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Lloyd & Michael
Minimalist / Progressive / Pop

"JAGMU"

Los Angeles, California
United States

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   Lloyd & Michael: General Info
Member Since4/23/2007
Band Websitestatesrightsrecords.com
Band MembersKATE DAVIDSON
M. RITCHEY
Sounds LikeJoan Baez
Yes
Ween
Dear Nora
Mantar
The Badger King
Record LabelStates Rights Records
Type of LabelIndie




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   About Lloyd & Michael
Kate Davidson and M. Ritchey have been making music together for twelve years. Having begun their collaboration in a small, dimly-lit dorm room in Portland, they continued by founding the band Dear Nora in 1999. After several national and international tours, Kate decided to pursue a new life in San Francisco, where she learned how to rip wicked guitar solos, turned Dear Nora into a Fela Kuti-inspired 9 person jam band, and released several albums (on Magic Marker Records) to wide acclaim. M. Ritchey stayed in Portland and formed The Badger King with YACHT’s Jona Bechtolt, and also followed her tendency toward the mythical to a weird, often cryptic, electro-fantasy-prog solo album under the name "Manta" (which became "Mantar" after veiled litigious threats from a local smooth jazz band became tedious), pouring her energies into an inhuman laptop that neither gave nor received love.

Over the years, both Kate and M. Ritchey explored many new musical avenues, but a small part of each of their hearts remained in that tiny, poorly-ventilated dorm room in which both their friendship and their musical lives were born. Luckily, and for unrelated reasons, they both happened to move to Los Angeles at the same time that, due to the whims of Fate, each was becoming disillusioned with her solo musical venture. It was at this moment that Lloyd and Michael spread its wings and took flight into the disgusting, smoggy air. Now older, wiser, and infinitely more attractive, Kate and M. Ritchey were ready to bring their well-honed individual expressive talents together again, after a decade of solitary wandering. A new album was inevitable, and ended up being recorded in only about four days due to the incredibly strong and positive vibes both were experiencing.

"Just As God Made Us," Lloyd and Michael’s debut album (States Rights Records), sounds like Dear Nora mixed with Mantar, plus elements of Yes, the Doobie Brothers, the Indigo Girls, Hector Berlioz, "The Winds of Change" by the Scorpions, Beyoncé Knowles, Ween, the pre-disco work of the Bee Gees, Joni Mitchell, Pharoah Sanders, and possibly Peter, Paul and Mary.

Lloyd and Michael is the sound of friendship. It is the sound of freedom.

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ACROBATICS EVERYDAY





Jun 15 2008 10:16 PM

dear katy and ritchey,
thanks for playing at uci yesterday. you were totally great. i hope your night-time show went as well as your afternoon one, and i hope to see you again really soon.
thanks!
sam
Obama o8





Jun 8 2008 8:19 AM

true that.
The Kallikak Family


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Jun 6 2008 10:16 AM

MINIMALIST PROGRESSIVE POP



I LIKE WHAT I HEAR
Mandarin Dynasty





Jun 3 2008 6:31 AM

the carpenters on acid!
Kristine Tuna





May 18 2008 3:34 PM

your cd is amazazing.

i've had a real time here stuck in my head since i saw you play at the smell.

:D

please make more music soon. thanks.
khris





Apr 10 2008 4:59 PM

lloyd y micheal....i'm still obsessed with yr-all's music. this is chris from french quarter. i show yr music to ppl all the time. plz play in sf soon. l&m is the best. hope yr doing well.

~k
Sarah





Mar 3 2008 2:57 PM

Lloyd & Michael,
I just watched that whole youtube from Holocene, even though it is naught more than a smear of jpegs strung together, because you sound so damn pretty.
Love,
Sarah
Gofish


Is Online


Jan 28 2008 1:11 AM

ARIGATO for the add!
Jenny Montana





Jan 19 2008 1:08 PM

I think we have the same keyboard! I do believe I heard the "laser beam" effect at the end of the whale song with the dancing people. Love the sweet sounds!
SLY HATS





Dec 11 2007 6:23 AM

Come to Australia!?
NAT MAKES VIDS!





Nov 20 2007 3:29 AM

Man I'm listening to your album totally by chance at my friends place! Awesome. It's lovely. Dungy
What the moon saw


Is Online


Nov 9 2007 4:53 PM

Hi!
Thanks for adding us...
We love your music!
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Chicken





Nov 5 2007 4:38 PM

chicken likes you.
colie





Oct 11 2007 8:54 PM

you guys were really great yesterday at the troubadour, especially the monologues
chifumi





Oct 10 2007 11:04 AM

Come to Japan please.........
escher dashiki





Sep 27 2007 9:23 AM

ok, come play new york (unless you did already in which case i will be tres pissed). i will rally troops for listening support.
Cat/Book/City





Sep 13 2007 10:30 AM

seriously, love this new music!
Nadia





Sep 5 2007 10:44 PM

don't just come to australia. move to australia! x
Guy Blackman





Sep 3 2007 11:19 PM

guy and sly miss lloyd and michael very much, the rest of our world tour was boring and dumb without you. well actually it was kinda fun but not as much as if you guys had been kickin it with us. we saw aki and koichiro from apartment star and said hello from you. we actually played where you played in tokyo, at marbletron. eerie...now we're flying back to melbourne tonight. our tour is over, the shows are played, but the memories remain...love always,
guy - come to australia!!
Girl-Song Primer & Undercurrent Radio Shows- KUCR





Aug 30 2007 3:50 AM

Got your new album-- it is great and I am playing it on the show. I have been a fan of Katy since seeing her a bunch of times long ago in Arizona and then one time in LA.

Also cheers to State's Rights Records for sending me a free double cd music sampler with the order. :)
The Habitat





Aug 24 2007 12:07 AM

i love you avalanche





Aug 22 2007 4:06 PM

today i got your album, just as god made us, in the mail. as my boombox is currently not boomin, i put on my stinky jogging clothes and ran out the door with my headphones on. i ran and ran all the way around the track with a huge grin on my face, and i think i scared this kid doing tricks with a soccer ball. i was faster than ten very fast ponies, and it's all because of your awesome, awesome music.

thank you!!

love,
anna
miguelaron





Aug 13 2007 10:01 AM

i think the new music is fantastic
The Very Most will record a song just for you





Aug 7 2007 1:51 PM

Great stuff ladies!
Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr





Jul 30 2007 2:33 PM

what's up there, Lloyd, Mike?

keep those tasty melodies flowing, the masses are thirsty!

I know I am, anyway.
hmmm must be 5 o'clock somewhere...
Brenda J.





Jul 19 2007 12:52 PM

Hey there! I meet you back in the day in Tijuana, when you had dear Nora. I love this project too. I wish you could come back one day.
michael





Jul 19 2007 9:39 PM

monday night was real fun! was great meeting you and seeing you sing. i'm loving your cd too :) cheers, michael
Octagon Island





Jun 30 2007 8:20 AM

pre-disco beegees is the best.
States Rights Records





Jun 30 2007 6:31 PM

WOW!
I READ HER JOURNAL





Jun 12 2007 10:39 AM

can't wait to see you play next month.
Nadia





Jun 11 2007 3:20 PM

Can you play a show when I am in town?
Yeow Meow





Jun 9 2007 2:05 AM

west coast july
east coast (Australia) soon?
We Quit





May 14 2007 10:18 PM

HIGHLY ANTICIPATED!!
Colin





May 6 2007 11:07 AM

"Recycle" beautiful. Reminds me of the salad days in the Plattform.
Octagon Island





Apr 26 2007 1:42 PM

just wondering if lloyd & michael shows will feature onstage push-ups like old badger king shows.
The Habitat





Apr 25 2007 1:14 PM

Lloyd and Michael know how to rock a mellow chimi like no other.
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