French pop sensation Yelle

Every Friday our friend Colin over at NewNowNext tips us off to what's hot in popular music, but due to a flu and some jury duty, we weren't able to share them with you until today. (It's okay, it's not like music goes bad like milk or anything.)

Featured video: Yelle – “A Cause Des Garcons”

No U.S. album and our bloggers are still all over French electro-pop-ster Yelle, and MTV played her “A Cause Des Garcons” track on The Hills premiere. Yelle’s just so adorable and unapologetically spastic – and her video is nothing but ‘80s workout-inspired fun! She’s also not afraid to talk about sex: Her lyrics often touch on matters of “size” and girl-on-girl action. Check it out after the break.

Kimberley Locke, "Fall"

She was right behind Clay Aiken in the show’s second season, and American Idol invited Kimberley Locke to perform her new “Fall” single on Wednesday night. She’s slimmed down, but she still has that voice!

Clay's back for more

Speaking of Clay Aiken, check out the cover art for his upcoming, sophomore album, On My Way Here … and we’ve learned Claymates can’t take a joke…

The Raveonettes perform "Aly, Walk With Me" on Letterman

Watch the dark and dreamy duo The Raveonettes perform Lust, Lust, Lust track “Aly, Walk With Me” on David Letterman.

Yael Naim

That MacBook Air song...

Remember that song from the MacBook Air commercials? Well, that was French-Israeli singer Yael Naim … Check out the music video for her “New Soul” track.

Paramore - "That's What You Get" video

Tennessee power-pop band Paramore isn’t breaking up, got it? And they have a new video for “That’s What You Get.”