A few mid-week online music selections for you…

Independent acoustic strummer Justin McRoberts has released a live bootleg album, Live at Grove City, which is available only at his web site. While you’re there, check out the McDemo player, which lets you listen to clips from all five of his previous albums. For my favorites check out the cover of U2’s “One” from Intersections, and then go all the way back to his debut, Reason for Living and check out “5th Wheel.”

On the other end of the muscal spectrum, Tooth & Nail’s Showbread offers what the bio calls “spazz rock.” And that’s about right. If you can put up with screaming vocals, the music on their debut album, No Sir, Nihilism is Not Practical is stellar. You can listen to the entire album on their site, or visit purevolume.com to download the best clips (speaking of purevolume, when did they become the defacto place to listen to and download good music?). You can also watch a video for “Mouth Like a Magazine” online, which gives you a sense of spazz rock in the flesh.

In other music news, a survey of artists reveals that two-thirds of musicians think file sharing poses little threat to them. Artists are split on sharing in general, with 47 percent saying sharing is bad and prevents them from being compensated for their music, and 43 percent saying sharing isn’t bad and gives them a wider audience.