Sivan Lioncub and Christopher Daddio fused brains in 2010. Their first project “Lee Malone” started as a cross-country songwriting affair between Sivan (vocals, violin) in Brooklyn and Chris (vocals, guitar) in San Francisco. It quickly became an obsession & Sivan moved back to her childhood home in Oakland, California so that their music creation could continue. They busked on street corners, played in clubs, got noticed by local press and were on the rise. Then, just after they were invited to record at Converse Rubbertracks, Chris was diagnosed with hodgkin’s lymphoma and Lee Malone screeched to a halt. 

     Sivan stayed by his bedside in the hospital every day & every night as Chris went through aggressive rounds of in-patient chemo & radiation at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley. They made it as fun as they could, singing songs in hospital halls til dawn. Together through the tunnel of darkness they persevered and lo & behold, they earned themselves a new life.

      A superstitious couple, they felt that Lee Malone had brought them bad luck, so they decided to rename their band Everyone Is Dirty, a lyric from a song Sivan wrote. They recruited bassist/pedal steel player Tyler English and drummer Tony Sales (whose dad & uncle are the Sales Brothers) & released their first album appropriately named Dying Is Fun on Tricycle Records. They toured the country in their trusty van Papa Mario, playing BFD, Treefort Music Fest in Boise, SXSW & Noise Pop and lots of little shows in cities along the way.

    By February of 2015 they were on the rise again, kicking ass & playing tons of shows. Then, just after they opened for Cold War Kids, Sivan had an allergy to an antibiotic called Augmentin and her liver failed. She turned yellow and her piss looked like Coca Cola. Shocked & profoundly disappointed, they had to cancel their tour to Treefort Fest & beyond. Instead, in a hospital bed at Alta Bates Chris paid back the devotion, staying with her day and night. Music gave them hope, so they continued to write & record with Tyler, and in 2018 they released My Neon’s Dead, a 10 song memoir of Sivan’s hospitalized “toxic morphine haze”. 

      For the 2nd time,  life was re-granted to the duo. With a clean bill of health they replaced Tony Sales with Tyler’s high-school bandmate, drummer Jake Kopulsky, and their rhythm section grew to be a force of nature. 

   Until today Sivan & Chris are recording music at Donut Time Audio, a full service recording studio that takes over their 2 bedroom house in Oakland. He engineers & produces. She writes lyrics & and shreds a clear blue electric violin that glows when it hits the light. When he’s not working on an Everyone Is Dirty song Chris makes a living recording & mixing music at Donut Time Audio with local artists. Sivan enjoys collaborating with other artists as well, most recently recording violin and singing with The Residents on their albums "Intruders" and "Metal meat & Bone" and touring with Shannon Shaw.

I'm a Los Angeles-based film composer/multi-instrumentalist originally from the San Francisco Bay area. My current project is General Dubois, a rock and electronic world music duo. Our popular track "Western Straw" has been heard on CBS's 'Criminal Minds' and the debut album 'Musings' can be purchased from Bandcamp. 

As a composer I enthusiastically work to score films (features/shorts/various projects) and compose original music for commercials and radio spots. Other tracks from my personal music library are available to be licensed for various uses. Visit my website or message me for more information!

Cassette & Record label. Established 2008

“Angelic and visceral vocal-driven avant pop” -Katie Capri Impose Magazine Brooklyn, NY // More music here: https://lilytaylor.bandcamp.com

Dust & Grooves is a photo and interview project documenting vinyl collectors in their most intimate environment: their record room. www.dustandgrooves.com
Dust & Grooves is the only project of its kind that documents vinyl lovers and their collection in their most intimate environments. The project will continue to help preserve the integrity of the vinyl record as well as the many colorful personalities that collect them. As technology moves forward and many music formats go digital, Dust & Grooves helps keep the rich, warm, analog sound of vinyl spinning. 

I use this profile more for "works in progress" - please enjoy and consider visiting www.arrington.bandcamp.com or www.krecs.com for "complete works"

Aaron Novik is a clarinetist, composer and illustrator

Emily is 10 years old and lives in San Francisco. She's an edgy, super cool kid, and not just her mom thinks so. She has studied electronic music composition with MaryClare Brzytwa since 2012, and enjoys writing music that combines elements of ... hold up ... this is her mom writing this and I have no idea how to describe her music. All I know is that she's got ahold of an awesome sound that keeps you guessing and coming back for more. She's not connected to Facebook or Twitter yet, so email me to learn more.

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