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Heard It On TV: The Temper Trap and Diet Coke

Diet Coke has recently revved up the rotation for its mesmerizing commercial featuring “Sweet Disposition” by The Temper Trap, an Australian band with U2-inspired guitars.

Jess G. —

Sep 19, 2010

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All the Albums Release on Sep.14th: Your Handsy Guide to the Extravaganzasplosiongasm

Today, new records drop from Azure Ray, Justin Townes Earle, of Montreal, Weezer, Robert Plant, Bilal, Brandon Flowers and many more. Lindsay’s here to give us the run down.

Lindsay Eanet —

Sep 14, 2010

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On Loving ‘F**k You’ By Cee-Lo

Last Thursday, Cee-Lo Green (one half of Gnarls Barkley) debuted “F**k You” from his upcoming album, ‘The Lady Killer.’ The song has now racked up almost 2.5 million views, with…

Jess G. —

Aug 26, 2010

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The Cliks and Hunter Valentine Interview Each Other

Lucas from the Cliks and Kiyomi from Hunter Valentine take some time out from their US ‘Guts ‘N Glory’ tour to interview each other for Autostraddle. The result is so…

Crystal —

Aug 24, 2010

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9 Definitive Elements of Every Tegan & Sara Music Video

Does Tegan and Sara’s new video for “Northshore” have everything a Tegan and Sara video should have? Lifetime fans Interns Laura & Emily go through the cannon and come out…

Laura —

Aug 11, 2010

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Lollapalooza 2010 Dispatch Day Three: Jesus Never Showed Up, but The Temper Trap Did

Personally, I feel that protesters are a barometer for how fun something will be, and Sunday did not disappoint. So many bands! Hockey, MGMT, The National, Arcade Fire, Mumford &…

Sarah —

Aug 10, 2010

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Lollapalooza 2010 Dispatch Day Two: Phoenix, Phoenix, Phoenix

Trapped inside living vicariously through your fun-having, summer-loving, concert-going friends? Perfect! Insatiable and Fearless Music Aficionado Sarah is back with another dispatch from Lollapalooza, which is probably a lot more…

Sarah —

Aug 8, 2010

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Lollapalooza 2010 Dispatch Day One: Lady Gaga’s Revenge

Lollapalooza opened the first night with Lady Gaga, who got misunderstood at Lolla 2007 and was back to show she can really shake ’em down, with DJ Lady Starlight. Also,…

Sarah —

Aug 7, 2010

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Amanda Palmer Performs The Popular Hits of Radiohead on Her Magical Ukulele

Amanda Palmer plays some Radiohead hits on her ukulele and Crystal has some good feelings about it. Do you?

Crystal —

Aug 6, 2010

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Record Club: Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid

The first meeting of the Audiostraddle Record Club starts now! Today’s topic: “The ArchAndroid” by Janelle Monáe.

Crystal —

Jul 27, 2010

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Heard It On TV: AT&T and Nick Drake

AT&T’s latest commercial features “From The Morning” by English singer-songwriter Nick Drake. Jess G.’s first encountered his music a decade ago on Young Americans, a TV series starring then-unknown actress…

Jess G. —

Jul 22, 2010

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M.I.A. Gets Messy, Ted Leo Gets Tired and The Best Videos Get Animated

Indie-rocker Ted Leo is not retiring and tells fans to spend 10 f*cking dollars on his album. M.I.A. performs on Letterman, new videos from The Avett Brothers and Flying Lotus,…

Jess G. —

Jul 19, 2010