Eyes on Obscure Bands and Musical Artists (and health care lolz!) Week Seven:

[Rye]

Three new bands!


Rae Spoon
A shemale Canadian artist that tours and played at a local alternative lifestyles pub called the "Velvet Elvis."
he's twangy, but upbet.

<a href="http://www.myspace.com/raespoon"> Rae Spoon MySpace</a>
My favourite song was: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQubvexqIIQ">White Hears Comes Rolling</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACHRKFZ2K_8&feature=PlayList&p=3D777A6F7C5DE7C8&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=41">If I were a boy cover</a>



There is this REALLY cool unknown band called Fair and they are one of my faveeees.

FAIR | InSession by Antistatic™ (http://www.fairforever.com/)

FAIR on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads (http://www.myspace.com/fair)


Choir of Young Believers:
Although it sounds like a big group of Christians from Harlem, it's actually very much of a one-man-band, with the Danish/Greek/Filipino guy Jannis Noya Makrigiannis hiding behind the name. He used to be a part of a indie group called Lake Placid, before he decided to go solo and do his own thing. His musical style can be described as indie/alternative/singer-songwriter. He combines emotional lyrics and vocals with often dramatic and organic music that creeps in and opens up much like a flower.
He's without a doubt one of my favourite artists, and I find that his music speaks for itself.. so, here are some links:

Choir of Young Believers - Sharpen Your Knife (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96i3GzBCNA0)
Choir of Young Believers - Next Summer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxdQlEX-SdA)
Choir of Young Believers - Claustrophobia (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFkd_vM9QiM&feature=PlayList&p=6A4D56493D25D2B9&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=31)
Choir of Younge Believers - Things I Stole (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsUeKFL25vg)



More to come next week! Listeeennnn!

[Breine]

I thought Rae Spoon was really interesting. Not only because of the whole female-to-male transgender thing, but also because I think that, even though he's now male, it's really beautiful that he still has this very pretty and feminine voice.
I'm a sucker for the whole LGBT thing as it is, but I also thought the music was really nice. I think I'll look more into it.

[krissy]

Choir of Young Believers is really good

[Bunny]

Choir of Young Believers is good, but I notice a trend with the vocals and the music. There doesn't seem to be much deviation from the styles between the four songs provided. It works as far as a musical artist goes, but it doesn't really catch me as something I would go out of my way to listen to. It's pretty good background music though.

I don't really care for Rae Spoon. I only listened to "White Hears Comes Rolling" and it didn't give me that great of an impression to continue listen to any other songs. It's too typical to me, I think.

From the brief listen I gave Fair, they seem decent but also stylistically simplistic, which is a dime-a-dozen in the music industry. That impression was formed in the two minutes that I listened to "Carelessness" for. I'll listen to them a little bit later on though.

[Breine]

If you guys like Choir of Young Believers, you should check out the myspace (http://www.myspace.com/choirofyoungbelievers). It has more songs.

[daggertrepe]

I'm biased, obviously, but I adore FAIR.

[Rye]

I'm a little low on submissions. Please send me some, before I do the next OBAMA?

Thanks guys! I'll close this for now.