As you can tell from the plethora of posts (or lack thereof) here the last few days/weeks/months/year, I’ve been busy (the desire to post is still strong; the time to do so isn’t).

So – just a quick hit of new music I’ve been listening to lately. Not necessarily new music, just new to my ears.

That’s the one nice part of spending a lot of evening/weekend time in front of the computer: iTunes with my ripped music playing to make the time (a little) less stressful.

Without any further ado, some sounds I’ve been sampling:

• While Chalk P.J. Harvey – Probably my favorite new singer; this is a new album, but I’ve been backfilling her older material over the last six months or so.
• Challengers The New Pornographers – Currently my favorite new CD.
• Kismet Jesca Hoop
• Children Running Through Patty Griffin – As with P.J. Harvey, this is a recent album. I’m busy getting all her older CDs, as well
• Faithless Street Whiskeytown – I had never heard of this band until a couple of months ago; man, I’ve been missing some good stuff.
• Across the Universe Movie soundtrack – Gets better with each listen,
• Gold Brick Jon Langford – Purchased for “Lost in America” (one listen on the radio and I was googling for it and purchased less than a half hour after first hearing it); at least two or three really strong songs on here, as well.