The Noisettes - What's the Time, Mr. Wolf? - Don't Give Up

Read about this band in some SXSW review, checked 'em out, and they move between completely rocking (like in this song, though I'm embarrassed to say almost wanted Van Halen-level guitars and more thundering drums), and weird, trippy background music.

Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea

So I've heard of this band, but didn't think much of it until they happened to come up in my playlist a couple of times. The first tune I heard was in 3 (the track was Waiting to Know You), and then I heard another tune I liked, so I'm interested in hearing more. I've heard some female vocals and some indie-slanted electronic stuff so far, so I'll have to see where this goes. I feel as though this recommendation is for me as much as it is from me to y'all, I guess.

Gogol Bordello - Super Taranta!

Brilliant immigrant gypsy punk. I also hear they put on as great a live show as is humanly possible. Good times.

Patsy Cline - Why Can't He Be You

Seriously, people. Patsy Cline. I was just listening to this song, sort of idling along with the pleasant description of her faithful, caring, perfect-husband-and-father man. It culminates in "He loves me too / His love is true" before pausing to deliver the gut punch of the title: "Why can't he be you?" And the delivery is absolutely top-shelf fucking brilliance.

It may be the case that my intense love of Neko Case stems in part from her position as the closest approximation of Patsy Cline to exist in my lifetime. I should study this more closely.

The Magnetic Fields - Distortion

There's a very Stephen Merritt-ish (typically trivial?) play between album cover, name, and noisy album sound.  But after a few times through at half volume (sleeping baby), I conclude this album is quite listenable.  I think it's going to grow on me.  Immediately, my fav song is "Drive On, Driver".

Sleater-Kinney - The Woods

I know that many of the regulars here both owned and loved this album before I even heard it, but I had to recommend it this week. I've had it awhile, but it never really grabbed me until I began last week to wrap my head around the fulfillment of my life goal of being a roller derby announcer. I've decided that 'Entertain' needs to be on any Derby mix ("Don't drag me down / I'm not falling down"), and 'Modern Girl' is such a fun, bitchy song that I actually WANT it to be in my head for six hours every day.

They Might Be Giants - Here Come the 123s

Technically, children are the primary audience, but some of these songs stand on their own as well as any other album.  Upon a few listens, probably not as good as Here Come the ABCs, but I've had "Seven" in my head all day.

Also, this doesn't seem to be available on streaming services, but Rhapsody & Amazon sell DRM-free mp3s.  I'll go out on a limb and blame Disney.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand

A recommendation by me.  The whole album is a good listen.  'Trampled Rose' stands out to me.

Jim Noir - Tower of Love

Heard the song "Tell Me What To Do" on The Current.  Listening to this album the last few days.  I like it, though I can't tell yet if I'll like it even more as I listen more.

The White Stripes - Icky Thump

Recommending this here because it's new, and I didn't know it existed until recently.  So far, I think I don't like it as much as their previous albums "Get Behind Me Satan" and "Elephant", but time will tell.