Before I Get Behind Again

New additions:

Head Like a Kite - "Daydream Vacation" from the There Is Loud Laughter Everywhere album. iTunes freebie.

Norwegian Recycling - "Soul of Fireflies", "Recycled Romance", and "No Taylor, No Scar". All free from his website; none from any album . . . . yet. "Soul of Fireflies" is awesome; a combination of Train's "Hey, Soul Sister" and Owl City's "Fireflies".

Various Artists - Best of Bonnaroo album. Go to http://www.musicforaction.org/ for a free, LEGAL download of the album. Includes artists such as the Dave Matthews Band, Jack Johnson, Wilco, and Phish. Guster, Pearl Jam, and O.A.R. also have a track each on the album.

Sugarland - Complete Enjoy the Ride album and entire Gold & Green album (Christmas album).

Putumayo Presents: ¡Salsa!
Putumayo Presents: Puerto Rico

Brad Paisley - Entire American Saturday Night album. I have been in a country mood lately, so I picked up a few country albums from my favorite country artists.

Toby Keith - A handful of songs I enjoyed from his Big Dog Daddy album.

Kenny Chesney - Complete Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates.

Chely Wright - Again, only a handful of songs. All from her Single White Female album.

Trisha Yearwood - Most of the songs from her Greatest Hits album.

Coldplay - Complete LeftRightLeftRightLeft compilation album. Coldplay began giving this album away at concerts and it is also available on their website for free download. Go here to download it free of charge. Consider it your gift for being a Coldplay fan. http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=395&page=200

Ok, here is where my brother once again comes into play. These are songs he introduced me to and most of them hooked me right away, a few grew on me over time.

Kid Cudi - "Pursuit of Happiness" from Man on the Moon: The End of Day. "Highs 'n Lows" which does not appear on any album. However, you can obtain it from this website: http://www.5starhiphop.com/2010/02/kid-cudi-highs-n-lows. This website has a great tracks, but I'm not sure how safe or legal it is, so proceed with caution. Both tracks are simply amazing. "Pursuit . ." has become a new anthem for me.

Rihanna - "Rude Boy" from her latest album: Rated R.

Mr. Hudson - "Everything Is Broken (ft. Kid Cudi) from Straight No Chaser.

Ke$ha - "Animal" from the album of the same name.

Ok Go - "WTF" from Of the Blue Colour of the Sky.

Travis - "Sing" from The Invisible Band album. This song was featured on the seventh episode of the second season of The Office.

Lady Antebellum - "Need You Now" from the album of the same title. I'm thinking about purchasing this whole album since I'm already a Lady A fan.

Black Eyed Peas - "Imma Be" from their most recent masterpiece, The E.N.D..

Lil Wayne - "I Got No Ceilings" from his most recent official mixtape, No Ceilings. It contains various freestyles over popular rap and R&B songs' instrumentals. This particular song samples very heavily from the Black Eyed Peas "I Gotta Feeling".

B.o.B. - "Nothing On You" (ft. Bruno Mars) from B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray. The video for this song reminds me of an 80's hip-hop music video.

Dan Black - "Symphonies (ft. Kid Cudi) [Remix] from UN. Amazing track! Check it out.

Chiddy Bang - "Opposite of Adults" from the single of the same name. Their debut mixtape Air Swell can be downloaded for free from Chiddy Bang's myspace page. It's so-so, nothing like "Opposite of Adults". This track is not on the mixtape, but worth the purchase. It will most likely be on their in-progress album due out in August of this year.

Various Artists - Download to Donate for Haiti album. Another freebie: http://tinyurl.com/y476hee. Downloaders are encouraged to donate for victims of the Haiti earthquake, but it is not required. Album features Dave Matthews Band, Jack Johnson, Weezer, and All-American Rejects.

Dashboard Confessional - Complete MTV Unplugged: v2.0 album. An awesome live album.

Carrie Underwood - Entire Play On album. As always, a beautiful voice and a beautiful face.

That's it for now. Visit next week, when I'm sure to have another update.

Worth Every Penny

These are albums that have been released in the last 12 months or so that are worth every penny paid for them.

Third Eye Blind - Ursa Major
Train - Save Me San Francisco
Dave Matthews Band - Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King
Jay-Z - The Blueprint3
Owl City - Ocean Eyes
Better Than Ezra - Paper Empire
Meese - Broadcast
The Fray - The Fray
John Mayer - Battle Studies

This list may be updated in the future, so check back.

Aftermath

Recent additions:

FFH - Entire Ready to Fly album.

Yo Gotti - "Women Lie, Men Lie" from his Live from the Kitchen album.

Bananarama - "Cruel Summer" from the album of the same name. Ace of Base covered this song and also have an album called Cruel Summer.

Death Cab for Cutie - Complete The Open Door EP.

BBC - BBC Water album. Various tracks of water sounds. Everything from brooks, waterfalls, a car wash to the locks on the River Thames and hail on an umbrella. Very, very, very relaxing.

Bob Dylan - Entire The Freewhellin' Bob Dylan album.

Spoon - Compete Kill the Moonlight album. Hard to classify this sound, but it is very unique and catchy.

Various Artists - Many tracks from '70s Gold and Disco Gold.

Dashboard Confessional - Complete Alter the Ending album. This is Dashboard's most recent album. "Belle on the Boulevard" was the first single off of the album. The whole album is awesome.

Seabird - Entire Till We See the Shore album. If you like The Fray, you'll enjoy Seabird. Piano rock at its finest.

Ace of Base - Complete Cruel Summer album (see Bananarama above). Typical Ace of Base sound. Dance tracks straight out of Sweden.

Moby - Entire Wait for Me album. I always enjoy a good Moby album and this is his most recent creation. His voice is so original and so is his music.

Enjoy and please let me know if have any suggestions for music I might enjoy.