Jackson, Mississippi native Dent May [Myspace] grew up singing in local church groups, acting in school plays, and performing at nursing home gigs with a recorder choir. Now, he’s a member of Paw Tracks, the amazing label that brought us Animal Collective.
Check out more info on Dent May “after the jump”
“Meet Me in the Garden” [mp3]
“When You Were Mine” [mp3]
In High School, he wrote synthy power-pop with his band The Rockwells while recording erotically charged novelty tracks with friends on the side. After three unsuccessful semesters at NYU’s film school, May moved to North Mississippi where he helped found the Cats Purring arts collective and formed a country-rock band called Cowboy Maloney’s Electric City. In late 2007, inspired by Serge Gainsbourg and Lee Hazlewood, he began performing as Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele and released a digital EP of cheeky lo-fi tunes, A Brush With Velvet. The title is a reference to The Partridge Family, episodes of which May obsessively collected and organized on VHS tapes as a teen. His debut album, The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele, was recorded with Rusty Santos in May’s home, a double-wide trailer in Taylor, Mississippi (population: 300). He continues to perform with Cowboy Maloney’s Electric City, and recently began recording dance music under the moniker Dent Sweat.
Tour Dates
10/18 Athens, GA Farm255
10/20 Greenville, NC Spider Skull
10/22 New York, NY Le Poisson Rouge / Carpark & Paw Tracks CMJ Showcase
Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele
The Good Feeling Music of Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele
(Paw Tracks)
Street date: Feb. 03, 2009
Track Listing
1. Welcome
2. Meet Me In The Garden
3. College Town Boy
4. Oh, Paris!
5. Howard
6. Girls On The Square
7. You Can’t Force a Dance Party
8. God Loves You, Michael Chang
9. At The Academic Conference
10. 26 Miles
11. I’m an Alcoholic
12. Love Song 2009
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which is it? fabulous or magnificent?
It’s Magnificent. I was originally writing a cute headline, but abandoned it. The “fabulous” line was part of it.
My bad?