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Artist: Whimsical Tricycle
Guitar, violin & vocals. Original songs. Genuine tales. Unanimously unique. Kieran Butler & Michelle Wilson are Whimsical Tricycle. Critically acclaimed at the 2006 Edinburgh & 2007 Adelaide Fringe festivals. ***** Adelaide Advertiser **** Edinburgh Evening News Debut CD is called 'Kismet' [+] Read More
Artist: The Beatles
So much has been said and written about the Beatles -- and their story is so mythic in its sweep -- that it's difficult to summarize their career without restating clichés that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans. To start with the obvious, they were the greatest and most influential act of the rock era, and introduced... [+] Read More
Artist: Russ Smith
Performers with this name may have a wider option than is possible to determine in regards to choosing a graphic artist that is also named Russ Smith to design cover art for them, a move that could be done in order to garner credit for themselves or simply to annoy discographers. Several alt-country releases including the 1998 Songs of Forbidden... [+] Read More
Artist: Shelby Bryant
Formerly of early-'80s synth pop emulators the Clears, Shelby Bryant is a Memphis, TN, high-school math teacher who likes to experiment with four-track-inspired songwriting on his off hours. Residing in the Bible Belt has lent a thumping gospel texture to his less-earthy inclinations. His debut album Cloud Wow Music takes its cues from the... [+] Read More
Artist: Get the Hell Out of the Way of the Volcano
Get the Hell Out of the Way of the Volcano is the project of Olympia, WA, ukulele player Khaela Maricich. You wouldn't know that from the 2001 CD, Look for It in the Sky It Will Always Be There, on the small Knw-Yr-Own label, which has no songwriting or musician credits. The album is basic lo-fi-but-low-key indie pop with a folk, rather than... [+] Read More
Artist: Kerrier District
In late January of 2004, Luke Vibert released a triple-vinyl pack on Rephlex under his Kerrier District alias. The whimsical producer took cues from Italo disco producers of the early '80s -- as well as left-field house vets Metro Area, who certainly inspired Vibert's own pseudonym -- to come up with his own sample-heavy take on the sound. Black... [+] Read More
Artist: Wimple Winch
Despite the silly name and their near-total lack of commercial success, Wimple Winch was an interesting British '60s group, weaving soul, intricate harmonies, and unusual whimsical lyrics into their original material. Starting out as Just Four Men, the Liverpool-area outfit was initially just one of the dozens of Merseybeat groups riding the... [+] Read More
Artist: Kev Hopper
Best known as the former bassist of the '80s avant-rock group Stump, multi-instrumentalist Kev Hopper pursued a solo career after that band went their separate ways in 1988. Albums such as Stolen Jewels and Spoombung continued Stump's experimental tendencies, mixing haunting melodies with whimsical arrangements and electronic flourishes. Hopper... [+] Read More
Artist: James Superstar Kochalka
Artist/writer/musician James Kochalka's whimsical and irreverent renderings of everyday life have won him a small but devoted cult following. The Vermont native has successfully managed to elude fame, despite publishing numerous award-winning graphic novels (Peanut Butter & Jeremy's Best Book Ever!, The Horrible Truth About Comics) and art books... [+] Read More
Artist: Dr. Seuss
Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winning writer/illustrator Dr. Seuss (1904-1991) a.k.a. Theodore Geisel created some of the most popular and enduring children's books of the 20th century. After attending Dartmouth and Oxford University and working for a time in advertising, he published his first book, 1937's And To Think That I Saw It On... [+] Read More
Artist: The Rapture
The Rapture was formed in early 1998 by drummer Vito Roccoforte and guitarist/vocalist Luke Jenner. The whimsical indie group had extensive touring behind them by the time they recorded 1999's Mirror for Gravity. More touring ensued -- with the likes of Sunny Day Real Estate and Nuzzle -- and the band eventually relocated to New York City. They... [+] Read More
Artist: Kiprich
Able to bounce between boisterous dancehall toasting and smooth crooning, vocalist Kiprich first came to reggae fans' attention as Elephant Man's sideman. Originally known as Crazy Kid, Jamaican native Marlon Plunkett changed his moniker to Kiprich before releasing his first successful solo single, "Leggo Di Bwoy," in 1999. A series of popular... [+] Read More
Artist: SS Puft
An avant-garde jazz group based in Athens, Georgia, SS Puft (a number of whimsical definitions of the acronym are in circulation) formed in December 2000. Guitarist Colin Bragg, trumpeter Jeff Crouch, h'arpeggionist Erik Hinds (the h'arpeggione is an 18-string guitar/cello/bass hybrid), and drummer Blake Helton all knew each other previously... [+] Read More
Artist: Octopus Inc
Noah Sasso is one of the Kracfive four," along with colleagues Chris Graves, Reim Kettel and Joe Miragliuolo. Together, they run the label and initially, at least, have been responsible for all of the releases, either individually or in various combinations. Sasso, Graves and Miragliuolo all attended school at the University of New Hampshire... [+] Read More
Artist: They Came from the Stars I Saw Them
With a manifesto proclaiming "Taste \= reserve \= fear \= stagnation \= Boredom," London's whimsical collective They Came From the Stars I Saw Them mixes sweet British pop leanings with heroic doses of experimental rock. The group formed in 1999 and features a revolving cast of characters, including Alexi Star, Horton Jupiter, Naomi Star, Mars... [+] Read More
Artist: Slowly Minute
Slowly Minute's whimsical electronic music is the product of Takahiro Chiba, a resident of Sapporo, Japan who also works as a fashion designer. Chiba began making music in the late '90s, while still in his teens. The playful mix of live and electronic elements in Chiba's arrangements and the innocent, almost childlike feel of his music caught... [+] Read More
Artist: Darryl Lee Rush
Born and raised in the central Texas small town of Markham, singer/songwriter and guitarist Darryl Lee Rush spins whimsical tales of rural and urban Texas over gutsy and dusty backbeats. When he was old enough to play the honky tonks, Rush moved to Austin and joined the Big Johnsons. A chance to join the folk-rock band Fast Train persuaded Rush... [+] Read More
Artist: Fairfield Parlour
The saga of Fairfield Parlour, though brief, is confusing because the group was really the same as Kaleidoscope (the British band called Kaleidoscope, not to be confused with the psychedelic band called Kaleidoscope from California who was active in the same era). Around 1970, Kaleidoscope changed their name to Fairfield Parlour, though the... [+] Read More
Artist: 52nd Street
52nd Street was a vocal group from Manchester, England, who had a 1986 Top Ten R&B hit with "Tell Me How It Feels." The lineup was John Dennison, Diane Charlemagne, Tony Bowry, and Rony Henry. They were part of the mid-'80s British soul music invasion that included Junior, Loose Ends, Five Star, and Soul II Soul. The group recorded for the same... [+] Read More
Artist: Lord Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Berners
Berners, educated at Eaton, was an eccentric English gentleman. He had some musical training in Dresden and in England and also received some advice from Stravinsky and Casella, but he was essentially a self-taught composer. A dilettante with ample means to pursue his interests, Berners created whimsical works such as Three Little Funeral... [+] Read More
Artist: Vicki Pratt Keating
It isn't easy to categorize Vicky Pratt Keating, or come up with pat comparisons to other performers. Keating herself has described her style as "whimsical mystical acoustic", which fits the bill as well as anything. There are echoes of everyone from Kate Bush to David Byrne to Nanci Griffith in Keating's music, but she is so firmly an original... [+] Read More
Artist: Photon Band
Starting with 1996's 747 (Don't Worry) on Darla Records, Philadelphia's Photon Band unleashed a flurry of unique psychedelia-tinged indie rock onto the music scene. Led by ex-Lilys member Art Difuria and backed by drummer Simon Nagle and bassists Gary Plowman and Jeff Tanner, the band wasn't heard from again until 1999's limited-edition All... [+] Read More
Artist: Karl Blau
Working out of the small town of Anacortes in northern Washington state, Karl Blau has released several cassettes, as well as a CD, Shell Collection, on the small Knw-Yr-Own label. Shell Collection, from 1997, is comprised of four-track recordings that are among the more intriguing and versatile sounds to have come out of the lo-fi indie... [+] Read More
Artist: Shide & Acorn
Perhaps no way-obscure early-'70s British folk-rock band is as over-represented on CD as Shide & Acorn, who released just one album in the early '70s, which itself was a privately pressed LP given away to friends. Not only did that album get reissued on CD in the 1990s, but so did two other CDs of previously unreleased rehearsals and studio... [+] Read More
Artist: They Might Be Giants
Combining a knack for infectious melodies with a quirky, bizarre sense of humor and a vaguely avant-garde aesthetic borrowed from the New York post-punk underground, They Might Be Giants became one of the most unlikely alternative success stories of the late '80s and early '90s. Musically, the duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell borrowed... [+] Read More
