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The Vanity Set is an indie rock group of mostly second-generation Greek-Americans formed in New York City in 2000. Led by Jim Sclavunos, the drummer/percussionist with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, they describe their music as a blend of "low art, high sass and raw bluster."[1] Their music includes the sounds of rebetiko, "psycho-billy guitar, creepy keys, raucous tuba, mellifluous theremin."[2]

The Vanity Set
Origin	New York, New York, United States
Genres	Indie
Years active	2000–present
Labels	CARGO UK
Members	Jim Sclavunos Peter Mavrogeorgis Jennifer Carey David Morton Tam Ui Sasha Kazachkov Jaiko Suzuki

Current members

• Jim Sclavunos - lead vocals
• Peter Mavrogeorgis - guitar, bouzouki
• David Morton - keyboards, clarinet
• Tam Ui - drums
• Sasha Kazachkov - bass
• Jennifer Carey - tuba & dead-bird-in-bag wrangler
• Jaiko Suzuki - percussion

Previous members

• Meredith Yayanos - violin, theremin
• David Berger - drums, percussion
• David Clifford -(Drums)
• Brian Emrich - (Bass, Synthesizer, ondioline)

Discography

• The Vanity Set
• Little Stabs of Happiness
• The Big Bang 7" record

References

External links

• Official Site
• Article in The Guardian

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