Dear LJ Hivemind, you seem to be my best resource for finding new music. Sooooo, if I were looking for more creepy/atmospheric/eccentric circus-y type bands, who would you recommend?
What the heck do I mean by the above vague description? Stuff like Rasputina, Jill Tracy, Circus Contraption, Power Circus, Toy-Box Trio, and Ego Plum. Does it sound like strange antique music boxes, a bunch of creepy porcelain dolls come to life, or like it would play on the carousel or calliope from Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show? Great! That's what I'm looking for.
What the heck do I mean by the above vague description? Stuff like Rasputina, Jill Tracy, Circus Contraption, Power Circus, Toy-Box Trio, and Ego Plum. Does it sound like strange antique music boxes, a bunch of creepy porcelain dolls come to life, or like it would play on the carousel or calliope from Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show? Great! That's what I'm looking for.
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She mentioned on twitter that she would be playing a Ustream concert this afternoon...
www.unwoman.com
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http://www.gildedagerecords.com/
You will like these the most
http://www.YouTube.com/sundaydriveruk
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Thank you for the other recs!
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They're Japanese! I have no idea what they're singing but I love it.
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The Magic (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCm26NiGyKM) Whispers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BAj-cP-eqI&feature=related) sound like a music box covered with sugar sprinkles, playing Lounge Music. (Their more carousely stuff doesn't seem to be up on Youtube, though.) I can't listen to a lot of their music in one sitting, but judicious use of their songs in among darker tunes by other people could do the trick.
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I'd also suggest some tracks off of the Evelyn Evelyn project Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley did.
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Not sure how well this will fit, but...
You can find them at http://www.myspace.com/thepierces
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More bands you may have already heard
Helium Vola (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtJDfO7fsEU) has some fun stuff too. This video has all kinds of fun images to go along with their song Omnis Munis Creatura. (I kinda imagine you've already found this one but I figured better safe than sorry.)
If you've never head anything by Tweaker, you really should look them up. That one is Chris Verrena's baby and some of the tracks on the album 2 am Wake Up Call in particular are really good for a surreal dreamy atmosphere. (If you can find it, the soundtrack this guy did for American McGee's Alice would be totally worth finding. He made music with all broken toys.)
Okay so I'm going to be a Canadian nerd now and point you to Blue by The Birthday Massacre (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp1FRKc24Zk) which is a little bombast-y but I love it. The video is pretty neat too. (Actually I really like all of their stuff that I've heard.)
I shall forward more if I can think of some.
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*goes to check out other people's recs*
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http://www.hobogoblins.com/
Stuff like dark circus I can probably find through my friends in the Infernal Noise Brigade and Titanium Sproktrastra.
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Also, the soundtrack to The City of Lost Children has a really cool song by Marianne Faithful with creepy calliope music all over it.
And, I never miss a chance to pimp The Drowning Lovers, which I hope is understandable given that I've been dating one of the members for 12 years... They're nice and morbid with an old fashioned sensibility. and http://drowninglovers.com/
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The Dresden Dolls (http://www.dresdendolls.com/main1.htm) have a 1930s Berlin nightclub by way of punk sound.
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Man Man
The Last Days of Jesus
Seconding Katzenjammer Kabaret
and Creature Feature!!!!!
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Bel Air was one of the first songs to come to my mind.
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Their unique musical style is inspired by their many eclectic influences - from 80's music to showtunes, from Joy Division to The Andrews Sisters.
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It's my local friend, she sings and plays keyboard.
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2: was surfing the internet for shinies, and I found this and thought of you. :D http://www.pyramidcollection.com/itemdy00.asp?ID=51,269&GEN1=Jewelry&T1=P15153&dispRow=0&srccode=