There’s so much free music that emerging artists are dropping that it’s hard to follow I suggest just visiting a-tunes.net because they post a lot of free music along with Asian American music news. You may also find some more selections on DJ Mister Vee’s fanpage.
Full albums/mixtapes (updated Dec 2011)
Magnetic North & Taiyo Na. You can stream their whole Home : Word Deluxe album before you buy. It’s awesome.
Adam Warrock. Get the Browncoats Mixtape and even more for free download.
Far East Movement. Free download of a massive mix-tape, Bump from the Trunk.
Misnomer(s): American I(s) Stream their entire new album and if you like you can buy it too.
Dumbfoundead +DJ Zo have a free ep called Cut + Paste for download
a-Tunes Mixtape (various genres & artists like David Choi, Far East Movement, Magnetic North, Taiyo Na, Lyrics Born, Kero One, Jennifer Chung, Tim Be Told and much more) for download
http://a-tunes.net/2009/08/27/wtf-a-tunes-mix-vol1-summer-break/
A Song for Ourselves Mixtape featuring tracks from Native Guns (disbanded) and Blue Scholars
http://www.zshare.net/download/55700523dc7230e4/
Soul Chef - Remember When…(complete album for streaming or download)
Triangle Offense has a mixtape
http://triangle-offense.com/?page_id=2
Goh Nakamura’s album Ulyses
http://gohnakamura.com/ulysses/purchase/
Mixtape from various Tokyo musicians
http://blog.limewire.com/ettg_tokyo/
a-Tunes.net
aaartsalliance.org
Hollywood and Asians: Why Protests Alone Won’t Change Anything
Free Singles for download
The Slants – Heartbeat is Heaven
http://theslants.com/gsake/gsakepass.html
PaperDoll (a couple of tracks)
http://www.paperdollband.com/download.php
Bambu – Slow Down (remix)
http://a-tunes.net/2010/05/11/blue-scholars-remix-bambus-slow-down/
P.I.C. – Hard Look Case (instrumental)
Various tracks/albums/mixtapes for download from Canadians
D-Pryde – Youtube collection
The Greater Good various mixtapes
http://blog.tggmusic.com/
Drunken Fists (various albums)
http://www.drunkenfists.com/aud.shtml
Anonymous Twist (various tracks)
http://www.anonymoustwist.com/
http://pluglabel.com/artists/greent.htm
For Asian music you can check out these two podcasts: pop88 and dragon radio or check out these online radio stations: SeoulFM and Japan A.
Just lists with links to videos (no downloads)
Dawen’s top 10 tracks of 2010
http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archive/2011/01/dawens-favorite-asian-american-songs-2010
Top tracks of the decade
http://blog.mtviggy.com/2009/12/22/gts-top-10-asian-american-tracks-of-the-decade/
Dawen’s top 10 tracks of 2009
http://bicoastalbitchin.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/dawens-top-10-asian-american-tracks-of-2009-in-no-particular-order/
Year in Music Videos (2009)
http://www.slanteyefortheroundeye.com/2010/01/year-in-music-videos-by-asian-american.html
