Cover art for new release, Summer Machines, by Chelan
So, with that, lets kick-off yet another playlist series, this time focused exclusively on talented, often unsigned, independent musicians who send us music In Dee Mail.
During the past few weeks IRC made it’s own little indie news on the web by featuring two unsigned artists who now have indie record labels calling them. And for damn good reasons!
First up, Blind Man’s Colour. Although IRC was not the first indie blog to feature the electro pop duo from Florida, it’s safe to say that our featured sparked a good deal of interest in the band after tagging them as a ‘Band to Watch in 2009’.
So much so that Kanye West himself placed a link on his blog to our story. Last word from Blind Man’s Colour is that they have been getting calls from record labels. Check back soon for a follow-up profile of these promising young artists.
Similarly, this week we featured Artist of the Month Indiana college student Joseph Denney – who goes by the moniker Spirit Spine.
He contacted IRC the other day to say that a record label called him after seeing his profile on IRC and listening to some of his songs. Many visitors to the site have been listening to Spirit Spine’s songs since the Monday posting. You can be sure we’ll be following up with Denney in the coming weeks.
Now, let’s move on and give some well deserved exposure to some other great indie artists and bands that have sent us music recently.
Chelan is the musical project of Justin Hosford and Jennifer Grady who have a decade long collaboration under their belts. While they recently parted ways to pursue other artistic adventures, the duo continued to work on Chelan.
“No Better Than We” – Chelan from their debut album, Summer Machines, available now Origami Records.
MySpace: Chelan
“Voodoo Magic” – Bojibian from All Day, All Night
MySpace: Bojibian
“The Only Pretty Ring Time” – The Very Most from Spring on Indiecator Records
MySpace: The Very Most
If you would like to submit your own music for consideration, send an email to contact@indierockcafe.com/indierockcafe or to POB 722 Redwood Estates, CA 95044.
You will then receive a verification email that will tell you exactly what you need to do to submit music to IRC. Because we get SO much music, we can only review music that follows the submission guidelines.
Minneapolis’ lo-fi, jamming indie rock outfit Tapes N’ Tapes has released their first new album since 2006’s widely-acclaimed “The Loon”. The CD is full of spirited rock mixed with dark keyboards, experimentation and the band’s signature shaky vocals.
Athens, Georgia’s psychedelic indie pop band Elf Power has returned from sabbatical with a new album 
The El Paso band Sleepercar mixes Americana jingle-laden pop with swirls of alternative folk on their debut album West Texas. Jim Ward, a musician well-heeled in the indie music world for his work with At The Drive-In or Sparta, spent six years working on this album. “Even if you are a bit wary about the whole “Americana” tag, this album is worthy of your attention and may even help expand your musical horizons” says music writer Rich Duncan.
