ABOVE: The store is overpriced, but the music is free: Urban Outfitters offers up free music by dozens of up-and-coming artists, including White Rabbits.
Ok, anyone who has been to an Urban Outfitters store knows that even though there are some cool knick-knacks and stuff there sometimes (build your own drummer, cheeseburger phone), it is typically a mecca of overpriced t-shirts and coffee table books about graffiti and weed.
However, we want to give the store credit for passing along a ton of music, for free.
UO is currently offering up a library of free music, and you can stream playlists or download the whole collection (check out the complete tracklist info below).
So far, there are five massive volumes of the collection, including tracks by King Khan & the Shrines, the Walkmen, White Rabbits, Grizzly Bear, Crystal Stilts and dozens of other indie buzz bands and up-and-comers.
MORE: Get the complete collection of free music by heading to the UO blog and checking out all of the LSTN compilations.
Streaming the tracks is easy, but downloading will require dealing with some zip files.
It’s the type of indie stuff you might expect from UO (Passion Pit, Lykke Li) along with some unexpected tracks (Dutchess & the Duke) and a ton of bands we’ve honestly never heard of.
At any rate, it’s basically five CDs worth of free music–so why not sample it and see if there’s something here to enjoy?
LSTN 1: (listen and download)
1. Throw Me the Statue-”Lolita”
2. Black Kids - “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You”
3. Architecture In Helsinki - “Like It Or Not (Version 2)”
4. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - “Woodfriend”
5. Broken Social Scene Presents Brendan Canning - “Hit The Wall”
6. War On Drugs - “Taking The Farm”
7. Blitzen Trapper - “Furr”
8. The Dodos - “Red And Purple”
9. Dr. Dog - “The Old Days”
10. Los Campesinos! - “Death To Los Campesinos!”
11. Annuals - “Sore”
12. Son Ambulance - “Horizons”
13. Music Go Music - “Light Of Love”
14. The Explorers Club - “Do You Love Me?”
15. The Walkmen - “The Blue Route”
16. Albert Hammond, Jr. - “GfC”
17. Lykke Li - “Little Bit”
18. The Notwist - “Boneless”
19. The Dutchess And The Duke - “Reservoir Park”
20. King Khan & The Shrines - “Outta Harms Way”
21. Chad VanGaalen - “Willow Tree”
LSTN 2: (listen and download)
1. Glasser-”Apply”
2. Peter, Bjorn and John-”Inland Empire”
3. Of Montreal-”An Eluardian Instance”
4. Department of Eagles-”No One Does It Like You”
5. Takka Takka-”Silence”
6. Human Highway-’The Sound”
7. Fujiya & Miyagi-”Dishwasher”
8. Free Blood-”Quick and Painful”
9. The Tough Alliance-”Neo Violence”
10. Passion Pit-”Sleepyhead”
11. School of Seven Bells-”Half Asleep”
12. The Spinto Band-”Summer Grof”
13. Japanese Motors-”Single Fins and Safety Pins”
14. Women-”Black Rice”
15. Sebastian Granger-”American Names”
16. Sky Larkin-”Molten”
17. The Moon Doggies-”Changin”
18. Girls-”Hellhole Ratrace”
19. Chairlift-”Evident Utensil”
20. Kou-Shik-”Lying in the Sun”
21. Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez-”Mostly a Friend”
LSTN 3: (listen and download)
1. Fever Ray-”If I Had a Heart”
2. Telepathe-”So Fine”
3. Faunts-”Feel Love Thinking Of”
4. Rainbow Arabia-”Holiday in Congo”
5. Loney Dear-”Airport Surroundings”
6. Thieves Like Us-”Drugs in my Body”
7. Wolfy-”Oh Missy” (extended mix)
8. Miike Snow-”Animal” (crookers remix)
9. Blk Jks-”Lakeside”
10. Golden Boots-”Country Bat High II”
11. Black Lips-”Short Fuse”
12. Cotton Jones-”Blood Red Sentimental Blues”
13. Mike Jones-”What I Have Left”
14. Vetiver-”Everyday”
15. Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band-”Anchors Dropped”
16. Handsome Furs-”I’m Confused”
17. Deastro-”The Shaded Forests”
18. Electric Owls-”Magic Show”
19. Polly Scattergood-”Nitrogen Pink”
20. Other Lives-”Paper Cities”
21. Mayer Hawthorne-”When I Said Goodbye”
LISTN 4: (listen and download)
1. Miike Snow-” Burial (Benny Blanco Remix Feat. Neon Hitch)”
2. Jack Penate-”Tonight’s Today”
3. Foreign Born-”Vacationing People”
4. Telekinesis-”Coast of Carolina”
5. Pains of Being Pure at Heart-”Young Adult Friction”
6. Lissy Trulie-”Boy Boy”
7. White Rabbits-”Percussion Gun”
8. Mos Def-”Quiet Dog”
9. The Whip-”Frustration”
10. The Golden Filter-”Solid Gold”
11. Mapei-”Leader of the Pack”
12. Little Boots-”Stuck on Repeat”
13. Prefuse 73-”Preparation’s Kids Choir”
14. Dan Deacon-”Red F”
15. The Vaselines-”Son of a Gun”
16. Wavves-”No Hope Kids”
17. Tiny Masters of Today-”Skeletons”
18. Crystal Stilts-”Departure”
19. Sleepy Sun-”New Age”
20. Beach House-”Used to Be”
21. Suckers-”It Gets Your Body Movin’”
LISTN 5: (listen and download)
1. Cymbals Eat Guitars-”And the Hazy Sea”
2. St. Vincent-”Actor out of Work”
3. Grizzly Bear-”Cheerleader”
4. Crystal Antlers-”Andrew”
5. Apostle of Hustle-”Easy Speaks”
6. Passion Pit-”The Reeling”
7. Au Revoir Simone-”Shadows”
8. Polly Scatter Good-”Please Don’t Touch”
9. Luke Top-”Friends”
10. The Big Pink-”Velvet”
11. Amazing Baby-”Headdress”
12. Jeremy Jay-”In this Lonely Town”
13. Ape School-”Wail to God”
14. Major Lazer-”Hold the Line”
15. Doom-”Gazzillion Ear”
16. Popo-”Kill Tonight”
17. Hecuba-”Suffering”
18. DJ Kaos-”Love the Night Away”
19. Lemonade-”Real Slime”
20. Nite Jewel-”Weak for Me”
21. Paper Cuts-”Future Primitive”
22. Delta Spirit-”People C’mon”
23. Phoenix-”Love Like a Sunset Pt.1″
