The J. Arthur Keenes Band

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Cluck 01:50 Tools
The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down 02:47 Tools
Expelling Bee 05:11 Tools
Water2 (Wetter) 05:11 Tools
Foe Paw 04:12 Tools
Spaniard 03:02 Tools
Low Tide 02:55 Tools
Catfish Lagoon 02:59 Tools
The Boring World of Niels Bohr 03:10 Tools
Dispatch 06:40 Tools
Supplicant 03:56 Tools
Worth Keeping 04:34 Tools
Congratulations 02:14 Tools
Trails 04:58 Tools
Strange Devices 02:10 Tools
Plea Bargain 03:55 Tools
The Doors 06:20 Tools
Okay 03:49 Tools
Cardboard Box 02:44 Tools
Colour Television 03:08 Tools
Mr. Radiator 05:06 Tools
Monsters 03:10 Tools
Under Construction 02:30 Tools
Southern Accent 05:48 Tools
Dumb Jokes 03:51 Tools
Old Dusty 04:44 Tools
Trying Not to Hide 02:18 Tools
Channel Two 06:09 Tools
Stoic 03:49 Tools
This Too Shall Pass (8-bit Remix) 03:45 Tools
Umbrella House 03:25 Tools
Marshmallow Pie 02:11 Tools
It Ain't Hawaii (Citizenship Enforcement Squad theme) 01:54 Tools
Incestuous Union 02:53 Tools
Weatherbee 01:27 Tools
Birthday Cake for The Pope 03:06 Tools
Tommy Did The Walkin' (feat. Crayona & The Colorettes) 02:18 Tools
Probably 02:08 Tools
Miles "Tails" Prower Was Too Good To Me 01:50 Tools
Whatever You Want 02:51 Tools
Straight from the Tap 02:51 Tools
Woven Nest 06:24 Tools
Karma Police 04:32 Tools
T Is For Text 02:17 Tools
Orphanage 02:18 Tools
Bring Back My Horse 02:29 Tools
Benjamin Franklin (ver2) 04:03 Tools
Dog 01:04 Tools
Steely Don 01:17 Tools
May Not Comply 00:32 Tools
Fighting Food With Fire 02:23 Tools
bury me with my watch 02:00 Tools
Not Much of an Animal 02:39 Tools
hairtune OHC 02:14 Tools
Chase Init_ 01:10 Tools
Be My Baby (The Ronettes) 02:39 Tools
"Best Friends" (The Musical) 04:07 Tools
Maison Acide 03:15 Tools
A Bit Too Hard 03:28 Tools
Bad Books 03:28 Tools
meal replacement 03:26 Tools
The Battle of Spaghettysburg 02:42 Tools
Upstroke 03:21 Tools
Thunderclap Headache 02:00 Tools
How'm I Gonna Make You Love Me? 01:55 Tools
Karma Police (Radiohead 8-Bit Cover) 04:32 Tools
Rogue 02:10 Tools
Lonely Life 02:27 Tools
Suitcase 02:39 Tools
Feel Better 03:25 Tools
Independence Day 01:56 Tools
Corporate Takeover 03:35 Tools
Mount Rushless 03:09 Tools
Even Though I Don't Deserve It / Valentine's Day 03:17 Tools
The Ocean 02:48 Tools
Backwards 02:28 Tools
48 Hour Challenge - Oprah Shmup 03:28 Tools
Ruining a Masterpiece 03:28 Tools
Live Asleep (The J. Arther Keenes Band Remix) 03:38 Tools
I Love You More 02:18 Tools
Doo-Wop Medley 04:35 Tools
Pierre 01:36 Tools
Automobiles 02:28 Tools
Periscope 01:26 Tools
The Shrine 03:25 Tools
Glee Club 02:50 Tools
Dorkus Malorkus 02:10 Tools
The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down 2 01:42 Tools
Dynamical Alien 02:36 Tools
The Old Dusty Trail 03:19 Tools
Ocean Stage 02:46 Tools
Footsteps 03:20 Tools
Lake Eerie 02:23 Tools
Handsome 01:55 Tools
Serious Career 01:36 Tools
Beehive State (Randy Newman) 02:26 Tools
Suspension Bridge 01:13 Tools
Urgent 03:26 Tools
The Day Before Boxing Day Eve 04:36 Tools
Lost Bay 02:09 Tools
In The Doorway (The Misfits) 01:45 Tools
Xinyue Theme 1 01:53 Tools
Big Deal 01:59 Tools
Well Read 02:59 Tools
Mount Everest 03:39 Tools
Good As New 01:08 Tools
Bypass 02:48 Tools
Benjamin Franklin 02:50 Tools
Recruitment Reggae 02:27 Tools
It's Not Christmas 02:26 Tools
A Day At The Baseball Tourney 01:36 Tools
Egomystical 02:05 Tools
Planning Theme 01:54 Tools
Xinyue Theme 2 01:56 Tools
Deli-Cinq 03:17 Tools
She's Acting (The Inbreds) 02:23 Tools
I Was Tired Three Hours Ago 04:41 Tools
Mexico City 03:37 Tools
Videogame Theme 01:31 Tools
Quantum Physics 03:17 Tools
Xinyue Theme 3 02:52 Tools
Smash Diggins 03:25 Tools
In The Doorway 01:40 Tools
Zabré Department 02:48 Tools
Some Nerve 02:27 Tools
That Ain't Realistic 02:27 Tools
Island Gigantism 02:13 Tools
Gravitation 03:06 Tools
Worse Than the Devil 03:37 Tools
Flea Circus 01:41 Tools
Frumpy 01:47 Tools
HP335 04:26 Tools
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 03:16 Tools
Science Friction 01:36 Tools
Garage Sale 02:20 Tools
Live Asleep Remix 03:38 Tools
Lucky Break 02:15 Tools
Harold 03:17 Tools
Obsolete 03:36 Tools
Stage1 02:08 Tools
El Campo Del Laser 02:08 Tools
Apprentice 01:11 Tools
Improper Fire 02:00 Tools
Back to Bed 03:19 Tools
drown in tea 04:20 Tools
Modernized 02:27 Tools
Heroic Verse 02:26 Tools
Cannonball 03:41 Tools
The Famed Kite Experiment 00:55 Tools
Hazza! 01:55 Tools
Optics Festival 02:42 Tools
Chimdi Mundu 01:46 Tools
In a Bed 02:03 Tools
Between 01:31 Tools
Easy Come, Easy Go 01:31 Tools
Hexecontahedron 02:13 Tools
01 - It Aint Hawaii Citizenship Enforcement Squad theme 02:13 Tools
Gray 03:08 Tools
Sunday School Smiles 01:08 Tools
Henry Lee 03:53 Tools
Jamboree 02:27 Tools
Plutonium Doesn't Come From Pluto 03:39 Tools
Cabin Fever 03:37 Tools
Crossing Guard 03:11 Tools
Garbage Island 03:15 Tools
Skulls 02:26 Tools
Endless Loop 03:08 Tools
She's Acting 01:59 Tools
Cluck (guitar instead of keys) 01:40 Tools
I'll Never Need the Stars 01:40 Tools
Realistic Reprise 01:40 Tools
Even Though I Don't Deserve It/Valentine's Day 03:32 Tools
Sequel 01:53 Tools
Couchgrass 02:47 Tools
In The Bag 00:33 Tools
Picking Out a Number 00:33 Tools
Last, Longest 01:29 Tools
Giraffe 02:07 Tools
48 hour challenge - el campo del láser 01:31 Tools
Nice Day to Stay Inside 01:31 Tools
Like Gold 05:05 Tools
It Ain't Hawaii (Citizenship E 01:00 Tools
Take Warning 02:59 Tools
Even Though I Don't Deserve It Valentine's Day 01:30 Tools
The Boring World of Niels Bohr (unfinished) 03:08 Tools
Pilot Light 03:30 Tools
Eggplant 01:30 Tools
Overcoat Weather 00:30 Tools
Eight Children 03:13 Tools
01 03:13 Tools
Malfunction 01:29 Tools
Too Mean 00:30 Tools
Peanut Baga 05:05 Tools
strawberries and cream 03:32 Tools
Take Warning (Operation Ivy) 02:59 Tools
wall of ice 05:05 Tools
Russian Doll 00:30 Tools
Jagged Jaws of Destruction 05:49 Tools
Colonial Coins 00:30 Tools
I Hate Your Guts 00:30 Tools
Cheat 'Til You Lost 05:05 Tools
Un Café Pour Mon Bébé 05:05 Tools
Drum Machines 05:05 Tools
I'll Be Your Mirror 02:10 Tools
Not As Scary As You Think! 00:30 Tools
water 2 (wetter) 05:10 Tools
Top Hat 00:30 Tools
You Sunk My Spaceship! 01:24 Tools
Company Man 11:06 Tools
Melquíades 11:06 Tools
Shucks 00:30 Tools
Chiptunes 00:30 Tools
Reasonable 00:30 Tools
String You Along 00:30 Tools
Mirrorball Eyes 11:06 Tools
The Top of The World of A Bottomless Pit 11:06 Tools
Digitally Imported - Chiptunes 11:06 Tools
Seven Magic Words 11:06 Tools
Water2 [Wetter] 05:13 Tools
Melquiades 05:13 Tools
Mismatch 05:13 Tools
Let's Go To Tokyo 01:00 Tools
Oprah Shmup 01:00 Tools
Wreckage 02:27 Tools
Chiptunes - DIGITALLY IMPORTED - Playing the best chiptunes and video game music. 01:00 Tools
I'll Be Your Mirror (Velvet Underground cover) 01:00 Tools
Dear Sergio 02:25 Tools
Chase Init 02:25 Tools
Karma Police (Radiohead cover) 02:25 Tools
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The J. Arthur Keenes Band is the project of multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Dan McLay from Oakville, Ontario, Canada. McLay is known for combining vocals, guitar, and an expansive and eclectic variety of instruments with chiptune programming, lo-fi electronics, and influences ranging from '60s pop to reggae. McLay first began posting songs to chipmusic community 8bitcollective in 2006, and later released his debut EP, Pamplemousse, on Pause on October 28, 2009. Written and recorded while still in high school, the EP was warmly received and praised by many of the chipmusic community’s most well-known members. Its follow-up, Computer Savvy, was released by 8bitpeoples a year and a half later on May 31, 2011. The EP contained reworked versions of older 8bitcollective songs alongside new material, and heavily expanded upon and refined Pamplemousse's sonic palette. A third EP, The World's Smallest Violin, followed on August 18, 2012, and marked a massive shift in sound for the project. It featured a lesser emphasis on chiptune elements and a greater focus on McLay's vocals and lyricism, and eschewed his past reggae and ska influences entirely in favor of a more delicately-arranged, ‘60s pop-inspired sound. McLay's first full-length, entitled Mighty Social Lion, was similarly self-released on August 10, 2013. It expanded upon TWSV's sound with more intricate arrangements, psychedelic textures, and the inclusion of live drums. The LP was preceded by a single, “Congratulations/I Love You More,” and accompanied by a mini-EP exclusive to CD pre-orders, Old World Monkey. In the final months of 2013, the project put out a few more releases, all of which featured little to no chiptune elements. A split EP with Squiggly Lines, the project of McLay's brother Rob, was released on November 7, and the “Lost Bay/Cabin Fever” single—comprised of two tracks originally released via Weekly Treats at the end of August—was put out in early December. On December 31, with almost no advance notice, McLay released his fourth EP, Get Some Sun. Clocking in at a few seconds shorter than Pamplemousse, the release was his shortest EP yet; it was also his most blatantly experimental work to date, featuring heavy usage of sampling, ambient effects, and lo-fi recording techniques. In addition to all of his main albums, McLay has also put out three mini-EPs written entirely in 48 hours via the ChipMusic.org forums (48 Hour EP Vols. 1, 2, and 3); scored a short film (Xinyue Yam and The Mystery Level Original Soundtrack); released an EP comprised entirely of cover songs (Smothered With Covers Vol. 1); put out a single on on Metrodub (“Footsteps / The Shrine”); and contributed to various compilations (Including Pause’s Sea of Ice, Chiptunes = WIN's Expansion Pack, several CalmDownKidder Records releases, and 8bitpeoples’ Reformat: A Tribute to Bit Shifter’s Information Chase). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.