A small record company has announced a cunning plan for world domination: give its entire back catalogue away for free.

Independent label Captains Of Industry (slogan: "this isn't some fucking indie label") have what they call a "five year plan":

A plan to change the world, or if not the world, then our worlds. So cast aside your 21st century cynicism and get in touch with your idealist side - because we are selling nothing other than an ideal here.

Which is all marketing bollocks. But then we get to today's press release:

After some thought, we at the Captains Of Industry record label are proud to announce our decision to give away all of our music completely free as downloads. This includes our entire back catalogue.

Music will be given away via free monthly compilation albums, complete with artwork. For obvious reasons we're calling the series 'Liberation Music'. In the days of cheap downloads sites and illegal file sharing this may not seem like a major move, but as far as we know we are the only record label prepared to take this commercial risk.

Imagine if Coldplay decided to give everything away for free - starting with the Africans. Well it wouldn't happen, would it. So why do this?
Because we're not Coldplay.
Because we have nothing to lose.
Because we believe in economic karma.

They also believe in the power of italics, it would seem. It's a bold move, although your interest may be dimmed once you find out which bands are part of their back catalogue. The track listing for volume one of "Liberation Music" is as follows:

1. Gay For Johnny Depp - Hey Sailor / No Teeth, Thumbs Up Taken from their mini album - Blood The Natural Lubricant (Apocalyptic Adventures Beyond Sodom and Gomorrah)

2. Peace Burial At Sea - Eye-Heart Logic
Taken from the album - This Is Such A Quiet Town

3. Marmaduke Duke - The Kiss & The Consonant
Taken from the album - The Magnificent Duke

4. We Will Be Pilots - We Are Not The Doctors
Taken from the album - This Is What You Fight For

5. Future Ex Wife - Ebony
Taken from the album - Miss September

6. Coyote Men - Monkey Glands
Taken from the album - The Illegal Movers vs Los Coyote Men

7. TEAM - 50,000
Taken from the album - The Penalyn L.P.

8. Kinesis - Everything You Thought You Knew To Be
Taken from the album - You Are Being Lied To

I have vaguely heard of Gay For Johnny Depp, more on the basis of their name than their music, and that's it. The rest? It's anyone's guess. But if you're interested or you just like getting free music (a phrase which ought to rack up a few more Google hits), click here to go to their website. And let me know which tracks you like.