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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“Dirty Harry”

Gorillaz

www.contactmusic.com/

In this childlike, yet somewhat disturbing, animated video for Blur frontman Damon Albarn’s trip-hop side project, the two-dimensional band is stranded in the desert after a helicopter crash.

“Thank You”

The Redwalls

www.theredwalls.com/sampler/

As evidenced by this melodic bar-jam, the Chicago quartet and one-time British Invasion cover band displays a knack for tuneful originality while still wearing their Beatles aspirations on their sleeve.

“Amazon”

M.I.A.

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.phpstoryId4532506

On “Amazon,” the Sri Lankan-born rapper also known as Maya Arulpragasam, ponders kidnapping, revolution and paradise lost atop a bombastic, aggressively urban beat.

“Hung Up”

Madonna

www.vh1.com/artists/az/madonna/videos.jhtml

Sticking with the French electro-disco sound of her last few albums, the Material Girl returns to her high-stepping roots in this dance-driven video featuring street gymnastics, krumping and Busby Berkeley musical numbers.

“Maybe It’s All True (Remix)”

Program the Dead (Featuring Bounty Killer)

www.programthedead.com/main.html

In perhaps the first mash-up of its kind -- Emo and Jamaican dancehall -- Bounty Killer’s gravely baritone sounds at home within the band’s slashing guitar and synth infrastructure.

“Five Years”

The Polyphonic Spree

www.thepolyphonicspree.com/main2.html

On this live recording available on the band’s website, the 24-member choir-cum-musical cult performs its stirringly elegiac cover of David Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust”-era classic.