Music news.

You may be familiar with Ratatat's music, but not because you heard it on the radio.

the Brooklyn duo's music has been used in movies, on television, in commercials and on the runways.

That's Ratatat's "Tropicana" playing during the gestation sequence in "Knocked Up." J.J. Abrams used "Seventeen Years" in last year's monster epic "Cloverfield," and the same song was also used in a Hummer ad. 

In an age when artists -- especially those who create only instrumentals -- can't rely on radio to play their music, Ratatat has discovered other options in the world of music licensing. "For us it's a way to get our music heard," said Ratatat's Evan Mast, one half of the band along with co-founder Mike Stroud.

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