Artist: Lia Ices Album: Grown Unknown Release Date: 1/25/11 Label: Jagjaguwar Featured Track: “Grown Unknown”
When my friend told me about his girlfriend the musician from Brooklyn I didn’t think much about it. When he said she has an album coming out on Jagjaguwar I thought…hold up, I need to check this out. Because when a label with that kind of reputation signs an artist it’s for a good reason. And listening to this track it’s clear what that reason is. She’s quite the talented songstress and could easily follow the same trajectory of Feist and Cat Power. Her debut album, Grown Unknown, is slated to be released on 1/25/11 and includes a track with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon.
2009 seems to be the year of artists embarking on new solo efforts, side projects and collaborations. It’s become quite a task to keep up with it all. So much so I’ve actually created an Excel spreadsheet to track it. (But hey, I’m OCMD like that.) The proliferation of new projects and good music being put forth this year is astounding. And it’s a good thing. It points to the positive – and much needed – evolution of the music industry. This multi-part series will try to make some sense of it all by laying out the notable artists and projects released this year in all of their various incarnations. Enjoy.
Artist: Volcano Choir Album: Unmap Type: Collaboration Who’s Involved: Justin Vernon of Bon Iver with Collections of Colonies of Bees Featured Track: Island, IS
Artist: Lightning Dust Album:Infinite Light Type: Side Project Who’s Involved: Joshua Wells and Amber Webber of Black Mountain Tour Dates: October 6 @ The Independent in SF with The Cave Singers Featured Track: “Never Seen”
Artist: Julian Plenti Album:Skyscraper Type: Solo Project Who’s Involved: Paul Banks of Interpol Featured Track:”Fun That We Had”
Artist: Brendan Benson Album: My Old, Familiar Friend Type: Solo Project Who’s Involved: Brendan Benson of The Raconteurs (tho his solo work preceded it) Featured Track: “Feel Like Taking You Home”
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