The VCs have spoken: Edward Sharpe is killing it. Congrats Nora from Dorm Life!
It seems Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are everywhere lately. Possibly because they just finished a nationwide tour. Or perhaps because they are simply excellent. Or maybe because they have a great accordionist. Congratulations to Nora Kirkpatrick – who plays Courtney Cloverlock on an ASM show called Dorm Life – and her bandmates on their success! (Also Nora, congrats on the pan-hellenic president role on ABC Family’s Greek.)
It was interesting to notice too that the band also seems to be the hit of the VC party, with at least 2 big props lately:
- Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures (Twitter, FourSquare, Zynga) in New York – 2nd most played artist week of December 14 according to his blog
- Mo Koyfman and Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital in Boston dig them, too. See Bijan’s blog
Plus, in a true small-world moment, Boxee recently released their new box. We recently released Dorm Life on Boxee. What music did Boxee choose for their gala unveiling? Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, of course!
It occurs to us that E. Sharpe & Co. should use some of their tour-bus time to produce a 10-slide Powerpoint pitch for VCs, and make a few extra (daytime) stops in NYC and Boston (it’s unclear whether the Sand Hill Road VCs have an ear for bands newer than U2). They would undoubtedly emerge with a fresh round of capital. Seriously: think about what a really well-capitalized, red-hot new band could accomplish.
Watch their network debut from the Letterman Show back in September ‘09.
