Some hints: 2 British bands, 2 Boston bands, 3 other American bands, 3 Canadian bands.

However, you’ll hear some awesome music by:
Hallelujah the Hills

Taxpayer

and …

Dear Leader.

Mostly Dear Leader. Like a lot of Dear Leader.

I’ll put up a full track listing later.

This week you’ll hear an artist I mentioned in passing last week who may have my favorite pop song of 2006, a band with what I think is the album of the 2006 (so far), a band that will be releasing a contender for album of 2006 in a couple of weeks, a guy who played in Boston just a couple of days ago, and a pint-sized MC who might have the single of 2006. Sure, it’s two months early to be naming off the top anything of the year, but it’s a theme and everything needs a theme.

Speaking of themes, Brett’s got a pretty cool theme on his podcast over at the Wicked Pissa Podcast. And he threw me a link, so how can I not return the love?

On this episode, you’ll hear:

• Ain’t No Other Man — Christina Aguilera, Back to Basics
• Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Then) — The Decemberists, The Crane Wife
• Nightmare Alleys — Dear Leader, The Alarmist
• Commerce, TX — Ben Kweller, Sha Sha
• Love Me or Hate Me — Lady Sovereign, Public Warning

That’s it. 5 songs. A few minutes of me rambling.

Get the feed from here or from iTunes. Yes, I’m in iTunes.

Yes, I made a podcast. I’ve been fooling around with it for a while, never really zeroing in on what to do. Some folks were encouraging me to do a basketball podcast (which still might happen). But, I realized that I spend the bulk of my time here writing about the music I’m listening to and shows I go to, but I don’t really expose anyone to that music, other than a few mp3s or links here and there.

So now I can force my music upon the four or five people who actually come to the site.

For now, I think the podcast will live as an off-shoot of my blog. If I keep it up, or people like it, maybe it’ll get its own place to live. Or, maybe I’ll get a cease and desist long before that happens.

On this show:

• Old Hat — Harvey Danger, Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?
• Carousel — Harris, The Light Is Seeping Through The Cracks
• Meetings With the Remarkable Men — Harvey Danger, King James Version
• Progress — So Many Dynamos, Flashlights
• Moral Centralia — Harvey Danger, Little By Little

Here’s the feed to just the podcast (in case you don’t care about my ramblings).

In the interest of full disclosure, I’ve setup a little Amazon affiliate thing so if you like a song and go buy the CD from Amazon, I get like 5 cents.