Stereogum Home
August 29, 2007

New Orba Squara - "Brand New Day" (And iPhone Jingle)

This is what happens when you pen a tune that gets picked up by an ubiquitous ad campaign: You're no longer just "an indie rock band from NYC," now you're "Orba Squara -- ya know, that band that wrote the iPhone jingle?" Well things are looking decidedly and expectedly up for Orba Squara (aka Mitch Davis); his album sunshyness is out this October, and now Hollywood's come a knockin'. Here's the built-for-flicks toe-tapper "Brand New Day" from the soundtrack to Wedding Daze which stars Isla Fischer, so it can't be all bad.

Orba Squara - "Brand New Day" (MP3)

And if you haven't got enough of it yet, here's the iPhone jingle, for your iPhone! Too bad you can't really make it your ringtone yet (anyone find a good hack to allow your MP3s to be ringtones?). It's actually even better with Mitch's sunshy vocals...

Orba Squara - "Perfect Timing (This Morning)" (MP3)

"Perfect Timing (This Morning)" is on Orba's record sunshyness, out 10/9 available at, well, duh.

And in a crazy twist, "Perfect Timing (This Morning" is so perfect a soundtrack for next generation mobile communication devices that not even Microsoft could resist. The new zunephone spot:


On a serious note: iPhone users, you may wanna pay attention to this sob story. One of us here had a tragic mishap as a result of downloading Apple's most recent software upgrade. After agreeing to the download and upon the next iPhone sync, iMac asked if it would be okay to change more than 5% of Address Book's contacts. We agreed (happens often if you've been updating your contacts on the fly), but the results were disasterous: Somehow, Address Book WAS WIPED CLEAN. That means no more phone numbers/contacts/emails on iPhone, and more importantly for the MacMail dependent ... no more email addresses. Sure we can still find email addys by searching through MacMail for past dispatches -- but essentially we're starting from scratch here.

Called Apple, they have nothing for us (though they did mention a select few had the same issue after the first software upgrade).

OK, so here's your lesson: BACK UP YOUR MAC ADDRESS BOOK BEFORE EACH SOFTWARE UPGRADE. Sorry for all caps, but please learn from our mistake. Or, well, Apple's mistake, our misfortune. (Take the Library/Application Suport/AddressBook/AddressBook.data file and save it somewhere else.) OK, tech time over. Friends, if we've been avoiding your calls ... now you know.

Posted at 1:22 PM in ,
Tags:  |




-->

3 Comments

sure you can use mp3s as ringtones; its easiest with iFuntastic
http://www.iphonealley.com/news/ifuntastic-v2-5-0-released-now-includes-full-file-browser

Posted by: Ellie at 08/29/07 3:47 PM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

http://www.myxertones.com/home/

Posted by: sMann at 08/29/07 4:14 PM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

by the way, does anyone have a link to that spoof commercial with the messages and the drunk/dead father on the freeway? that was hilarious.

Posted by: sMann at 08/29/07 4:36 PM | Reply
Score = 0 Vote up Vote down

Leave a comment


 

The 'Gum Drop

Get our newsletter. MP3s and giveaways weekly.

Search




Sort by:date relevance

Information

  • Contact:
  • About
  • Press
  • Advertising
  • Stereogum RSS Stereogum RSS XML Icon
  • MP3-Only RSS Stereogum RSS XML Icon

Staff

Founder/Editor-In-Chief
Scott Lapatine
Executive Editor
Amrit Singh
Senior Writer
Brandon Stosuy
Columnist
Jon McMillan
Technology & Operations
Jim Jazwiecki
Angela Williams

The Cool Kids

All Stereogum Posts


Get Flash to see our mp3 player. Here are our mp3s: Mount Eerie with Julie Doiron and Fred Squire - Flaming Home (»)
Chromeo - Fancy Footwork (»)
Bodies Of Water - Gold, Tan, Peach, And Grey (»)
Babe Terror - Mount Dorothy (»)
Babe Terror - Nasa Goodbye (»)
Crystal Stilts - Crippled Croon (»)
She And Him - Why Do You Let Me Stay Here (»)
Deerhunter - Game Of Diamonds (»)
Chad VanGaalen - Willow Tree (»)
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Buriedfed (»)
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - The Debtor (»)
Nisennenmondai - Pop Group (»)
Albert Hammond Jr - GfC (»)
Lackthereof - Last November (»)
The Neighbourhood Council - Liver And Tan (»)
Department Of Eagles - In Ear Park (»)
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal (»)
Fucked Up - No Epiphany (»)

Band to Watch logo

Band To Watch: The Neighbourhood Council

After two weeks of reader-tipped BTWs from Lawrence, Kansas, we mentioned there seemed to be something going on in that city, despite William S. Burroughs up and dying a few years ago. After the proclamation went out, we received notes...

MORE »

Quit Your Day Job logo

Quit Your Day Job: Chromeo

Chromeo's the Montreal/New York electro duo of childhood friends P-Thugg (Patrick Gemayel) and Dave I (David Macklovitch). Gemayel handles keyboards/synths and talk box. Maclovitch, the other vocals and guitar. The Deluxe Edition of their 2007 album Fancy Footwork, aka Fancier...

MORE »

Premature Evaluation logo

Premature Evaluation: The Walkmen - You & Me

Before we got to soak-in the woozy organ and raw yelps of "In the New Year," the last taste we had of the Walkmen was that one-off "Lemon Hill." As we mentioned then, the Men said "Lemon" wasn't "exactly in...

MORE »

Video Hangover logo

Video Hangover: Squirrel Nut Zippers - "The Suits Are Picking Up the Bill"

Every week, we dig in the archives for videos that we find noteworthy, memorable, or just unbelievably stupid. And then, Jon McMillan breaks 'em down for you. Why Video Hangover? Because when you watch as many videos as we do,...

MORE »

Oldstand logo

OldStand: Blender, May 1995

Take our ink-stained hands and join us at the OldStand, where Jon McMillan goes to remind everyone what an honest-to-goodness music magazine is supposed to look like. Oh man, remember the future? Well, my Macbook doesn't (thanks for nothing, Leopard!),...

MORE »

The Outsiders logo

The Outsiders: Vol. 16: Babe Terror, Crystal Stilts, Factums

Not all of Stereogum's favorite sounds conform to what folks expect us to cover. In this space, resident Bananafish fetishist Brandon Stosuy focuses on bands, albums, singles, and villages in Sweden that may otherwise pass by unnoticed. This installment's virtual...

MORE »

The 'Gum Drop logo

M83 - "Kim & Jessie" (Montag remix)

M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez, toned his sounds down on fifth album Saturdays = Youth, but the emotions remain teenage, achy, and perfectly romantic. Gonzalez is releasing album standout "Kim & Jessie" as a digital single 7/22 on Mute. It includes...

MORE »