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On Tuesday, we posted about the indiepop band Tullycraft, whose song "Sweet" had been licensed without the band's knowledge to an ad for the hot-dog chain Wienerschnitzel; the licensing was handled by Darla, a California-based label that reissued some of Tullycraft's early material a few years back. Last night we got an e-mail from Darla proprietor James Agren clarifying his side of the story, and he's agreed to let us print it here: More »

If you've seen the recent ad for the hot dog chain Wienerschnitzel's Nutter Butter Freeze (screencap above), you've heard a snippet of the song "Sweet" by the indiepop band Tullycraft. What you may not know, though, is that the band itself isn't getting any money from having its song in the ad—and in fact, the members didn't know about the ad's soundtrack music at all until recently: More »