| Cary Brothers | |
|---|---|
| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, USA |
| Genres | Indie rock, alternative rock |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Procrastination Music (2004 - 2007, 2009 - present) Bluhammock Music (2007 - 2009) |
| Website | www.carybrothers.com |
Cary Brothers is an American indie rock singer-songwriter originally from Nashville, Tennessee. After moving to Los Angeles and becoming a regular performer at the influential Hotel Cafe venue, Brothers first gained national attention with his song "Blue Eyes" on the Platinum-selling, Grammy-winning "Garden State" soundtrack.[1] As an independent artist, he has since toured worldwide, released two full length records, and become one of the most-licensed artists in film and television.[2] In the electronic dance music world, Brothers has found success collaborating with DJ Tiesto on a club remix of his song "Ride" as well as original material for Tiesto's latest collection "Kaleidoscope."
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With songs influenced by everything from 1980s British New Wave music to 1970s folk music, Brothers achieved early critical and commercial success with his independent EPs "All the Rage" (2004) and "Waiting for Your Letter" (2005), both of which reached the top of the iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts.[3] During this early stage of his career, Brothers found much success on MySpace, where he amassed over 8 million plays and 100,000 fans on his music page.[4]
While many artists focus their efforts on radio exposure, Brothers went a slightly different route and pushed to get songs out to the public through film and television shows, leading a generation of similar-minded indie artists in the United States. Brothers' songs have appeared on the medical dramas Grey's Anatomy and ER, Scrubs the Fox mystery Bones, WB's Smallville, USA Network comedy Psych, ABC Family's show Kyle XY, One Tree Hill, and the hit Emma Stone comedy Easy A.[5] The original version of Brothers' song "Ride" appeared on the soundtrack to the feature film The Last Kiss alongside Coldplay and Ray Lamontagne. Brothers has also performed on The Late Late Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Direct TV's CD USA. In 2005, he made a guest appearance with London band Aqualung on The Late Show with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Brothers plays regularly as part of the musical community at the Hotel Café in Los Angeles,[6] and he has since toured across America and Canada with such acts as Liz Phair, KT Tunstall, Aqualung, Ben Lee, Matt Nathanson, Imogen Heap, and The Fray. In addition to his career as a musician, he co-created The Hotel Cafe Tour, currently in its fourth year in both the U.S. and Europe.[7] Brothers also co-produced Joshua Radin's first EP and the song "Winter" from Radin's record We Were Here.
In 2007, Cary Brothers signed a record deal with indie label Bluhammock Music for the release of his first full-length album, Who You Are, on May 29, 2007, which made the Billboard Heatseekers Chart.[8] Produced by Chad Fischer (Alexi Murdoch) and mixed by Greg Collins (Grammy Winner - U2), the record features guest musicians Matt Hales from Aqualung and Priscilla Ahn. The video for the single "Ride" starring Brittany Snow was added to the rotation on VH1 in the U.S. In addition, the record won "Best Rock Album of 2007" by the Indie Acoustic Project.[9] Brothers' track 'Ride' has also been mixed by Tiësto and was a success on the dancefloors of Europe in 2008. He helped close Friday night at Bonnaroo in the Summer of 2008 by making a guest appearance with Tiësto and repeated this musical pairing a few months later at the O2 arena in London.[10]
In 2009, Brothers went into the studio to work on his second full length record.[11] In addition, that year he had an original track called "Here on Earth" on the Tiësto record Kaleidescope alongside Sigur Rós, Tegan and Sara, Kele Okereke, Priscilla Ahn and Emily Haines.[12]
"Under Control" was released on April 6, 2010 through Brothers' own Procrastination Music label and premiered at #1 on the iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts and #10 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. Cary toured extensively in the United States in support of the record in 2010 and 2011 as both headliner and as an opening act for the Sara Bareilles tour. Staying active in social media, Brothers was named #14 on Paste Magazine's "50 Musicians Worth Following on Twitter" on August 2011.[13]