Kill Rock Stars is not a place you’ll typically find anything as funky as Har Mar Superstar’s Cry 4 Help. If you’ve got any groove in you, it’ll get you moving.

http://killrockstars.com/bands/harmarsuperstar/audio/Cry_4_Help.mp3

All of A Kid Named Ace’s songs are super cute, and Accelerator is one of his best. The ending just brings a tear to my eye.

http://www.songfight.org/music/accelerator/akidnamedace_accel.mp3

Fortnight has some subtle touches. For example, worked into part of the beat is a pop that sounds like the crackle of a record player. It changes the mood of what would otherwise feel like a heavier, more aggressive piece.

Also available in ogg vorbis at about half the file size.

http://www.archive.org/download/sute016/06_Fortnight.MP3
http://www.archive.org/download/sute016/06_Fortnight.ogg

Jumpers is loud, energetic, and dynamic. Perfect for making you jump around.

http://subpop-public.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/audio/2382.mp3

Canasta tries to convince you to be satisfied with the ordinary, everyday life, and throw away your Chance at Greatness. Their hooky orchestral pop makes a pitch for mundanity sound more compelling than it has any right to.

http://audio.canastamusic.com/FindTheTime/Canasta-FindTheTime-ChanceAtGreatness.mp3

Hakol Kashura (Everything’s Alright) is built around a repeating guitar lick, with layers of Hebrew language vocals, various percussions, and lead guitars laid over it.

http://aurgasm.us/music/julija/Habanot%20Nechama%20-%20Hakol%20Kashura%20(Everything%27s%20Alright).mp3

Typical self-deprecating lyrics meets atypically minimal production, as the Frontalot dreams of being Better at Rapping. Fortunately, his self-effacing tendencies come in creative packages that often succeed in getting a laugh.

http://frontalot.com/media.php/500/MC_Frontalot_-_Better_At_Rapping_%28CP08_Version%29.mp3

Good news for me. Puce is back to songfighting under the name forkbomb. He’s part of the current fight, Somtimes It’s Hard to Keep Yourself Moving.

http://www.songfight.org/music/sometimes_its_hard_to_keep_yourself_moving/forkbomb_sihtkym.mp3

Amy Ray has a peppy fun rock tune called Driver Education that came to my attention for being featured on Oddio Overplay’s Tunes in Overplay back in June of 2005.

http://www.daemonrecords.com/amy/Driver%20Education.mp3

This song was put out in the first month of Podington Bear’s year long project to make a new song three times a week. It was the start of Climbing The Mountain.

http://podingtonbear.com/podcasts/JanuaryOriginal/ClimbingTheMountain.mp3

The narrator of You Are in Love with Me is obviously in love with whoever he’s addressing, but his sad circumstance is only made worse by the fact that he can’t say anything that makes the title seem like anything more than wishful thinking.

http://actdead.com/mp3s/add-youareinlovewithme.mp3

Hostess Mostess is at his best when he’s doing simple guitar based pop, and that’s just what you get with Our Love Violates Corporate Policy. It took him second place in a Song Fight sporting some terrific cover art.

http://www.songfight.org/music/our_love_violates_corporate_policy/hostessmostess_olvcp.mp3

This Aurgasm song is aimed at the wage slaves who find a way to keep Pushing On, helping them along with a funky bassline to nod their heads to.

http://aurgasm.us/music/Freddie%20Cruger%20-%20Pushing%20On%20(feat.%20Linn).mp3

Revolution Now rocks my eardrums, even if it never explains what this revolution is about.

http://www.joshwoodward.com/mp3/TheSimpleLife/JoshWoodward-TheSimpleLife-105-RevolutionNow.mp3

I find TV pretty uncompelling since the advent of this medium we’re using here now, so when he calls himself a Waste of TV, it’s even more self deprecating to my ears than his usual fare.

http://media.bradsucks.net/demos/Brad_Sucks_-_Waste_of_TV_(demo).mp3

Highway is a mournful, nostalgic indie rock tune State Shirt did for a Song Fight way back in 2001. It also appears on his 2004 album, Don’t Die.

http://www.songfight.org/music/highway/stateshirt_highway.mp3

Handsome Furs make excellent music for passing dark nights contemplating how we are all just Dumb Animals.

http://subpop-public.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/video/3253.mov

Unfortunately the video for The List is your basic live-footage-of-band-playing-the-song. But the song is some fine indie pop, so give it a listen if you haven’t heard it.

http://www.gangassets01.com/metric/metric_list_h.mov

Muppet Face is probably more of what I expect from a Xiu Xiu video than any other Xiu Xiu video I’ve ever seen. Callous soldiers, human dismemberment, and Jamie Stewart’s singing.

http://www.noperformance.com/downloads/muppetface_web_small.mov

Versatile Flying Objects flings piano and organ melodies over electronic beats, odd samples, and assorted percussion. Versatile indeed.

http://www.africandope.co.za/downloads/audio/cd011/kalahari_surfers-versatile_flying_objects.mp3