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Refimprove|date=October 2008Infobox musical artist| name = Bitter:Sweet| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Los Angeles, California | genre = Trip hop , Electronica , Jazz , Alternative rock|Alternative , Hip hop , Nu Jazz | years_active = 2006 to Present| label = Quango Music Group|Quango | associated_acts =| website = url|bittersweetmusic.com| current_members = Shana Halligan Kiran Shahani| past_members = Bitter:Sweet is an electronic music|electronic / trip-hop duo with jazz -like qualities from Los Angeles . The band is composed of Shana Halligan, who provides vocals and lyrics and composes the songs, and Kiran Shahani, who produces and composes the songs. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/bitter-sweet/467245 Billboard artist profile
Appearances
Unreferenced section|date=October 2008They have been listed on the Top 10 on the iTunes Store electronic chart and have been placed on radio station KCRW 's Top 5 Most Requested CD for the week of March 20, 2006.cite web | url = http://www.bittersweetmusic.com/news/KCRWtop5.jpg | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070312045616/ http://www.bittersweetmusic.com/news/KCRWtop5.jpg | archivedate = 12 March 2007 | title = KCRW's most requested CDs for the week of March 20, 2006 screenshot | publisher = Bitter:Sweet Additionally, they have been featured on the soundtrack of The Devil Wears Prada (film)|The Devil Wears Prada , in Episode 2 ("I Am a Tree") of Season 3 of '' Grey's Anatomy , in Episode 7 ("The Ringer") of Season 1 of Moonlight (TV series)|Moonlight , in Episode 1 of Lipstick Jungle (TV series)|Lipstick Jungle ("Pilot"), in Episode 17 ("Sleeper") of Season 7 of Smallville (TV series)|Smallville , in Episode 13 ("Betrayed") of Season 7 of Law and Order: Criminal Intent , the advertisements for Samantha Who? '' and Victoria's Secret (featuring the track " Dirty Laundry (Bitter:Sweet song)|Dirty Laundry "), in the movies Because I Said So (film)|Because I Said So and '' Shoot 'Em Up '', in a Zune advertisement (and the device itself), and also placed on MSN 's list for "Ones to Watch".cite web | url = http://www.bittersweetmusic.com/news/MSNOnestowatch.jpg | archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070312045558/ http://www.bittersweetmusic.com/news/MSNOnestowatch.jpg | archivedate = 12 March 2007 | title = MSN Ones to Watch screenshot | publisher = Bitter:Sweet The song "Dirty Laundry" also appears on a commercial for the show "Greek" in the United Arab Emirates.
The duo was formed when Halligan answered an ad listed on Craigslist for a singer posted by Shahani, who, along with Rick Torres, had previously founded the Supreme Beings of Leisure . Citation needed|date=October 2008 Their 11-track debut album, The Mating Game (album)|The Mating Game , was released April 4, 2006 under Quango Music Group .
In early 2007, Bitter:Sweet's The Mating Game won in The 6th Annual The Independent Music Awards|Independent Music Awards for Best Pop/Rock Album.cite web | url = http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/jukebox2007.asp | work = The Independent Music Awards | title = 6th Annual Winners In summer of 2007, Bitter:Sweet released The Remix Game, featuring reworked versions of tracks from The Mating Game (album)|The Mating Game by renowned producers such as Thievery Corporation , Fort Knox Five, Jed Smith and Skeewiff. These tracks were previously available only on vinyl, or unreleased.
In early February 2008, It was announced that the duo would release an album of new material called 'Drama', due for release June 3, 2008.Citation needed|date=October 2008 A 30 second preview for their new song 'The Bomb', which was used as the theme music for Lipstick Jungle (TV series)|Lipstick Jungle , could be heard on their MySpace page. On September 4, 2008 'The Bomb' was added to the download list for the game Tap Tap Revenge .cite web |url= http://tapulous.com/blog/2008/09/tap-tap-thursdays-the-bomb-by-bittersweet/ |title=Tap Tap Thursdays: "The Bomb" by Bitter:Sweet |publisher= Tapulous |date=4 September 2008 |accessdate=4 May 2009 An instrumental version of 'The Bomb' was used in the trailer for Tony Gilroy|Tony Gilroy's Duplicity (film)| Duplicity , starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen .cite web |url= http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/duplicity/ |title=Duplicity trailer |publisher=Apple Inc |accessdate=4 May 2009 A slightly modified version of the song was used for the 2010 ad campaign for the Lagoon Amusement Park in Utah. Furthermore, 'Dirty Laundry' from the album 'The Mating Game' was used as an intro for the German television series 'Doctor's Diary' which started airing 2008.
In addition, Shana Halligan has recently performed and recorded with Nouvelle Vague (band)|Nouvelle Vague and is featured on Serj Tankian 's Imperfect Harmonies released in September 2010. She is also featured in Buckethead 's "Waiting Hare", alongside Serj Tankian.
