Live shows have featured a motley crue of guest members with talents of fiddle, washboard, and electrical guitar. Most lately, our rock god friend Ronny graces us with his bass playing never lacking proper distortion.
Influences
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Tom Waits, Rasputina, Gogol Bordello, Hole, The Distillers, Bessie Smith, Fiona Apple, Two Ton Boa, The Kills, Danzig, The Black Heart Procession, Nina Hagen, Reverend Glasseye, Morphine, Danny Elfman, Les Claypool, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Three Mile Pilot, Oingo Boingo, X, Bikini Kill, Rollins, The Cramps, Madness, Nirvana, The Clash
Sounds Like
We’ve been told we resemble:
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Jill Tracy, Katzenjammer Kabarett,
The Dresden Dolls, Fiona Apple, PJ Harvey, Diamanda Galas, Tom Waits, and The Creatures.
We’ve been informed this oddball music is called dark cabaret, punk cabaret, post-punk, neo-burlesque, experimental, sepiachord, goth, vaudeville, avant-garde...
Until we invent our own cute little brand name, just call it the blues.
Granted, some unconventional blues at that...
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The seething underdog. The blues siren. The vaudevillain. The jilted lover. The trash and the treasure. The many faces of Harlequin Jones set the stage for a post-punk, dark cabaret, blues concoction of music "suitably dramatic...to guide us through hell."
Harlequin Jones infuse elements of blue devils, unmade silent film scores, seedy circus life, and a rock n' roll influenced background to challenge the listener with originality of an art project gone terribly right. Amanda von Loon’s trashy elegance on piano, along with rich, nearly husky vocals compliment Yishai Arcadio’s part jazz-master part scrap-metal machine drumming to result in a synergy of moxie, chemistry, and talent.
Harlequin Jones became a fully functional weapon officially in 2005 in an antiquated bedroom in Simi Valley, CA. Ever since Von Loon and Arcadio found their compatibility to fit like lock and key, they continue to search and destroy in Hollywood, CA. The band is in process of recording a second self-produced EP.
I do enjoy your music very much and, though I do not have any money right now whatsoever, I do intend to buy your CD someday :] Thank you very much for adding me
..haha.. debauchery...referring to heathWHORE? well the name is just fun...haha.. i really love your music. i came across it on myspace and was so throughly thrilled, i just had to add you guys, thanks so much!
oh man your guys's next show is 21 plus...that sucks i really wanted to go and i had a few more that wanted to go to...well i wish you guys were doing more shows when i was down but yeah looks like thats the only one. sad day
Haha, I don't think we're the same band you listened to when you were 16; we've only been around a little over a year. You might be thinking of the Red Aunts. (we get that sometimes)
But we would love to play a show. If you have anything cool in mind, let us know.
Hi there Amanda,how are you doing lady?.Thanks a lot for the positive comment you left us,it means a lot to me & encourages me to keep doing what I do best.Your group is breath taking,unique & exactly what the world of music needs these days something pure & amazing.I've been a fan ever since I heard your divine music,we should work together someday,let me know what you think about this. If you want you can send me your releases for reviews,interviews,promotion & support of all kinds world wide & more guaranteed.Spread the word about this Magazine through bulletins,etc. when you can,thanks.Have a wonderful week,stay in touch,kisses & hugs from Puerto Rico ;).
dear amanda, how are you? look forward to hear from you, I really like your band nice to have a friend whos hole likes.hope you meet some time the dresden dolls for duett. .joking. hugs julia
I've added you as a favorite artist in Hi5's application, "ilike", and those who manage your profile didn't updated any picture yet... If it's you could you update some image please? :)
I don't intend to spam or anything, but it looks like a nice app for bands. As far as I could see it allows you to manage multiple accounts in my space/hi5/etc at the same time.. I'm not associated to them or anything lol, just thought that it might be useful :)
Hi and welcome to my site and nice to meet you. My site is 99.9% music only - most types and from all over the world, so please enjoy. I absolutely love your music, it is fantastic and wish you much success:). Take care and have a good week, With Love, Trish, England. x~x.
Are you planning to come to Europe? I believe you could have success over were, specially here, in Portugal, where we have a big alternative music stream ;)
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