I’m such a sucker for that riff. Love the looped sample, too.

Not sure Leno’s audience is quite the target market, but whatever. Love her anyway…

I wish I had made it to this… So cool!

Gorillaz recently played an intimate live set for BBC1 Radio’s Live Lounge, where they did stripped down version of “On Melancholy Hill” and “Doncamatic”, as well as this excellent cover of The xx’s “Crystalised.” I’m kind of obsessed with this cover, as it’s one of my favorite people in the world singing one of my favorite songs from last year. Also, is it me or does guest vocalist Daley look like a Thompson Twin circa 1984?

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The blog “Music For Kids Who Can’t Read Good” has a collection of commercials featuring music from Morning Benders (see above), Joanna Newsom and Los Campesinos, among others. We at Drawer B are still in shock from the Gang of Four Xbox ad.

“…the petty compromises of day-to-day existence, of getting by and getting ahead, the moment right before that which may go by in a flash or last for years when you can’t help but concentrate on the big picture and wonder what the hell it all means…”

Vanity Fair

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