Microsoft's Zune to feature Thermals, Band of Horses, Adored

Microsoft's soon-to-be-released iPod competitor the Zune will include some free music including audio selections from The Thermals, Band of Horses, The Rakes and The Adored.

It will also feature music videos from 30 Seconds to Mars and short films about skateboarding, snowboarding and biking as Microsoft makes its bit for the portable player market.

    Audio
  • Band of Horses, "Wicked Gil" (Sub Pop Records)
  • Bitter:Sweet, "The Mating Game" (Quango Music Group)
  • CSS, "Alala (Microsoft edit)" (Sub Pop Records)
  • Darkel, "At The End of The Sky (edit)" (Astralwerks)
  • Every Move a Picture, "Signs of Life" (V2)
  • Small Sins, "Stay" (Astralwerks)
  • The Adored, "Tell Me Tell Me" (V2)
  • The Rakes, "Open Book" (V2)
  • The Thermals, "A Pillar of Salt" (Sub Pop Records)
  • Video

  • 30 Seconds to Mars "The Kill" (Virgin Records)
  • BT "1.618" (DTS Entertainment)
  • Chad VanGaalen "Red Hot Drops" (Sub Pop Records)
  • Coldcut featuring Roots Manuva "True Skool" (Ninja Tune)
  • CSS "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above" (Sub Pop Records)
  • Fruit Bats "Live: The Wind That Blew My Heart Away" (Sub Pop Records)
  • Grandaddy "Elevate Myself" (V2)
  • Hot Chip "Over and Over" (Astralwerks Records)
  • Kraak & Smaak featuring Dez. "Keep Me Home" (Quango Music Group)
  • Kinski "Live: The Snowy Parts of Scandinavia" (Sub Pop Records)
  • Paul Oakenfold "Faster Kill Pussycat (Featuring Brittany Murphy)" (Maverick Records)
  • Serena-Maneesh "Drain Cosmetics" (Playlouderecordings)
  • Film Shorts

  • 5 Boro: "A New York Skateboarding Minute" (Skateboarding)
  • Radical Films: "Kranked -- Progression" (Mountain Biking)
  • TGRTV The North Face (Skiing/Snowboarding)
  • Images

  • A variety of images to personalize a Zune device
  • including 12 classic rock posters from "Art of Modern Rock"