Dead Canaries

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Dead Canaries is an ever-evolving experimental folk-pop collaboration project led by Jon of the Atom, from Ithaca, NY. Jon originally began his musical life as a solo artist, and as one half of duo The New Wave Dirt with drummer Meghan Geiss, releasing records on CD through Utica's Cozy Home Records collective. Early Jon of the Atom albums ('Atomic Music' 2004, 'Holy Zombie Jesus' 2005, 'My Life In Groton' 2006, and 'An “Off” Day For The Jews Harp Christmas Caroler' 2006) are always eclectic, often catchy, and sometimes baffling, influenced by artists as diverse as Woody Guthrie, Beck, and the motown music of the 1960's. The New Wave Dirt's two albums ('Elephant's Tap-Dance Recital' 1995, and acclaimed 'The Apple' 1996) are more contemporary indie-rock with electric guitars, drums and clarinet bolstering classic songs like 'Ninth Sunny Night' and 'Ghost In A Photograph'. The more recently evolved Dead Canaries project is somewhere between the two - pushing the experimental side at the recording and production stage, combining electronic beats and effects, with an army of contributing vocalists and instrumentalists including Katie Saul (vocals), Tim Kotch (trumpet and drums), Jane Gilmore (vocals), Wind-Powered Rebekah (banjo), Smally Wheelies (vocals), and Phillipe and Louis (cats), with more progressive song structures. Folk-pop and Jon's clarinet take precedence, but it is not unusual for records to suddenly change direction with backwards electronica, psychedelic rock & ro

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Critical Mass:Flying Things Vs. Crawling Things

Golden Sounds

Something Else

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VA - 2nd Fanfare for Elephant 6 (Disc 1)

Modern Day Carpetbagger

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The Beach Boys Pet Sounds Cover Compilation

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2nd Fanfare for Elephant 6 (disc 1)

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Daydream Generation 6

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DG8

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2nd Fanfare for Elephant 6

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Daydream Generation No9

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Daydream Generation 7

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