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The Jealous Girlfriends, 'Roboxulla': Free MP3 of the Day

They've got four members instead of two, and Brooklyn's Girlfriends can feel a lot like a double-wide Beach House. Both bands lead with gauzy dream-pop vocals and hypnotic hooks, but the Jealous ones fill things out with heavier percussion and the stray amp-ruining riff.

Damien Jurado, 'Gillian Was A Horse': Free MP3 of the Day

An intriguing flip-flop happens in the Seattle bard's latest. If his previous material was whisper-close yet emotionally distant, his newest is rugged and available. From its aching alt-country melodies to its American-summer lyrics, "Caught in the Trees" can recall Jeff Tweedy.

We Are Scientists, 'Chick Lit': Free MP3 of the Day

The Rapture's mix of relentless rhythms, jagged guitars, and pitched vocals gets twisted smartly in W.A.S. works. Instead of the DFA's true house beats, we get drums that are just wilder and more bloodthirsty than rock--an apt way to consider the whole mad science of the thing.

Ratatat, 'Mirando': Free MP3 of the Day

If a Galaga machine could sing a song, it might come out a bit like Ratatat's latest. "LP3" turns to keyboards, spewing forth a pile of vintage effects. But the disc is much more than a catalogue of funny noises. In the hands of these two, retro blips can be the stuff of a ballad.

Tilly and the Wall, 'Pot Kettle Black': Free MP3 of the Day

You don't notice it at first--the way those "drumbeats" sound kind of odd. And then you figure it out. That's tap dancing. The Omaha group have made their name by subbing feet for drumsticks, and on their new full-length the stomps remain a weirdly effective way to underline taut indie-rock tracks.

Sigur Ros, 'Gobbledigook': Free MP3 of the Day

The Icelandic texture-pop outfit are famous homebodies, recording in their Reykjavik spread and sticking to their native tongue. That orthodoxy is gone on their latest. Cut internationally and allowing some English, it also relaxes musically, mixing a pleasing roughness with the high gleam.

Less Than Jake, 'Does the Lion City Still Roar?': Free MP3 of the Day

Bouncy and gritty punk rock collides with pop hooks and ska as Less Than Jake takes hold of the horn section and blasts high-energy mischief. Fans of traditional ska and No Doubt lovers alike should grab their Doc Martens and porkpie hats and give a listen to these third wave ska rockers.

Spiritualized, 'Soul on Fire': Free MP3 of the Day

The British group's remarkable mix--gauzy psychedelia filling out an antique gospel-blues--has never sounded better than it does on long-awaited outing "Songs in A&E." Maybe it's an easy out, but the keening tracks, cut after bandleader Jason Pierce nearly died, feel steeped in existential wonder.