There are several musicians by this name, but most notably: * Guitarist for industrial rockers KMFDM and Pig, as well as live guitarist for 16Volt. * Drummer of the British white soul boys The Style Council (and occasional fill in drummer for Oasis when the regular drummer, his brother Alan, was unavailable) *An antifolk singer/songwriter from London, England.
Only a couple months into their coupledom, Major Matt Mason USA and Nan Turner began jamming. Nan's prior music experience was playing guitar and sometimes bass in the all-girl punky pop band Bionic Finger. Matt's experience included playing guitar in noisepop bands in Kansas, but he was mainly doing solo acoustic shows in New York when he met Nan. In the honeymoon of their romance, Matt brought his electric guitar out of hibernation and Nan started banging the drums. Schwervon! was born.
Jack Lewis is the brother of Jeffrey Lewis and play also in his brothers band. Jack recorded a lot of stuff the last years and became finally his own band "Jack Lewis and the cutoffs"...he also recorded a lot of stuff with herman düne...some examples you will get on the colmar tapes...smoking gun records also released the last year his new record.
handmadehands are punky (not fast power pop, proper punk like they can't play or sing very well), folky, alternative indie band. They release their début eponymously titled album on bdeye records on the 14th of March 2011. handmadehands are Fletch, Dan and Chris who all play a range of instruments and sing things. They all hail from the Dewsbury area, made famous by Titanic band leaders and more recently young terrorists and hide and seek champions.
3 artists under the name Coming Soon 1/ Taking in West Coast French anti-folk band with vocal performances that variously recall the drained baritone of Leonard Cohen and Moldy Peaches as fronted by Suggs, the debut album by this French seven-piece (who’ve busked in Covent Garden) is all over the place in the very best of ways. Ages range from 15 to 26, subjects from kissing like Jack Nicholson to the brand of blues specifically associated with baking pies for your mother’s third wedding.
They signed to Kitchen Music from Paris, these young troubadours make you dance, think and smile.
Ghost Mice is a two-piece folk-punk band that hails from Bloomington, IN. Ghost Mice was created from the ashes of former pop-punk bands The Devil Is Electric and Operation: Cliff Clavin. Chris Johnston (aka Chris Clavin) and Hannah who played guitar and bass respectively for OP:CC and TDIE, decided to make their act acoustic so they could tour more easily and play almost anywhere. In their own words: "We play 100% acoustic. We never use amps or mics (except once at Plan-It-X Fest). We have been playing in bands together for about 7 years.
Edinburgh 'Antifolk' Singer-Songwriter and Visual Artist. Withered Hand is closely associated with fellow Edinburgh residents Les Enfant Bastard and Meursault and the creative collective Bear Scotland.
Goodshank made his high profile musical debut playing acoustic guitar in The Moldy Peaches. He has also had a prolific solo career, recording 14 albums in a five-year span and touring Europe with artists including Jeffrey Lewis and Kimya Dawson. He has since become a prominent voice in the underground NYC music scene. Goodshank's style, while usually centered around his solo guitar and singing abilities, draws from a variety of pop and underground art and musical influences and employs many instrumental textures.
