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Art Brut is the latest band to be taken under the wing of T-Mobile's advertising department with the above ad, which debuted during the Grammys last night and which is, I guess, supposed to serve as a testament to the band's canniness as far as its ability to market itself. While I do think that your average non-blog-reader will be able to figure out that the Brit collective is a real band—and not just some ad exec's caffeine-fueled "inspiration"—more easily than she was with Of Montreal's T-Mobile spot from a few months back, part of me wonders why Art Brut's reps didn't fight to have the band's name chyroned on the screen for maximum Google potential. You just know that Teyana Taylor would have her lawyers write a "my name must be on screen for at least four seconds" clause in her contract. [MySpace; warning, embedded remix of OneRepublic's "Apologize" inexplicably within^*] More »

A few weeks ago, when Art Brut's It's A Bit Complicated escaped to the Internet, we only got to have one "spin" before deciding which songs to post up. Now that we've spent a week with it, we owe you an apology: "Direct Hit," below, is clearly the album's highlight—a chugging, "wooo-hoooo"-assisted tutorial on looking good on the dance floor: More »

A few months ago, Art Burt leaked some demos from its forthcoming It's A Bit Complicated; now, the whole album has found its way to the Internet. We still need a few more listens, but on first pass, Complicated sounds like a haphazardly assembled collection of songs about old relationships, punk rock and old relationships with punk rock. In other words, it's an Art Brut album: More »