Utahpolis

Yelle’s debut album, Pop-Up, has been in the stores for almost a year now so it’s a little odd that she’s just now getting around to releasing a video for “Ce Jeu”.  That’s ok with me though, since the video is tres fantastique.  Nice, colorful candy for the eyes and ears.
It occurred to me the [...]

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Kind of a slow news day around here so I’m going to feature another group who I feel deserves a little more credit than they’re given…..The Sleepy Jackson.  I suppose I should say “he’s given” since the band is basically Luke Steele and whomever is performing with him at the time.  The story goes that [...]

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In a fair world, Bobby Conn would already be a star.  As it is, however, only a select few are in on the secret.  Well, it seems that an old video of his is making the rounds on the net and getting some attention…
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I’ll let Bobby explain this for himself (taken from Bobby Conn’s myspace [...]

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We don’t get a lot of news about Eurovision here in the United States, but this clip from Sebastien Tellier has been making the rounds.  For good reason, as it turns out.  C’est fantastique!
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Sebastien Tellier – Divine
I’m not sure how exactly Sebastien was chosen to represent France at Eurovision 2008, but it seems to have [...]

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Devendra Banhart – Carmensita
Yes, that’s the extremely cute Natalie Portman, Devendra Banhart’s girlfriend.  Is that Jon Lovitz in there as well?
This video comes at a strange time for me.  You see, in the past couple of days I’ve watched The Darjeeling Limited and El Topo.  It’s kind of freaky how these two movies fit right [...]

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