 EASY A! AM's brilliant cover of Simple Minds classic "Don't You (Forget About Me)" will be featured in the upcoming film "Easy A" due out September 17, 2010. The film stars Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm MacDowell, Aly Michalka and Stanley Tucci. AM originally covered the track for our 80's compilation "High School Reunion - a tribute to those great 80's films!". Matthew Sweet, Frank Black, Kristin Hersh, Lori McKenna, and The Dresden Dolls also covered tracks for the project. SING ME TO SLEEP + JAVA!!! Starbucks is playing tracks off "Sing Me To Sleep - Indie Lullabies" in their 6,000+ stores. Next time you’re ordering your favorite beverage at Starbucks keep an ear out for one of these songs; Asleep (Stars), Have You Forgotten (Jenny Owen Youngs), Little Boxes (The Real Tuesday Weld), Dream A Little Dream of Me (Dala Girls), Making Me Smile (Dean & Britta), Moon River (Tanya Donelly), Cloudbusting (Neil Halstead), The Rainbow Connection (Trespassers William). JULIE PEEL IN LIFE UNEXPECTED! Julie Peel's "Unfold" was featured in last night's episode of 'Life Unexpected' on CW alongside Tegan & Sara, and The Weepies. JULIE PEEL IN MERCY! Julie Peel's fantastic, stand-out track "Living In A Movie" will be featured in tonight's pilot episode of "Mercy" on NBC. LAST CHANCE HARVEY! Dylan in the Movies indie-pop gem "City Skies" is featured in the new film "Last Chance Harvey" starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson. "City Skies" first appeared on our exclusive vinyl split single "So Long City Skies". The single also featured John P. Strohm's outstanding original "The Long So Long". WHERE IS MY MIND? John P. Strohm's fantastic Pixies cover "Where Is My Mind?" is being featured in the upcoming motion picture "Shortcut To Hollywood" which tells the incredible story of three friends who make the film of their life to achieve immortal fame. However, there`s a price to pay: Only those who die young stay in our hearts forever. "Shortcut To Hollywood" will be released worldwide in 2009. "Where Is My Mind" was a selected track from our 2007 Pixies tribute "Dig For Fire". JUST LIKE HEAVEN - A TRIBUTE TO THE CURE! American Laundromat is proud to announce our newest tribute compilation. Indie-rockers Tanya Donelly, The Brunettes, Grand Duchy (Violet Clark & Black Francis), The Wedding Present, The Poems, The Devics, The Submarines, Joy Zipper, and The Rosebuds are just some of the outstanding indie-artists covering their favorite Cure songs exclusively for us. The album is now streaming on our music catalog page. COLE HAAN KNOWS GREAT MUSIC! Cole Haan is featuring Matthew Sweet's cover of "American Girl" and John P. Strohm's (Blake Babies) cover of "Somebody's Baby" in their stores this summer and fall. Both tracks appeared on our popular 80's film compilation "High School Reunion - a tribute to those great 80's films!" ATOMIC HEP CATS IN PROMOTIONAL TRAILER! American Laundromat places the Atomic Hep Cats surf-punk masterpiece "La Cervezas Y Las Pistolas" in the promotional trailer for "Waldo's Hawaiian Holiday". The graphic novel is the official sequel to Alex Cox's 1984 cult film "Repo Man". The script was written by Alex Cox himself and is being published worldwide in 2008 by Gestalt Comics. SONGS FOR FILM & TV CD SAMPLER NOW AVAILABLE! Our new CD sampler "Songs For Film & TV" is now available. The CD features 13 outstanding cover tracks by some of today's best indie artists. The songs were compiled from our most popular tributes and include two previously unreleased tracks. NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED! American Laundromat launches official film & tv department complete with a new website devoted to servicing the film & television industry. The site was designed to help music supervisors and filmmakers easily and quickly find the right song for their project. Special thanks to Aaron Tanner at Melodic Virtue for the site design. |