Nettwerk

Indie

Indie, Acoustic, Pop

"Jenny Owen Youngs: NOT a low rent imitation Liz Phair"

--Ryan (4 out of 5)


Jenny Owen Youngs is a feisty, hyper-sensitive, disease-free singer/songwriter/former girl scout who
wants to be your friend. claiming influences from Beck to Jesus Christ Superstar to Britney Spears, her music is an echo of Erin Mckeown hopping into Jeff Buckley's Pontiac, cruising backwoods Alabama red dirt roads and singing along to The Sundays and Nick Drake. Her songs straddle the heart-wrenching and the tongue-in-cheek and say giddyup.

Raised in the lush greenery of northwest New Jersey amongst cows, haystacks, and eastern deciduous forest, our heroine began singing immediately upon exiting the womb. After exploring the flute (elementary school) and the tuba (junior high), Jenny finally stepped up to the guitar at the tender age of fourteen and, as they say, got down to business.

Her current goals include musically causing the hair on your arms to stand up, learning greek, and like fellow jersey boy Jon Bon, seeing a million faces and rocking them all.

Can't stop listening:

Shooby Taylor
Complete Recordings

Amy Winehouse
Back to Black


Fergalicious...es:

Dan Romer [the prince of my heart] produced my record.
You can visit his production site here:
Drawing Number One
You can hear his beautiful, beautiful songs here:
Fire Flies
and here:
The Alcoholic Lovers

Adam Christgau
Bess Rogers in 3-D
Cara Beth Satalino
Chris Garneau
Chris Kuffner
Dave House
Funny Energy
Gregory and the Hawk
Ingrid Michaelson
Jenny O.
Kiss Kiss
Kyle Gilbride
Paper and Sand
Polly Amorous
Rachel Browne
Regina Spektor
Rooster
Saul
Shira
Skeleton Breath
Susie Suh
Sybarite
Terra Naomi
The Age of Rockets
The Feverfew
The Juliet Dagger
The Please Dept
The Woes
Uncle Shaker


Best rappers alive:

Azure Ray
Chet Baker
The Beach Boys
Andrew Bird
The Cardigans
Cibo Matto
Cocteau Twins
Nick Drake
Frente!
Frou Frou
Imogen Heap
The Innocence Mission
Etta James
Kate Bush
Lady Sovereign
Le Tigre
Erin Mckeown
Joni Mitchell
Northern State
Outkast
The Postal Service
Red House Painters
Nina Simone
Sleater-Kinney
Elliott Smith
The Strokes
The Sundays
Shooby Taylor
That Dog.
et cetera...

Word on the street is...
[I wouldn't be telling you this if someone hadn't already told me]

Erin Mckeown
Nick Drake
Beth Orton
Cat Power
Joanna Newsom
Jolie Holland