Making Their Way From the 'Newly Added' to the 'Pop Brilliance' Playlists

They're not necessarily new, but they're new to this (nearly) 40 year-old out-of-touch musical shut-in.  These are songs that've had me tapping my toes the last week or two as I've been better about checking http://wknc.org/playlist after the commute so I could get 'em in the iPod. I'm going to be lazy and not include all the links/embeds, well except the one, but you can check my last.fm or just google'em if you're curious:

• "Such Great Heights", Streetlight Manifesto's ska-ed up version of the Postal Service gem
• "First of the Gang to Die", another cover ... this time it's Zee Avi doing Morrissey
• "Brandy of the Damned", by Nickel Eye
• "Don't Fight It", by The Panics
• "Drunk Girls", by LCD Soundsystem
• "Learned to Surf", by Superchunk (yes, they're still around and still awesome)
• "Blood Pressure", by The Jaguar Club
• "Summer Grof", by The Spinto Band
• "Men's Needs", by The Cribs
• "Help, I'm Alive", by Metric
• "Sweet Potato Pie", by Block
• "Making Me Nervous", by Brad Sucks

The (late arriving) song of the summer, which seems to have broken over the weekend, is Cee-Lo Green's "Fuck You".