Idolator

Idolator's aim has always been to bring you great music—or maybe not-so-great music that still deserved to be heard—and we've always tried to do so in a way that keeps everyone (readers, artists, labels) happy. This has not been an easy task: There remains a lot of gray area when it comes to MP3s, and like so many other music blogs, we've had to deal with numerous major-label cease-and-desist letters since our inception (and we've complied with all of them). The back-and-forth has become a frustrating process, and one that's drained plenty of the site's resources. To paraphrase the great James Newell Osterberg, Jr.: It's no fun.

We do not host "leaked" pre-release tracks that have not been sanctioned for posting by record labels. However, because a leak is newsworthy, we'll continue to link to sites that carry them in our intermittent "Leak Of The Day" feature.