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IMA Now Hear This Compilation - eMusic Reviews

• Always Worth The Price, slippeddisc from San Jose, California

  "I am loving this music. Even the ones I didn't load into my player are good enough to save for another time."

• isosceles from The home of WOXY.com

  "This is the second Music Resource Group Independant Music Awards collection that I have been smitten with. The 2007 edition was the first I heard of this. I downloaded simply because it was free. I found some real gems. The 2008 edition is no different. Download it because you can. You WILL find something you like on it. If not, the only cost to you was your time. My personal favorites on 2008 are: Disc 1 track 9 - "Michael (Jump In) Disc 1 track 13 - "I Only Have Good Days" Disc 2 track 1 - "Same Old Drag" Disc 2 track 6 - "Jim Gordon Part II" A notable exception here is disc 1 track 8. This Miguel Migs tune has been out for awhile now. I'm not sure how it ended up on this compilation but it's the icing on the cake. These collections are worth every penny, and more!"

  " If you do nothing else, download Ha Dias by Luca Mundaca - it's a wonderful Brazilian song that you will listen to nonstop. Some others are fun too, although a mixed bag of styles."

• A killer assortment of music! mifelvis from New York, NY

  "Emusic and Music Resource Group...you've done it again! This new IMA compilation rocks. I've gotten almost all of this program CDs at various trade shows and now on eMusic and it never fails to introduce me to new music that I likely never would have found. It's great to see artists I know alongside artists I might never have discovered. Keep the good work coming! This is the best compilation I get every year."

• Christmas in March, elizabeth from Middle of Nowhere, North Dakota

  "I love the free samplers from SXSW & the Indy Music Awards, I look forward to hearing new artists. I know I'm not going to love every track, but I have discovered some great new artists here, & gone on to follow their careers, even buying albums when they join labels that aren't available here. And I am happy when my faves here hit the big time… Thank you, eMusic."

• You Can't Go Wrong! jackbugs from Cherry Hill, NJ

  "Where else can you get over two and a half hours of free music that includes some of the best indie artists out there today? It's a generally excellent collection - there are a few familiar names mixed in here, like Koko Taylor, Joan as Police Woman, and The Apples in stereo (and for me, Hoots and Hellmouth, a popular Philly band), but discovering great tracks by artists you haven't heard of before is part of the joy of samplers like this one. I particularly enjoyed the tracks by Kenny White, Ari Gold, Girl in a Coma, and Jennifer Kreisberg. Do yourself a favor: download the whole darn thing - I guarantee you'll like at least half of what you hear."

• absolute winner, benweatherhead from Australia

  "This would be an excellent album to buy, let alone download for free. A wide variety of styles - these winners were winners for a reason."

• worth a listen... from La Feria, TX

  "If you appreciate the broad spectrum of independent music that this site offers, on principle, you should dowload at least a handful of these tracks. The names may not be familiar but then that's the point of emusic... decent music that's unavailable in the mediocre mainstream."

• good one, ky985

  I think it's pretty stellar that emusic is giving away award winners. It's diverse, so if you only like certain kinds of music there will undoubtedly be some you don't here, but I found more than an album's worth that I look forward to getting to know better."

• Fantastic Finds, EvS from Chicago

  "This collection of music, and free too, blew me away. There's terrific music here. I'm relatively new to indie, didn't realize there was so much tremendous talent and such great music truly worth listening to, in so many different genres. Kudos to eMusic for bringing the Indy Music Winners to us for free. Just one small nit: this fabulous collection should be blasted across the New and Noteworthy screen so no one misses it."

• Why Doesn't Radio Play stuff Like This? flipperfingers from Pine Bluff, AR

  "It's a bit of a triumph that eMusic chose to present this collection, because somebody needs to hear these bands and performers. They're all great. So, what's wrong with modern radio? Why do they always pass this stuff up?"

• Can't beat it, GoLsuGo

  "I think there are some great artist on here that i have never heard of that need to be heard from everybody."

• An Eclectic Mix of Music! CreditonJules

  "There are some great tracks on this album. Something for just about everyone's taste in music. The Willow's Lullaby is lovely!"

• Lots Of Good Stuff - Really amiam from Los Angeles, CA

  "Often I avoid and dread these kinds of compilations - sometimes it's too much work to wade through them for zero reward, but this is full of surprises! Lots of good tracks. I was rating in iTunes as I listened, and gave a lot of 4s [hightest rating!]. Check it out - some great surprises."