Member Since: 1/16/2006
Band Website: staranova.com,dancehallcrashers.com,
Band Members: Karina Denike -- Singing , songwriting and arranging, hella harmonies, and some vibraphone and keyboards.People that played on the recordings - Meric Long, Eric Garland, James Frazier, Joel Behrman,Christie Winn- big lovey dovey thanks to them!
Influences: David Bowie, The Ronettes,Elliot Smith, Blondie,The Buzzcocks,The Ink Spots ,Tina Turner!!, The Pretenders,Bessie Smith, The Beatles,The Eurythmics, Billie Holiday,Tv On the Radio, Ella Fitzgerald, M.I.A. ,The Shangri-Las, Debussy, MC Lyte, Carmen Miranda,The Sugar Cubes, Billy Bragg,Astor Piazolla, Eric Satie, Tom Waits,The Specials, Fun Boy Three, Yaz, The Belle Stars, Bananarama,Janet Jackson (if you're nasty), Special AKA , The Colour Field,Pebbles, Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam, The Staple Singers!!, Toots and the Maytails ( big one!), Etta James,Patsy Cline, Aretha Franklin, Hepcat, Marrianne Faithfull, The Kinks, Joan Jett, Kitty Wells, Bjork , Neko Case, Althea and Donna, Elastica,The Rolling Stones, Velvet Underground,X-ray Specs, Johnny Cash, The Jam, The Style Council, Stereolab, Elvis Costello,,Radiohead, Le Tigre, Edith Piaf, Sam Cooke, The Soul Strirrers, Harold Arlen, The Mills Brothers, Booker T and the MG's, Phyliss Dillon, Desmond Dekker, Nick Drake, The Marine Girls, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Serge Gainsbourg, Brigitte Bardot,Buddy Miles, Chet Baker, Klymaxx, The Mary Jane girls, Fine Young Canibals, Squeeze, The Andrews Sisters,ABBA, Eddie Cantor, Harold Alren, Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, T-Rex, Goldfrapp,Outkast, Too Short, The Jungle Brothers, Bright Eyes, Dolly Parton, Meric Long ,Bob Dylan,Rufus Wainwright, MC 5 , Telelvision,Curtis Mayfield,Fats Waller, Duke Ellington,Tindersticks, Sparklehorse,Sigur Ross,The Clash ,The Dickies,.. ...and so on
Sounds Like: You can tell me--- but --
Whatever band i'm in at that moment ....
So could be torch songs,power pop,cabaret art songs ,girl group,soundtrack- noir , Eastern European lullabys, kitschy 1930's tin pan alley, ska/reggae, new wave ,punk- power pop. Or a combination of any of the above...
Record Label: Fat Wreckchords, Pink and Blk,MCA , Warner etc...
Type of Label: Indie