2007's Girls and Boys from New York's Ingrid Michaelson is nothing you will hear in any coffeehouse or elevator from some aspiring musician. When Michaelson released this album, she was on her way to stardom, thanks to the digital media age where news such as a new video from the talented artist will reach the other side of the world faster than we can type - truly an infectious sound from the get-go.
Last October after the tremendous boom of instant fans for Michaelson, she released Be OK. Cut out of the every mushy mold for solo artists and the whetting appeal of her live show, she has continually devised music that speaks intimately at every chance. Most recently, she released her Live Session EP, which is available only on iTunes and features a cover of Radiohead's "Creep".
For more on Michaelson and her shows this year (many of which are overseas in the coming months), check out her site and/or MySpace. The just-released video for "Breakable" off of Boys and Girls is below.
What Ingrid Michaelson continues to do with her music serves as an inspiration to aspiring solo artists. While she works with quite talented musicians, Allie Moss (guitar,vocals), Elliot Jacobson (drums), Chris Kuffner (bass), Bess Rogers (guitar), the spirit she unfolds in her songs beckons to the hearts of the dreaming artist.
Be OK released last month and with tickets to her tour dates selling quickly, it is time to catch up on her new stuff and/or make sure to see her live since she is traveling with such a close group of amazing artists.
Ingrid Michaelson previously released Girls and Boys and Slow the Rain. During her tour she will be headlining in front of U.K. folk artist David Ford, who has gained a name for himself with his annual Milk & Cookies charity show that features quirky covers from all across the board. He recently released Songs for the Road off of Original Signal Recordings.
Below we have provided a few mp3s as well as the tour dates. Enjoy.
MP3: Ingrid Michaelson - The Chain (demo)
MP3: David Ford - St. Peter (buy)
11/13 Belly Up Aspen, CO
11/14 Gothic Theatre Denver, CO
11/16 Slowdown Omaha, NE
11/17 Pantages Theatre Minneapolis, MN
11/18 Barrymore Theatre Madison, WI
11/19 Park West Chicago, IL
11/20 The Ark Ann Arbor, MI
11/21 Madison Theatre Covington, KY (Cincinnati)
11/23 Theatre of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
11/24 Club Cafe Pittsburgh, PA
11/25 The Birchmere Alexandria, VA
Ingrid Michaelson's Second Annual Holiday Hop:
12/18 Town Hall New York, NY
Following up their highly sought after Under the Iron Sea, Keane returns with another ever enlivening sound with Perfect Symmetry. In line as one of best of the year, it's .
Most likely to reach the masses but least likely to be found in a mainstream commercials are the men of Copeland (above). Their earnest composition lacks nothing yet beckons to be played multiple times. You Are My Sunshine should continue the group's luring of fans to their instantly groovy tunes.
It would be a sin to speak of anything funky this week and not mention I'm From Barcelona's Who Killed Harry Houdini? The masses of this group sing with a real cajoling manner that can't help but earn a chuckle and the eventual addition to your musical library.
In the indie pop front, Houston Calls are back for the first time since their A Collection of Short Stories from 2005 while Hearts of Palm UK will be dishing out their first taste of their girly grit pop.
MP3: I'm From Barcelona - Music Killed Me (buy)
MP3: The Foreign Exchange - Daykeeper (buy)
MP3: Ingrid Michaelson - The Chain (demo)
MP3: Keane - We Might As Well Be Strangers (DJ Shadow Remix)
AC/DC - Black Ice (Official) (MySpace)
Benoit Pioulard - Temper (Official) (MySpace)
Bill Madden - Child of the Same God (Official) (MySpace)
Boo and Boo Too - No Tempo (Official) (MySpace)
Bosque Brown - Baby (Official) (MySpace)
Buttless Chaps - Cartography (Official) (MySpace)
Chandeliers - The Thrush (Official) (MySpace)
Cool Hand Luke - The Sleeping House (Official) (MySpace)
Copeland - You are My Sunshine (Official) (MySpace)
Curumin - JapanPopShow (Official) (MySpace)
Cut off Your Hands - You and I (Official) (MySpace)
Davernport Cabinet - Nostalgia in Stereo (Official) (MySpace)
David Bowie - iSelect: Bowie (Official) (MySpace)
Dead C - Secret Earth (Official) (MySpace)
Decemberists - Always the Bridesmaid: A Singles Series - Voume 1 (Official) (MySpace)
Dillinger 4 - Civil War (Official) (MySpace)
Dragonette - Galor (Official) (MySpace)
Early Man - Beware The Circling Fin (Official) (MySpace)
Facing New York - Get Hot (Official) (MySpace)
Frances - All the While (Official) (MySpace)
Golden Hands Before God - Here (Official) (MySpace)
Haste the Day - Dreamer (Official) (MySpace)
Hearts of Palm UK - For Life (Official) (MySpace)
Houston Calls - The End of an Error (Official) (MySpace)
I'm from Barcelona - Who Killed Harry Houdini? (Official) (MySpace)
Ingrid Michaelson - Be OK (Official) (MySpace)
Keane - Perfect Symmetry (Official) (MySpace)
Kinetic Stereokids - Have A Nice Day EP (Official) (MySpace)
Ladyhawke - Paris Is Burning EP (Official) (MySpace)
Los Lonely Boys - Christmas Is Here (Official) (MySpace)
Lotus - Hammerstrike (Official) (MySpace)
Lucinda Williams - Little Honey (Official) (MySpace)
Manchester Orchestra - Let My Pride Be What's Left Behind EP (Official) (MySpace)
Menahan Street Band - Make the Road By Walking (Official) (MySpace)
Mindhook - Flinch (MySpace)
Minus 5 - Indies Only (Official) (MySpace)
Nikka Costa - Pebble To A Pearl (Official) (MySpace)
Quietdrive - Deliverance (Official) (MySpace)
Religious Knives - The Door (Official) (MySpace)
Rio En Medio - Frontier (MySpace)
Run On Sentence - Oh When the Wind Comes Down (Official) (MySpace)
Santana - Multi-Dimensional Warrior (Official) (MySpace)
Shearwater - The Snow Leopard EP (Official) (MySpace)
Sister Sin - Switchblade Serenades (Official) (MySpace)
Telepathe - Chrome's On It EP (MySpace)
The Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind (Official) (MySpace)
The Friday Night Boys - That's What She Said EP (Official) (MySpace)
The Mighty Underdogs - Droppin' Science Fiction (MySpace)
The Organ - Thieves EP (MySpace)
The Qemists - Join the Q (Official) (MySpace)
The Secret Machines - Secret Machines (Official) (MySpace)
Tobacco - Fucked Up Friends (Official)
Unearth - The March (Official) (MySpace)
Various Artists - Johnny Cash Remixed
Why? - Almost Live from Eli's Live Room (Official) (MySpace)
Windy & Carl - Songs for the Broken Hearted (Official) (MySpace)
