As a promotion for Air France -- the airline, not the defunct Balearic Swede-pop duo -- Chairlift leader Caroline Polachek and debonair French electro-pop lothario Sébastien Tellier have recorded a…   Read Story »

Remember that VW ad that egregiously ripped off Beach House's "Take Care"? Of course you do, it is embarrassing and reprehensible on the part of the ad agency, DDB, that created it. Beach House tried…   Read Story »

A new Sprint commercial features a digitized version of Wilco's Summerteeth standout "I'm Always In Love," which is played by a whole load of HTC EVO smartphones. Watch it below. (via…   Read Story »

Caveman are a New York band, so it only seems appropriate that their sunny song "My Time" should soundtrack an "I Love New York" tourism commercial, though it seems a bit off that the ad focuses on…   Read Story »

The instrumental bed of Lana Del Rey's "Blue Jeans" sits beneath this Nespresso commercial. Behold, the latest entry into Commercial Appeal, non-Siri edition: (via Hipster Runoff, via…   Read Story »

For a second, a Keds commercial starring a young, blonde Lana Del Rey lived on YouTube, but it's been removed thanks to a UMG copyright claim. (Keds has confirmed that it was indeed LDR, though.) In…   Read Story »

Rockstar will roll out the third Max Payne title later this spring, and that video game's original soundtrack features some new material from L.A. noise rockers HEALTH. The track is called "TEARS,"…   Read Story »

ZoZo and Siri hook up for an iPhone commercial. Watch below. "Siri, who invented yarn?" and more at Videogum.   Read Story »

INXS's "Need You Tonight" is one of the all-time great karaoke jams because it's a great song and because you don't actually have to be any good at singing to do it justice; you get just go full-on…   Read Story »

The members of New York's suddenly-awesome underground rap scene aren't exactly the most conventionally attractive group of dudes on the face of the earth, but they do know how to look cool. And the…   Read Story »