diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/MagnatuneCompainionApplication.java b/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/MagnatuneCompainionApplication.java
index 4ae112827d9abe5eef3641f95c9abcdd97f84151..2d5d5813b247f2ab9dfe27d4071b23b32e98cbc5 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/MagnatuneCompainionApplication.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/MagnatuneCompainionApplication.java
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ package com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune;
 
 import android.app.Application;
 
+import com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.api.MagnatuneAlbumsConverterFactory;
+import com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.api.ToStringConverterFactory;
 import com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.api.data_api;
 
+import retrofit.Retrofit;
+
 public class MagnatuneCompainionApplication extends Application {
 
     private static MagnatuneCompainionApplication instance;
@@ -19,7 +23,11 @@ public class MagnatuneCompainionApplication extends Application {
     }
 
     public static data_api getDataApi() {
-        //TODO:implement
-        return null;
+        Retrofit api = new Retrofit.Builder()
+                .addConverterFactory(new MagnatuneAlbumsConverterFactory())
+                .addConverterFactory(new ToStringConverterFactory())
+                .baseUrl("http://he3.magnatune.com")
+                .build();
+        return api.create(data_api.class);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/api/MagnatuneAlbumsConverter.java b/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/api/MagnatuneAlbumsConverter.java
index bf6dd855fbb4ae93cb31b57800ff9a417d7399f0..cbc97e10d2cc4e1883c24eac73e62bda610c22a3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/api/MagnatuneAlbumsConverter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/api/MagnatuneAlbumsConverter.java
@@ -3,14 +3,25 @@ package com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.api;
 import com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.model.AlbumResponse;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.ResponseBody;
 
+import org.simpleframework.xml.Serializer;
+import org.simpleframework.xml.core.Persister;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 
 import retrofit.Converter;
 
 public class MagnatuneAlbumsConverter implements Converter<ResponseBody,AlbumResponse> {
     @Override
     public AlbumResponse convert(ResponseBody value) throws IOException {
-        //TODO:convert from zip to xml to object
-        return null;
+        GZIPInputStream compressedStream = new GZIPInputStream(value.byteStream());
+        Serializer serializer = new Persister();
+        AlbumResponse conversion = null;
+        try {
+            conversion = serializer.read(AlbumResponse.class,compressedStream);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        return conversion;
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/api/ToStringConverterFactory.java b/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/api/ToStringConverterFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cfd1dcdfb93b5d318947471cdd4ebe73ff031ecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/api/ToStringConverterFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.api;
+
+import com.squareup.okhttp.MediaType;
+import com.squareup.okhttp.RequestBody;
+import com.squareup.okhttp.ResponseBody;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
+import retrofit.Converter;
+
+public class ToStringConverterFactory extends Converter.Factory {
+    private static final MediaType MEDIA_TYPE = MediaType.parse("text/plain");
+
+    @Override
+    public Converter<ResponseBody, ?> fromResponseBody(Type type, Annotation[] annotations) {
+        if (String.class.equals(type)) {
+            return new Converter<ResponseBody, String>() {
+                @Override public String convert(ResponseBody value) throws IOException {
+                    return value.string();
+                }
+            };
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override public Converter<?, RequestBody> toRequestBody(Type type, Annotation[] annotations) {
+        if (String.class.equals(type)) {
+            return new Converter<String, RequestBody>() {
+                @Override public RequestBody convert(String value) throws IOException {
+                    return RequestBody.create(MEDIA_TYPE, value);
+                }
+            };
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/api/data_api.java b/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/api/data_api.java
index 489382d10b08d1f08b06b99681006906589b5185..1e4d86225a2c2340a9594aa69da4726f2b2f987b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/api/data_api.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/api/data_api.java
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ import retrofit.Call;
 import retrofit.http.GET;
 
 public interface data_api {
-    @GET("/info/album_info.xml")
+    @GET("/info/album_info_xml.gz")
     Call<AlbumResponse> getAlbumList();
+
+    @GET("/info/changed.txt")
+    Call<String> getUpdateChecksum();
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/model/AlbumResponse.java b/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/model/AlbumResponse.java
index c454ca7240004c80e8f4e5c4b6a6dc3ca7b77d07..c0f63a0f02819ce6828d4e01bcafc5c14950bda3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/model/AlbumResponse.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/model/AlbumResponse.java
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 package com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.model;
 
+import org.simpleframework.xml.ElementList;
+import org.simpleframework.xml.Root;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Root(name="AllAlbums")
 public class AlbumResponse {
-    //TODO:fill
+
+    @ElementList(inline=true)
+    public List<Album> albums;
+
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/model/xml/Album.java b/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/model/xml/Album.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..07b8a56f3470482126ad599426b435b4d4a87170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/model/xml/Album.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.model.xml;
+
+import org.simpleframework.xml.Element;
+import org.simpleframework.xml.ElementList;
+import org.simpleframework.xml.Root;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@Root
+public class Album {
+
+    @Element
+    public String artist;
+
+    @Element
+    public String artistdesc;
+
+    @Element
+    public String cover_small;
+
+    @Element
+    public String artistphoto;
+
+    @Element
+    public String albumname;
+
+    @Element
+    public int year;
+
+    @Element
+    public String album_notes;
+
+    @Element
+    public String mp3genre;
+
+    @Element
+    public String home;
+
+    @Element
+    public String magnatunegenres;
+
+    @Element
+    public Date launchdate;
+
+    @ElementList(inline=true)
+    public List<Track> tracks;
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/model/xml/Track.java b/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/model/xml/Track.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a8a946ac14c7ea1dd1687b4a5174b78d773bee57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/magnatune/eyecreate/companionformagnatune/model/xml/Track.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package com.magnatune.eyecreate.companionformagnatune.model.xml;
+
+import org.simpleframework.xml.Element;
+import org.simpleframework.xml.Root;
+
+@Root
+public class Track {
+    @Element
+    public String artist;
+
+    @Element
+    public String artistbio;
+
+    @Element
+    public String albumname;
+
+    @Element
+    public String trackname;
+
+    @Element
+    public int tracknum;
+
+    @Element
+    public int year;
+
+    @Element
+    public String mp3genre;
+
+    @Element
+    public String magnatunegenres;
+
+    @Element
+    public String license;
+
+    @Element
+    public long seconds;
+
+    @Element
+    public String url;
+
+    @Element
+    public String mp3lofi;
+
+    @Element
+    public String oggurl;
+
+    @Element
+    public String isrc;
+}