Commercial Watch: New Pornographers, Caribou, Best Coast, Those Darlins + more
July 14, 2011
It’s time for the annual Summer Edition of Commercial Watch, where I again highlight some of the songs that those marketing folks are harvesting for mass consumption. Since I realize most of you are the Hulu / DVR / next-day-on-youtube type, you’ve probably been blissfully unaware of the indie-savvy beer, car, and shoe ads that have been lighting up TV screens, so I’ve dug up some of the best ones for you. Lucky for you, there’s been a surplus in the past few months of indie music in commercials and it doesn’t look like the trend is going to stop anytime soon. The ads are all embedded below with MP3s included. Make sure to click the continue reading link to see the full post (it’s good till the last drop).
Amazon Kindle: The Book Lives On
MP3 The New Pornographers – Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk
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Molson Canadian: Reward Us
MP3: The Rural Alberta Advantage – Stamp
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2011 Lexus CT200h: Moment of Pure Discovery
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Bud Light Lime: Store
MP3 Peter, Bjorn and John – Second Chance
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2012 Kia Sorento: Joyride II
MP3 Those Darlins – Red Light Love
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Payless ShoeSource: Beach
MP3 Best Coast – When I’m With You
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American Express: Tweet Stories
MP3 Born Ruffians – Little Garcon
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Volkswagen Golf: Courage
MP3 The Jesus and Mary Chain – Just Like Honey
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Starbucks: What’s Your Starbucks Signature?
MP3 Freelance Whales – Generator First Floor
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Hyundai Accent: Magic Wand
MP3 The New Pornographers – Moves
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Payless ShoeSource: Street
MP3 Phantogram – Mouthful of Diamonds
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2012 Honda Civic: Date with a Woodsman
MP3 Barry Louis Polisar – All I Want
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Virgin Atlantic: Feeling Good
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Sony: Television Redefined
MP3 Magnetic Man ft. Katy B – Crossover
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Nokia N8: Blind Photographer
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Volkswagen Golf – Who Will He Marry?
MP3 The Wave Machines – Keep The Lights On
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Adidas: All In
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Heineken: The Entrance
MP3 The Asteroids Galaxy Tour – Golden Age
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Budweiser: Coming Home
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If you like what you see here, check out my other posts in the Commercial Watch series. Leave a comment if there’s any good commercial songs I’m missing.
Tags: Barry Louis Polisar, best coast, Born Ruffians, Brian Eno, Caribou, Commercial Watch, Dan Auerbach, Freelance Whales, Justice, Magnetic Man, Muse, Peter Bjorn and John, Phantogram, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The New Pornographers, The Rural Alberta Advantage, The Wave Machines, Those Darlins
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July 16th, 2011 at 2:21 pm
OMG how I love commercial’s music!!! I visit your site daily, and this is my favorite section! if you have any suggestions on other sites that post commercial songs please tell me!
keep doing it like this it’s an awesome site
July 23rd, 2011 at 8:49 am
really good great job
August 6th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Got directed here when searching for the Heineken commercial, but there is alot of good stuff here! It’s a really Good Thing I Can’t read Good!! No “eugoogilies” here; this website site will live forever!!!