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| Born | Jordana Shapiro April 30, 1985 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
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Binki Shapiro (born Jordana Shapiro, April 30, 1985)[citation needed] is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Los Angeles. She is best known as a founding member of the indie rock trio Little Joy, which she formed in 2007 with Fabrizio Moretti of the Strokes and Rodrigo Amarante of Los Hermanos, and for her 2013 duets album with Adam Green, Adam Green & Binki Shapiro.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Shapiro was born Jordana Shapiro on April 30, 1985, and was raised in Los Angeles.[citation needed][3] She has described her mother as a collector of vintage clothing, an interest Shapiro has cited as an influence on her own visual sensibility.[4] She writes on an early-1960s Gibson hollow-body guitar.[4]
Career
[edit]2006–2007: Early appearances
[edit]Shapiro first drew attention in 2006 when she appeared in a series of promotional videos made for Beck's album The Information.[1]
2007–2011: Little Joy
[edit]Moretti and Amarante met by chance following a performance at a festival in Lisbon in 2006; a year later both played on an album by Devendra Banhart, after which the two musicians moved into a house in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles with Shapiro to record a debut.[5][6] Shapiro met the pair through mutual friends in the Los Angeles music community and encouraged them to develop the material into a record.[1] In interviews the members have described the group as an unforced arrangement that grew out of songwriting sessions around Moretti's dining-room table rather than a planned project.[3] Shapiro has said she suggested the band's name after driving past the Little Joy, a cocktail lounge near the house where they were working.[3][7][6]
The trio's only album, Little Joy, was produced by Noah Georgeson and released by Rough Trade Records on November 4, 2008.[6][8] Shapiro sang lead on several tracks, among them "Unattainable", and played guitar, keyboards, glockenspiel and percussion; she also contributed to the record's artwork and design.[3][9] The album drew generally favourable reviews, holding a score of 71 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 19 reviews.[8] The group toured behind the record into 2009, augmenting the trio with additional live musicians, and did not release a follow-up.[10]
During the same period Shapiro appeared as a guest vocalist on records by Sia and Megapuss, and took part in Beck's Record Club, contributing to its track-by-track covers of Leonard Cohen's Songs of Leonard Cohen.[1][9]
Shapiro also organised Crafts for a Cause, a benefit auction of one-of-a-kind works donated by friends and colleagues, which raised more than $50,000 for relief efforts following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[4]
2012–2013: Adam Green & Binki Shapiro
[edit]Shapiro and Adam Green, formerly of the Moldy Peaches, had met through overlapping circles in the New York and Los Angeles indie scenes and toured together in Brazil with Little Joy.[11] Green has said that hearing Shapiro's Little Joy song "Unattainable" prompted him to propose a collaboration.[12] Writing sessions in New York produced a set of sparse folk songs, issued first as the EP Fall in 2012 and then as the album Adam Green & Binki Shapiro, released by Rounder Records on January 29, 2013.[1][2]
Both musicians were emerging from the end of long relationships while the record was made, and the songs were widely read as a breakup album written from two sides; Shapiro has characterised the material as "extensions of our conversations".[12][11] Critics frequently compared the duo's close male–female harmonies to those of Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood.[1][13] The album holds a score of 67 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reception; Drowned in Sound called the pair "a match made in heaven", while AllMusic wrote that the record "will stand as one of the best duet records of the era".[14] The duo toured Europe and North America in support of the release.[12]
2014–present
[edit]In 2016 Shapiro sang on a cover of the Grateful Dead's "Loser" with Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear for Day of the Dead, the Grateful Dead tribute compilation curated by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of the National as a benefit for the Red Hot Organization.[15][16] In 2023 she contributed the track "Getting Led" to Moping in Style: A Tribute to Adam Green.[17]
Musical style
[edit]Shapiro's singing has been described as soft-edged and understated, and her work with both Little Joy and Green sits within a lineage of mid-century pop and bossa nova-inflected songwriting.[1][7] AllMusic characterises her recorded output as intimate and delicate, drawing on indie pop, indie folk and alternative singer-songwriter traditions.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Shapiro was in a relationship with her Little Joy bandmate Fabrizio Moretti, which ended around 2011.[12][4] She is based in Los Angeles.[12]
Discography
[edit]With Little Joy
[edit]- Little Joy (Rough Trade, 2008)
With Adam Green
[edit]- Fall (EP, 2012)
- Adam Green & Binki Shapiro (Rounder, 2013)
Guest appearances
[edit]| Year | Title | Artist | Role |
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| 2008 | Some People Have Real Problems | Sia | Background vocals |
| 2008 | Surfing | Megapuss | Additional vocals |
| 2009 | Songs of Leonard Cohen (Record Club) | Beck | Vocals |
| 2016 | Day of the Dead | Various artists | Vocals on "Loser" (with Ed Droste) |
| 2023 | Moping in Style: A Tribute to Adam Green | Various artists | Vocals on "Getting Led" |
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Binki Shapiro Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
- 1 2 "First Watch: Adam Green & Binki Shapiro". NPR. January 25, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Williams, Kyle (December 12, 2008). "Interview: Little Joy, Part 1". American Songwriter. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Musical Muse: Binki Shapiro of Little Joy's Pitch-Perfect Style". Refinery29. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Little Joy: Strokes Drummer Gets Some Sun". NPR. December 8, 2008. Retrieved August 14, 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Little Joy – Little Joy (RTRAD485)". Rough Trade Records. Retrieved August 14, 2026.
- 1 2 "On the Road With Little Joy". Dazed. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
- 1 2 "Little Joy by Little Joy – Details and Credits". Metacritic. Retrieved August 14, 2026.
- 1 2 "Binki Shapiro Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Little Joy say farewell to backing band at London show". NME. January 22, 2009. Retrieved August 14, 2026.
- 1 2 "Adam Green and Binki Shapiro, Bicoastal Buddies". Interview. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Adam Green & Binki Shapiro: "we were each other's only real companions"". Louder Than War. 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
- ↑ Leahey, Andrew (February 18, 2013). "Adam Green and Binki Shapiro on Their Special Chemistry, Flash Cards and Sinatra/Hazlewood". American Songwriter. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Adam Green & Binki Shapiro Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Listen to Ed Droste and Binki Shapiro's Cover of the Grateful Dead's "Loser"". Complex. May 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
- ↑ "The National Unveil Massive Grateful Dead All-Star Tribute Album". Rolling Stone. March 17, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
- ↑ "Adam Green tribute album "Moping in Style" due December 1". BrooklynVegan. October 16, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Binki Shapiro discography at Discogs
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