i agree with stuart agreeing with me. had also forgotten about the trend for bands like the white stripes and led zeppelin to return to rootsier fare, at least in collaboration w/ acclaimed country singers from years gone by (in the case of the loretta lynn project) and the present (allison kraus album). also hadn't considered the caribou disc, which was one of my faves from last year. hopefully no one tries to bandy about terms like 'folktronica'.

also, in an effort to spur more activity/posting here, i've decided to try to include regular (daily may be too much of a promise) links to free music. today's freebie is a complilation from the adult-cartoon network 'adult swim', featuring bands like tv on the radio, broken social scene, adobi seksu and (egads) les savy fav.