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Babylon Squeak
I'm most immediately reminded of Ian Dury and a bit of TV Personalities sensibilities.
Bad September
Understated but rather good. Lots of good steam punk themes, imagine a more musical less potty mouthed Men Who Would... Plenty of cogs
Bad Things, the
Gypsy music hall. Part of the Cult Seattle Cabaret scene. I don't recall that ever coming up in Frasier. Not too bad though perhaps 2 1/2 to 3 cogs
Bakelite 78
A little music hall and as with many of these acts a little Dresden Dolls, but a little lighter in tone. 2Aurora Ave Motel," owes quite a debt to "if I had a $1,000,000," by the Barenaked Ladies.
Banner, Daryl
Ambient soundtrack music that accompanies a book apparently. Nice though.
Baritone, Juke
20s sounding New Orleans jazz. I'm sure it is good at what it is. Quite funky and elements of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones with Disney princess and the frog overtones.
Bartmann John
"Royalty-free Electroswing and Nu Jazz vol 2," is exactly what it sounds like it should. John is a completely ungoggled type but is a very nice man for putting his tunes out for free for others to use in projects.
Bastard Sunz, the
Lots of songs with Bastard in the title and littered throughout the lyrics but in a steampunk rap style. Not sure I actually recommend it though.
Bat Country
A bit alt-country American Gothic or could be the house band for Disney’s "Frog Prince."
Beans
Cure inspired alt-pop. Not sure where goggles or cogs fit in.
Bedroom Wounds
very dark sounding. Would definitely make it into Gothapedia. Almost feels like a bit of my beloved Long March.
Bella Koshka
Dark folk with breathy female vocals. Rather good.
Birthrite
Cabaret punk from the region that brought you Neds, PWEI and Black Sabbath
Blackbird Orchestra
Breathy atmospheric almost Gothic with a touch of Marillion and a sprinkling of Radiohead
Black Steampunk
not particularly good hipety hop rapping
Black Tape For a Blue Girl
Not sure I would have expected to include this lot on here but they feature on “A Sepia Chord Passport,” one of the few steampunk compilations to make it into the shops so are entitled to inclusion. Still, Black Tape’s Sam owns the label that put the out the album so if you can’t try and shift a few of your own units as part of the deal what can you do. To be fair “Rotten Zurich Cafe,” fits in quite well in a Dresden Dolls kind of way.
Black Wreck Music Project, the
Quite droney folk.
Blarz
"The Morrow Lost, OST," is rather nice instrumental soundscapes with a 19th Century if not earlier feel. Very nice to listen to and as usual available from Bandcamp.
Bloodtub Orchestra, the
Comedy music hall meets punk rock noise which is probably what steampunk should be. Monty Python meet the Pistols!
Bookshop Band, the
Very Guardian friendly- somgs inspired by books played in bokshops. Perfectly nice twee folk. "Curious and Curiouser," is not a bad attempt at capturing Alice's adventures but "White Rabbit," it aint.
Boudreault, Derek C
Sci-fi vaudeville? "There's a Wookie in my Bathroom," is noisy but quite music hally and could almost come from the Muppets Star Wars episode. "A Bolshevikn Stormtrooper," is rather more trad grunty metal. I usually tolerate anything mildly Star Wars themed but even I am struggling with the latter track.
Brandon, Alexander
A little bit Tull a little bit Marrilion, very soft prog.
Brinkworth, David and the Pit
Sounds very Nick Cave albeit with a bit of a Victorian twinge. Alright.
Budda Cakes, the
Slightly sea shanty feel meets gypsy folk with a bit of a Byrds harmony feel. Very good.
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