This week's CDs are surprisingly impressive. The whole list is filled with listenable material worthy of investigation:

Conor Oberst - Conor Oberst

The Laurie Berkner Band - Rocketship Run

Carla Bruni - Comme Si de Rien N'Etait

Heidi Newfield - What Am I Waiting For

Jamey Johnson - That Lonesome Song

Trapt - Only Through the Pain

Lewis Black - Anticipation

The Airborne Toxic Event - The Airborne Toxic Event

Loyd - Lessons in Love

The Faint - Fascination

Oceanlab - Sirens of the Sea

Amy Ray - Didn't It Feel Kinder

Brazilian Girls - New York City

Hawthorne Heights - Fragile Future

Mandi Perkins - Alice in No Man's Land

Nappy Roots - Humdinger

Black Light Burns - Cover Your Heart & the Anvil Pants Ody

Norma Jean - The Anti-Mother

Connie Talbot - Over the Rainbow

The Handsome Devil - A City Dressed in Dynamite

Zebrahead - Phoenix

City Boy - Dinner at the Ritz

Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours

Jedi Mind Tricks - King Syze: The Labor Unio

QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHO IS PLANNING ON PICKING UP THE CONOR OBERST ALBUM?