NewNowNext music dispatch: The Killers, Blake Lewis, and more!

Every Friday our friend Colin over at NewNowNext passes us a few of the best bits of music news so we can pretend to be all hip and stuff when we do all the fabulous things we do over the weekend. Like shop for cat litter. Here's what's hot this week!

Video for "The Way I Am" - Ingrid Michaelson

The new video from New York indie musician Ingrid Michaelson comes courtesy of her album, Girls and Boys ... although you may know it from Grey's Anatomy or as the sweater song from those Old Navy commercials. But hey - she has her own sad-clown-themed video too, and you can check it out after the break!

New Killers video - "Don't Shoot Me Santa"

Have you ever had a dream involving Brandon Flowers of The Killers tied to a chair? Well, now you can live vicariously through a murderous Santa Claus, 'cause Brandon is begging for his life! 

Listen to new Ashlee Simpson track - "Outta My Head"

Hate all you want, but the new song, from the lip-synching l'il sis's upcoming album is pretty damn catchy. Ashlee sings that we need to leave her alone ... Hmm - and so many of us were thinking the same thing about her!

Review of Blake Lewis' album - Audio Daydream

The runner-up is at it again! Beat-boxing Blake may not have won the last season of American Idol, but his new album is a whole lot of fun and a whole lot of '80s. Check out the review and full-album stream.

Watch the Girl in a Coma video - "Say"

Joan Jett discovered these three Texas rockers, and the rest is history. They took their name from The Smiths, but their sound, and their visuals, are all their own.