stof
+ The Upsidedown - Wake Up Drive Thru
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John Vanderslice - They Won't Let Me Run
+ Vapnet - Thoméegränd
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VETO - You Are A Knife
+ Vib Gyor - Church Bell
+ Viola - Lovelights
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Viva Voce - When Planets Collide
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Voxtrot - The Start Of Something
+ Dan Wallace - Fell
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We Are Scientists - It's A Hit
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The Weakerthans - The Last Last One
+ Windermere - Trailer Park
+ Patrick Wolf - The Libertine
+ The Wrens - This Boy Is Exhausted
+ Xiu Xiu - Boy Soprano
+ YSN - One Look It's Love
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