Alex G

Alex G (short for Alexander Giannascoli) is an indie/lo-fi singer-songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that got started in 2010. He began posting self-recorded songs on Bandcamp, which is what began gaining him attention. In the past few years he's put out a slew of albums, and earlier this year he released his first major record, Beach Music, following the success of his last album, DSU. Alex G's sound is quite hard to pinpoint, though the Elliott Smith comparisons are a good place to start. The whisper-thin vocals, off-kilter chord voicings, intimate acoustic guitar, and sparse background instrumentation (drums, bass, the occasional keyboard) are the Matthew, Mark, Luke and John of Elliott Smith's first few records. All of these do seep into Alex G's music, thus the comparison, in addition to that very brittle, lo-fi atmosphere that's quite definitive of both artists.

Of course the songwriting, lyrics, vocals, etc. of Smith are superior, but it's no competition, and Alex G is certainly a worthy disciple. Not to say that the similarities are astounding, Alex G certainly has enough to experiment with in his own songs to make himself quite distinct. The similarity is just an easy jumping off point to get a rough idea of what he's all about. Regardless, enough rambling, I'm sure many of you know who Alex G is, since he's been one of the most requested bands I've ever had, so please do enjoy.

RACE (2010)

1. Remember

2. The Same

3. TV

4. Gnaw

5. Trash

6. House

7. Crab

8. Go Away

9. Let It Go

10. Things To Do

11. Time/Space

12. Cross Country

13. Race

Sandy (2011)

1. Sandy

WINNER (2011)

1. Hitting So Hard

2. Freedom

3. Stop

4. Talking

5. Blew

6. Big World

7. Dust

8. Math

9. Sometimes

10. Get Happy

11. Explain

EASY (2011)

1. In My Blood

2. Think

3. My Friend

4. Buttercan

5. Big Problems

6. Oh, Okay

GOOD (2011)

1. GOOD

TRICK (2012)

1. Memory

2. Forever

3. Animals

4. String

5. Advice

6. People

7. Whale

8. Trick

9. Kute

10. So

11. Mary

12. Change

13. Clouds

14. Adam (Bonus Track)

15. Sarah (Bonus Track)

16. 16 Mirrors (Bonus Track)

RULES (2013)

1. Water

2. Come Back

3. Fighting

4. Wicked Boy

5. Candy

6. Mis

7. Master

8. New

9. Know Now

10. Rules

11. Message

LUCY (2013)

1. LUCY

2. The Cutie

Joy (2013)

1. Joy

2. Fishing

PAINT (2013)

1. Sleeping

2. Paint

3. Tripped

4. Amof

5. Untitled

Alex G/R.L. Kelly (2013)

1. Alex G - Magic Mirror

2. Alex G - Adam

3. Alex G - Trade

4. R.L. Kelly - Everyday

5. R.L. Kelly - The Voices

6. R.L. Kelly - Fake Out

DSU (2014)

1. After Ur Gone

2. Serpent Is Lord

3. Harvey

4. Rejoyce

5. Black Hair

6. Skipper

7. Axesteel

8. Sorry

9. Promise

10. Icehead

11. Hollow

12. Tripper

13. Boy

Beach Music (2015)

1. Intro

2. Bug

3. Thorns

4. Kicker

5. Salt

6. Look Out

7. Brite Boy

8. In Love

9. Walk

10. Mud

11. Ready

12. Station

13. Snot

Rocket (2017)

1. Poison Root

2. Proud

3. County

4. Bobby

5. Witch

6. Horse

7. Brick

8. Sportstar

9. Judge

10. Rocket

11. Powerful Man

12. Alina

13. Big Fish

14. Guilty

House Of Sugar (2019)

1. Walk Away

2. Hope

3. Southern Sky

4. Gretel

5. Taking

6. Near

7. Project 2

8. Bad Man

9. Sugar

10. In My Arms

11. Cow

12. Crime

13. SugarHouse (Live)

God Save The Animals (2022)

1. After All

2. Runner

3. Mission

4. S.D.O.S.

5. No Bitterness

6. Ain't It Easy

7. Cross The Sea

8. Blessing

9. Early Morning Waiting

10. Immunity

11. Headroom Piano

12. Miracles

13. Forgive

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