Friday Random Ten

Nacao Zumbi - Respirando
Telephone Jim Jesus - Ugly Knees
Sleater-Kinney - The Fox
Clarence Reid - Funky Party
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - Mission Impossible
Ultravox - Just for a Moment
Disco Zombies - Mary Millington
Sonics - Boss Hoss
Modern Lovers - The Modern World
Residents - Kawlija

Too bad there wasn't a Zombies tune in there--we sort of had a theme going.

Nacao Zumbi is a band I discovered in 2008; below the fold is a video of my favorite song of theirs (and I even really like the video--yes, I am a geek). What new artists did y'all run across last year?
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