There's an interesting article in this week's L.A. Weekly:
"The Kids Aren't Alright . . . They're Amazing": Why what was old and
lost and a bit odd is young and new - and exciting - again
by Jay Babcock

http://www.laweekly.com/ink/03/44/features-babcock.php
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/printme.php?eid=47148 *
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Features introductions to: Devendra Banhart, The Black Key, The Coral,
The Cuts, Entrance, Jet, Kings of Leon, Sondre Lerche, The Libertines,
The Sleepy Jackson, Starsailor and Whirlwind Heat.

Nice to see Sondre Lerche getting a little notice:
"Solo easygoing folker from Northern Europe, with a clear
genetic basis in Nick Drake and Donovan. Lotsa wide-screen
production à la those guys and Glen Campbell. Vaguely bossa
nova. Pass the champagne."

Anyone on the list heard The Sleepy Jackson? Sounds like my
kind of album (some of it, anyway):
"Beautiful country-Beatles, John Lennon "Mind Games" melodies and
great acid-naif lyrics, all loved up into a futuristic, majestic sheen with
pedal steel, choirs, piano and the occasional Chic beat."

Bryan