Surfing the Web for new music, video...

Surfing the Web for new music, video and MP3 downloads can be a serious time investment. Times staff picks will help take the drag out of your click-and-drag music choices. Some downloads may contain explicit lyrics. All are free, unless otherwise noted. -- Chris Lee

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“Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en?”

The North American Halloween Prevention Initiative

www.vice-recordings.com/halloween/halloween_big.mov

In the arty lo-fi video for this one-off single benefiting UNICEF, an indie super-group composed of members of Arcade Fire, Sonic Youth and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (among others) spoof Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”

“Can I Have It Like That?”

Pharrell

www.vibe.com/music/audio/2005/09/20/pharrell_williams

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Aided by No Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani (for whom the super-beatmaker/rapper produced the platinum-selling “Hollaback Girl”) and a strident stand-up bass sample, Pharrell reveals his Bowie-like reinvention as “Skate Board P.”

“All My Friends Are Dead”

Turbonegro

https://www.purevolume.com

/turbonegro/music

Norway’s favorite are-they-or-aren’t-they-gay? guitar gods return from semi-retirement with their tongues planted firmly in cheek with this first single from 2005’s “Party Animals,” an exercise in heavy-metal hedonism.

“Precious”

Depeche Mode

iTunes.com

A meditation on lust and despair set to melodic yet menacing industrial goth, “Precious” encapsulates everything the 25-year-old band of electronica trailblazers do well. Cost: 99 cents.

“Walking With a Ghost”

Tegan & Sara

https://umusic.ca/teganandsara

/index.php

On this pared-down yet danceable track the alterna-folky twins Tegan & Sara strike a delicate balance, tapping teen angst without veering into melodrama.

“Take It Easy”

The Fugees

www.napster.com

On Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill and Pras Michel’s first release since 1996’s Grammy-winning “The Score,” the hip-hop/reggae trio channel a streetwise Caribbean electro-vibe.