Member Since: 01/12/2005
Band Members: Just me. With my ukulele. Check out my band Orphan Theater, there in my top 8.
Influences: Artists that grace my cd/vinyl collection: Velvet Underground, Jeff Buckley, Animal Collective, Billie Holiday, Arcade Fire, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Richie Havens, Christopher O'Riley, Yeahyeahyeahs, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, the Pixies, Johnny Cash, Monty Python (Eric Idle, specifically), Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Curtis Mayfield, Stereolab, the Breeders, Skip James, Nico, Elliott Smith, the Causey Way, Nick Drake, the Spins, Coralie Clement, Spoon, David Bowie, Aretha Franklin, Roger & the Gypsies, Elton John (early stuff), the Smiths, the Cure, Macy Gray, Bob Marley & the Wailers, Led Zeppelin, Alanis Morissette, the Flaming Lips, Fiona Apple, Iggy Pop & the Stooges, the Shins, Paul Simon, the Grateful Dead, Hard-Fi, Joni Mitchell, Pulp Fiction soundtrack, the Beatles, the Raveonettes, James Brown, John Cale, Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack, Bright Eyes, Jimi Hendrix, Trainspotting soundtrack, Marvin Gaye, Nusrat Fateh Ali-Khan, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Almost Famous soundtrack, Bjork, Frida soundtrack, Queen, Stereolab, Jewel, West Side Story soundtrack, Canned Heat, Kill Bill I&II soundtracks, Rasputina, Muddy Waters, Janis Joplin, Cake, Sheryl Crow, the Ramones, Everclear, Debussy, Moby, Peaches, the Distillers, the Dead Kennedys, Dead Can Dance, Bikini Kill, Donovan, the White Stripes, Sam Adams & the Riding Scar, Rainer Maria, Weezer, Hole, Tenacious D, Dashboard Confessional, Franz Ferdinand, Coldplay, Lost in Translation soundtrack, And you will know us by the trail of dead..., the Mars Volta, the Pretenders, the Dire Straights, the Clash, Elvis, Barenaked Ladies, Cream, Alice Cooper, the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack, Nirvana, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Sex Pistols, T-Rex, Maria Callas, Marcy Playground, John Lennon, the Buzzcocks, Death Cab for Cutie, This Great October, Le Tigre, Martin White, Devendra Banhart, the Unicorns, the Moldy Peaches, Ben Harper, the Stranglers, Judy Collins, Grandaddy, the Nails, Guided by Voices, Yes, Pink Floyd, Beulah, Postal Service, Richard Swift, For Stars, Rocky Votolato, Joe Cocker, Portishead, Yo La Tengo, Regina Spektor, Cocorosie, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Antony and the Johnsons, Scout Niblett... Feel free to introduce me something!!
Sounds Like: I've been compared to: Nico, a comfortable nightmare, Vincent Gallo, Feist, a songbird in an old movie, CocoRosie, Jeff Buckley, rose-coloured tapestries, Stina Nordenstam, Regina Spektor, the Velvet Underground, and Jenny Lewis
Type of Label: Major