Good news for people who like good new music: we have a new podcast, ready for you to download and enjoy. Woo hoo!

Liz and I vowed that once the election happened, our gift to all of you would be a new podcast a week, every week, from Election Day till the end of the year. So today marks podcast 2/9 of the series. So far, so good.

This podcast features tracks from some local bands, some not-so-local-but-still-poptacular bands you should know about. Go to iTunes and have a listen, won't you?

Here's the setlist:

• lacktherof "Choir Practice"
• The Old Haunts "Volatile"
• Police Teeth "New Wave Song For the Huddled Masses"
• Autolite Strike "Problems"
• The Little Ones "Everybody's Up To Something"
• Michael Zapruder "Ad's For Feelings"
• Ivan & Alyosha "Beautiful Lie"
• William F. Gibbs "Come Back To Me (For My Love)"
• Brotherhood of Broken Hearts "Mine or Others"
• Roger Goodman "Where's the Bear Come From"
• Quiet By Ten "Simplicity"
• Supersuckers "What It Takes"
• Silverhawk "Drinking Makes Me Feel Better"
• Brent Amaker And The Rodeo "Tell A Friend The Truth"

You can also download the (huge) MP3 file or listen straight from the website, right here.