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ACL Artist of the Day: Alexander By Chad Swiatecki | Thursday, August 4, 2011, 02:29 PM <object width="425" height="349"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GtPK0gRdFgI?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GtPK0gRdFgI?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> From: Los Angeles In exactly 89 words: Alexander is the performance and real name of Alex Ebert, who’s been banging around the indie world for close to a decade now. After leading the dance punks and difficult haircuts in Ima Robot in the early part of the ’00s, Ebert stormed back last year with the boho dropout-folk group Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, whose hit single “Home” was a great bit of melodic magic. “Alexander” feels and sounds like ES&MZ if the commune packed up the tents and left him a “Dear Alex…” letter. Could fit on a bill with: post-“Sea Change” Beck, Josh Ritter, Calexico One more thing: While Ebert’s solo profile is considerably lower right now than it was last year - when he was constantly being referred to as “Edward Sharpe” - remixes by Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA and placements in film and TV (“Truth” made it into the season premiere of “Breaking Bad”) should bring him a sizable crowd by the time ACL Fest rolls around next month. |