Nerdkween (pronounced "nerd queen") is the stage name for the American singer/songwriter and composer Monica Arrington (born November 2, in Anderson, Indiana) who is known for lo-fi recordings and minimalist style of electric guitar playing with added electronic noises. She is also known for a wide range in vocal ability, from haunting and airy tones to gritty and country-like twangs. Her music is a part of the genres noise pop, lo-fi, slowcore or dream pop.

PropertyValue
dbpedia-owl:abstract
  • Nerdkween (pronounced "nerd queen") is the stage name for the American singer/songwriter and composer Monica Arrington (born November 2, in Anderson, Indiana) who is known for lo-fi recordings and minimalist style of electric guitar playing with added electronic noises. She is also known for a wide range in vocal ability, from haunting and airy tones to gritty and country-like twangs. Her music is a part of the genres noise pop, lo-fi, slowcore or dream pop. She is also one of the few African-American performers in experimental pop/rock music. Arrington started self-releasing cassette tape demos in 2000 starting with "i see things differently now". Then she put out other CD demos "the dark horse" and "Sketches at Eddie's Attic". Arrington's debut full length album "Synergy" is distributed through Stickfigure Records in Atlanta, Ga.
dbpedia-owl:activeYearsStartYear
  • 2000-01-01 00:00:00 (xsd:date)
dbpedia-owl:background
  • group_or_band
dbpedia-owl:genre
dbpedia-owl:hometown
dbpedia-owl:recordLabel
dbpedia-owl:wikiPageExternalLink
dbpprop:background
  • group_or_band
dbpprop:caption
  • nerdkween performing at Faison Firehouse Theater in Harlem, NYC 2006
dbpprop:class
  • album
dbpprop:currentMembers
  • Monica Arrington
dbpprop:genre
dbpprop:id
  • r706156/credits
dbpprop:instruments
dbpprop:label
dbpprop:name
  • *
dbpprop:origin
dbpprop:pureUrl
  • yes
dbpprop:website
dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate
dbpprop:yearsActive
  • 2000 (xsd:integer)
dcterms:subject
rdf:type
rdfs:comment
  • Nerdkween (pronounced "nerd queen") is the stage name for the American singer/songwriter and composer Monica Arrington (born November 2, in Anderson, Indiana) who is known for lo-fi recordings and minimalist style of electric guitar playing with added electronic noises. She is also known for a wide range in vocal ability, from haunting and airy tones to gritty and country-like twangs. Her music is a part of the genres noise pop, lo-fi, slowcore or dream pop.
rdfs:label
  • Nerdkween
owl:sameAs
foaf:homepage
foaf:name
  • (nerdkween)*
foaf:page
is owl:sameAs of
is foaf:primaryTopic of