Musical stories in fantastical worlds
In the genre of Dark Cabaret, these guys are the one eyed, alcoholic, prostitute pimping, donkey show organizing Fathers of the genre. They’ve been around since 1989, before the 1990s neo burlesque scene and the post 2000 coinage of the […]
Since the Steampunk Opera makes consistent use of and plays with the tango, i did a lot of online exploration of it, and as it’s truly a deep and rich style, it’s worth doing a post on. The Narrator’s songs are all […]
I am REALLY into today’s post. Around the web there are many extraordinary examples of people taking their guitar or tuba or violin and making them into a steampunk aesthetic. One day perhaps i will show you a collection. As […]
Like THIS. Bat For Lashes: What’s A Girl To Do [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1wnOUH2jk8&feature=related] One of the greatest things about the net, and YouTube to be specific, is that while it has destroyed the record industry (and as a musician, good riddance […]
So today we’ll feature a video by a wonderfully talented artist, a fine humanitarian, a giant of artistic integrity and vision, a leader among…. ok, yeah, it’s me. (under my title Mocha Lab) This is off my Subduction album, a […]
Just fyi, i finished the music for the first act last night. But since i won’t be posting anything on that today, let’s take a look at another awesome Dark Cabaret band. Birdeatsbaby is self described as alt-classical-prog-punks, the description […]
I sit here in a tine old, village house in the mountains of southern Serbia madly composing away. My wife has taken our beautiful little toddler to Belgrade in order for me to work uninterupted. I rise each morning, eat, […]
Let’s have a little Dresden Dolls in our day, shall we? A great live recording, here’s the song Sex Changes. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV0hAA_VdRE] Self described as Brechtian Punk Cabaret, the duo of Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione came up with the description out of […]