CocoRosie

Rumor has it that CocoRosie's first recording was a hiphop album that was never released; judging from the goth-hop fairy funk of Ghosthorse & Stillborn, it's an easy tale to believe. Ethereal production and beyond-left-field sample collaging send tracks like "Rainbowarriors" and "Japan" into ridiculously original realms; only the similarity between the Casaday sisters' vocals and that of Joanna Newsom tethers this reverie to anything recognizable. More than a collection of songs, G&S is a mood or a memory, wrapped up in melody and imagination and boldly presented.

One half-Cherokee sister is a former model, the other a trained opera singer. The former
sings, the latter plays a harp. Uh-oh! Would it ease your mind to learn that their most visible
sideperson is a male African-American singer-percussionist? Maybe not. So take solace in
this: Their third album is far less insufferable than its predecessor, even though said
predecessor sported the far more sufferable title Noah's Ark. It has less keening,... More >