It seems the tide of public opinion around the ‘Queen of Quirk’ has changed and the inevitable backlash has begun.

The Best Links:

1. Amazing Girls
2. Zooey Deschanel’s Music Career
3. Zooey Deschanel Sucks or Rules: Let the Internet be the Judge
4. The Unbearable Quirkiness of the Unstoppable Charm Of Zooey Deschanel
5. Deep thoughts from Zooey Deschanel
6. “Is Zooey Deschanel the Most Boring Person Alive? A Scientific Survey.”

Indie singer Jill Sobule set up a telethon style website to raise $75,000 for her next album.

The Best Links:

1. “I Assist a Girl” Metafilter Disscussion
2. Singer-songwriter Jill Sobule Asks Fans to Fund Her Next CD
3. Jill Sobule - I Kissed A Girl
4. Jill Sobule Turns To Fans To Finance Making A New CD
5. Jill Sobule and the Patronage Model
6. Give Me Your Money
7. Jill Sobule Goes to Fans for Album Financing
8. Jill Sobule’s Mom Vouches For Her
9. Jill’s Next Record! Official Website
10. Jill Sobule is Ready for the New Digital Recorded Music Age

Thao Nguyen and her band the Get Down Stay Down is getting tons of buzz (from Nina Garcia, even) for her brand of poppy folk and introspective lyrics.

The Best Links:

1. Quirkier than Chan Marshall, This Album Is Filled with Joy and Childlike Eccentricity
2. Thao Nguyen Essays on The State of Feminism, Her Love for Health Food, Band Stuff
3. Get 3 Mp3s Here
4. Watch: Thao Nguyen Covers Aretha Franklin At Sea
5. Get Two Mp3s
6. YouTube - Listen to “Fear and Convenience” (There’s Handclaps in this Song!)
7. YouTube - Watch the Thao Nguyen podcast
8. She’s Our Hero! Check out the Tour Dates
9. Listen to Thao Talk about Kill Rock Stars, Her New Album, and Her Last Name
10. Photos from the Knitting Factory Show

Her new tracks with M. Ward are sounding great. Stream here .

The Best Links:

1. Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward on Antiques, the Beatles, and Singing Actresses
2. Zooey Deschanel Becomes World’s First Competent Singing Actor
3. The Highly Anticipated TRACK LISTING!
4. Zooey Deschanel Following in Scarlett Johannson’s Footsteps?
5. Photos from Zooey’s Cabaret Act “If All the Stars Were Pretty Babies”
6. Yes, The Girl Can Actually Sing
7. Download Four Songs by M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel
8. Zooey Will Go on the Radio to Talk about Her Appearance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
9. Zooey Deschanel’s MySpace Page
10. YouTube - Zooey Deschanel sings ‘Lonesome Town’
11. Pitchfork Reports: M. Ward/Zooey Deschanel Album Details Surface

Swedish chanteuse is poised for blog-birthed stardom a la Lily Allen and Annie.

The Best Links:

1. How Lykke Li Went From Pretending to Be a Swedish Pop Star to Being One
2. She Has a Pair of the Fullest Lips Ever and I Kind of Can’t Stop Looking at Them
3. YouTube - Lykke Li “I’m Good, I’m Gone”
4. “Lykke Li may be the new Annie or Sally Shapiro or Robyn”
5. Stereogum’s Artist To Watch: Lykke Li
6. This Cute Little Song Will Get Stuck in Your Head
7. Lykke Li on MySpace
8. Lykke Li’s Official Website
9. She Was Adorable, and So Were Her Dance Moves
10. YouTube - Watch the Video for “Little Bit”
11. “Lykke Li will be huge. Like, it’s not even a question.”

Hip Parisian record label puts out dance music by Justice and Uffie.

The Best Links:

1. PHOTOS FROM Ed Banger’s Justice’s Offcial after party featuring Erol Alkan, Xavier de Rosnay (Justice), JDH, Dave P, and more!
2. Ed Banger’s Justice confuses American audiences on Jimmy Kimmel
3. Ed Banger’s Busy P makes the crowd dance and shows his love for Daft Punk
4. Ed Banger’s Mr. Oizo American Debut @ Studio B in Brooklyn, NYC
5. Justice’s Dance Will be the New Jam this Summer
6. See Pics from the Ed Banger Night
7. An interview with Ed Banger’s Uffie
8. Uffie live in Los Angeles
9. Ed Banger Warehouse Revue - The Kids Showed up in Droves
10. Free 10-Minute Ed Banger Medley
11. “I saw Uffie’s boob at Cinespace one night.” Also, Watch Ed Banger Promo Videos
12. What the Kids are Dancing to These Days
13. “Anyone selling stock in ED BANGER RECORDS?”
14. Ed Banger Soulwax Mix
15. One of those Rare Record Labels That Just Gets Everything Right - The Music, the Packaging
16. At the Ed Banger Party: “My neck hurts from headbanging”

A one time member of Sufjan Stevens’ choir harem, St. Vincent is dominating the music blogs with the song “Now Now.”

The Best Links:

1. Stream St. Vincent’s New Album “Actor’
2. St. Vincent Wearing an Amazing Mondrianesque Dress
3. Counting the Days til Album Comes Out
4. “Boston Globe” Describes Her as “Adorably Spunky Guitar Prodigy”
5. Listen to an mp3 that Isn’t “Now Now”
6. Live Show Review: She’s Funny! And Self-Deprecating!
7. New Album Actually Lives up to Live Show
8. Schoolboy Crushworthy
9. She Is an INSANE Guitar Player!!!