Two more songs I’m really into right now:

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. Okay, complete awesome ridiculousness. This is a Ukrainian polka (?) band covering Katy Perry’s “Hot and Cold.” And it’s amazing. I heard it on NPR’s This American Life recently (the episode from two weeks ago, “Middle of the Night,” starts with a description of teenagers driving around late at night and they play this song; overall I wasn’t pleased with that episode, though; “Mind Games” was about three times as good) and had to go find it. And I did. It’s hilarious but actually quite good. (Watch the video.)

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. I just heard this the other day, but two blogs I read (Liz Turner’s being one, and the excellent Said the Gramophone being the other) had posted about Bombadil before. I know next to nothing about them, but their name seems obviously borrowed from J.R.R. Tolkein’s character Tom Bombadil, so it’s hard not to think they’re bound to be fun. Which they are. Although actually I always kind of hated his section. Anyway, here’s the video, which was posted on yet another blog. They’re pretty great. (And it looks like you can listen to the whole album here.)