City Rockers
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City Rockers is a UK based indie
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 label.

Their current signed artists include The Sunshine Underground
The Sunshine Underground
The Sunshine Underground are an English, Leeds based indie rock band. The Sunshine Underground play a variety of punk, funk and indie, featured on their debut album, Raise the Alarm, released by City Rockers on August 28, 2006...

, The Ghost Frequency
The Ghost Frequency
The Ghost Frequency were a UK band signed to the label City Rockers.The Ghost Frequency formed in a bedroom in Spring 2005 and begun writing songs and recording demos on a 4 track recorder. Drummer Ben Chetwood joined the band in November of that year and the band began rehearsing for live shows in...

 and The Blood Arm
The Blood Arm
-Band Information:The Blood Arm were formed in LA in 2003 and were nominated for the LA Weekly Music Award for Best New Artist in 2004. They won the Best Live Act award at the 2005 South By Southwest Music Conference. Franz Ferdinand have often mentioned The Blood Arm as their favourite band in...

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Past releases on the label came from bands such as The Rakes
The Rakes
The Rakes were an English indie rock band from London. They split up in October 2009.-History:The Rakes formed in 2004. Since coming to fame in 2005, they were associated with the British post-punk/art rock scene, a genre shared by bands such as Bloc Party, Maxïmo Park, and The Futureheads...

, Felix Da Housecat
Felix da Housecat
Felix da Housecat is an American DJ and record producer, mostly known for house music and electroclash. His name was inspired by Felix the Cat....

, The Duke Spirit
The Duke Spirit
The Duke Spirit are an English rock band based in London. Their sound has been seen as a melding of many influences ranging from the alternative noise of 1980s/90s guitar bands such as My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth and Spacemen 3, the tremulous rock n roll of bands such as The Gun Club and The...

 and The Boggs
The Boggs
The Boggs is an independent rock band from New York City that formed in 2001 and quickly became a part of the then burgeoning "New New York" scene that included groups like The Rapture, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Calla, Interpol, and The Walkmen....

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Official website

They were also responsible for the seminal mix cd's Futurism sold in a pink and green edition, both covered with a translucent printed sleeve with track details. Set up for the release of Felix Da Housecat's album Kitten and thee Glitz 2001.
CITYROCK1CD, CITYROCK1LP, CITYROCK1SP. These cd's are rare to find for under £40.00.

Also released loads of amazing other tracks including 2 of the most played tracks ever! Tiga's Sunglasses at night 2002. ROCKERS15CD, ROCKERS15TR. Felix Da Housecat's Seminal classic, Silver scene shower scene 2002. ROCKERS19CD, ROCKERS19DJ.

Let's face it, City Rockers are pretty much the best UK indie label that ever was. (And yes, this includes Factory, Domino and Rough Trade).
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