Editing The Vines (band) (section)

==== Increased exposure and early releases ====
In 2000, the "In the Jungle" demo was played on [[FBi Radio|FBi Radio Sydney]], catching the ear of [[Ivy League Records]]' Andy Cassell. Ivy League's management company Winterman and Goldstein soon signed The Vines and encouraged them to record further demos and play more shows.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=L. |first=Toby |title=Interview: Andy Kelly |url=http://rockfeedback.com/andykelly_interview.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040314214336/http://rockfeedback.com/andykelly_interview.htm |archive-date=2004-03-14 |access-date=2023-08-16 |website=Rockfeedback.com}}</ref>

In early 2001, The Vines embarked on their first national tour of Australia as supporting act for You Am I and [[Eskimo Joe]]. During their gigs, the band gave away 5-track demo CDs featuring early recordings of songs like "[[Highly Evolved (song)|Highly Evolved]]" and "Mary Jane".<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> In the same year, their Australia debut single "Hot Leather/Sunchild" was released through independent label Illustrious Artists, run by [[Rusty Hopkinson|Russell Hopkinson]] from You Am I.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Segal |first=Victoria |date=2002-07-20 |title=The Label that Discovered Them |pages=31 |work=[[NME]] |url=https://archive.org/details/nme-20020720-the-vines}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=The Vines - Hot Leather |date=2001 |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/3056249-The-Vines-Hot-Leather |access-date=2023-08-16 |language=en}}</ref>

Meanwhile, [[Rex Records (2001)|Rex Records]] put out what was to be their UK debut single, "[[Factory (The Vines)|Factory]]", as a limited seven-inch single. The release became ''[[NME]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Single of the Week in November 2001.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-11-03 |title=Single of the Week: This Factory record is simply di-vine. |page=37 |work=[[NME]] |url=https://archive.org/details/nme-20011103-the-vines}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2001.htm#Singles/ |title=''NME'' 2001 lists |website=Rocklist.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327025904/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/2001.htm#Singles/ |archive-date=27 March 2008 |url-status=usurped |access-date=6 December 2014}}</ref>