9th IMA Submission Spotlight: The Murder Mouse Blues Band

ARTIST NAME: The Murder Mouse Blues Band

HOMETOWN/CURRENTLY BASED: Perth Western Australia

WEB SITE: www.murdermousebluesband.com

INFLUENCES: Pogues, Johnny Cash, Ani Difranco, Son House, Mick Thomas, Joni Mitchell, Weddings Parties Anything, Nina Simone, Leonard Cohen

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Charted as the number one Roots act in Australia by Triple J Radio (Triple J is the national music station for independent and signed acts in Australia) http://www.triplejunearthed.com/Charts/Default.aspx?genre=Roots

WE SUBMITTED TO THE INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS BECAUSE: We are looking to expand our audience overseas and are interested in more touring.

9TH ANNUAL IMA JUDGE WE'RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT: Anyone that gets mentioned in a deleted scene from Pulp Fiction has my vote, so it has to go to Suzanne Vega, a close second would be Celina Denkins (talent buyer, Whiskey a Go Go)

I'M PROUD TO BE AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST BECAUSE: Our music Our way.

WHAT'S NEXT (UPCOMING TOURS, ALBUMS. ETC): Debut album, Fill the Hole, will be released within the coming two weeks featuring the awesome track "Apocalypse Blues."

SUCCESS = Playing live shows to live people.

WHAT MAKES YOUR BAND STAND OUT: We're the kind of band Hemingway would have liked, and no-one else in the world does nuclear pirate blues.

WHERE DO YOU TOUR? We are looking to tour to Canada and North America in early 2010 followed by a short four week stint in France/Holland and Germany in the later part of the year. We will be traveling up through the interior of Western Australia on a desert tour at the end of this year. In short we tour anywhere we;re welcome, from Cambodia to Belfast and anywhere in between.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE VENUE TO PLAY AND WHY? The WA Blues Club here in Perth has to be a favourite of any band. Always a full house, a near 20 year history and everyone in the room is there for the music, so you can't beat that. Having said that, it was still hard to top playing in a country pub in Co Cork in Ireland in the tiny town of Grenagh.