Queens, New York indie band FREELANCE WHALES have a free sampler deal going on with NoiseTrade right now. In exchange for an email address and zip code, you’ll get mp3s of two new songs from Diluvia, plus three older tunes from their debut Weathervanes, plus a live version of the new song “Locked Out”. Check it out here.

- I could spend an entire today browsing around the NoiseTrade site. I especially like its integration with where to buy songs from third-party retailers and how it allows an artist to specify their preferred store (which I imagine will always, always, always be iTunes).