The Slackers: "International War Criminal." You know Bush is that fucked up when Vic Ruggiero goes all Daraka Larimore. Not bad, not bad at all.

The New Pornographers: "Twin Cinema." New new pornographers. Um, yay.

Sufjan Stevens, "Chicago," (leaked from Come on, feel the Illinoize. Or whatever the fuck it's called.) I'm not so sure i'm feeling it. I'll probably change my mind though.

The Breeders, "Drivin' On 9." I heard this song - along with "Cannonball" and "Divine Hammer," before i ever heard "Silver" or "Here Comes Your Man," or "Gigantic," and this song may have been the moment where i realized just how awesome Kim Deal is. It's one of the Breeders' best, and one of the first songs i really learned to play on the guitar.

Le Tigre, "My My Metrocard." Ahem. "Fuck Giuliani. He's such! a fucking jerk./shut down! all the strip bars/welfare! does not work."

The Go-Betweens, "Spring Rain." Appropriate because of thw weather and the yuppie assholes on the train sitting in front of me screaming into their cellular phones and then gushing about their wedding plans, which made me in sucession frustrated cause i couldn't concentrate on There Ain't No Black In The Union Jack and then bitter about the fact i haven't been on anything resembling a date in a very, very long time.