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Female folk-pop fans -- Mandy Moore, Yael Naim, Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson, Brandi Carlile (you know = "smart-girl songwriters") -- please assure me that the tremendously talented Amie Miriello is already on your radar. Yes? Good. Did we not tell you about her back in August, right before she released her album, I Came Around? Indeed we did.

So, Amie Miriello just released a brand-new video entitled... "Brand New," directed by Chris Berkenkamp, and it's an artful series of summer snapshots and memories wrapped around a hypnotically sensual chorus that'll make you yearn for a couple of reckless summer flings, no matter how dysfunctional. And yes, that is Nick Lachey.

(Oh yeah, and David Archuleta fans -- Amie's on Team Archie too since they toured together earlier this year. But you knew that.)

Tags Amie Miriello, Brandi Carlile, David Archuleta, ingrid-michaelson, Nick Lachey, Sara Bareilles, Yael Naim

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

Yael Naim is a little Cat Power, slightly Feist, vaguely Regina Spektor and a bit Beirut. And the Parisian/Israeli singer-songwriter is also currently the biggest little artist you haven't heard of but probably know.

Like Feist, Yael Naim became an Apple darling when Steve Jobs himself selected her lovely, lilting single, "New Soul" to helm the TV spot for the MacBook Air (that name always makes us think of old-school Jordans or something) -- trust us, you've seen that commercial and heard that song. That ubiquitous commercial spot also earned her a top 10 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, (apparently Apple's got "impact!"), and now she's planning a U.S. tour to coincide with the release of her first U.S. album this March.

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Tags Celebrity, Feist, Music, Regina Spektor, video, Videos, Yael Naim