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Artist: Nico Vega
Album: Nico Vega
Label: MySpace
Playtime: 48:14 min
Genre: Alternative
URL: http://nicovega.com/
Rip date: 2009-04-26
Street date: 2009-02-03
Size: 66.21 MB
Type: Advance
Quality: 181 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Not the solo artist one might assume from the name, Nico Vega is an
alterna-rock trio from Los Angeles, CA. The band bio on the group's MySpace
page explains the name thusly: "Nico Vega represents a modern day saint. A
warrior that has led us to a more fulfilling, lighter way of being. She
represents people and unity." (This manifesto goes on for another 228 words,
but that's the gist.) Featuring singer and lyricist Aja Volkman, a vocal dead
ringer for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O who claims Janis Joplin and Tina
Turner as her primary musical heroes, Nico Vega incorporates those vintage
soul and blues influences into their spiky indie rock tunes, suggesting a
musical affinity with the likes of the White Stripes, Black Keys, and Fiery
Furnaces. Nico Vega formed in 2005; Volkman, a native of Eugene, OR, had
dropped out of theater school at the California Institute for the Arts,
giving herself one year to establish herself as a solo singer/songwriter in
nearby Hollywood. Volkman was most of the way through her self-imposed trial
period and almost ready to move back home to Oregon when drummer Mikey Pena
happened into one of her solo gigs. Joining forces, the pair quickly added
guitarist Rich Koehler to form the bass-less trio. After releasing their
debut EP, Choose Your Words Poorly, on their own in early 2006 and
establishing themselves as a popular draw on the local concert scene thanks
in large part to Volkman's uninhibited and minimally clothed on-stage
performance style, Nico Vega signed with MySpace Records, the new recording
arm of the popular social-networking site, for their second EP, 2007's No
Child Left Behind.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Burn Burn ( 2:32)
02. Million Years ( 2:43)
03. So So Fresh ( 3:11)
04. Living Underground ( 4:23)
05. Wooden Dolls ( 4:17)
06. Gravity ( 2:44)
07. Be Giving ( 3:45)
08. Iron Man ( 4:10)
09. Family Train ( 3:35)
10. Blood Machine ( 2:32)
11. Medicine Man ( 2:51)
12. Rabbit In The Bag ( 4:26)
13. Coal Miners Song ( 1:25)
14. Beast ( 5:40)
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