PaperDoll and Kollaboration – if you’ve been following allkpop for a while, both terms are probably quite familiar to the eye.

As you may recall from our artist feature from last year, PaperDoll is a New York City-based indie rock band composed of Teresa Lee Chaisiri (vocals/keyboard), Patrick Moloney (guitar) and Chip Thomas (drums) and Steve Paelet (bass). From touring Ireland to featuring in indie films, this fearsome foursome has done it all – and now they can add ‘Kollab NY 5 Grand Prize Winners’ to their track record.

If you haven’t heard of it before, Kollaboration elevates Asian-American/Canada performers by showcasing their talents in shows in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, San Francisco, Atlanta and more. Notable names including BoA, Far East Movement, Quest Crew (ABDC), Fanny Pak (ABDC), David Choi (Youtube), Kina Grannis (Youtube) and more have participated as guests; you may recall that our friends of the indie rock quartet Seriously also won Kollaboration back in 2006.

On June 26, this non-profit organization held their fifth show in New York City. Last Saturday, NYC’s Highline Ballroom was filled to the brim with an eager audience that celebrated the Asian-American movement and enjoyed performances from competing talents Alfa, Rian Hong, Cate Song, Eugenia Leigh, Jen Kwok, Meghna Prasad, Part Time Models, Rhythmology and Sheng Wang. At the end of the evening, PaperDoll was announced as the Grand Prize Winners of Kollab NY 5.

Watch PaperDoll’s performance of If Nothing Happened off their album BALLAD NERD POP here. Even if indie pop isn’t really your thing, I suggest giving this track a whirl; it’s pretty addicting!

Here’s Anything at All, also off BALLAD NERD POP, which has Mandarin in the last chorus:

Want to see PaperDoll live? Check out their summer show in NYC and grab free tickets!

Saturday, July 17th, 2010
Crash Mansion
199 Bowery St (at Spring St)
New York, NY 10003
8pm – SHARP
21+

FREE TICKETS:
- Email Your Name by 7/16 to rsvp@crashmansion.com
- Subject Line “PaperDoll Crash Mansion 7/17/10 RSVP”
- Arrive by 8p
Or…pay $10 at the Door

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