Either my judgment is getting lax or the guy(s) at The Downplayer is getting better at choosing music. This week’s selection amounts to twenty supreme tunes, free for your listening pleasure. Another bonus: upgrading my box.net account also lets me post direct links to the mp3 files. No more middlemen! So with no more ado, here are my favorite songs released on The Downplayer this week, in no particular order:

• Untitled (Love Song) - Romany Rye
• Long Shadows - Josh Ritter
• Quicksand - Travis
• Strange Overtones - David Byrne and Brian Eno
• Hot Math - Andrew Bird
• No Diggity (feat. Dr. Dre) - Blackstreet
• Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Marshmallow Bazooka - Fuzz
• Read My Mind - The Killers
• Streetlight - Joshua Radin
• Mirrorage - Glasser
• Gran Torino - Jamie Cullum
• Good Days Bad Days - Kaiser Chiefs
• People C’mon - Delta Spirit
• Never Come Around - La Sera
• Does He Love You? - Rilo Kiley
• Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin Cover) - Lissie
• Vocal Chords - Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
• Can I Kick It? - A Tribe Called Quest
• Piece by Piece and Frame by Frame - Deer Tick