Jeff Buckley, Santigold, Little Green Cars & Solar Bears star in the new Free Music Friday

It was quite the musical week with Kanye continuing to court all manner of controversy, Adele getting her world tour off to a blistering start in Belfast, the Foos not disbanding, and a stunning first line-up announcement from the Electric Picnic.
Allow us to place the cherry on top of that little lot with another quality Free Music Friday selection of downloads, streams, vids and trailers.

Our favourite FMF thing this week is the monster 100 song South By Southwest preview mix you can bag yourself at [link]apps.npr.org/austin[/link]
We're sure Barack and Michelle will be rocking it in the White House before giving their SXSW keynote.

Here's your chance to check out You And I, the eagerly-awaited collection of Jeff Buckley covers and rarities which includes his tackling of classics by The Smiths, Bob Dylan, Sly & The Family Stone and Led Zep.

Hot Press '80s Special Flip-Cover stars Little Green Cars have premiered the video for 'Easier Day', one of the many tasty treats from their soon-to-be-released Ephemera album. It showcases the impassioned vocals of Faye O'Rourke who gets to walk some glamorous looking Asian streets in the promo. The band have also been announced as part of the July 14-17 Latiude bill in the UK that features The Maccabees, The National and New Order as its headlining turns.

Electro-pop of the slinkiest kind is to be found at [link]theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2016/mar/02/elizabeth-rose-intra-exclusive-album-stream[/link] courtesy of Sydney's Elizabeth Rose.

Kudos to the Bruce Springsteen fan who's painstakingly edited together 41 years' worth of footage of their hero performing 'Thunder Road'. Opening with a 1975 harmonica intro from the Hammersmith Odeon, it follows The Boss and the E Street Band round the world in magnificent style. "In this video, I wanted to explore how a song like 'Thunder Road' has changed, not only in the way Springsteen performs it, but also how its meaning evolves with an older person singing," explains creator Phil Whitehead. "I also wanted to look the evolution of live recordings, both professional and homemade." Mission accomplished, sir!

The fabulous Solar Bears trail this month's Advancement album with science fiction-flavoured free taster, 'Gravity Calling'.

The 39 - go on, count 'em! - mixtapes Lil Wayne has treated us to down through the years have been handily gathered together at [link]themixtapelab.com/artist/lil-wayne[/link]
That's your yo-ing, ho-ing and bitch-ing requirements taken care of until Christmas.

[link]3voor12.vpro.nl/albums.html[/link] keeps the hot streams coming with upfront offerings from Jeremy Loops, Andrew Weatherall, Amanda Bergman, Desert Mountain Tribe, I Am Oak, Ed Tullett and Monster Truck.

It's a bit too Oirish for us, but Dropkick Murphys fans might want to get their hands on the ShamrockFest sampler that contains boisterous offerings from the likes of CelKit, Kilmaine Saints, Dublin 5 and The Gobshites who have the best worst name ever!

Bell X1 treat us to 'The Upswing', a first taster from their Arms album, which drops in April.

Seattle's very fine KEXP Radio turned the reverb up when M. Ward dropped in for a session this week.

Over in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, Halsey dished up this gorgeous version of the 1975's 'The Sound'.

Kano's return to grime duty is accompanied by this quality Made In The Manor mini-doc.

True Detective star and soundtrack-er Lera Lynn has announced a June 10 visit to Whelan's. The American's Dublin debut finds her plugging new album Resistor, which comes on like a countryfied Anna Calvi. Lee not only played a barroom singer in season two of True Detective, but also contributed several songs including her Rosanne Cash and T-Bone Burnett co-write, 'The Only Thing Worth Fighting For', which accompanied the teaser trailer.

The Body & Soul-bound Santigold was all sorts of wonderful performing 'Can't Get Enough Of Myself' on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Watch in awe at [link]nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/santigold-cant-get-enough-of-myself/2995629
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And that is your Free Music Friday lot for another week. Hope you have a ripsnorter of a weekend and keep those links coming to @stuartclark66