Music of the Sphere, New Friend Edition: Shins, New Pornographers, Stars, Tilly, Magnetic Fields, this., Maine, Kinch

I've got a new blogfriend who doesn't know me, etc. He's a Torontan called "Allan." I spent a couple of hours in Allan's World tonight and kept saying, "Wow!" Here are some of the numbers I liked best. Believe you me, he's got much, much more. Thanks, Allan! I'm looking forward to joining the happy hordes who visit you regularly. (BTW, visitors mine, when you reach Allan's World, you might need to Page Down five or six times to get to the post. I did, anyway.)

New to Me (great way for a blogger instantly to lose credibility. . .had he any to lose)
this. - I Can't Dance - Allan's World
Kinch - It's Always Mountains - Allan's World
The Maine - The Way We Talk - Allan's World

"Long-Time" Faves
The Shins - Girl Inform Me - Allan's World
The New Pornographers - Bones of an Idol - Allan's World
Stars - What I'm Trying To Say - Allan's World
Tilly and the Wall - Chandelier Lake - Allan's World
The Magnetic Fields - The Nun's Litany - Allan's World
The Magnetic Fields - Strange Powers - Allan's World