Alexi has become popular on the strength of his self-made year-old 4-song album on cdbaby, two songs off which have already been featured on national TV shows. Many college/independent DJs and major labels now scour cdbaby regularly for new music by independent artists. When Alexi played to a festival of 7,000 last year, he was surprised that everyone knew the lyrics to his songs already - and he had only seriously worked on his music 18 months before that point, had no manager, and did all the touring himself. Listen to some of the best new independent music at:

(I also note that the Honolulu Jazz Quartet is now on cdbaby)