MP3 Specials Today Only: $1.99 for New Albums by Gorillaz, John Legend, KT Tunstall, More

The new album by John Legend & The Roots is one of the MP3 albums you can get for $1.99 on Tuesday, Nov. 23rd only.

I know it seems like I'm writing about Amazon.com's MP3 albums every week, but they are having some great Black Friday deals this week. Here's the story: every day this week they're offering five different MP3 albums for $3.99 each. And most of these are new albums.

For Tuesday, however, the five albums are only $1.99 each. Four are new albums (the latest from John Legend & the Roots, KT Tunstall, Gorillaz, and Belle & Sebastian) and one classic album, "Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits" by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Check the Amazon Black Friday MP3 albums sale page each day this week for the latest deals.

Free Music: KCRW Live Streaming Sets from School of Seven Bells, Pete Yorn, Best Coast, & More

KCRW's great in-studio performance program Morning Becomes Eclectic has a new podcast up of a live set with School of Seven Bells, the project that features Benjamin Curtis of Secret Machines with the twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza.

I first heard of them in their previous visit to Morning Becomes Eclectic, but while the music in that performance was more electronic and dance-oriented, this latest appearance has a more stripped-down, acoustic sound. The band plays tunes from its latest album, "Disconnect from Desire," which came out this summer. You can download the School of Seven Bells live set here, or through iTunes.

School of Seven Bells will be playing live in New York at the Zero Film Festival in Brooklyn on Sat., Nov. 20th and at Terminal 5 on Thurs., Dec. 2nd (supporting The Walkmen).

Other recent MBE performances that you can stream (but not download) include: Pete Yorn (from Nov. 19th), Best Coast, Clinic, and KT Tunstall.

Free Album Streaming: New CDs from KT Tunstall, Belle & Sebastian, Fran Healy of Keane

KT Tunstall's new "Tiger Suit" is one of many CDs now available for free online preview.

There's another big crop of good new albums available for free online streaming. KCRW's in particular has a Scottish theme, with three artists from that country: KT Tunstall, Belle and Sebastian, and Fran Healy.

Spinner.com's Listening Party currently features more than 15 albums including:
* "Live, Volume 3" by the Avett Brothers
* "Power to the People, The Hits (Best of)" by John Lennon
* "Parenthood: Soundtrack" by various artists including Bob Dylan, Amos Lee, Avett Brothers, Eels, Josh Ritter, the Swell Season
* "Live at Sasquatch" by The Temper Trap
* "Bubblegum" by Clinic

AOL Music has about 15 free album previews, which have some overlap with Spinner:
* "The Other Side of Down" by David Archuleta
* "Scream - Tour Edition" by Ozzy Osbourne
* "Fight or Flight" by Emily Osment
* "Glow" by Donavon Frankenreiter
* "Gilled Cheesus (Season Two, Episode Three) by Glee Cast

NPR First Listen: (both streaming until Oct. 12)
* "Swanlights" by Antony And The Johnsons
* "The Age Of Adz" by Sufjan Stevens

KCRW Album Preview:
* "Tiger Suit" by KT Tunstall (streaming until Oct. 26)
* "Wreckorder" by Fran Healy of Keane (until Oct. 12)
* "Write About Love" by Belle and Sebastian (until Oct. 26)