Miniature Tigers is an Indie rock

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...

 band with elements of indie pop

Indie pop

Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...

 based in Brooklyn, NY. The band is made up of frontman-guitarist Charlie Brand, Rick Schaier on drums and vocals, Algernon Quashie on guitar, keyboard.

The band is currently signed to Modern Art Records.

Miniature Tigers began their first national tour in October 2008, which included playing a set at the 2008 CMJ Music Marathon.
Miniature Tigers toured with Ben Folds in February and played the 2009 Monolith Festival in September.

Media

In December 2006, Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

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listed Miniature Tigers as "one of the 25 best bands on Myspace

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." The band has also received favorable attention from Spin magazine

Spin (magazine)

Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...

, which included Miniature Tigers in its list of "The 9 Hottest New Bands Playing CMJ 2008." Death + Taxes, a music magazine, awarded the band's Black Magic and White Magic EPs 4 stars, calling the band "terribly endearing."
The music video for "Cannibal Queen" has been featured on mtvU and MTV2's Subterranean.

Discography

• White Magic EP (March 4, 2008)
• Black Magic EP (March 4, 2008)
• Tell It to the Volcano
  Tell It to the Volcano
  Tell It to the Volcano is the debut album of indie pop band Miniature Tigers, released on September 16, 2008.-Track listing:All songs written by Charlie Brand.#"Cannibal Queen" – 2:42#"Like or Like Like" – 2:37#"Dino Damage" – 2:22...
  
  (September 16, 2008)
• Fortress
  Fortress (Miniature Tigers album)
  Fortress , is the Miniature Tigers' second full-length album. It was released on July 27, 2010.- Track listing :# "Mansion of Misery" – 3:36# "Rock N' Roll Mountain Troll" – 3:44# "Dark Tower" – 4:09...
  
    (July 27, 2010)
• Mia Pharaoh (Unreleased 2011)