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Fourteen Catchiest Apple Ads (Plus, Who's That Singing In The New Nano Commercial?)

With their clean lines, bright hues, tech-forward features and cultural cache, it often seems like Apple products simply sell themselves. But what, then, of the hundreds of equally stylish—and so often mesmerizing—television ads the company's shelled out for over the years? Are they just for our amusement? Well, no, but sometimes they might as well be. There are few other ad campaigns with the capacity to stop TV viewers in their commercial-break tracks from the sofa to the fridge, and few others worth seeking out on YouTube even after you've gone to great TiVo-related lengths to avoid them the first...  read more

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Austin City Limits 2008 - Day 2

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[Above: We Go To 11]Photos taken at Austin City Limits by Rob Inderrieden...  read more

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Austin City Limits 2008, Day 2: Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, CSS, Man Man

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Let me add this to Kate’s Fleet Foxes write-up: Though they seemed more than a little overwhelmed by the immensity of the AMD stage (“We’re not used to communicating on this scale,” lead singer Robin Pecknold apologized) when the awkward banter finally dissolved into music, it was fantastic. “Ragged Wood” always gives me goosebumps—and even today, in the heat of the day, they rolled right up my sweaty legs. ...  read more

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Monolith Festival 2008 - Day 2

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[Above: The Kills]Photos taken by Mark C. Austin at Red Rocks Amphitheatre...  read more

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CSS: Donkey

CSS' name, an abbreviation of the Brazilian-Portuguese phrase...  read more

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The Reign of the Profane

Though CSS has shed the overt pop of its 2006 debut (which spawned the highest ever Billboard charting single for a Brazilian artist, “Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex”), the true nation of origin for the electro-punks’ Sub Pop follow-up, Donkey, is still the dancefloor...  read more

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Lollapalooza 2008 round-up

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Above: Bang CamaroAnother Lollapalooza weekend has come and gone and music fans of all stripes left happy (unless, of course, they were fans of the Weakerthans, who had to cancel as a result of travel problems). Despite a record attendance of 225,000 fans, festivities and rock went on seamlessy under sun-filled skies each day. The festival's organizers outdid themselves this year with opening acts, starting the weekend out with a bang. Bang Camaro, that is. Other rising stars followed suit on days two and three with the Ting Tings belting out their infectious pop tunes (we overheard Love and Rockets'...  read more

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CSS - "Rat is Dead (Rage)"

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Click above to watch "Rat is Dead (Rage)" from CSS's new record, Donkey out now on Sub Pop Related Links: CSS on Myspace...  read more

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