Stereogum posted a link to a goldmine of free Of Montreal covers the other day, so I figured I should share them with everyone here. You can find the great plethora of oM songs here on You Ain't No Picasa. To make the mass downloading a little easier, download this helpful Firefox extension. The collection includes covers ranging from more recent bands like The Apples in Stereo, The Shins, and The Fiery Furnaces to classic rock bands like The Beatles, The Who, and Velvet Undergound. Enjoy!

I'd also like to point out that Montreal-based indie band Islands has released a new song on their Myspace called "The Arm". Go and check it out. If you like what you hear, you should check out their roots (see: The Unicorns)

It is the 10th anniversary of Radiohead's wonderful album, OK Computer, and stereogum has celebrated by releasing a free, full-length cover album. This tribute album includes all songs from OK Computer covered by various artists such as Cold War Kids and My Brightest Diamond. The album is called OKX: A Tribute To OK Computer, and you can download it from this page.

Ever since Radiohead's stellar Hail to the Thief release in 2003, fans have anxiously been waiting for their next album. It's four years after Hail to the Thief and the upcoming album is still in the works.

The Radiohead guys know better not to go this long without giving a little to the fans. On their official blog, DEAD AIR SPACE, they just released a mysterious mash-up of songs from their new album. You can download the mash-up right here.

stereogum has been an online music journal I've been visiting lately, and the people there are very generous. It's almost too often that stereogum releases MP3s from various bands that are either on tour or getting ready to release new content. I just downloaded two new Polyphonic Spree songs for free, and it was completely legal. You can do the same with other up and coming artists in the indie music world.

You can just listen to the tracks on the embedded player below, or you can go to this page and download the music.

I suggest downloading Get Him Eat Him (they're coming to the Space Gallery in Portland very soon), Laura Veirs (offered vocals in the new Decemberists cd), The New Pornographers, Blonde Redhead, and of course, The Polyphonic Spree.

you should see the stereogum.com mp3 player here if you have flash