In the spirit of their annual year-in-review, in which music trends from the past 12 months are explored, Billboard examines the intersection of indie rock and advertising. Read the entire article here, which features our own EP Daron Hollowell!

Black Iris’ track for MTV Exit’s “Planet Better” featuring the vocals of Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, music by BI producer Lewis Pesacov and lyrics by Big Search’s Matt Popieluch just got nominated for SHOOT Mag’s Top Track of the Year!

Please take a minute to vote for us here!

The polls close at midnight EST this Wednesday, December 7th!

MTV EXIT ‘Planet Better’ from Paranoid US on Vimeo.

Nissan LEAF’s “Gas Powered Everything” spot, of which Black Iris composed the original score for, has just been placed on Tim Nudd’s Adweek’s “10 Best Commercials of 2011” list…check it out!!

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We channeled our inner tough-guy ‘tude when we worked on this spot Tundra spot with Toyota. It shows, right?

Our talented friend and Black Iris composer Asa Taccone (Electric Guest) recently wrote the song ‘Anna’ for Charlotte Gainsbourg’s upcoming album Stage Whisper. Click the image below to listen to a snippet of ‘Anna’.