A few years ago I wrote here that I noticed a band name trend involving using the word "Wolf" or wolves. I am starting to notice some new trends over the past few months, the biggest of which is the growing popularity of bells. Over the last few months alone I have come across music by a myriad of bands that use the word bell or bells in their names. Now, obviously some of these bands may only be new to me, but the fact remains, all of the sudden they're making their presence known in the [...]
Jenny debuts "Last Person" - a video from her latest (May 2009) album, "Transmitter Failure" which was her 2nd album (debut - Batten The Hatches 2005/2007) You might remember her really fun and sexy Nelly cover song/video "Hot in Here" she published in 2007. Or perhaps her EP Led to Sea . To our regret her live set recorded on Fab Channel (site now shut down) was taken offline. One thing we discovered recently was her collaboration with Sybarite Xian Hawkins . The duo formed a group called Bell Horses and recently [...]
[ download ] On October 13th, the duo of Jenny Owen Youngs and Xian Hawkins will release the first installment of their collaboration as Bell Horses. Hawkins has made a name for himself through his recordings under the Sybarite moniker on labels such as Ghostly International and 4AD, as well as the third member in the reunited incarnation of experimental electronic music pioneers Silver Apples . Youngs has two well-received solo records under her belt, but is perhaps most infamous for her cover of Nelly's "Hot in Herre." [...]
Indie-pop supergroups are not immune to the economic downturn. As the more-is-more ethos evermore becomes so Bush-league, megasized musical collectives - whether Animal in name or raconteurish in nature - may find themselves pushed aside by outfits such as Bell Horses , a new super duo. It is solely composed of 90s-era Silver Apples multi-instrumentalist/lone member of electronica outfit Sybarite Xian Hawkins and solo singer-songwriter/also a member of The Robot Explosion Jenny Owen Youngs . The group's debut album, This Loves Last Time [sic on [...]
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