Genre: Indie Rock
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Latest Album: Shake the Baron (2010)
Label: (unknown)
Other Notable Songs: "Tree House"
Fun Fact: Shake the Baron are performing at Pianos in NYC on Saturday, February 12th at 8PM. Get your tickets HERE.
Shake the Baron Website HERE.
2.04.2011
2.03.2011
International - "Rum Hee" by Shugo Tokumaru
Genre: Alternative/Experimental/Pop
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Latest Album: Port Entropy (2010)
Label: P-Vine/Polyvinyl
Other Notable Songs: "Vista" and "Sleigh Ride"
Fun Fact: He creates every aspect of his music, including the lyrics, music, arrangements, recording and mixing. He is known for the variety of instruments he uses in his music, using over 100 different traditional and non-traditional instruments in his recordings.
Shugo Tokumaru Website HERE.
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Latest Album: Port Entropy (2010)
Label: P-Vine/Polyvinyl
Other Notable Songs: "Vista" and "Sleigh Ride"
Fun Fact: He creates every aspect of his music, including the lyrics, music, arrangements, recording and mixing. He is known for the variety of instruments he uses in his music, using over 100 different traditional and non-traditional instruments in his recordings.
Shugo Tokumaru Website HERE.
2.02.2011
Cover - "Toxic" by Yaron Herman
Original: "Toxic" by Britney Spears
Genre: Experimental/Jazz
Hometown: Paris, France
Latest Album: Muse (2009)
Label: Laborie Records
Other Notable Songs: "Fugue" and "Blossom"
Fun Fact: Yaron Herman was born in Tel Aviv and moved onto a promising career as a basketball player on the Israeli national junior team but that was cut short by a serious knee injury which quashed his sporting ambitions. He only decided to take up playing the piano, at the age of 16.
Yaron Herman Website HERE.
The Original:
Genre: Experimental/Jazz
Hometown: Paris, France
Latest Album: Muse (2009)
Label: Laborie Records
Other Notable Songs: "Fugue" and "Blossom"
Fun Fact: Yaron Herman was born in Tel Aviv and moved onto a promising career as a basketball player on the Israeli national junior team but that was cut short by a serious knee injury which quashed his sporting ambitions. He only decided to take up playing the piano, at the age of 16.
Yaron Herman Website HERE.
The Original:
2.01.2011
Acoustic - "Hustle" by Tunng
Genre: Experimental Folk
Hometown: London, England
Latest Album: ...And Then We Saw Land (2010)
Label: Full Time Hobby & Static Caravan
Other Notable Songs: "Don't Look Back Or Down"
Fun Fact: Tunng are known for their use of unique items as musical instruments, such as seashells and a windup bird-in-a-cage music box.
Tunng Website HERE.
Hometown: London, England
Latest Album: ...And Then We Saw Land (2010)
Label: Full Time Hobby & Static Caravan
Other Notable Songs: "Don't Look Back Or Down"
Fun Fact: Tunng are known for their use of unique items as musical instruments, such as seashells and a windup bird-in-a-cage music box.
Tunng Website HERE.
1.31.2011
New Favorite - "Something in the Water" by Brooke Fraser
Genre: Folk Rock/Pop
Hometown: Sydney, Australia
Latest Album: Flags (2010)
Label: Wood & Bone
Other Notable Songs: "Betty"
Fun Fact: Originally from Australia, Brooke came to the US to perform at Cochella in 2009. In the process of making her new album, she came back to the US and wrote the songs in bursts, making writing trips to the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina and Northern California’s Bodega Bay before she and her husband decamped from their home in Sydney, Australia, to Los Angeles in February 2010.
Brooke Fraser Website HERE.
Hometown: Sydney, Australia
Latest Album: Flags (2010)
Label: Wood & Bone
Other Notable Songs: "Betty"
Fun Fact: Originally from Australia, Brooke came to the US to perform at Cochella in 2009. In the process of making her new album, she came back to the US and wrote the songs in bursts, making writing trips to the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina and Northern California’s Bodega Bay before she and her husband decamped from their home in Sydney, Australia, to Los Angeles in February 2010.
Brooke Fraser Website HERE.
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