The XX Biography The xx are a band from south west London, England, formed in 2005. Consisting of four 20-year-olds, they met at Elliott School, notable for alumni including Hot Chip, Burial and Four Tet. They were placed at number 6 in the 2009 NME The Future 50 list. Their debut album, xx, was released on Young Turks Records on 17 August 2009. Though the band had worked with both Diplo and Kwes., xx was produced by the band themselves and mixed by Jamie Smith and Rodaidh McDonald. The band have toured with The Big Pink and Micachu. Their single "Crystalised" was featured on iTunes (UK) as Single of the Week, starting from 18 August 2009.
Web giant Google rolls out first ad campaign on US networks to promote web browser Chrome Comments (16)
* Bobbie Johnson * guardian.co.uk, Monday 11 May 2009 10.23 BST * Article history
Google has launched its first television advertising campaign across a range of US networks.
The company's TV adverts are an attempt to draw the public's attention to Chrome, the web browser that it launched last year in an attempt to compete with Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
The company has famously avoided traditional marketing in the past – indeed, its website boasts that it has become "one of the world's best known brands almost entirely through word of mouth".
guardian.co.uk, Monday 11 May 2009 10.23 BST Bobbie Johnson
Animation by James Jarvis. Directed by Richard Kenworthy, and music courtesy of Caribou
An animation by James Jarvis about the joys of running - Nike sponsored this however i really like the way that the brand is not too intrusive on the artistic work