While SOPA and PIPA threaten our ability to obtain free music of questionable legality and iTunes virtually monopolizes the market in paying for music, various websites have attempted to provide an alternative, and one of the best of these is NoiseTrade. They offer free downloads, frequently of entire albums, in exchange for a simple e-mail address and ZIP code, while simultaneously offering a Girl Talk/Radiohead-style pay-what-you-want 'tip' system and easy social network sharing. Today I got some excellent material from plenty of Flying Circus favorites, and I figured I could compile a list here. Click the artist name for a link to the relevant NoiseTrade download page, and I will put a link to my past show review of that artist next to it just in case you aren't sure who they are or need some help deciding whether it's worth the hard drive space.
