PUBLIC MARKS with tags mp3 & "music genres"

Not to be confused with the Live Music Archive (see the MP3 Hub section, above), the Free Music Archive is a new (in 2009) resource of free and legal MP3s that was launched by the venerable NYC-area public radio station, WFMU (which is, you should know, the longest-running free-form radio station in the US). The Free Music Archive describes itself as "a social music website built around a curated library of free, legal audio." Featuring downloadable songs placed online by WFMU, KEXP, and a handful of other interesting musical organizations, the Free Music Archive can be browsed by curator or genre, but you have to thumb through a lot--there are no easy indexes to get a broad look at the offerings. And while the site claims to have more than 5,000 MP3s available, what's here is decidedly idiosyncratic. Still, as a large repository of free and legal MP3s, it's worth a visit every now and then. [review from www.fingertipsmusic.com]

Tracks from netlabels organized by genre: Abstract (28), Acid (8), Acoustic (14), Alternative (8), Ambient (121), Breakbeat (14), Breakcore (8), Chiptune (29), Classical (3), Compilation (59), Downtempo (27), Drone (14), Drum & Bass (15), Dub (35), Electro (56), Electronica (34), Experimental (104), Field Recording (9), Funk (1), Glitch (27), Hardcore (1), Hip Hop (6), House (28), IDM (47), Improvisation (34), Industrial (13), Jazz (13), Jungle (1), Live (19), Lofi (10), Metal (2), Minimal (80), News (13), Noise (58), Noise Rock (1), Post-Rock (8), Punk (3), Rap (1), Soundscape (16), Soundtrack (1), Synthpop (1), Techhouse (16), Techno (77), Trance (9), Trip-hop (4), Uncategorized (208), Unreleased (1)