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DispatchJon Hain - Catalog Two guys - Andre Perry (vox, keyboards) and John Lindenbaum (vox,guitar). Using a 12-string acoustic guitar and a couple of synthesizers, the duo blends angsty folk-rock lyrics with spacey keyboard textures. Their sound certainly recalls the acoustic stylings of Neutral Milk Hotel and the Mountain Goats as well as the synth-rock of Grandaddy and Earlimart. "Hand-stitched with minimal percussion, a couple of guitars, sparse synth and brief moments of studio ambiance/texture... Dispatch is a phenomenal album.." -... [read more] |
Make Some Time For WastingJon Hain - Catalog Brilliant vocals and production. This is vibrant, uplifting music. Katie's voice and songwriting are at the forefront. Her piano playing is simple but melodically powerful. The band keeps the energy simmering throughout. All in all, a great followup to Changing Faces. This is a 'must have' for fans of great sounding pop music.  |
Changing FacesJon Hain - Catalog Katie Todd's debut album. Katie Todd sets out to impress with a set of smoldering piano based rock songs anchored by her unique voice and powerful lyrics. How can you go wrong with and album that opens with, "To deviate from the social standard..."  |
Company TownJon Hain - Catalog "spaghetti western slavic mope chamber folk" Tin can and twine romances in a color of rust with backdrops of long wind swept open roads framed by tangled barbed wire and naked telephone poles. The songs are of ashtray broken hearts and lansdscapes of beauty and sorrow borrowing harmonies from old eastern europe, the desert southwest and the sentiments of working class rust belt americana.  |
HypocriticoolJon Hain - Catalog Hypocriticool is a brilliant and never-predictable collection of songs that invites you to chill on a proverbial futon of sound offering a generous portion of beautiful, melodic imagery that tests your imagination and makes you want to crash Josh Cole's house party every night. "While working on my brother's farm, I realized the industries of agriculture and music are the same in that they've grown too big," Cole says. "But when you're a farmer or musician on a small-scale, working household style, when it's all about your... [read more] |
FOBJon Hain - Catalog "...it's Geoffrey's vibraphone playing that impresses most and takes center stage here. While the vibes can sound tinny and bland in less skilled hands, Geoffrey coaxes rich, shimmering, expressive, and complex tones from his instrument aEU" whether in dreamy, mysterious meditations such as "Dollars to Doinas" and "Re-Designed for Further Suffering" or playing restless, angular tunes like "Fly, Giant Robot, Fly!" and the title track (of sorts), "Fob, Fobbing, Fobbed." It goes without saying that Mr. Brady at the vibraphone is clearly a... [read more] |
When The World Runs Fast (dvd)Jon Hain - Catalog WHEN THE WORLD RUNS FAST asks the question: What is success? About When the World Runs Fast: Must it mean fame and fortune? Does it always lead to selling one's soul? You've heard the stories of rockbands making it big while giving up family and friends along the way; is that the only path to the top? Or can successful musicians be happy in a small pond, as a creative, viable force in their community, with time left for life's simple pleasures? This is the story of musicians who have created their own definition of... [read more] |
SubfictionJon Hain - Catalog "Singer-guitarist Kari sets the tone with a weathered, raspy trill focused in the same way as Chan Marshall's is in Cat Power. But bleak images cry out for hope through Shane's fluid guitar melodies, and it all turns out to be quite wonderfully heart-wrenching and beautifully melancholy." The Onion "The recording is noteworthy for the rich sound the duo achieve by weaving together two beautifully played acoustic guitars." The Isthmus Makeshift Ego's first album features two interacting acoustic guitars, both with their own... [read more] |
