First up, Australia's
Treetops did their single "Gospel" from the EP by the same name (
Amazon). Next was Albany's
The Gazetteers doing "Bedroom Community" from their debut album
Territory Songs (
iTunes,
Amazon). (
Note: you can
download this song for free from their label's site.) Then Minnesota's indie pop/folk band
The Owls did "Air" from their album
Our Hopes and Dreams (
iTunes,
Amazon). Next Portland's
Boy Crazy did "Stark Street" from their 2001 album
Foreign Words (
iTunes,
Amazon). And finally, since I have a soft-spot in my heart for the
Muppets, I thought I should let you know about something pretty amazing that my friend Jodi alerted me to. An online
Muppet music archive! They have
TONS of Muppet music which has been out of print for decades, that has never been released on CD at all, and more. And all of it is just free to download, for as long as they don't get shut down I guess. Much of it is cheesy and doesn't really hold up to the test of time, but other stuff is pure genius. We heard a favorite of mine, a cover of
Billy Joel's classic "New York State of Mind" performed by
Rolf the Dog on
Ol' Brown Ears is Back (
go to download).