Even though I stopped watching Space Ghost Coast to Coast a few years ago, I still have a lot of respect for what Adult Swim has accomplished in the way of creating a dynamic, relevant style of humor that resonates with… well, me, I guess. Anyway, check out their web album, Warm & Scratchy.

There are several other Adult Swim albums available, but I chose to highlight this one because it is all about the rock. So rock on.

Emusic is my favorite online music retailer. Every now and then I sign up for an account, download like crazy, pay for more downloads, and wind up with days and days worth of music for way less than $1 a track. Then I cancel my subscription because, well I hate monthly bills. They are a drag.

Anyway, here is a free compilation of songs by Minus Story that Emusic has made available. Listen to track #2 first, and if you like it, give the rest of A Minus Story Compendium a chance.

Dog Problems is available for free, but only for a limited time. After 7/16/07, the free download will be MIA.

The site does ask for your e-mail address. If that bothers you, check out mailinator.com and relax.

When I tested the download, there was no need to respond to an e-mail to verify the address you provided was correct. Even so, resist the urge to enter junk into the box. It would be far better to use your real e-mail address and just opt out of the first newsletter, if you do not like the idea of being on their list. I mean, they are going out on the limb and putting their music up for you, and it is the Internet. (You will be getting plenty of spam anyway.)

Ruby Isle’s EP Into the Blackconsists only of three tracks, but all of them are undeniably catchy. You will know whether or not you want to keep listening within the first 30 seconds. You can also listen to the tracks here, but the download link at that location no longer works. It is worth stopping by anyway for the fun pics of the band.

Exhibition #1 is a compilation of electronica, the entirety of which is free to download. Actually, it is probably not electronica really, but as I noted in the previous post, I generally do not listen to this kind of music, so I do not have what it takes to make intelligent distinctions between the various niches in the genre.

If you scroll up further once on their site, you can see other albums released by Audiobulb and sample at least a few tracks from each.

These guys were too mellow for even me, for the most part. But the track “Cello My Pitchfork” is interesting and made me give the rest of their songs a chance. Maybe it will do the same for you. You can stream or download the entirety of Flowers Are Dying, by the Way all at once, or a song at a time.

These albums, composed by Petr Drkula, are reminiscent of the music of minimalist composers like Philip Glass. In case you do not know what Philip Glass sounds like, let me illustrate by way of a knock-knock joke:

Person 1: Knock knock.

…knock knock knock knock knock knock knock knock knock knock knock knock…

Person 2: HOLD ON A SECOND. Who is it?

Person 1: Philip Glass (of course).

Anyway, give these tracks a chance to suck you in, and you can listen to them for hours. The third track on Metrospective is particularly good, so try that first.

Four albums — Metrospective, 2, Surfaces, and Shaping.

The Untitled Wasdale Recordings is effing weird, man. And if that’s your thing…