To promote the special, time sensitive pricing of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros album Up From Below, their label is giving away a remix of Janglin by RAC for all to enjoy!

Check it out: Janglin (RAC Mix)

Also, be sure to catch the super fun Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros on tour if you can!

Dates:

Sept 1 – Wow Hall – Eugene, OR
Sept 2 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
Sept 3 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
Sept 4 – Bumbershoot Festival – Seattle, WA
Sept 25 – Virgin Mobile Free Fest – Columbia, MD

Oct 7 – Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ
Oct 9 – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
Oct 10 – Austin City Limits – Austin, TX
Oct 11 – The Collective – Shreveport, LA
Oct 12 – The Lyric Oxford – Oxford, MS
Oct 14 – The Howlin Wolf – New Orleans, LA
Oct 15 – DeLuna Festival – Pensacola, FL
Oct 16 – The Ritz – Tampa, FL
Oct 17 – The Social – Orlando, FL
Oct 19 – Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Oct 26 – The Grove of Anaheim – Anaheim, CA

This new commercial for the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee takes American patriotism to another level.

“The things that make us Americans are the things we make. This has always been a nation of builders. Of craftsman. Men and women for whom straight stitches and clean welds were matters of personal pride. They made the skyscrapers and the cotton gins. The colt revolvers and the jeep 4X4′s. These things make us who we are.”

Yes, much can be said about the coupling of patriotism with consumerism, with words like propaganda and brain washing, but that cannot change the fact that this is a very effective commercial.

What makes it effective, at least to my ears, is the striking beat created by an alternating stomp and clap, at the pace of a heart beat, that haunts the watcher through the commercial’s full 60 seconds.

That powerful rhythm is from Johhny Cash’s version of God’s Gonna Cut You Down, released on the 2006 album American V: A Hundred Highways. The song is actually a traditional folk song that dates back to at least the mid 1930′s.

Many versions of this song have come and gone through the decades. You might remember Moby’s version of the traditional song, which he called Run On from the 1999 album Play, which has long been one of my favourites.

If you can’t get enough, check out the star studded video for Johnny Cash’s version: