Been meaning to throw more of these at you. Life beat me up in an alleyway and coated me with spray cheese. It was traumatic. And 1/3 less fattening than a normal metatextual mugging.

• Innocence Mission's "What a Wonderful World"–I'm behind on grabbing their albums. Their first is still my favorite, but they're all pretty damn good. This is a cover I didn't know existed. Very nice. Found at Puddlegum.
• Rilo Kiley's "Bulletproof"–There's always something endearing about a sweet-sounding female vocalist singing an "It's over" song with lines like "How many blows to the belly will this take/ That we refer to as our true love?" Priceless. Found via Music for Kids Who Can't Read Good.
• Matchbook Romance's "In Transit (for you)"–I could listen to this for freaking days. "Monsters" is pretty righteous as well. Found them via Ex Best Friend.
• sourceVictoria's "Burn the Pianos"–Slow, steady, methodical and presumably sad. I keep going into this weird zone whenever I try to focus on the lyrics. Normally when one sings about setting fire to things, you're either being profound or you're wishing you were Art of Noise. Found via So Much Silence.
• Richard Swift's "The Million Dollar Baby"–Happy slightly poppy vocals with a chorus that says, "I wish I was dead most of the time/ But I don't really mean it, no…" Fun to sing along with in the car when you're going to the job that makes you feel that way. Found via PocketTrax.
• Taxpayer's "When They Were Young"–Pretty much tasty straight up rock. As opposed to rawk. There is a difference. Found at Ben Loves Music.
• Weezer's "Pink Triangle"–I never was able to stomach Weezer before. I think that's because, aeons ago, when that goddamn sweater song of theirs was on the radio–and I was still listening to radio (that's right, kids, back then you had to listen to broadcast radio if you didn't own an 8-track in your car)–that song would make me break out in raging, four-part harmony hives. I must needs revisit them after hearing this. Hilarious. Found via Grow Wings.

I'd like to also point out that the "Numb Encore" mashup of Linkin Park and Jay-Z is something I can actually listen to. I think I've reached the conclusion that Linkin Park is for pe0ple who look at Korn and go, "Yeah, that's a little too heavy for me, thanks."

More later. All of this found with the aid of the evil that is The Hype Machine. Stay away from that place if you know what's bad for you.