Are there any good sites out there for downloading music with a minimum of spy ware and hassle ??

I use blubster.com

I use winmx.com. NO spyware.

still using Kazaa lite, works well. no probs or pop ups ever. plus it does all media (video, pics, software, etc.)

I got tired of bad track tags, various bit rates, incomplete albums, bad server status, slow downloads, virus, poor selection, silly tools to unzip, the list goes on. Go to a good pay for site. These two are relatively inexpensive

http://www.allofmp3.com/index2.shtml
click on music near top center.

You can get a full CD for about 0.85

Here is another one
http://club.mp3search.ru/

Same price. Yes they look suspicious being Russian based but I use both with no difficulty.

Here are couple of free ones that work well, just make sure you have decent popup blocker installed.

http://www.full-albums.net/

http://www.mp3****s.com/full/

http://www.mp3fusion.net/arena/albumsmain.html

There, that should keep you busy. I like the first one listed best. Throw 10 bucks at it and see what you come up with.