The article Free Music List December 2005 was a very successful article back in 2005 and I finally found the time to update the article with new sites and get rid of links to sites that do not exist anymore. Most of the sites listed below allow downloads even for non registered users, several ask you to register after downloading some albums and some require a registration before you can start to download or stream music.
I added genres to several sites if it was obvious and did not mention one if the site offered more than one genre. Downloads means that you can directly download music - normally mp3 files - from the site while streaming means that you can stream the music on the website.
Take a look at my article about Grab++ for a possible method to download music from sites that stream music. Feel free to add any music site that you know and is not in the list.
Major Sites:
Archive.org Netlabels [downloads]
Audiostreet [downloads, streaming]
CCMixter [downloads, streaming]
Dance Industries [downloads, streaming]
Digital Sounds Electronic Music [downloads]
DMusic [downloads, streaming]
Electrobel Electronic music [downloads, streaming]
Epitonic [downloads, streaming]
ETree.org [torrent downloads]
FOEM [downloads]
Garageband [downloads, streaming]
Gigatracks [downloads, streaming]
Jamendo [torrent downloads, streaming]
Only Streaming:
Altsounds Alternative [streaming]
Artistopia [streaming]
Blogmusic [streaming]
Bluebeat [streaming]
CDBaby [streaming]
Download.com [streaming]
Fabchannel Concerts [streaming]
Imeem [streaming]
Intomusic [streaming]
Last.fm [streaming]
Magnatune [streaming]
Mp3.com.au [streaming]
Musicovery Find new music [streaming]
Musicmesh Find similar artists [streaming]
Musipedia Midi Files [streaming]
Seeqpod [streaming]
Soundpedia [streaming]
Stage.fm [streaming]
Stereokiller [streaming]
Blogs:
3Hive [downloads]
Free Albums Galore [downloads]
Gratisvibes [download, streaming]
Large Hearted Boy [downloads]
MP3 Blog [downloads]
Blocsonic [downloads]
Starfrosch [downloads]
Other:
Better Propaganda [downloads, streaming]
Cantaria Traditional Western European Folk [downloads]
Classic Cat Classic Music [downloads]
Feels Like Christmas Christmas Songs vocal and instrumental [downloads]
Free Children’s Music Children’s Music [download, streaming]
Freesound Sounds, not songs [downloads]
Kahvi [streaming, download]
Karadar Classic Music, currently script problems [downloads]
Lawrence [downloads]
Legal Torrents [torrent downloads]
Mixposure Indie Music [downloads, streaming]
MP3 Jackpot [downloads]
Muzie Japanese site [downloads, streaming]
New Trinity Baroque Classic Music [streaming, downloads]
Overclocked Remix remixed game music [torrent downloads]
Opsound [downloads]
Piano Society Classical music [downloads]
Public Domain 4U [downloads]
Pure Volume [downloads, streaming]
Unexotica Amiga music archive [downloads]
Soundclick [streaming]
Soundlift [streaming]
South by Southwest 2007 [download]
South by Southwest 2006 [download]
South by Southwest 2005 [download]
Superhits [downloads]
Tonspion German site [downloads]
Weed Files [downloads]
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