The Corn Sisters- The Other Woman
Neko Case- Live From Austin Texas (Neko is coming to Raleigh, and I might be going to the show, which is why I downloaded the first three albums here. Also, Neko is awesome.)
Titus Andronicus- The Airing of Greivances (I downloaded this because of a couple of good reviews I read that led me to believe that the band was another Springsteen/punk inspired band ala The Hold Steady or the Gaslight Anthem, but I hated the tracks from this album that I listened to. Not recommended.)
Mr. Lif- "Obama" (Good, but not great. Kind of par for the course for Lif's career since the awesome "I Phantom" album.)
Gravediggaz- Six Feet Deep
MF Grimm- The Downfall of Ibliys
LCD Soundsystem- 45:33 (Haven't listened to this yet)
Despot- "Homesickness" (ibid)
Rick Springfield- "Life in A Northern Town", "I'm Not In Love" (I love covers, almost as much as I hate cover bands. This is part of the strange paradox that is Rob)
You Don't Know The Half- Mixtape featuring Talib Kweli, J-Live, Little Brother, Wordsworth, et al.
James McMurty- Best of the Sugar Hill Years (I downloaded this after reading a piece on slate about Larry McMurty's boy's work. "Choctaw Bingo" is one of my favorite songs in years- one that I can't stop listening to.)
Z-Trip- All Pro
The Streets- Everything Is Borrowed (I'm still not sure what I make of The Streets' style. I know that I love the title track and "I Love You More (Than You Like Me))
Emerson Lake and Palmer- "Jerusalem" (One of my favorite poems by Blake, I can't get enough of versions of it in song form, even by bands I don't care about)
At The Drive In- In/Casino/Out (I downloaded this because Chuck Klosterman mentioned them in a podcast I heard. I kind of dig this.)
The 101ers- "Keys To Your Hearts" (Joe Strummer's band before The Clash. Need I say more? The band name is a reference to 1984, if you were wondering.)
Radiators From Space- "Television Screen" (Phil Chevron later joined the Pogues, and wrote "Thousands Are Sailing", which is one of my absolute favorite Pogues songs)
The Radiators- "Million Dollar Hero" (Not sure if these are the same guys as The Radiators From Space or a band from New Orleans. I should go ahead and listen to this track to solve the mystery, even though I think I know the answer.)
The Damned- "Love Song"
Low Pressure: The Compilation (Canadian hip-hop, including McEnroe, Birdapres, Josh Martinez and Buck 65)
Girl Talk- Night Ripper (Girl Talk's Feed The Animals was one of my favorite things from last year)
The Mighty Underdogs- Droppin' Science Fiction (Good hip hop music)
Screeching Weasel- My Brain Hurts
Elliot Smith- New Moon (Disc 2)
Guided By Voices- Do The Collapse
Guided By Voices- Propeller
The Kinks- "Lola", "You Really Got Me" (Two live tracks, downloaded to fill out the number to fifty)
