In celebration of a prolific and fruitful 2009, influential indie label 4AD will be offering fans a taste of every album they put out this year. Offered as streaming or downloadable content, the playlist is a year end sampler of sorts, with tracks from 4AD acts such as Deerhunter, St. Vincent, The National, M. Ward and The Mountain Goats. We highly recommend checking it out; after all, it costs you nothing.

Located here for your listening pleasure, the sampler is also being offered as a totally free digital download. All you have to do is click at the bottom of the playlist where it says "click here to download all tracks for free." Doing so will redirect you to a page prompting you to enter your e-mail address, which will, aside from awarding you with a nice little 4AD mix, put you in the running to win every album 4AD released in 2009. 'Tis the season, indeed!