Artist of the Week: Flobots

Here's the deal, another week another artist so lets get to it. This week's artist is a little different then usual. Mostly cause it's not alternative, but a hip hop group. It feels like this artist popped out of nowhere, but they've been around longer then most people know. The indie group was formed in Denver, Colorado in 2005. In October of that year, the band released their first album Flobots Present...Platypus. Even though the album only sold around 3,000 copies, they were still able to land a spot opening for Colorado locals The Fray at Red Rocks. In October of 2007, the group released their second album: Fight With Tools.
Later on that year, they entered a radio contest called Hometown for the Holidays. The contest allowed fans to vote for their favorite songs from 35 local bands. The group ended up wining both the radio and the live performance portion of the contest. As a result, the station put the group's single "Handlebars" into full rotation. A couple of months later the group signed with Universal Republic to a 2 CD deal. Since then, the single "Handlebars" has become very popular and has even spawn a new music video. With it being played on radio stations all over the country, who knows how big this group can get. That being said, this week's artist is Flobots with their video Handlebars, enjoy.