'Shameless' Racks Up 750 Synchs (35 in One Episode) on Its Way to New Soundtrack — billboard.com

Airborne Toxic Event, Exitmusic and Wavves were among the nearly two dozen artists used in the April 6 season four finale of “Shameless,” the Showtime series that has become a substantial home for independent recording artists. Having licensed more than 750 songs for the series -- and including as many as 35 songs in a single episode -- music supervisor Ann Kline says 80 percent of the music used is from independent bands and independent labels. “It’s not our mission,” she says of the preponderance of music from the indie rock world. “Some of the best uses come when you have to say no to a song (because it’s too expensive) and have to go searching.”

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