Tag Archives: Dream Pop

An Icelandic singer/songwriter whose music embraces components of folk, electronica, pop/rock and roll, and trip-hop, Emilíana Torrini has earned beneficial evaluations to such vocally gifted performers as Beth Hirsch, Kirsty Hawkshaw, and Björk. Torrini grew up in Kópavogur, where she worked well at her father’s Italian cafe and went to …

LA indie pop quintet Fonda was shaped in 1994 by singer/keyboardist Emily Make and singer/guitarist David Klotz; with the help of drummer Aaron Ryder, the group performed its first live times at area night clubs like Spaceland and Cafe Bleu, and in 1998 released their debut EP Music for Newbies …

United kingdom pop group Frazier Chorus was shaped in Brighton, England by singer/keyboardist Tim Freeman, percussionist Michelle Allardyce, flutist Kate Holmes and clarinetist/programmer Chris Taplin. Originally dubbed Angling for Clouds, and later on Plop!, the quartet got the Frazier Chorus name from an American beseball coat owned by Allardyce; their …

Combining folk, digital, lo-fi, and globe-trotting music elements right into a exclusive and frequently poignant appear, CocoRosie includes the Casady sisters, vocalist/guitarist/harpist Sierra and vocalist/percussionist Bianca. Both sisters got an early like of music that they pursued because they was raised, albeit in various methods: Sierra started operatic vocal schooling …

A short-lived studio-based task, ESP Summer season gave the pop underground one stunning LP in 1994 and was by no means heard from again. Similar to the pairing of Brian Eno and David Byrne in the first ’80s, Warren Defever (His Name Is definitely Alive) and Ian Experts (Pale Saints) …

From Fullerton, CA, the Coco B’s hit a balance between your aggressive tunefulness of ’90s alternative rock and roll rings like Guided by Voices as well as the Replacements as well as the noisy drift of Archers of Loaf as well as the shoegazer motion. The Coco B’s had been …

Following many years in Throwing Muses, and a short detour in the Breeders in 1990, Tanya Donelly shaped her own group, Stomach, in 1992. With Tummy, Donelly extended her dreamy pop hooks into even more concise, catchy music, aswell as harder-edged rock and roll. The band’s 1993 debut, Superstar, became …

Singer/songwriter Actually Johansen made a name for himself across the U.K. and his indigenous Norway because of his impressive use indie rock works Libido and Chocolates Overdose. Taking motivation from his newfound house in Dumfries, Scotland, Johansen released his first single album, Calm & Still, in springtime 2001.

Bardo Fish-pond was the flagship music group of Philly’s “Psychedelphia” space rock and roll motion, which also included famous brands Aspera, Asteroid Zero. 4, the Azusa Airplane, and tangentially the Lilys. Explicitly drug-inspired — their game titles had been filled up with obscure referrals to psychedelics — they preferred lengthy, …

The Parisian post-rock/experimental quartet Cyann & Ben came jointly in 2001. Cyann (vocals/keyboards), Ben (electric guitar), Loïc (electric guitar/keyboards), and Charlie (percussion/examples) create a romantic soundscape that’s both cinematic and lush with differing ambient designs and analogical noises. Within a calendar year, the group self-released their initial album, and then …