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Cover art for new release, Summer Machines, by Chelan
We get so much music mailed and emailed to us that it is impossible to keep up with it all.

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 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.


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Current and upcoming releases (US dates)


8/4/09 - Kevin Hearn & Thin Buckle - Havana Winter
8/4/09 - Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti Is...Skyscraper
8/4/09 - Modest Mouse - No One's First and You're Next
8/4/09 - Throw Me The Statue - Creaturesque
8/25/09 - Arctic Monkeys - Humbug
9/8/09 - Múm - Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know
9/8/09 - Shannon Stephens - The Breadwinner
9/8/09 - The Clean - Mister Pop
9/8/09 - Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs
9/15/09 - The Dodos - Time To Die
9/22/09 - Alberta Cross - Broken Side Of Time
9/22/09 - David Gray - Draw The Line
9/22/09 - The Twilight Sad - Forget the Night Ahead
9/24/09 - Editors - In This Light And On This Evening
10/06/09 - The Clientele - Bonfires on the Heath
10/6/09 - Mission of Burma - The Sound The Speed Of Light


Best 2009 Indie Releases

2009 best indie albums
Favorite 2009 indie albums in no particular order; strongly recommend each one for your music collection.

Fanfarlo - Reservior
Foreign Born - Person To Person
Passion Pit - Manners
Iron & Wine - Around The Well
Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Conor Oberst & The Mustic Valley Band - Outer South
Deer Tick - Born On Flag Day
The Antlers - Hospice
Bishop Allen - Grrr
Sunset Rubdown - Dragonslayer
The Dodos - Time To Die
Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
M. Ward - Hold Time
Ben Kweller - Changing Horses
The Acorn - Heron Act
AC Newman - Get Guilty
Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid
Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Beirut - March of the Zapotec & Realpeople: Holland
Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
Andrew Bird - Noble Beast
The Most Serene Republic - And The Ever Expanding Universe
Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms
Woodpigeon - Treasury Library Canada
Sing Fin Bous - Clangour
Vica Voce - Rose City
Pomegranates - Everyone, Come Outside!
Dananananaykroyd - Hey Everyone
Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
Akron/Family - Set Em Wild, Set Em Free
Lemon Sun - Run With the Faithless
Eels - Hombre Lobo
The Mary Onettes - Dare EP
Odawas - The Blue Depths
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz
White Rabbits - It's Frightening
Loney Dear - Dear John
The Lonely Forest - We Sing The Body Electric
The Uglysuit - self-titled debut
Handsome Furs - Face Control
Vampire Hands - Me & You Cherry Red/Cuz It's a Beach Funeral

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