Music You Should Know About - v. 001
I have had the song Coin-Operated Boy rolling through my head periodically for the last several days. It’s by the Dresden Dolls, a Boston-based piano and drums duo. They sound familiar, but you’re not sure why. It might be the German cabaret meets modern rock opera with a punk mentality (and by punk I don’t mean Blink 182 or Green Day).
Do yourself a favor and watch the videos for Coin-Operated Boy and Girl Anachronism. Honestly, after watching Coin-Operated Boy I was tearing up—it was so beautiful. And read her bio. It’s actually entertaining, informative and not a waste of time.
I came across them via this article. The writer was looking desperately for real rock girls. After dropping names like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O and Meg White of the White Stripes, I don’t think he means folks like Michelle Branch. I wasn to say they are post-rock. And by that I mean like other things “post-” they have taken things that have gone on before and put them in a blender set to frappe. Or maybe they’re so old (amazing how anything from two generations ago borders on ancient) it seems new.