The Vanity Set

The Vanity Set

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Vanity Set


Img_capt = Little Stabs of Happiness - 2003
Img_size =
Landscape =
Background = group_or_band
Alias =
Origin = New York, New York, USA
Genre = Indie
Years_active = 2000–present
Label = CARGO UK
Associated_acts =
URL =
Current_members = Jim Sclavunos
Peter Mavrogeorgis
Jennifer Carey
David Morton
Tam Ui
Sasha Kazachkov
Jaiko Suzuki
Past_members =
Notable_instruments =

The Vanity Set is an indie rock group of mostly second-generation Greek-Americans formed in New York City in 2000. Led by Jim Sclavunos, the drummer/percussionist with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, they describe their music as a blend of "low art, high sass and raw bluster." [cite web
url =http://www.vanityset.com/about.html
title =About The Vanity Set | accessdate =2007-03-19] Their music includes the sounds of rebetiko, "psycho-billy guitar, creepy keys, raucous tuba, mellifluous theremin." [cite web
url =http://www.vanityset.com/about.html
title =About The Vanity Set | accessdate =2007-03-19]

Current members

* Jim Sclavunos - lead vocals
* Peter Mavrogeorgis - guitar, bouzouki
* David Morton - keyboards, clarinet
* Tam Ui - drums
* Sasha Kazachkov - bass
* Jennifer Carey - tuba
* Jaiko Suzuki - percussion

Previous Members

* Meredith Yayanos - violin, theremin
* David Berger - drums, percussion

Discography

*"The Vanity Set"
*"Little Stabs of Happiness"

References

External links

* [http://www.vanityset.com Official Site]
* [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/guesteditors/story/0,,1194728,00.html Article in The Guardian ]
*myspace|thevanityset|The Vanity Set


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The Vanity — is a Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred horse race held under set weight conditions with penalties, for 3 year old fillies, over a distance of 1200 metres. It is held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne in February. Prizemoney is AUD$200,000.Race… …   Wikipedia

  • Vanity Fair (magazine, historical) — Vanity Fair has been the title of four notable magazines: an 1859 1863 American publication, an 1868 1914 English publication, and an unrelated 1913 1936 American publication edited by Condé Nast, which was revived in 1983. Vanity Fair was… …   Wikipedia

  • The Master and Margarita —   …   Wikipedia

  • The Deserving Favourite — is a Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Lodowick Carlell that was first published in 1629. The earliest of Carlell s plays and also the best, [Charles Henry Gray, Lodowick Carliell, Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1905; p. 48 …   Wikipedia

  • The World as Will and Representation — The title page of the expanded 1844 publication The World as Will and Representation (Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung) is the central work of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. The first edition was published in December 1818,[1] and… …   Wikipedia

  • The Messenger Magazine — The Messenger was a political and literary magazine created by and for African American people during the early 1900s that was important in the Harlem Renaissance. The Messenger was co founded in New York by Chandler Owen and A. Phillip Randolph… …   Wikipedia

  • The Maine — Datos generales Origen Tempe, Arizona, Estados Unidos Información artística …   Wikipedia Español

  • The Pilgrim's Progress — For the Kula Shaker album, see Pilgrims Progress (album). The Pilgrim s Progress   …   Wikipedia

  • The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …   Wikipedia

  • The Charlatans (UK band) — For the American psychedelic rock band The Charlatans, see The Charlatans (American band). The Charlatans The Charlatans playing at the Eolica festival July 2007, Tenerife. Background information …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”