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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.

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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: The Australian-born former child actor is making a splash with his futuristic funk that is as progressive as it is a throwback to eighties New Wave. Despite oozing a hipster aesthetic of dressing like an extra on the set of White Men Can’t Jump (and waiting for you to appreciate it), Sparro backs up his colorful style with a signature sound that proves he is, in fact, the real deal.

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The Best Links:

1. Mika, Part II?
2. Sam Sparro’s Official Page
3. “Black And Gold”
4. “Cottonmouth”
5. Sam Sparro: “Ridiculously Bad Ass”
6. He’s Here, He’s Queer, Get Used To It

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.

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The Best Links:

1. Download 4 Savoir Adore Songs for $0.00!
2. Savoir Adore Blows The Roof Off
3. Savoir Adore: “Backed by a Trained Chorus of Several Small Birds and Band of Guinea Pigs On Wheels”
4. Savoir Adore on MySpace!
5. Savoir Adore: “‘Creepy’ in the Best Ways Ever.”
6. “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.”

MUSIC BUZZ: Meet the newest, hippest purveyors of “noise music.” Although such categorization may sound like a torture method straight out of Gitmo, the kids are loving it.

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The Best Links:

1. ZOMG! F**k Buttons Rated 8.6 On Pitchfork!
2. F**k Buttons: The Official Site
3. Stereogum Gives F**k Buttons Two Indielicious Thumbs Up [Download “Bright Tomorrow” Here!]
4. The Village Voice Calls Their Music “Virtuosic, Complicated Noise”
5. Pop Matters Calls Their Music “Aural Waterboaring, Tender Or Tortuous, Melodic Or Mind-meltingly Loud”
6. F**k Buttons Tour Dates
7. “Bright Tomorrow” - Music Video Or Awesome Screen Saver?
8. Miami New Times Calls Their Music “Swollen, Mescaline Findfucks and Floaty, Ativan Reveries”
9. Most People Like F**k Buttons
10. F**k Buttons Live At The Woolfire Festival
11. Listen to More Tracks at Last.fm

MUSIC BUZZ: People are saying good things about her upcoming album of Tom Waits covers, Anywhere I Lay My Head . While the idea of an actor doing a concept album would usually make us shiver , ScarJo has apparently pulled it off.

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The Best Links:

1. Confirmed: Scarlett Johansson Makes Best-Ever Album by an Actor
2. Listen to the Leak!
3. The Track-By-Track Preview of “Anywhere I Lay My Head”
4. Most Importantly, What Does Stereogum Think?
5. See ScarJo Lay Her Head (On Album Cover Art)
6. The Ten Greatest Albums Made by Actors (See? Anything Is Possible!)