Juliette Commagere: After several years singing lead vocals and playing the keytar for indie rock band Hello Stranger, Juliette Commagere has released a debut solo album that we can't quite get enough of. The raven haired, LA-based musician penned the 13 songs featured on Queens Die Proudly while dealing with a bout of depression that eventually - like the title of one of our favorite tracks on the album - she was able to "Overcome." With enchanting lyrics, multidimensional sounds and electronic melodies that defy traditional rhythm, Commagere has certainly come into her own on this album. The artist, who's been known to assemble orchestras via Craigslist on the fly for live shows blending jazz, folk, and electronic beats, is set to perform at SXSW in Austin, TX next month.
Songs to download: "Everything I Love", "Overcome"
Emily Wells: The Symphonies: Dreams, Memories & Parties album features a small orchestral-like arrangement of instruments - including the violin, banjo, guitar, organ, drum machine and xylophone - all of which are played, looped, sampled, harmonized, vocalized and produced by a one-woman music machine named Emily Wells. Wells, who grew up in Indiana and learned to sing and play multiple instruments at a young age, loves (according to her MySpace bio) "rap music and Vivaldi... Nina Simone and Biggie Smalls." Not only does it show, but it works surprisingly well: Wells' folk/classical/hip-hop hybrid tunes are the embodiment of modern Mix Mash culture. Wells will also hit the stage at SXSW next month.
Songs to download: "Symphony 6: Fair Thee Well & The Requiem Mix," "Symphony 3: The Story (featuring Count Bass D.)
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