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Thursday 27 October 2011

Artist Research Assignment - Post 1 Image and Genre - Bronwyn Stevens

Jenny and Johnny is an American band, made up of a duo of a girl (Jenny Lewis) and boy (Johnahan Rice). Their genre of music is indie folk/rock and alternative. Their image works with their style of music as they’ve based their image on having a casual laid back vintage element with some 5o’s rock and roll. I like their style, as their music is quite old school and so is there look, which makes them unique.




These images show their vintage look as you can identity their individual style as they will go for patterned material, have leather or denim jacket or wear sunglasses. Their song ‘Big Wave’ demonstrates their genre of working with their image.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwtV7L5bxtk

Their image has slightly evolved from when they started off in the music business. Jenny Lewis started off in a band called ‘Rilo Kiley’ which is an indie rock band. She has still kept the vintage image but I think it was more quirky and contrivers as we see in this image she is wearing a sparkly bra and pants with a see though night gown on. Her band mate image is slightly quirkier to other bands as they have a bit more detail to their clothing but it’s still got that casual relaxed feeling to it.

Where as Johnathan Rice when he had started off as a soloist (doing indie and folk genre of music) had this relaxed casual scruffy image. As you would see him in jeans just a T-shirt and his hair was quite long.


When they became Jenny and Johnny we see their image become one as Jenny’s image becomes more casual and grown up but still has a bit of quirkiness to it and Johnny’s image is pretty much the same but it’s a bit more vintage. 

Compared with a band called ‘Best Coast’ which are similar to genre to Jenny and Johnny, are an indie rock band made up three-band members main singer female and instrumented by a male and female. Their image is quirky and vintage too, as the girls wear patterned clothing and have the long hair with block fringe. And the guy has the scruffy look with long hair.



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