Music:
Member Since: 4/6/2007
Band Members: Currently booking:
Action Painters + Bearsuit + The Besties + Bill Mallonee/Vigilantes Of Love + Canasta + Casper & The Cookies + The Elephants (USA Only) + Hallelujah The Hills + The Poison Control Center
Influences: The Microindie Organization started several years ago as a local concert promotions arm of Microindie (and previously Drive-In) Records in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Label boss, Mike Babb and I (along with a cadre of motivated scenesters) brought dozens of wonderful bands through Grand Rapids, including The Aislers Set, Architecture In Helsinki, The Essex Green, Darren Hanlon, The Ladybug Transistor, The Lucksmiths, Sodastream, The Sprites and many, many more. Back in the day when a $5 show was financially feasible, we would bring a touring band in and pair them with a deserving and talented Grand Rapids band for a no-fuss, but often well attended, show. Whirlwind Heat and The Icicles gained a lot of exposure from these early connections and have now gone on to larger successes.When the late, great Australian band Sodastream decided to tour in the USA in 2004 and was in need of a booking agent, Microindie Booking, as it is today, was born… Because of our work with other booking agents, I thought it would be easy to line up such an incredible, well-traveled band with an agent who’d take care of them. Little did I know…With what felt like short notice, I found myself in charge of finding 8 weeks worth of shows for them. Somehow, for better and worse, I did it.It was a learning experience for certain and it made me realize what I, as a booking agent, can and cannot do. It also made me realize that there are not enough good booking agents to go around for all the talented bands out there. But, you do what you can. As I look back through the past few years, I have been blessed to work with so many astonishing bands and the great record labels, publicists, promoters and clubs who support them. I have every belief that these are the bands that everyone will be listening to next year simply because there are already a lot of people who are getting it now. This belief is perhaps a bit naïve…but no one ever got anywhere without a little faith. Listen to these bands, and you’ll be a believer too.
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie