MTV Buzzworthy Blog › Oh It's That Song

Three-piece Brooklyn electro-pop band Chairlift (shown here in couture gladiator gear) is the latest band to get Apple's iPod-hawking, insta-fame treatment, and rightfully so; their dreamy single, "Bruises," the one that goes "I tried to do handstands for you, but every time I fell for you" -- has been somersaulting through my brain for weeks now, and their debut LP, Does You Inspire You, isn't even out until tomorrow.

Lead singer Caroline Polachek's breathy-but-bold feminine vocals (think The Cardigans' Nina Persson) float hauntingly above sweetly (but not too sweet) simple (but not too simple) keys and unobtrusive drum beats as my desire to buy an electric turquoise Nano arm wrestles with my desire to buy a Nano in bright purple.

Watch a full-length Chairlift set from Baebelmusic, listen to "Earwig Town," check out Chairlift's fall Yeasayer tour dates, and watch Nena's classic "99 Luft Balloons" video -- the godmother of female-fronted electro-pop if ever there was one.

Past "Oh! It’s ‘That’ Songs"
+ Lenka, "The Show"
+ Throw Me The Statue, “Lolita”
+ Ingrid Michaelson, “The Way I Am”

Tags Chairlift, Nena, Oh It's That Song

That sweet "I'm just a little bit caught in the middle/ Life is a maze and love is a riddle" coming-of-age/ soundtrack-of-self-discovery song you've heard on all those Ugly Betty promos and in commercials for Old Navy? That's Lenka. Her song "Don't Let Me Fall" was in the premiere episode of the new 90210 (it's like Gossip Girl, but less OMG-ier!) And if there were a Sara Bareilles/ Yael Naim/ Emily Haines school of songwriting, the Aussie singer-songwriter would its fourth member. (The former Decoder Ring singer's also a deadringer for Rose McGowan, except Lenka is really cute and not frightening.)

Watch Lenka's incredibly darling new video, "The Show" -- very Feist-y without as much awkward dancing -- and listen to her self-titled album before it hits stores next week at VH1.com.

Past "Oh! It's 'That' Songs"
+ Throw Me The Statue, "Lolita"
+ Ingrid Michaelson, "The Way I Am"

Tags Feist, Lenka, Oh It’s That Song, Sara Bareilles, Yael Naim