Long-ago dark-synth BTW Cold Cave's "Life Magazine" is no stranger to the advertising realm: Around the holidays Love Comes Close's poppiest moment ended up in a regularly aired Radio Shack spot.…   Read Story »

Weezer's "raw rock" LP Hurley is out 9/13 via the band's new label Epitaph. You've heard "Memories" and you know Dan Wilson and Ryan Adams guest. You may have even heard the whole album. (Premature…   Read Story »

This new iPad commerical features Chilly Gonzales' "Never Stop." If you look close enough -- beneath the David Sedaris -- you'll see it also features David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest: "'I read,'…   Read Story »

Yesterday we heard Free Energy's "Bang Pop" as remixed by Fool's Gold. Today Stuck On Nothing's "Dream City" surfaces in a Target ad introducing pro snowboarder/skateboarder Shaun White's new…   Read Story »

When we posted "All Summer," the Converse-funded collaboration between Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino, Kid Cudi, and Rostam Batmanglij, it was accompanied by a photo of the trio mugging with…   Read Story »

Converse just released the next in its series of unlikely collaborations -- last summer it was Santigold, Julian Casablancas and Pharrell doing "My Drive Thru." This year, it's an explicit summer…   Read Story »

You have to love the influences Montreal/Toronto duo Thunderheist list on their MySpace: "Isis = Redbull Vodka, Jazz, French Boys and everything Spanish! Grahm= drum machines and dirty dirty synths…   Read Story »

Earlier this year Adidas launched a series of Star Wars-branded shoes and clothing, so they turned to Lucasfilm again for this new commercial in their 2010 Originals series. This commercial combines…   Read Story »

As part of Levi's Pioneer Series -- which also welcomed Nas (covering Slick Rick) and She & Him (handling Rick Nelson) -- Dirty Projectors did a loose, spacious, vocally rich take on Dylan's "I…   Read Story »

Japandroids' cover of UK alt/noise-rock trio Mclusky's "To Hell With Good Intentions" appears on No Singles, a recent compilation of two previously self-released EPs. Or, if you're a Japandroids…   Read Story »