Once again, TUAW is pleased to present you with a selection of free songs and videos from around the world. Many of these iTMS items won't be free for long, so grab your copies before the week is up. And don't forget: If you want to buy these on your iPhone or iPod touch, make sure to sign into your account in iTunes before you sync.

Free item listings follow after the jump.

Once again, it's Tuesday Thursday and TUAW is pleased to present you with a selection of free songs and videos from around the world. Many of these iTMS items won't be free for long--so grab your copies before the week is up. I'm sorry it's taken so long to get this out this week, between Leopard and Bonjour, I have been in a complete daze.

Here's your Thursday iTunes update. Today brings a bunch of extra free items that weren't available this past Tuesday. You've got some great videos and the Jpaan single of the week.

Welcome to this week's edition of iTunes freebies. This week we feature a new collection of free singles and videos from around the world. Here's what's new today.

US Music

US: You Picked Me by A Fine Frenzy
Each week, we find a track from an artist or a band who's on the cusp of success and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. This track from A Fine Frenzy (Seattle's Alison Sudol) starts with such a flurry of windswept instrumental buildup that you'll think you've stepped into an Emily Bronté novel. It's a strong entry for the young singer who's crafted an otherwise very cinematic track with "You Picked Me." It's romantic and loaded with strings and yet not schmaltzy in any way. Her voice flutters and coos and will likely make your heart melt in about five different places.

US: Promesa de Amor by Jeremías
Each week, we find a track from an artist or a band who's on the cusp of success and bring it to you, for free, as our Canción de la Semana. "Promesa De Amor" is a track taken from Jeremias' newest album, Un Dia Mas En El Gran Circo. The album is a kaleidoscopic mixture of colorful '60s-style pop songs and more traditional pop material. Promesa De Amor is a soulful, uptempo track driven by some funky guitar and organ work, as well as Jeremias' own indefatigable spirit.

US: Road to Recovery by Midnight Juggernauts
Our Discovery Download puts the focus on a different genre each week, offering up a free track we think is worth your attention. Australia's Midnight Juggernauts make epic electronic music, as seems to be the theme of the releases on French label Institubes. Imagine David Bowie piloting a spaceship stolen from Daft Punk's home planet while Giorgio Moroder works second-in-command in charge of synth explorations. Take a listen to "Road to Recovery" and you'll see what we mean.

Another week, another free collection of free iTunes selections. Each weeks brings a new collection of free singles and videos from around the world, from Australia to Canada, New Zealand to France. Here's what's new today.

US Music

US: Bubbly by Colbie Caillat
Each week, we find a track from an artist or a band who's on the cusp of success and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Colbie Caillat has the sound of breezy California down pat. She grew up in Southern California close to the beach and the catchy sweetness of "Bubbly" practically smells of salt water. A little bit of folk guitar, a lilting rhythm, and lyrics that tread on the border of cute make this track a mandatory anthem for summer.

US: A Marte by Pastilla
Each week, we find a track from an artist or a band who's on the cusp of success and bring it to you, for free, as our Canción de la Semana. Pastilla are a guitar-and hook-driven punk-pop group whose mixture of melody and ragged guitars makes them sound like the offspring of Green Day, the Cars, and the Killers. "A Marte" has touches of new wave angularity, but Pastilla are not ones to forsake a good song in lieu of style. It's a classic bit of verse/chorus/verse that reminds you why this formula is likely to never go out of style.

US: Tenebrae: Second Movement by Kronos Quartet
Last month, we put together a playlist called If you like Barber's Adagio. If Osvaldo Golijov's Tenebrae had been available back then, it would have been the first track. This two-movement work for strings (performed here by the Kronos Quartet) displays the neo-baroque side of the Argentinian composer's eclectic musical range. If you enjoy it, check out the rest of his new album, Oceana.

Every week, the Japanese iTunes store updates later than the stores for the rest of the world. Because of this, the iTunes Single of the Week for Japan lags behind other countries. Here is this week's offering.

Japan ???????: Nyotai Market by Kei Kamakura
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To take advantage of the Japan SOTW, you need a Japanese account. You can buy a gift card from jbox to open one, as described in this TUAW post.

As Japan updates its music later than all the other iTunes stores, I'm pleased to finally bring you this Thursday edition of iTunes freebies. This free single is available for those of you readers with Japanese iTunes Store accounts. And, as always, thank you for your patience.

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Well, the Canadian and UK Singles of the Week have finally appeared. And it looks like the Faithless single "I Won't Stop" is available for free in pretty much every European store. After checking Switzerland (Thanks Matteo), Italy and Germany, and finding it free in each, I'm going to leave the rest as an exercise for the reader.

Canada: Snakes On the Ladder by Handsome Furs
Each week, we find a track from an artist or a band who's on the cusp of success and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. Handsome Furs is the side project of Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner. On "Snakes On the Ladder," Handsome Furs combine a crisp, slightly noir-ish guitar line against a windblown backdrop amidst the hiccups of some crisp, pre-programmed drums. The blips mesh against that reverberating guitar sound, creating some sort of Blade Runner world where the hard-boiled past meets the future. Boeckner's voice maintains a steely-eyed intensity throughout.

UK: You Are the One by Shiny Toy Guns
Each week, we find a track from an artist or a band who's on the cusp of success and bring it to you, for free, as our Single of the Week. "You Are the One" is a tune filled with so many selling points, it could very well have been concocted in a laboratory. Not to say that there's a clinical air to this song from Shiny Toy Guns, but any track that can fuse together a pouty girl singer, post-punk rhythms, electro blips and beats, and rock 'n' roll crunch could not have been made by human hands. Could science be behind this free Single of the Week?

Switzerland: I Won't Stop by Faithless
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Italy: I Won't Stop by Faithless
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Just a quick update today, to bring you up to date with Japan's free single of the week. I love the album art for this single with its bright colors, don't you?

Japan ???????: Boku To Sekai No Kyokaisen by Chata
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If you've never seen Jericho and hate joining serialized dramas mid-way, iTunes just added a free "catchup" episode that provides a recap of the series to date. This is the same recap episode that aired Wednesday night on broadcast TV.

US: Jericho Recap Episode
Catch up on Jericho during a special recap that chronicles what took place during the first 11 episodes of the series. Jericho is a drama about what happens when a nuclear mushroom cloud suddenly appears on the horizon, plunging the residents of a small, peaceful Kansas town into chaos, leaving them completely isolated and wondering if they're the only Americans left alive. Fear of the unknown propels Jericho into social, psychological and physical mayhem when all communication and power is shut down. The town starts to come apart at the seams as terror, anger and confusion bring out the very worst in some residents.

To help you celebrate a happy Thursday, here's a nice little treat from iTunes. It's a new Glamour Reel Moments movie short that just appeared in the iTunes Store for the start of February. We've been seeing these free shorts at a rate of one-per-month now--so keep your eyes peeled when March rolls around. You can still download the earlier releases if you missed them the first time 'round.

US: Glamour Reel Moments: Little Black Dress
When Kristy is asked to attend a National Sales Meeting at the last minute, havoc ensues as she races the clock to find a suitable dress and make it back to the banquet in time to impress the CEO.When Kristy is asked to attend a National Sales Meeting at the last minute, havoc ensues as she races the clock to find a suitable dress and make it back to the banquet in time to impress the CEO.

Here are a few Thursday treats for your iTunes downloading pleasure. A new TV show from the US store. The UK store finally updates and the Single of the Week is now actually free. Plus the Japanese store gets its free single.

US: Two-A-Days The Challenge (Season 2 Premiere)
Welcome back to Hoover, Alabama, where football still rules the South. This season of Two-A-Days follows the highly ranked Hoover High Buccaneers through the 2006 high school football season as they drive for their fifth state championship title. After winning four titles in five years, the whole town is expecting this team to bring home trophy number five. These athletes live with the tremendous pressure to maintain Hoover's legendary reputation - not to mention keeping their grades up, keeping their girlfriends happy, and attempting to live a relatively normal senior year. Will their relationships be able to stand the test of two-a-day practices? Will they be the team to set a new record for Hoover? Watch the second season of Two-A-Days to find out just how hard they'll work to survive both the football season and their last year of high school.

UK: Abominwé by Lionel Loueke
Lionel Loueke is an African guitarist who plays with such a fluidity and dexterous skill that he's becomes an in-demand player on both the jazz and African music sides. Our free Single of the Week introduces you to his subtle voice, and more importantly, shows you the sort of unique approach he has on the guitar. His experience as a percussionist gives him a rhythmic style, but his finger picking and melodic invention provides something even more unique. Have a listen - it's on us.

Japan ???????: Cocoon by FROM CRESCENT
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After a few weeks, where there barely were any new freebies, what a surprise it is to keep waking up to new offerings. Today's freebie is a US Video of the first episode of the second season of "The Real Housewives of Orange County". It might not be everyone's cup of tea (the reviews of Season 1 suggested that there wouldn't be a Season 2), but maybe it can brighten the afternoon of one of you out there in reader-land.

US: The Real Housewives of Orange County (Episode 201)
Find out how the other half really lives when Bravo takes us on another visit "behind the gates" in an all-new season of The Real Housewives of Orange County. Even in sunny Southern California, privileged doesn't always mean perfect. These housewives all may be enjoying the luxe life - replete with plastic surgery, frequent shopping sprees, and a luxury car to match each of their outfits - but real life still manages to find them, even in the land of excess and indulgence.

For all of you readers either in Japan or with Japanese iTunes accounts, here's Japan's updated Single of the Week. Enjoy!

Japan ???????: Ru's Rock by CONDOR44
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Here's a nice Thursday surprise, a new free video from the folks at Disney. "Cory in the House" will premiere on Friday January 12th on the US Disney Channel, at 9:30 PM Eastern/8:30 Central. This show is apparently a spin-off from "That's So Raven", much beloved of my daughters. I can't stand to watch the Raven show myself but this download is free and probably going to be enjoyed most by kids.

US: Cory In the House (New Kid in Town, Premiere episode)
It's a brand new life for Cory Baxter when his dad, Victor, becomes the personal chef to the President of the United States. Cory's entrepreneurial scheming reaches new heights as he mingles amongst high-powered Washington D.C. elite.