Kelley Stoltz

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I think I'm partial to bands and artists from California. I think I'm also partial to anyone signed to Sub Pop.

Kelley Stoltz is another one of those home recorders who plays a whole bunch of different instruments. There are plenty of those these days, but, he's actually really good.

The first record he finished, Antique Glow, was completed in 2001, but Stoltz was lacking a label, so he went out and pressed a couple hundred vinyl records of the album, and did the artwork himself, and sold them around San Francisco, his home town. It eventually caught on in Australia of all places, and Stoltz toured for a while down under. Finally, in 2003, Stoltz released his album in CD form in the USA. It eventually caught on, and luckily he was signed to Sub Pop.

Stoltz classifies his music as "improvisational-pop" which is an interesting term, but I guess it fits. It has a lot of indie rock tones, with some mixed in pop sounds covered up by a lot of experimentation. He has a lot of talent, and definitely deserves some airplay.

[mp3] Kelley Stoltz - The Sun Comes Through(via Sub Pop Records)
[mp3] Kelley Stoltz - Memory Collector (via Sub Pop Records)

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(Kelley Stoltz)
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