NME - The Daily Download — So The Daily Download is taking a little break until January 5, but before we go we wanted to load up your iPods with new tunes as a little early Christmas present. See you in 2010! ---First up, Xmas goes Krautrock as '70s pioneers Can take on 'Sile... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Brad Laner: "It's Christmas (But I Don't Care)" [mp3] other Brad Laner posts at Largehearted Boy Deerhunter: free and legal Carve Your Initials Into the Walls of the Night album [mp3] other Deerhunter posts... more info

411 Mania — ATP review, Courtney Love loses her kid, the new Titus Andronicus, what's up with Sonic Youth, Jandek and Thurston Moore to play together, A free Deerhunter album, Jay Reatard in trouble again, and more. more info

3hive — What does it take to to wake me from a 3hive coma? One simple tweet: "@diplo: i wish atlas sound would ask me to make them a mixtape." Which got me thinking, How friggin sweet would that be? Which got me thinking, Wait, none of us have posted Atlas S... more info

Rollo & Grady — [Via Bradford Cox's Blog] Responding to several requests I have dug up an old copy of this 2005 Deerhunter CD-R. It features only me and Moses and is very experimental in nature. This was during our “tape phase” when we would often play shows as ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Deerhunter - Carve Your Initials Into the Walls of the Night (mediafire) Atlas Sound @ MHOW in October (more by Toby Tenenbaum) Bradford Cox brings his Atlas Sound project to NYC for a show on Wednesday, February 3rd at... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Deerhunter - Carve Your Initials Into the Walls of the Night (mediafire ZIP) Atlas Sound @ MHOW in October (more by Toby Tenenbaum) Bradford Cox brings his Atlas Sound project to NYC for a show on Wednesday, February 3rd... more info

Stereogum — It's always the season of giving over at the Deerhunter blog, and today Bradford makes a gift of an experimental Deerhunter's CD-R from 2005, featuring only Cox and Moses and recording during the band's "tape phase." Download it. more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Coming out of St. Paul, Minnesota is 20-year-old Colin Caulfield who records under the name Young Man. Despite a variety of cover videos on YouTube and a few excellent originals streaming from his myspace page, Caulfield has gained minimal attention... more info

Stereogum — Curious what Memory Tapes would do with "Imma G"? How HEALTH would tackle OJ Da Juiceman? Hear these and more on Adult Swim's 16-song ATL RMX comp ready for downloading at adultswim.com. Deerhunter = hometown snub. more info