•With its surging guitars, crashing drums, and angelic vocals, the stridently emotional ''Ageless Beauty,'' by pop-rockers STARS, could thaw even the coldest of hearts. ARTS-CRAFTS.CA/STARS/FREEDOWNLOAD/
Paul McCartney wishes he could still write upbeat ditties like BRENDAN BENSON's piano-plunking ''What I'm Looking For,'' a Beatlesque taste of his upcoming CD, The Alternative to Love. STARTIMERECORDS.COM
Sip some ''Indonesian Wine'' with the consonant-heavy SNMNMNM. If the Beach Boys-influenced harmonies and wailing accordion don't get you, the insistent tuba will. UNMART.COM/IW.MP3
• Airtight freak-funk group TUSSLE loosen up a bit on ''Untitled,'' an eight-minute-plus online-only rehearsal demo. Listen to it long enough and you'll start to feel the bass in your bones, man! TUSSLE.ORG/MUSIC
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