2006 PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL SAMPLER IS
eMUSIC'S MOST DOWNLOADED RELEASE OF THE YEAR TO DATE

ARTISTS ON SAMPLER SEE 28% INCREASE IN PAID eMUSIC DOWNLOADS

No. 1 Site For Independent Music Sponsors Pitchfork Music Festival July 29 & 30

NEW YORK, July 18, 2006 -- One of the most talked-about summer music festivals of the year is the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, July 29-30. Co-sponsor eMusic (www.emusic.com), the world's largest retailer of independent music and the world's second-largest digital music retailer after iTunes, recently began offering a Pitchfork Music Festival Sampler as an exclusive free download. Featuring 24 tracks from various artists performing at the event, the sampler, an eclectic mix of the best in indie rock, hip-hop, electronic music and jazz, has been available to both eMusic subscribers and non-subscribers since June 16. The result: the Pitchfork sampler is now the most downloaded album of the year on eMusic, and artists appearing on the sampler have received an average 28% increase in paid downloads on eMusic since the sampler debuted.

“The most exciting, innovative music has historically been created by independent artists,” said David Pakman, President and CEO of eMusic. “Our Pitchfork Festival sampler is the perfect way to expose our subscribers to some of the most brilliant and under-exposed artists on the planet and in turn, introduce new eMusic visitors to our vast catalogue of incredible independent music. Most importantly, we’re helping the artists on the sampler increase their overall sales.”

From the latest blog-buzz bands to indie rock essentials, the eMusic 2006 Pitchfork Music Festival Sampler includes a whopping 108 minutes of free music from artists such as Tapes 'n Tapes, Art Brut, Mr. Lif, Mission of Burma, Matmos, Devendra Banhart, The Walkmen, Destroyer, and unreleased advance tracks from Yo La Tengo and the Mountain Goats.

The eMusic 2006 Pitchfork Music Festival Sampler is available at http://www.emusic.com/album/10930/10930898.html?fref=150342 or http://pitchforkmusicfestival.com/compilation.htm through August 16.

2006 Pitchfork Music Festival Sampler track listing:

1. "La Blessure" by Ghislain Poirier
2. "Just Drums" by Tapes 'n Tapes
3. "Woke Up New" by the Mountain Goats
4. "European Oils" by Destroyer
5. "Collide The Tide" by Chin Up Chin Up
6. "Brothaz" by Mr. Lif
7. "Skip to the End" by the Futureheads
8. "Spider's Web" by Mission of Burma
9. "Black Cab" by Jens Lekman
10. "Beanbag Chair" by Yo La Tengo
11. "Public Sex for Boyd McDonald" by Matmos
12. "Bloodbook on the Half Shell" by Danielson
13. "Abel" by the National
14."Fast Cars" by Aesop Rock
15. "Dog Days" by Matthew Dear
16. "Red Gradations" by Chicago Underground Duo
17. "The Beast and Dragon, Adored" by Spoon
18. "Little Dawn" by Ted Leo/Pharmicists
19. "Long Haired Child" by Devendra Banhart
20. "Spider Wisdom" by Nels Cline
21. "Good Weekend" by Art Brut
22. "We've Been Had" by the Walkmen
23. "Good Morning" by Cage
24. "Odyssey" by 8 Bold Souls

About eMusic
eMusic (http://www.emusic.com) is the world's leading digital retailer of independent music, second only to iTunes in number of downloads sold. Delivering more than 4.5 million downloads per month, eMusic offers over 1.5 million tracks from established and emerging artists in every genre from the world's leading independent labels. The eMusic Web site is created by music experts for music fans, with award-winning editorial content, a vibrant online community and unrivaled music discovery tools. A subscription-based service that offers 25 free downloads at sign-up, eMusic gives consumers an inexpensive, low-risk way to explore great new music they wouldn't find otherwise, and unlike other download services, its universally compatible MP3 files play on any device including the iPod®. Based in New York, eMusic.com Inc. is wholly owned by Dimensional Associates, Inc., the private equity arm of JDS Capital Management, Inc.

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