The Silver Lake Chorus

A 20- to 25-piece choral group out of the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, the Silver Lake Chorus specialize in indie rock songs, arranged in the spirit of alternative and independent music with guitars, synths, percussion, strings, and more among varied instrumental accompaniment. Led by choral director Mikey Wells, they sang the theme song for the 2010 parody film MacGruber, and appeared on the 2011 single and Saturday Night Live digital short "I Just Had Sex" by the Lonely Island featuring Akon, which hit number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100. An impressive list of artists contributed original songs to their eponymous 2015 debut, including Sia, Wayne Coyne, Ben Lee, Aimee Mann, A.C. Newman, Justin Vernon, and the Bird and the Bee. ~ Marcy Donelson