One thing I've noticed lately is a trend towards having indie music in TV ads and TV shows. It makes sense to me... From an indie artist's perspective, they have to support their art SOMEHOW, and at least doing ads and TV shows gets their music to a wider audience. From a TV/ad executive's perspective, it's probably a lot less expensive to get tracks from indie artists than from established ones. Personally I find it kind of cool to catch an iPod ad featuring a Feist song or something.

But I really LOVE it when a TV show makes a concerted effort to put together an awesome soundtrack comprised mainly of indie bands. It doesn't hurt if the show itself is as awesome as its soundtrack. This is why I'm stoked to tell you all about the newest show coming to BBC America. It's called SKINS and it's premiering here August 17 at 9pm/8c on BBC America. It's one of Britain's top TV shows, and follows a group of high school friends dealing with their crazy lives as best they can. It's not unlike My So Called Life or One Tree Hill, but the show addresses all of the issues that are important to teens in its own way. It's awesome because the plots aren't some fantasy created by adult writers based on what they think a teen's life MIGHT be like... The show's writing staff is mostly teens and young adults, so there's a sense of reality that makes you feel like these characters could be your friends, or even yourself.

Best of all, the show features some awesome indie music. The first season soundtrack has Gossip, Bloc Party, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Earlies, The Hives, and the most amazing cover of Wild World (done by one of the show's characters) ever. The theme song is by Fat Segal and there are even more awesome bands to be heard within the episodes themselves (Band of Horses, for example). Anyway, if you want to catch an amazing show and hear some amazing music at the same time, I definitely recommend you check out SKINS on Sunday, August 17th at 9pm/8c. I know you'll love it.

If you want to learn more about the characters, you can read their profiles on the official site (here).

We also have a lot of awesome trailers, character clips and cast interviews on our official YouTube Channel (here).

Here's my favorite trailer for a little peak...

Anyway, I know this is a bit OT, but I'm really excited about this awesome show and the awesome artists the show is supporting. I think a lot of you will be really into it.

If you have any questions or anything, please hit me up on here, I'd love to discuss it further!

<3 Daphne!