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Mixtape Confessions: TV Commercials: the New, Nonstop Playlist

[25 March 2008]

by Ben Rubenstein

TV commercials have become a legitimate source for discovering new music -- from Wilco on the Volkswagen ads, to Cat Power hawking DeBeers diamonds, to any number of artists pimping Apple.

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