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'''Josh Fix''' is a South African-born American singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and music producer.<ref name="San Francisco Chronicle">{{Cite web| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2008/07/09/NS0A11L54E.DTL
'''Josh Fix''' is a South African-born American singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and music producer.<ref name="San Francisco Chronicle">{{Cite web| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/article?f=/c/a/2008/07/09/NS0A11L54E.DTL
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{{Cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=auQ.2QWekHQU&refer=muse | title= Hipper Than Usher, Hotter Than Duffy: New CDs by Stars to Watch|accessdate= October 6, 2009|last=Beech|first=Mark|date= July 13, 2008|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]}}</ref> which saw limited distribution but nevertheless garnered praise in the press,<ref name="Keyboard">{{Cite web| url=http://www.keyboardmag.com/article/josh-fix-piano/December 08/90681|title= Josh Fix: Piano Rock With A Purpose|last=Gallant|first=Michael|date=December 2008|work=[[Keyboard Magazine]]|publisher= New Bay Media, LLC}}</ref><ref name="East Bay Express">{{Cite web|url=http://www.eastbayexpress.com/music/the_best_music_of_2008/Content?oid=872463|title=The Best Music of 2008|last=Seltenrich|first=Nate|date=December 2008|publisher=East Bay Express|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907074317/http://www.eastbayexpress.com/music/the_best_music_of_2008/Content?oid=872463|archivedate=September 7, 2009}}</ref><ref name="NPR">{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92406965|title=Josh Fix: A One Man Band Says Goodbye|last=Silver|first=Mark|date=July 10, 2008|publisher=NPR}}</ref><ref name="Electronic Musician">{{Cite web| url=http://emusician.com/interviews/profile-josh-fix/|title= ProFile: The Fix Is In|last=Menasche|first=Emile|date=December 1, 2008|work=[[Electronic Musician]]|publisher= Penton Media, Inc.}}</ref> and, among other accolades, found itself on [[Time Out New York]]'s "Best Rock Albums of 2008" list.<ref name= "Best Rock Albums of 2008" /> Associate Editor Hank Shteamer called Fix a'' "post-[[Radiohead]] [[Elton john]] [who] obliterated slacker chic with a virtuosically glossy piano-pop opus."''<ref name="Best Rock Albums of 2008">{{Cite web| url=http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/music/69955/best-and-worst-albums-of-2008|title= Music: The Best (and worst) of 2008|last=Shteamer|first=Hank|date=December 2008|publisher=Time Out New York}}</ref>


Fix's most recent release, a [[Mini album|mini-album]] "This Town Is Starting To Make Me Angry" (2009) was released in [[European union|Europe]] through British indie label [[Lojinx]].<ref name="Salisbury Journal">{{Cite web| url=http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/leisure/cdreviews/4574482.Josh_Fix___This_Town_Is_Starting_To_Make_Me_Angry/|title= CD Reviews: Josh Fix, This Town Is Starting To Make Me Angry|last=Rea|first=Mike|date=September 1, 2009|work=[[Salisbury Journal]]|publisher= Newsquest Media Group, Gannet}}</ref>
Fix's most recent release, a [[Mini album|mini-album]] "This Town Is Starting To Make Me Angry" (2009) was released in [[European union|Europe]] through British indie label [[Lojinx]].<ref name="Salisbury Journal">{{Cite web| url=http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/leisure/cdreviews/4574482.Josh_Fix___This_Town_Is_Starting_To_Make_Me_Angry/|title= CD Reviews: Josh Fix, This Town Is Starting To Make Me Angry|last=Rea|first=Mike|date=September 1, 2009|work=[[Salisbury Journal]]|publisher= Newsquest Media Group, Gannet}}</ref>

Revision as of 02:05, 24 September 2019

Josh Fix is a South African-born American singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and music producer.[1] In 2008 Fix released his self-produced debut album "Free at Last",[2] which saw limited distribution but nevertheless garnered praise in the press,[3][4][5][6] and, among other accolades, found itself on Time Out New York's "Best Rock Albums of 2008" list.[7] Associate Editor Hank Shteamer called Fix a "post-Radiohead Elton john [who] obliterated slacker chic with a virtuosically glossy piano-pop opus."[7]

Fix's most recent release, a mini-album "This Town Is Starting To Make Me Angry" (2009) was released in Europe through British indie label Lojinx.[8]

In 2009 he wrote the official theme for And Another Thing..., the sixth installment of Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy "trilogy."

The song "Barely Insane" was used in the Season 2 episode of 90210 "And Away They Go."

Discography

Studio Recordings

  • 2004: Steinway The Hard Way (EP)
  • 2008: Free at Last
  • 2009: This Town Is Starting To Make Me Angry (EP)
  • 2010: From the Artemis Fowl series (Disney-Hyperion Books): "Complex: Atlantis" (Single); "Call Me Artemis Fowl" (Single)

References

  1. ^ Vigil, Delfin (July 10, 2008). "Bandwidth: Josh Fix". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Communications Inc.
  2. ^ Beech, Mark (July 13, 2008). "Hipper Than Usher, Hotter Than Duffy: New CDs by Stars to Watch". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved October 6, 2009.
  3. ^ Gallant, Michael (December 2008). 08/90681 "Josh Fix: Piano Rock With A Purpose". Keyboard Magazine. New Bay Media, LLC. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  4. ^ Seltenrich, Nate (December 2008). "The Best Music of 2008". East Bay Express. Archived from the original on September 7, 2009.
  5. ^ Silver, Mark (July 10, 2008). "Josh Fix: A One Man Band Says Goodbye". NPR.
  6. ^ Menasche, Emile (December 1, 2008). "ProFile: The Fix Is In". Electronic Musician. Penton Media, Inc.
  7. ^ a b Shteamer, Hank (December 2008). "Music: The Best (and worst) of 2008". Time Out New York.
  8. ^ Rea, Mike (September 1, 2009). "CD Reviews: Josh Fix, This Town Is Starting To Make Me Angry". Salisbury Journal. Newsquest Media Group, Gannet.
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