New Music... Friday?

Each Wednesday, I attempted to review two or three songs that I was hearing for the first time, in an effort to both broaden my own musical tastes and perhaps inspire you to do the same. Instead, NMW became easily my least favorite post of the week, and probably everyone else's too. No one cares what I think. So I'm completely re-inventing the whole thing right now, with a NEW MUSIC FRIDAY. Yep. That fixes everything.

Effington
Ben Folds, Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!, 2009

Who doesn't like free music? Nobody (besides the RIAA), that's who. So while, yes, this is my second Ben Folds post in a week, I felt obligated to pass along that for a limited time you can have one track off of his new a cappella collection totally free.

After assembling his favorite selections of collegiate a cappella spins on his own songs, Folds personally recorded two more by multitracking his own a cappella arrangement. One of those songs, "Effington", is available for free download until Monday (5/4).

Though I'd probably never discuss it if it sucked, you can take my word for it: it's pretty great. Having heard it, I already know I would have happily paid 99 cents for it. But I didn't have to, and you don't have to either. Get it for free today, legally, before going back to illegally downloading stuff elsewhere.

Who hooks you up, babies? You're welcome.