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Apropos of nothing - four songs that have given me goosebumps in the last 24 hours.

MNDR - Cut Me Out

A portion of peculiar pop from New York's MNDR (her off of Mark Ronson's Bang Bang Bang). It is available for download from something called Green Label Sound, which is probably very fashionable if you're the sort of person who thinks record labels are fashionable, ie a moron.


A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rime
They didn't just do Can I Kick It, you know.


She & Him - Don't Look Back

Zooey Deschanel is delightful as ever in this retro throwback acoustipop concoction. But is it just me, or do her eyes look all raw like she's been crying? Zooey - you are always welcome at Discopop Towers if you need a comforting hug that definitely won't get weird and uncomfortable.


Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris - Love Hurts
Without wanting to sound like the sort of person who writes for Mojo magazine, this is possibly the best duet ever committed to tape. Drenched in regret, this is gut-wrenchingly, achingly beautiful. If you only know Cher's version, this is going to make you re-evaluate everything.

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She & Him & Her & Me

This video is something of a triumph, making what was already quite a cute song even cuter still. It's like being tickled by a thousand puppy-dog noses while Rachel Bilson blows you a kiss and a nearby baby gurgles with delight at a stuffed toy kitten. You may do a little sick at the end of it. But it'll be the healthy, cleansing sort of sick, I promise.

She & Him - In The Sun


She & Him are singer-songwriter M Ward and Hollywood starlet Zooey Deschanel. This may explain how they managed to get Peyton Reed (Bring It On) to direct the video.

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