(For anyone not familiar with our traditional weekly survey, on Tuesdays we post about what we've been listening to of note during the past week. Some folks add descriptions and/or thoughts about the stuff they've been listening to.)

For me:

The Strokes, Room on Fire (Just as good as their first one. Casablancas just has such a great Rock-n-Roll voice and they squeeze so much melody into their rough songs.)

The Rapture, Echoes (Been loving this one. Vocals sound like The Cure at some times and Public Image Ltd. at other times. Music underneath is electronic but very melodic. An interesting sound with, more importantly, quite strong songs.)

Outkast, Speakerboxx/The Love Below (Currently by some distance my favorite album of theirs, just because there's so much good stuff there on those two discs, and it's probably their most accessible album. Not suprisingly its been ruling the charts.)

The Postal Service, Give Up (Only heard it 1 1/2 times so far, but so far so good. Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie sings and plays some instruments with the dude from Dntel's electronic music underneath.)

Luna, Bewitched
Missy Elliott, Supa Dupa Fly
Billy Bragg, Talking with the Taxman About Poetry
The Band, Music from Big Pink
Bob Dylan, Live at Royal Albert Hall 1966
David Bowie, Scary Monsters
and a lot more . . .

Been able to listen to more music lately because I am the proud new owner of an iPod that I carry with me everywhere.