Jade - Have you tried writing the band you mentioned? Just because they don't have a record deal doesn't mean they don't have a CD. If you were able to hear their music, they've obviously been in a studio at some point. There's a great many local and independent musicians that end up paying to print their own first CD (or 2nd or fourth). For that matter, there's a growing number of more popular artists that won't sign with a label anyway, just because of the standard contract restrictions if they do. If they have a CD, I'm sure they'd love to send you one, and they might even eat the cost of shipping just to get fans in other States (depends on the band, of course).