Chalking up the kudos

<p><a href="http://bandweblogs.com/guestbloggers/2008/03/13/the-parlotones-south-africa%e2%80%99s-finest-chart-toppers-unleash-their-electrifying-blend-of-emo-indie-on-uk-shores/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The Parlotones - South Africa’s finest chart toppers unleash their electrifying blend of emo indie on UK shores"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The Parlotones - South Africa’s finest chart toppers unleash their electrifying blend of emo indie on UK shores</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">...<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">'<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJheWfvuofc" id="video-long-title-TJheWfvuofc" rel="nofollow" title="Beautiful by The Parlotones">Beautiful' by The Parlotones</a> released in the UK on 4th February 2008 was handpicked as the soundtrack for Fujifilm’s TV advertising campaign in Ireland and was the single to kick start it all outside of South Africa.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The genius of the band was recognised earlier in the year when the Gold selling ‘<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u__gUQWwTnM" id="video-long-title-u__gUQWwTnM" rel="nofollow" title="The Parlotones - RadioControlledRobot">RadioControlledRobot</a>' (released early in 2008 in the UK) won them the SAMA Best Rock Album at the South Africa’s Music Awards (The equivalent of the UK Brits) and spawned 3 top ten singles including a number 1.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Their debut UK single, ‘<strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-NzgdH14EM" id="video-long-title-L-NzgdH14EM" rel="nofollow" title="Parlotones - Dragonflies & Astronauts">Dragonflies & Astronauts</a></strong>’, was nominated for two international awards, one of which is the world renowned ResFest Digital Film Festival (</span><a href="http://www.resfest.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">www.resfest.com</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">) for best video.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SdllbXv4uEI&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SdllbXv4uEI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p></p>

Chalking up the kudos

The Parlotones - South Africa’s finest chart toppers unleash their electrifying blend of emo indie on UK shores ... ' Beautiful' by ...

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Friday Boogie Woogie

<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#990000;">One of the best, most addicting singles ever to hit the planet! A</span></strong></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#990000;"> great song to dance to and the video is awesome, a good-time 1940's big band romp.</span></strong></span></p><object height="378" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x1i3jb_christina-aguilera-candyman-untagge_music&related=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/x1i3jb_christina-aguilera-candyman-untagge_music&related=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="378" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1i3jb_christina-aguilera-candyman-untagge_music"><span style="font-family:arial;">Christina Aguilera - Candyman (Untagged)</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><p></p>

Friday Boogie Woogie

One of the best, most addicting singles ever to hit the planet! A great song to dance to and the video is awesome, a good-time 1940's b...

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MONDAY NOONER

<p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The Closest Thing to Crazy - Katie Melua</span><br /><br /><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/27RVIgW7L8c&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/27RVIgW7L8c&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><p><br /></p>

MONDAY NOONER

The Closest Thing to Crazy - Katie Melua

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