since David shared some of his musical interests in his blog, I thought I might share a couple of mine.
The first one is two ton boa, who we saw opening for the Dresden dolls on jan 8th this year. Honestly, I never take much stock in an opening band, but thought maybe I'd give them at least half a listen when Amanda Palmer from the dolls felt the need to take time out of getting ready for the show and introduce them personally in her bathrobe. The band walked out on stage and this tiny 5'4" in heels girl walks out and grabs a bass and a mic. Whitey and I both think "how cute, a girl in a rock band." The tiny, cute girl proceeds to unleash a voice on us the likes of which I have never heard before. Combine the insane voice with a funky experimental rock sound, and you get the uhh... unique (for lack of a more descriptive word) sound that is two ton boa. Oh yeah, they use two bases a keyboard and drums... no guitar.
So next is The Dresden Dolls, who I've been in love with for like 4 years now. Honestly, it took a while at first for me to get into them because their music is very intense and odd. It's absolutely beautiful, but it's a very dark and complicated beauty. So, anyways, lest I ramble on and bore you with a thousand stories about how much I want to fuck the lead singer, lemme just embed the damn video.
Next is a group the SA goons turned us onto called Tilly and the Wall. It's offbeat mostly folk sounding music with some rock and ethnic influences... and oh yeah, the majority of the percussion is done by a tap dancer. I don't just like this one because I happen to be a tap dancer. I think their sound is amazing... the fact that it's done by a tap dancer makes it that much more amazing for me.
Next is Imogen Heap, who it's quite possible you've heard of, but she's still off a few people's radars, so I thought I give her some props here. Anyone who knows my musical taste will find it obvious why I like her (piano, a little electronic sound, and an unusual but gorgeous voice for those of you who don't know). I'm giving her a commercial vid because this is what i think of as her true sound. The live stuff you can find on you tube is great, too though, just a different sound.
Last but not least (at least until I decide I've forgotten someone else extraordinary) is the lovely miss Vienna Teng, who had a well paying job as a software engineer for sisco systems and then quit after 2 years to have a music career. If you go here, there's an archive of numerous live performances. It is actually listening here that I fell in love with Vienna's music. Those who know my musical tastes will again know exactly why I like her about 10 seconds into the video (good piano player, good voice, not completely traditional).
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