MUSIC BUZZ: Two Brooklyn-based, Milwaukee-bred brothers that combine perky electropop with - gasp! - actual instrumentation, namely via the French Horn. Between the groveling hipsters and pride-filled band teachers who undoubtedly fill the rooms at their shows, trying to figure out whose stonewashed jeans are ironic and whose were on sale at Costco has to be one of the most fun - albeit challenging - games ever.

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The Best Links:

1. How Two Brothers Merged Synth, Symphony and Catchy Hooks to Launch a ‘Rebellion’
2. French Horn Rebellion Is Cute Overload [More Downloads]
3. “Broken Heart” (Williamsburg Version)
4. “I Mean, Come On, Who Uses a French Horn to Make Electro-pop These Days? They Do. And It’s Legit.” [Plus Two Downloads]
5. French Horn Rebellion On MySpace
6. French Horn Rebellion On Whether Computers Will Inevitably Win
7. “Faultless Guilty Pleasure,” Just For You!
8. YouTube - French Horn Rebellion Play Live At An Eensy Weensy Party
9. “Up All Night” (Williamsburg Version)

CELEBRITY BUZZ: The estate of Heath Ledger has decided to go ahead with the restaurant that Ledger had been involved with before his death. The restaurant, tentatively called the Five Leaves, will be on the Bedford Avenue on the border of Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Seeing as how Ledger’s partner John McCormick is also one of the people behind Manhattan’s exclusive Beatrice Inn it will be interesting to see if any of us Williamsburg residents can actually get in.

The Best Links:

1. Heath Ledger’s Final Act
2. An Exclusive Look at the Heath Ledger–Backed Williamsburg Bistro
3. Heath Ledger’s Posthumous Celebrity Restaurant
4. Celebrity Backers
5. Italian Week Ledger’s Restaurant
6. Heath Ledger Restarant Puns (The Brokeback Fountain)

MUSIC BUZZ: Not quite blues, not necessarily folk, not totally rock, this Pennsylvania-bred singer/songwriter is making indie music bloggers very, very happy. Signed to V2 records and having recently landed a gig on Letterman, Langhorne Slim (along with his drummer and upright bassist The War Eagles) seems set on his way to appearing on many Best Of 2008 lists come December.

The Best Links:

1. Download, Like, Everything Langhorne
2. Langhorne Slim Would “Scare the Piss Out of Most of the ‘Oh Brother Where Art Thou Crowd’”
3. “Restless” on Letterman
4. “Rebel Side Of Heaven”
5. Langhorne Slim Comes from “Where Nights Have No Expiration and the Moon Provides the Lamplight for Mischief and Smoldering Heart and Mind Situations”
6. The Hottest Jewish Cowboy Since Bob Dylan

MUSIC BUZZ: Late-nineties gem Imani Coppola is one half of the Brooklyn duo, whose weirdo hip-pop sound we find awesomely unshakable. Plus, how can you resist a pop act that incorporates Diane Sawyer into a song about skanks?

The Best Links:

1. Download “Crying for the Queen”
2. Download “The Stoop” and “The World Should Revolve Around Me”
3. Little Jackie On MySpace
4. Black Barbie
5. Does “Black Barbie” Deserve to Become the Next Great Internet Sensation?
6. “Legend of a Cowgirl,” Imani’s Late 90’s Hit
7. “Lily Allen Meets Lauryn Hill”

MUSIC BUZZ: The boy-girl self-described “fantasy rock” duo is quietly making a name for themselves on the East Coast as they continue to draw comparisons to Postal Service and Broken Social Scene. Alongside labelmates MGMT, Savoir Adore is continuing in Brooklyn’s tireless fight to conquer the iTunes library of the skinny-jeans-and-bedhead set.

The Best Links:

1. Download 4 Savoir Adore Songs for $0.00!
2. Savoir Adore: “Backed by a Trained Chorus of Several Small Birds and Band of Guinea Pigs On Wheels”
3. Savoir Adore on MySpace!
4. Savoir Adore: “‘Creepy’ in the Best Ways Ever.”
5. “Some of Their Songs Remind Me of the Mellow Epicdom of Broken Social Scene, While Others Reminded Me of the Fun, Electro-pop Sounds of the Postal Service.”