Heard any cool songs in commercials, TV shows or movies lately and had to go straight to Google to try and figure out who the artist was who sang the song that won't get out of your head? Chances were at least one of those times, the track was from Bitter:Sweet.

Featuring some of the sweetest cross genre production and most sultry vocals you've ever heard, Los Angeles duo Bitter:Sweet has managed to find themselves featured behind more video clips that you can imagine. Songs from their debut album The Mating Game appear on Greys Anatomy, Nip/Tuck, Desperate Housewives, Entourage, Smallville and films including The Devil Wears Prada and Shoot Em Up.

The good news is that the band isn't just for marketer's - after getting hooked a year or so ago through a commercial, I picked up their first record - The Mating Game. Fairly stunning stuff - imagine the stylings of Zero 7 or Portishead and mix in even sexier vocals and you have Bitter:Sweet. My iPod is currently filled with a couple of thousand songs, but The Mating Game is one of only 5 records that's on my iPod in its entirety.

Their new record, Drama, dropped a few weeks ago and the bands heading out across country in support. Now I've always wandered if the duo could pull off the sheer density of their records in a live setting, but after hearing their KCRW Morning Becomes Electric Session (link below) with a full band I'm convinced that the live show is going to be something special (especially since the Dallas show is at the smaller House of Blues room which has a fairly sweet sound set up.)

Check out the alternate version of the title track from their new record below (featuring System of a Down's Serj Tankian), then head over to their MySpace and check out Dirty Laundry from The Mating Game. These two should get you hooked for more. Be sure to check them out if they come to a town near you, tour dates below!

Studio MP3 MP3s:
Drama (Serj Tankian Version)

More Bitter:Sweet:
MySpace
KCRW

Tour Dates:
7/25/08 North Beach Jazz Festival San Francisco CA
7/27/08 Catalyst Atrium Santa Cruz CA
7/28/08 Six Rivers Brewery McKinleyville CA
7/30/08 Berbati’s Pan Portland OR
7/31/08 The Triple Door Seattle WA
8/1/08 Neurolux Boise ID
8/2/08 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City UT
8/3/08 The Marquis Theatre Denver CO
8/5/08 Varsity Theatre Minneapolis MN
8/6/08 Subterranean Chicago IL
8/8/08 Revolution Hall Troy NY
8/9/08 Blender Theatre at Gramercy New York NY
8/10/08 World Café Live Philadelphia PA
8/11/08 Middle East Underground Cambridge MA
8/12/08 DC9 Night Club Washington, DC
8/14/08 Vinyl Atlanta GA
8/15/08 House of Blues New Orleans LA
8/16/08 Meridian Houston TX
8/17/08 House of Blues Dallas TX
8/18/08 The Parish Room Austin TX
8/20/08 Hotel Congress Tuscon AZ