If you are living in China and using a Chinese ISP to connect to the internet, you can download free music from Google.cn. Google did a deal with a bunch of record companies to allow this, so the downloads are legal.

http://www.google.cn/music

The interface is in Chinese, but you can search in English. Once you find the track you like, click on the downwards pointing arrow on the right side, then click th big button in the window that pops up. Unfortunately, you have to download one track at a time.

You might not find what you are looking for, but here are some examples:

Oldies:
http://www.google.cn/music/search?q=led ... &cat=album
http://www.google.cn/music/artist?id=A760766139281e49e

Newer:
http://www.google.cn/music/artist?id=Ae16306dec6b53f62
http://www.google.cn/music/artist?id=A65fa1c01547d5e3b

OK, maybe not so new, but I'm not either.