Kimya Dawson

Look at that hair!

Sorry I'm not one of those special people who knew Kimya Dawson and the Moldy Peaches before Juno. I wasn't old enough to be that cool in 2007.

So Kimya Dawson used to play and write and sing in silly lo-fi band the Moldy Peaches. Then the Moldy Peaches broke up and that other guy Adam Green started writing chamber pop with the same silly vulgar lyricism. Kimya Dawson kept similarly simplistic instrumentation but with newfound stream-of-consciousness heart-on-sleeve lyricism. I generally regard Remember That I Love You as my absolute favorite album because it lyrically outshines the rest of my collection. Her most recent release is a children's album called Alphabutt. I will make my baby brother listen to it in the near future.

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I'd definitely recommend her most recent standard studio albums (Hidden Vagenda and Remember That I Love You) over her older stuff. It took her a while to grow out of the Moldy Peaches.

I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean

Knock Knock Who?

My Cute Fiend Sweet Princess

Hidden Vagenda

Remember That I Love You

Alphabutt

The Blood Brothers

These dudes are seriously awesome. They're an influential Experimental Post-Hardcore band that was around for about 10 years. They're most known for their mixture of chaotic dual vocals (Jordan Billie is deeper, and Johnny Whitney sounds like an abused 5 year old, in the best sounding way possible) and their off-beat and unorthodox guitar by Votolato. They started out as a mixture of Mathcore and Hardcore-Punk, then as they progressed, they became more and more similar to Post-Hardcore, with more poppy and experimental moments. Though that doesn't make them bad, they're still an amazing band, throughout every single album. I really recommend you check them out, or better yet you buy their recently released reissues of all of their LP's.
(The Reissues have all of the original content, plus some B-Sides, Live Content, and DVD's! Each is only for $8! I really recommend buying these and supporting them)

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This Adultery Is Ripe
March On Electric Children
Burn Piano Island, Burn
Crimes
Young Machetes