With all the available means of listening to free music on the internet, why use p2p?

Lifehacker has a great round up of places to find free and legal music.

Via Digg - Check out more sugegstions in the comments.

But they have ommitted the following (They are Radio Stations, but who cares? It’s free music):

The best they have forgotten to include is Yahoo’s Launch Cast. It has a better system than Pandora and no commercials. Sure, it has some kinks in it’s selection but I’ve found new great songs through it. Also.. the limit is some 6000 songs/month but I’ve listened like every day and haven’t been kicked out yet.
Check out my station if you like to hear a wide range of music from the 60s-80s (no Disco, Rap, or Modern guaranteed!).

The station that plays the best of all music. No more Artist or Genre specific songs playing over and over. Listen to the creme of Rock, Progressive, Reggae, Ska, New Wave, Glam, Psychedelic, and much much more including, but not limited to, artists such as Marc Bolan (T-Rex), 10cc, Bad Manners, Bob Marley, David Bowie, Steely Dan, Jethro Tull, Jam, Sparks, UK, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Bad Company, and the Kinks! - And always adding…

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I would also recommend Live365 - radio stations created by like minded individuals (you can too!) with only downside is the limit of the DJ’s song library and commercials (which can be bypassed is played through RealPlayer by scrubbing back a bit until they are gone. Could work in other players but I’ve only used Real as it is to set the station up with it.).

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Mercora - Offers a media player through which you can search an artist and see if any currently logged user has him. If so, you can stream his song collection. You can stream your own too. Downside is that you need to have someone connected and streaming your music to listen. Songs available change every minute. Good if you want to check out a sample of a certain artist but not for long listens.

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LastFM - Allows users to find new music and friends based on their tastes. You can listen to music you like in a radio that will find music related to artists you rate. Downlaod a plugin for your media player (currently only support for WindowsMediaPlayer and Winamp) and it will add songs you listen to your account playlist. Great site.

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XStreamRadio - Haven’t tried this one but certainly will once Launchcast tells me i’ve exceeded it’s quota. Here a summary from the site:

XstreamRadio is one of the most extensive radio players of this moment. Besides listening to your favorite radio stations it also allows you to record music.
This player contains more than 700 international pre-programmed radio stations, to which you can leisurely listen while working on your PC. With the integrated MP3 recorder you can easily record music or your favorite program from the station of your choice.
Besides being a radio player, XstreamRadio contains useful facilities for browsing the net. Did we already mention all this comes in a small 2 MB package and is totally for FREE?

Got something else to suggest? Post it in the comments.

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