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    50 Foot Wave
  Kristin Hersh side project freebies
  The lovely folks at Epitonic are hosting three
  songs from their 2004 EP.
go get 'em
    Alisha's Attic
  Out-of-print rarities
  B-sides and rare import album tracks from
  fab UK sister act.
go get 'em
    Anjali
  Strawberry Mousse
  One of the standout tracks from her 1999
  self-
titled debut album
. go get it
    Azure Ray
  If You Fall
  Subtle gorgeousness from Maria Taylor &
  Orenda Fink's better known outfit
. go get it
    Heidi Berry
  Up In The Air
  A Husker Du cover from former 4AD wall-
  flower and hidden treasure
. go get it
    Björk
  Verandi/It's In Our Hands
  One's a B-side from the Hidden Place single,
  the other's pure celebration.
go get 'em
    Black Box Recorder
  Long live Sarah Nixey!
  Two songs here: The Art Of Driving and
 
Start As You Mean To Go On
. go get it
    Buffalo Daughter
  Five Minutes
  Taken from their 2002 album, I, this is avant
 
garde without artifice
. go get it
    Call & Response
  Rollerskate
  The San Franciscans first single is a pure
  West Coast breath of fresh air
.
go get it
    Cat Power
  He War
  The first single taken from 2003's amazing
 
You Are Free.
It is free too. go get it
    Diane Cluck
  Easy To Be Around
  Multi-tracked manna from heaven highlight
 
from Oh Vanille/ova nil.
go get it
    Deerhoof
  Fan-made covers
  Knowingly weird, lovably bonkers. Eclectic
 
and gratuitous fun.
go get 'em
 

  Edith Frost
  Demos
  Cult US songwriter dishes out the demos.
 
World spoilt rotten!
go get 'em

    Kristin Hersh
  Echo/Your Dirty Answer
  Sample a song each from Sky Motel &
  Sunny Border Blue. go get 'em
    Beth Hirsch
  Come A Day
  The lead track from the Early Days album.
 
profiled in issue one. go get 'it
    Lauren Hoffman
  Weekly missives from MP3 land
  Generosity has never been so much fun.
  Enjoy these special exclusives. go get 'em
    Gabriela Kulka
  This is heart-core
  Piano is the weapon of choice for Warsaw-
  born genre misfit par excellence. go get 'em
    Ladytron
  Playgirl/Open Your Heart
  One stonking single and a Human League
  cover. Gorge yourselves silly. go get 'em
    Lali Puna
  Together In Electric Dreams & more
  Another Human League cover, plus two from
  1999's Tridecoder album. go get 'em
    Sarah McLachlan
  Remixes galore!
  Free mixes by BT, Roni Size, LunaSol and
 
Rabbit In The Moon. go get 'em
    Peaches
  Lovertits
  Title track from 2000's impossibly elusive EP.
 
Smut-mongering at its finest. go get 'it
    Rose Polenzani
  Assorted special stuff
  Sample each of her albums, fall in love with
 
her voice. Rare tracks too! go get 'em
    The Pretenders
  Complex Person
  Another Chrissie Hynde classic track from
 
2002's Loose Screw. go get 'it
    Happy Rhodes
  You're in for a treat!
  Fans of Kate Bush, Tori Amos & Jane Siberry
 
should love this enigmatic lady. go get 'em
    Saint Etienne
  Downey, CA
  Taken from 2000's mellow Sound Of Water,
  this positively shimmers
. go get 'it
    Solex
  Shoot Shoot!
  Taken from Dutch mix-mistress Elizabeth
  Esselink's Low Kick & Hard Bop
. go get 'it
    Stereolab
  Exclusive B-side
  The flipside to 2001's Captain Easychord,
  Long Life Love is
yum. go get 'it
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  Machine/Miles Away
  These songs from Karen O's NYC scenesters
 
prove the hype well-founded. go get 'em