I was channel surfing the other day when the the film Road Trip popped up on one of the channels. I would have kept flicking except for the fact that the scene in question was cut to Lovin Machine by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Puzzled but pleased I switched over but when I mentioned it to a fellow Blues Explosion fan the next day he informed me that he'd watched the whole film and that Ween, Eels Supergrass and Ash had also appeared on the film's soundtrack. I was pretty taken aback by this as I'm used to these teen comedys being, filled with dodgy American Punk/Ska pop. The same friend than reccomended the abysmal Girl Next Door film on the basis that it featured some of the best music he'd ever heard in a film. I was fairly suspicious of his claim but I rented out the DVD and sure enough David Bowie, Elliott Smith, Echo & The Bunnymen, Thunderclap Newman, Dilated Peoples, Red House Painters, Looper, Mogwai, The Who, Donovan, Josh Rouse, Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band, Harry Nilsson, Fantastic Plastic Machine, Pepe Deluxe, Marvin Gaye and Muddy Waters all soundtracked various stages of the film. I'm pretty taken aback. I'm tempted to pick up the American Pie box set from HMV in the hope that I'll be treated to a wealth of indie gems. What's going on here?