Rather than put them in the body of the Previewing the Week Ahead post, this time I'm putting them in a separate post so readers don't have to dig for them. As usual, it's the indie rock bands who are in the greatest numbers making their music available for downloading and streaming. Some majors are getting into the act but not many and in my opinion not early enough. Hopefully some other genres other than rock will hop on the pre-release listening bandwagon.

• Diamond Nights. Preview new album, Popsicle, at the band's website.
• The Double: "The Idiocy" from Loose in the Air.
• Apollo Sunshine. Hear at the band's MySpace.com page.
• CocoaRosie: "Noah's Ark"
• Sam Champion: "TV Fever"
• Stellastarr*: "Sweet Troubled Soul"
• Dandy Warhols: Go the band's sounds page to stream the new album.
• Sigur Ros: The band's MySpace.com page is streaming the album in its entirity.
• Cocorosie: Go to this page and listen to a stream of the new song “Noah's Ark.”