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The Trolleyvox
Indie / Rock / Pop

"Trolleyvox sample the cheese plate...it's lovely!"

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania
United States

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   The Trolleyvox: General Info
Member Since1/8/2006
Band Websitethetrolleyvox.com/
Band MembersAndrew Chalfen - guitar, some vocals, squidbeaks; Beth Filla - lots of vocals, couture; Owen Biddle - bass, world domination; Ken Buono - drum shapes, the thing with the thing; with occasional help from Adrien Reju - no, the other bass, promised back-up vocal stylings; Adam Stranburg- drums, blues, hotel renovations;
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The Trolleyvox - The Trolleyvox Present the Karaoke Meltdown.. The Trolleyvox Present The Karaoke Meltdowns (Transit of Venus - 2006)

The Trolleyvox - Leap of Folly.. Leap of Folly (Groove Disques - 2003)

The Trolleyvox - Ephemera for the Future.. Ephemera For The Future (Groove Disques - 1999)

The Trolleyvox - Every Word: A Tribute To Let's Active.. The Trolleyvox - "Crows On A Phone Line" - from Every Word Means No - A Tribute To Mitch Easter (Laughing Outlaw - 2002)

The Trolleyvox - The Stiff Generation: If It Ain't Still It Ain't Worth a Tribute.. "Is Vic There?" (Department S Cover); - from "The Stiff Generation - A Tribute To Stiff Records (Groove Disques - 2002)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------The sacred texts: American Music Club, Apples in Stereo, Audible, Baby Flamehead, J.S. Bach, Badfinger, Syd Barrett, Stephen Basho-Jungans, Count Basie, The Bats, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, BC Camplight, Belle and Sebastian, The Bevis Frond, Biff Bang Pow, Big Star, Bird Nest Roys, Blondie, The Boo Radleys, Booker T. and the MGs, Blumfeld, Broadcast, Broken Social Scene, James Brown, Harold Budd, Bundtcake Vesuvius, Buzzcocks, The Byrds, Camper Van Beethoven, Capitol Years, Cardinal, The Cars, The Chameleons, Sheila Chandra, The Chills, The Clean, The Cocteau Twins, B.J. Cole, Lloyd Cole, Sam Cooke, Elvis Costello, Comsat Angels, Cotton Mather, The Creation, Marshall Crenshaw, The Damned, The dBs, Richard Davies, The Dead Milkmen, The Decembrists, The Dentists, The Died Pretty, Dif Juz, The Donner Party, Durutti Column, Nick Drake, Dungen, Bob Dylan, The Easybeats, Echo and the Bunnymen, Electric Love Muffin, Eleventh Dream Day, Duke Ellington, Brian Eno, The Equals, John Fahey, The Fall, The Feelies, Felt, Flamin’ Groovies, Les Fleur De Lys, Flight of Mavis, Flying Burrito Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Isley Brothers, Game Theory, Gang of Four, Generation X, Astrid Gilberto, J. Giles Band, Gimme, Glass Eye, The Go-Betweens, Grenadine, Stan Getz, Guided By Voices, The Hang Ups, Harmonic Choir, Hamza El Din, Jon Hassell, Coleman Hawkins, The Headcoat(ee)s/Milkshakes, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Robyn Hitchcock, The Hollies, Lida Husik, Husker Du, Innocence Mission, Ivy, The Jam, Tommy James and the Shondells, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Johnsons, Freedy Johnston, The Kaisers, Matt Keating, Tommy Keene, David Kilgour, King Sunny Ade, The Kinks, Laraaji, The La’s, Let’s Active, Lilys, Liquor Giants, Bill Lloyd, Look Blue Go Purple, Mary Lou Lord, Luna, The Lyres, Magnetic Fields/6ths, Aimee Mann, Manfred Mann, Barbara Manning, Marah, McCarthy, Kathy McCarty, Meat Puppets, The Meters, The Minders, The Minutemen, Miracle Legion, The Modern Lovers, The Monkees, The Monochrome Set, Roy Montgomery, The Move, Mozart, My Bloody Valentine, My Dad is Dead, The Neats, Martin Newell, Nixon’s Head, Nugget’s box, Of Monreal, OK Go, O.M.D., Beth Orton, Outrageous Cherry, Buck Owens, Gram Parsons, The Passions, Pavement, Jeff Pearce, Pell Mell, Penguin Café Orchestra, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Liz Phair, Pink Floyd, Portastatic, The Plimsouls, The Psychedelic Snarl comp., Pretty Things, Rain Parade, Red House Painters, Redd Kross, Otis Redding, Steve Reich, The Reivers, R.E.M., The Replacements, Ride, Erik Satie, Scruffy the Cat, Stax/Volt box, Steve Roach, Robert Pollard, The Rolling Stones, The Saints, The Schramms, Sebadoh, 70’s AM radio, The Shadows, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Sherriff Jack, Sky Grits, Sloan, Small Faces, Small Factory, Elliott Smith, The Smiths, The Sneeches, The Soft Boys, Spencer Davis Group, The Spinnanes, The Standels, Stereolab, Sufjan Stevens, Sugar Plant, Sun Kill Moon, Superchunk, Swivel Chairs, Talking Heads, Teenage Fanclub, Television Personalities, The Thirteenth Floor Elevators, The Turtles, Uncle Tupelo, Ike and Tina Turner, Velvet Crush, The Velvet Underground, The Verlaines, Laura Viers, Vulgar Boatmen, The Wedding Present, Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant, The Who, Wilco, The Windbreakers, The Wishniaks, XTC, Yo La Tengo, The Zombies
Sounds LikeFor thosed of you who may have missed the above box of information: American Music Club, Apples in Stereo, Audible, Baby Flamehead, J.S. Bach, Badfinger, Syd Barrett, Stephen Basho-Jungans, Count Basie, The Bats, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, BC Camplight, Belle and Sebastian, The Bevis Frond, Biff Bang Pow, Big Star, Bird Nest Roys, Blondie, The Boo Radleys, Booker T. and the MGs, Blumfeld, Broadcast, Broken Social Scene, James Brown, Harold Budd, Bundtcake Vesuvius, Buzzcocks, The Byrds, Camper Van Beethoven, Capitol Years, Cardinal, The Cars, The Chameleons, Sheila Chandra, The Chills, The Clean, The Cocteau Twins, B.J. Cole, Lloyd Cole, Sam Cooke, Elvis Costello, Comsat Angels, Cotton Mather, The Creation, Marshall Crenshaw, The Damned, The dBs, Richard Davies, The Dead Milkmen, The Decembrists, The Dentists, The Died Pretty, Dif Juz, The Donner Party, Durutti Column, Nick Drake, Dungen, Bob Dylan, The Easybeats, Echo and the Bunnymen, Electric Love Muffin, Eleventh Dream Day, Duke Ellington, Brian Eno, The Equals, John Fahey, The Fall, The Feelies, Felt, Flamin’ Groovies, Les Fleur De Lys, Flight of Mavis, Flying Burrito Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Isley Brothers, Game Theory, Gang of Four, Generation X, Astrid Gilberto, J. Giles Band, Gimme, Glass Eye, The Go-Betweens, Grenadine, Stan Getz, Guided By Voices, The Hang Ups, Harmonic Choir, Hamza El Din, Jon Hassell, Coleman Hawkins, The Headcoat(ee)s/Milkshakes, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Robyn Hitchcock, The Hollies, Lida Husik, Husker Du, Innocence Mission, Ivy, The Jam, Tommy James and the Shondells, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The Johnsons, Freedy Johnston, The Kaisers, Matt Keating, Tommy Keene, David Kilgour, King Sunny Ade, The Kinks, Laraaji, The La’s, Let’s Active, Lilys, Liquor Giants, Bill Lloyd, Look Blue Go Purple, Mary Lou Lord, Luna, The Lyres, Magnetic Fields/6ths, Aimee Mann, Manfred Mann, Barbara Manning, Marah, McCarthy, Kathy McCarty, Meat Puppets, The Meters, The Minders, The Minutemen, Miracle Legion, The Modern Lovers, The Monkees, The Monochrome Set, Roy Montgomery, The Move, Mozart, My Bloody Valentine, My Dad is Dead, The Neats, Martin Newell, Nixon’s Head, Nugget’s box, Of Monreal, OK Go, O.M.D., Beth Orton, Outrageous Cherry, Buck Owens, Gram Parsons, The Passions, Pavement, Jeff Pearce, Pell Mell, Penguin Café Orchestra, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Liz Phair, Pink Floyd, Portastatic, The Plimsouls, The Psychedelic Snarl comp., Pretty Things, Rain Parade, Red House Painters, Redd Kross, Otis Redding, Steve Reich, The Reivers, R.E.M., The Replacements, Ride, Erik Satie, Scruffy the Cat, Stax/Volt box, Steve Roach, Robert Pollard, The Rolling Stones, The Saints, The Schramms, Sebadoh, 70’s AM radio, The Shadows, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Sherriff Jack, Sky Grits, Sloan, Small Faces, Small Factory, Elliott Smith, The Smiths, The Sneeches, The Soft Boys, Spencer Davis Group, The Spinnanes, The Standels, Stereolab, Sufjan Stevens, Sugar Plant, Sun Kill Moon, Superchunk, Swivel Chairs, Talking Heads, Teenage Fanclub, Television Personalities, The Thirteenth Floor Elevators, The Turtles, Uncle Tupelo, Ike and Tina Turner, Velvet Crush, The Velvet Underground, The Verlaines, Laura Viers, Vulgar Boatmen, The Wedding Present, Speedy West and Jimmy Bryant, The Who, Wilco, The Windbreakers, The Wishniaks, XTC, Yo La Tengo, The Zombies
Record LabelTransit of Venus
Type of LabelIndie






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   About The Trolleyvox
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We like to laugh, play in the woods with the little forest animals, and go for long moonlit walks along the beach. You: You are the most beautiful, brilliant, wonderful person, each and evey one of you. You are our soulmates. We are bathed in your glowing, loving light. You listen to our records all the time and wish to start a Trolleyvox fanclub, but not like those fake ones the record labels put up on mySpace. No, a real, heartfelt, genuine outpouring of fan appreciation and juicy tidbits that everyone will flock to, a true community of Trolleyvox-adoring...hey, are you gonna finish that sandwich? Oh, by the way. Our new album called The Trolleyvox Present The Karaoke Meltdowns came out in October of 2006. Its been played on about 175 college radio stations and broke into the CMJ top 200. Here are some review highlites:

"4.5 out of 5 Stars ... a huge leap beyond their already impressive earlier work.  ... Matching a uniformly excellent set of tunes to Filla's alluring vocals — as always, she's the best thing about the band — The Trolleyvox Present the Karaoke Meltdowns is the sound of a group ready to make an impact beyond the tiny power pop scene." - Stewart Mason – AllMusicGuide

“Power pop is rarely as deep or dexterously wrought … Honed-to-perfection tunes are ear-grabbing in a jangly guitar/piano way, with the haunting vocals of Beth Filla adding flower-power allure. And just beneath the surface of Andrew Chalfen's abstract lyrics lies a healthy dose of social criticism. Chalfen is one of the city's most enduring and worthy music crafters,” - Jonathan Takiff – Philadelphia Daily News

"Karaoke Meltdowns, is a lush, melancholy and muscular display of the quartet's considerable and diverse talents and the logical extension of their first two acclaimed releases...The Trolleyvox don't do anything that is the slightest bit obvious, which means the first few listens float by pleasantly enough without much notice. Then you'll start thinking of Trolleyvox songs when you're listening to something else; that's when you'll realize how deeply they've hooked you." - Brian Baker - Amplifier Magazine

The Trolleyvox Present the Karaoke Meltdowns is one of those albums that you'll listen to and want to dance around to like an idiot. Mixing melancholy and freak-out rock like a fine cocktail, it is, without a doubt, an album you don't want to miss.Jeff Martin – BlogCritics.com

"Believe the hype! Commandeered by vocalist Beth Filla, The Trolleyvox are worthy of the bevy of critical praise bestowed upon them." - Neal Agneta - The Big Takeover

The Trolleyvox, a band of Philly mainstays now three albums into their power pop run, cut achingly sweet power pop with muscle and intelligence. They take their gauzy, hazy sound to the next level on this third full-length, backing Beth Dilla's smoky-pure voice with soft jangle and taut strums. Andrew Chalfen encases his songs in dreamy, reverberating textures, letting notes melt one into another and harmonies drift towards the skies. Still, there are hard rhythms and steady beats under these cotton candy drifts, a solid rock-centric core that keeps cuts like “I Am Annabelle” from over-sweetness. - Jennifer Kelly - PopMatters

In short, it rips.  … the Trolleyvox sound bigger and better than ever… After a bit of a vacation, the TVox are back in full force - lucky for us.  You should check this record out pronto.Jeremy Grites - Daggerzine

"It takes only a few spins to realize the genius of the new Trolleyvox album lies not in its sparkling sheen but in the heady psychedelic wordplay beneath.... It's easy to miss that stuff while taking in Andrew Chalfen's hooky power-pop workouts and Beth Filla's sugary singing, but it's the fervor and color of the lyrics that make The Trolleyvox Present the Karaoke Meltdowns this Philly institution's best showing yet." - Doug Wallen - Philly Weekly

The Trolleyvox just keeps getting better. The musical chemistry between singer Beth Filla and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Chalfen has been obvious since the outset, but seven years down the line, they've made their best record yet. … - MJ Fine - The Jewish Exponent

The Karaoke Meltdowns is a chiseled framework of sharp little radio burners, …. The band has delivered a juicy pop album with enough to satisfy even the most jaded. Like me.Matt Wendus – Usounds – Le Internacional

The Trolleyvox, a band of Philly mainstays now three albums into their run, cut achingly sweet power pop with muscle and intelligence. They take their gauzy, hazy sound to the next level on this third full-length, backing Beth Dilla's (sic) smoky-pure voice with soft jangle and taut strums. – Jennifer Kelly - PopMatters

Philadelphia's The Trolleyvox are to be congratulated for coming up with "The Karaoke Meltdown," an album that has enough hints of nostalgia and a lush new sound, combining for a lovely listen .… it's a delightfully full sound with overtones of St. Etienne -- just toned down on the pop. Loping bass lines from Owen Biddle and toned down high-hatting by drummer Adam Stranberg meld the whole package into a celestial vintage sound. Think sweet riot grrl from Cub, or the heyday of the Spinnanes. The tone glows with the beautiful timbre of a sunset over warm water. – Jenny Elig – The Indianapolis Star – Intake Weekly

"The style of music that they create is fundamentally different than most other acts on the market currently, so hopefully more bands will be able to create their own innovative style in the wake of “The Karaoke Meltdowns” dropping. Pick it up." - James McQuiston - NeuFutur.com

"The Trolleyvox Present The Karaoke Meltdowns, packs equal parts folk-rock and power pop into a hook-filled baker's dozen compelling tracks." -  J. Breitling - ClickyClicky Music Blog

Here is a video for "Just You Wait" that Marc Brodzik of Woodshop films created. Its pretty cool, but watch it quick, before we all get tossed into Guantanamo for subversive thoughts:
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The Clarences ™





Jul 13 2008 8:46 PM

Domo arigato for your sweet comment, The Trolleyvox!!!!
How is your day?
We raise you a jelly donut!!!!
We hope all is well.
The Clarences
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Jul 12 2008 5:15 PM

The Clarences love & support The Trolleyvox!!!!
Rose





Jul 12 2008 3:21 PM

this is very exciting. thanks for the add!

xx
POWER ANIMAL





May 30 2008 2:49 AM

thank you! very glad to hear that.
The Dupont Circles





May 27 2008 2:40 AM

Thanks for the compliments (well done, seeing through our shabby attempts to hide our influences).
Long live the Wishniaks!
B-Side





May 15 2008 4:11 PM

I haven't been so captivated by an album in ages: "Your Secret Safe/Luzerne" is absolutely luminous.
I have been telling my customers and
employees to buy it. This coming from
a jaded old CD shop owner...it's not easy to impress someone who's heard a
bazillion bands over several decades.
But you have managed to do just that.
Your commitment to sonic (and visual) artistry is on full display.
Best wishes and thank you for your
amazing music. (If by some fluke you
find yourself touring in Wisconsin, I
would help promote a Madison show...)
Kevin Bowers





Apr 17 2008 4:46 PM

this songwriting is excellent! i especially enjoy "Just You Wait"...thank you for checking out my music & being my friend.
stay in touch.
your friend,
kevin bowers
Delilah Clark





Apr 17 2008 6:10 PM

Hi Beth! Like your vocals and the band sound ... found you at CNET.
Delilah Clark Live!Delilah Clark:  Wildly Innocent
Anthony Renzulli Band





Apr 17 2008 7:16 PM

Hey there! How's it goin?
-AR
Katt Hernandez





Apr 4 2008 2:17 AM

Of course indeed- see you 'round west philly :)
Owen





Mar 19 2008 10:37 AM

That's not important right now! But I will file a report...

What type of putty was the triceratops?
Hugh Hamilton





Mar 15 2008 11:42 PM

Gig tonight (uh-huh, uh-huh)
I LIKE it (uh-huh, uh-huh)
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Every time I typed uh-huh above, I had to correct uh-hugh. Go figure. Sometimes ya just gotta slooooow down...

xxoo,
H
EMILE





Mar 10 2008 5:45 PM

Consent.
We have the large store of rice.
However, we have not seen the cheese.
Chris





Feb 26 2008 11:16 PM

We have this huge hawk in the 'hood that sits in the same tree every night. HUGE! Exotic for the city, I wanted to ask him some questions
The Knife & Fork Band





Feb 10 2008 7:53 AM

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