{"artistName":"Tommy Keene","artistId":104152,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e5f/e5f3a72be5ae2b6788ebffeaf8d81304_xl.jpg","srcset":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e5f/e5f3a72be5ae2b6788ebffeaf8d81304_sm.jpg 50w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/e5f/e5f3a72be5ae2b6788ebffeaf8d81304_md.jpg 80w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/e5f/e5f3a72be5ae2b6788ebffeaf8d81304_lg.jpg 200w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/e5f/e5f3a72be5ae2b6788ebffeaf8d81304_xl.jpg 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eTommy Keene (born June 30, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for releasing critical acclaimed new wave/power pop songs in the 1980s. He has a longtime cult following among fans of the musical genre of power pop.1 Originally hailing from Washington D.C., his 1984 EP Places That Are Gone became one of the year's top selling independent releases.2 The EP garnered a four-star review in Rolling Stone, and was voted the #1 EP in the following year's Village Voice Jazz \u0026amp; Pop Poll. Keene has since recorded and released numerous albums on such labels as Dolphin, Geffen and Matador Records. He has worked with producers T-Bone Burnett, Don Dixon, and R. Walt Vincent. He continues to record and tour and recently released an album with Robert Pollard, formerly of Guided by Voices, as 'The Keene Brothers.' Tommy's three favorite bands are The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who. \nKeene released his 9th original studio album \"Behind The Parade\" with Second Motion Records 1n 2011. This is the fourth release with members of the label as founder Stephen Judge also signed and released Keene's 2 disc retrospective \"Tommy Keene: You Hear Me\" in 2010 and his previous release \"Crashing The Ether\" in 2006 on his Eleven Thirty Records while serving as A\u0026amp;R Director and General Manager at Redeye Distribution.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Tommy+Keene","playStationPath":"/stations/280822935/play","stationId":280822935,"bioPath":"/music/Tommy+Keene/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Paul+Collins+Beat","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/78c/78c344a1e8ba7a90441062f7aa754501_md.jpg","artistName":"Paul Collins' Beat","artistId":114245,"station_id":282865208},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Lemonheads","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d8f/d8fec02f5423386f78bd9e9fd09c8e14_md.jpg","artistName":"The Lemonheads","artistId":2322,"station_id":113383581},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Barracudas","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/560/56025d0d503d24795e0c1ba8bc080519_md.jpg","artistName":"The Barracudas","artistId":111329,"station_id":282283347},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Jellybricks","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0bb/0bb964778c6f7c1ae48e64a1268c059b_md.jpg","artistName":"The Jellybricks","artistId":74153,"station_id":267376064},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Exploding+Hearts","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/da4/da4adca9ab871a4419ebaa44a177bb29_md.jpg","artistName":"The Exploding Hearts","artistId":109167,"station_id":282140428},{"musicPath":"/music/Dwight+Twilley","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ccf/ccf79fb0c17d1b0efccd7f41037554e8_md.jpg","artistName":"Dwight Twilley","artistId":75462,"station_id":266532581},{"musicPath":"/music/Rockpile","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/25d/25d8c513dce8fc16b2ab374496e88980_md.jpg","artistName":"Rockpile","artistId":111159,"station_id":282359859},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Figgs","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/199/199d1288c1a89cdb4fa22d48d1d8a813_md.jpg","artistName":"The Figgs","artistId":133030,"station_id":285650994},{"musicPath":"/music/Elvis+Costello+The+Attractions","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ac2/ac2c218e62f1b8096da6f52aa75b907e_md.jpg","artistName":"Elvis Costello \u0026 The Attractions","artistId":368,"station_id":113294147},{"musicPath":"/music/Josie+Cotton","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/482/482584dfddbd2483192775d8c50965d0_md.jpg","artistName":"Josie Cotton","artistId":8475,"station_id":114923667},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Psychedelic+Furs","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/90e/90eac653ee1b6ee3dac40799fcb1acbf_md.jpg","artistName":"The Psychedelic Furs","artistId":6311,"station_id":113274016},{"musicPath":"/music/Lloyd+Cole","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a80/a80218fb2c3fc8fbf3752ec35734f718_md.jpg","artistName":"Lloyd Cole","artistId":505,"station_id":113531760},{"musicPath":"/music/Pretenders","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6de/6decd9d8db981241374b0d3091c706b8_md.jpg","artistName":"Pretenders","artistId":1720,"station_id":113270251},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Romantics","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f80/f802b39f2fde0eb6da9b086a010aa4f7_md.jpg","artistName":"The Romantics","artistId":9974,"station_id":113359239},{"musicPath":"/music/Dramarama","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a37/a3775235a9ce25c6c8b60a94c16d2425_md.jpg","artistName":"Dramarama","artistId":1028,"station_id":113487277},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Only+Ones","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cd3/cd3eb07e5ffae2accaf0aa5acfa7f7d5_md.jpg","artistName":"The Only Ones","artistId":112451,"station_id":282360152},{"musicPath":"/music/XTC","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/19c/19caf8e91e3dd866d2752b772d1e3a33_md.jpg","artistName":"XTC","artistId":8136,"station_id":113293762},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Grays","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3d6/3d6688865066966cfb9c46c42a69d534_md.jpg","artistName":"The Grays","artistId":104606,"station_id":281289988}]}