From the Mediterranean to the Middle East to Washington state, England, and Texas, check out these chosen music videos from the following indie recording artists who submitted directly to IRC. Daz da groovz.
Adar Alfandari – Rehovot, Israel
Jacko Hooper – Brighton, England
Post Profit – Longview, Texas
Soda Cracker Jesus – Tacoma, Washington
Bodoni – Ferrara, Italy
Adar Alfandari – “Wonder”
Bio: I am a 24 y/o Indie-Rock artist from Israel, and just released my third single “Gold Dust” from my debut album that will carry the same title.
Location: Rehovot, Israel
Genre(s): indie rock
Members: Adar Alfandari- lyrics, melody, vocals, guitars, keyboard. Nadav Hollander: Bass, Almog Lizmo: Drums. Idan Katz: Producer
Has Opened For: Idan Haviv, Static And Ben El, Muki, Dani Senderson
Musical Influences: The Black Keys, Jack White, Grizzly Bear
Facebook: adaralfa
Song Bio (from the artist): “The song is inspired by the Japanese art of Kintsugi, the art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold. By embracing the flaws and imperfections you create stronger and more beautiful pieces of art. Or symbolically, create stronger human beings .”
Jacko Hooper – “This Was The Earth”
Bio: Having built a committed and loyal fanbase independently from his bedroom he has gone on to play across Europe to his devoted fanbase and also launched his own boutique record label, promotions company, and radio show: Folklore Sessions who have worked with artists such as Passenger, Chloe Foy, Junior Brother, Amber Run, Phil Cook and more.
Location: Brighton, England
Genre(s): folk,alt folk,singer/songwriter
Members: Jacko Hooper – Guitar, Vocals, Keys
Has Opened For: Michael Kiwanuka, James Bay, Chet Faker, Kiefer Sutherland, SOAK
Musical Influences: Damien Rice, James Vincent McMorrow, Glen Hansard, Father John Misty
Instagram: jacko_hooper
Post Profit – “When You Think It’s Rigged”
Bio: Post Profit is a four-piece Alternative Rock band born in the piney woods of Longview, Texas during the summer of 2017. When theyhit the stage they pull out all the stops and deliver nothing less than pounding rhythm, driving bass lines, blistering guitar riffs and soaring vocals.
Location: Longview, Texas
Genre(s): alternative rock, rock
Members: Matthew Jackson (vocals, guitar), Nick Hawner (guitar), Jordan Conley (bass), and Zach Hicks (drums)
Has Opened For: Filter, Saliva, Drowning Pool, To Whom It May, Sons Of Texas
Musical Influences: Deftones, Failure, Cave In, Queens of the Stone Age, Royal Blood, Highly Suspect
Instagram: postprofitofficial
Soad Cracker Jesus – “My Anthem”
Bio: Soda Cracker Jesus is the rock n roll brainchild of singer-songwriter-producer Regan Lane. Energy meets euphoria in a two and half minute sonic workouts. SCJ’S references are easy to draw, from a beefed-up Beatles or punked-out Kinks to those who took that sound forward including Robyn Hitchcock, Julian Cope, XTC, Anton Barbeau, and many more. Currently, besides Soda Cracker Jesus, Lane is the frontman /ringmaster for Psych-rockers Strangely Alright and their Eclectic Traveling Minstrel Magic Music Medicine Show.
Location: Tacoma, Washington
Genre(s): alt. rock, punk-pop
Members: Regan Lane: All Instruments and Voices
Has Opened For: n/a
Musical Influences: David Bowie, The Ramones
Facebook: sodacrackerjesus
Song Bio (from the artist): “Tacoma’s Soda Cracker Jesus’ debut single ‘My Anthem’ hits all the right spots in its 2:22 duration. An infectious 4/4 glam stomper with fizzing guitars, pounding backbeat and urgent vocals, it is catchy as anything and will bring a smile to anyone’s face.”
Bodoni – “Lipstick”
Bio: Too young to attend Nirvana concerts but too mature to forget the twin towers, it is in this period that the four boys from Ferrara, near Bologna, Italy grow. Inside their domestic walls, listening to 90 minutes long mixtapes with titles written on paper: alternative rock songs that rarely were played on radio or shown their videos on MTv.
These fuzzed and distorted sounds, screamed but melodic voices is where Bodoni get their inspiration.
The band takes its name from the Bodoni Font.
Location: Ferrara, Italy
Genre(s): alt. rock
Members: Nico P. – Guitar and vocals. Memo – Lead guitar. Parme – Bass. Danny – Drums
Has Opened For: Alice in Chains, Melvins
Musical Influences: Nirvana, Pixies, Sonic Youth, Weezer
Facebook: bodonify
Song Bio (from the artist): “Lipstick is the first (and hopefully last) song fully arranged and written during the total lockdown period, at a distance between us without the possibility of confronting each other in a quick and direct way.
The song takes inspiration from the tragic story of this girl who gets murdered by her then-boyfriend, stabbing her first and setting the car on fire after, thinking she was already dead.”