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Personnel: Owen Ashworth (vocals, piano, electric piano, organ, electronics); Karen Mitchell (flute); Jason Quever (drums). Etiquette, literate plastic keyboard maestro Owen Ashworth's fourth release under the moniker Casiotone for the Painfully Alone introduced non-bedroom production into the mix, utilizing guest vocalists, strings, woodwinds, pedal steel guitars, and various synthesizers and drum machines from other companies into what was once a simple recipe. What sounds like a major overhaul on the album jacket is less so when applied to the 12 tracks that fill Etiquette's exoskeleton with meat. Fans who swooned over Ashworth's previous collections of snide, affecting, and consistently heartbroken pop songs will find that he's only taken the first step up from lo-fi, with at least half of the songs still residing in the thin, insular confines of four-track distortion filtered through corner store six-packs. That's not to say that songs like "I Love Creedence," "Cold White Christmas," and the Steve Merritt-channeling-David Bowie's-"Five Years'" grandeur of "New Year's Kiss" don't resonate on a sonic level as well as an emotional one. In fact, those three, along with the jazzy "Bobby Malone Moves Home" and the hesitant "Nashville Parthenon" may be some of his finest works, but the inclusion of guest vocalists Sam Mickens, Jenn Herbinson, and Katy Davidson -- the latter leads four songs -- all of whom have lovely and expressive voices, keeps Etiquette from engaging on the kind of one-on-one basis that made Pocket Symphonies for Lonely Subway Cars and Twinkle Echo such selfish pleasures. ~ James Christopher MongerMojo (Publisher) (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This fourth album expands Casiotone For The Painfully Alone's frighteningly austere template to an almost symphonic level of opulence." Casiotone For The Painfully Alo Etiquette Songs | 1. | Etiquette I.D. |
| 2. | New Years Kiss |
| 3. | Young Shields |
| 4. | I Love Creedance |
| 5. | Nashville Parthenon |
| 6. | Scattered Pearls |
| 7. | Happy Mother's Day |
| 8. | Holly Hobby |
| 9. | Cold White Christmas |
| 10. | Bobby Malone Moves Home |
| 11. | Don't They Have Payphones Wherever You've Been Last Night |
| 12. | Love Connection |
| Etiquette Music Review Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars)   nintendo beats with melodies on nightquil filled with plenty electronic beats that most gamers will find nostalgic, yet fresh, with a mix of heavy sounds in hiphop fashion and soft, indie rock and roll, a unique sound is formed, not least of which is the male singer's seemingly cold-flu induced voice. a change of pace that's worth listening for those with an already experienced ear in the indie world, you'll add a little bit more with casiotone for the painfully alone. Submitted by dahpaper (houston, tx, usa)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Surely deserving of 5 stars A very exceltional indietronica album. For fans of IDM (intelligent dance music) and groups such as Postal Service, Lali Puna, Hot Chip, and almost any indie/electronica. Interesting lyrics, developed beats, and Ashworth's unique voice make this worth checking out. Highly recommended! Submitted by mangledcougar (San Diego, CA, USA) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
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Purchase Etiquette CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Matt Pond PA Nature Of Maps CD (2002)
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$10.15 Matt Pond PA includes: Matt Pond (vocals, guitar); Jim Kehoe (guitar, background vocals); Mike Kennedy (keyboards, vibraphone, drums, percussion, background vocals); Matt raisch (bass, background vocals). Personnel: Jim Kehoe, Matt Pond (vocals, guitar); Brian McTear (vocals, banjo, piano); Eve Miller (vocals, cello); Mike Kennedy (vocals, keyboards, vibraphone, drums, percussion); Matt Raisch (vocals); Therese Hurley (harp); Margaret White (violin); Jim Hostetter (cello); John Baker (vibraphone). Recording information: Cyclesound, Philadelphia, PA; MinerStreet. Photographer: Brian McTear. This opus by matt pond PA is the band's second for Polyvinyl Records. Entitled The Nature of Maps, it contains 12 songs and clocks in at about 38 minutes. Matt Pond has a ...
| | Minus 5 I Don't Know Who I Am CD (2003) Let The War Against Music
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$13.85 These songs were recorded during the sporadic and sprawling I Don't Know Who I Am (Let The War Against Music Begin) sessions, 2003. For reasons both clear and confounding they did not appear on that record. Featuring Peter Buck, Jeff Tweedy, Jon Auer & Ken Stringfellow (Posies) and Rob Allum & Charlie Francis (High Llamas). 13 tracks packaged in digipak format. Return To Sender. 2003.
The Minus 5: Scott McCaughey, Barrett Martin, Jeff Tweedy, Jon Stirratt, Petr Buck, Ken Stringfellow, Morgan Fisher, Christy McWilson, Jon Auer, Mark Hoyt, Jason Finn, Dennis Diken, Charlie Francis, Rob Allum, Jason Bick. Liner Note Author: Scott McCaughey. Although Scott McCaughey pays his bills as a loyal R.E.M. sideman, the longtime Young Fresh Fellows frontman's Minus 5 project has allowed him to explore his fundamental pop/rock leanings with colleague Peter Buck ...
| | Rilo Kiley More Adventurous CD (2004)
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$9.99 Live Recording
Rilo Kiley: Jenny Lewis (vocals, guitar, harmonica, Mellotron, keyboards); Blake Sennett (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, Mellotron, ARP synthesizer); Jason Boesel (vocals, drums, tambour, percussion); Pierre de Reeder (bass instrument). For More Adventurous, Rilo Kiley's Warner-distributed hello to the big time, the Los Angeles band is more cohesive, more spotless, and tidier in its tangle of indie pop, torch song, and too-cool-for-school cynicism than ever before. This time out they favor craft over ruckus, rarefied over reckless. Sometimes Adventurous goes too far -- like Belle & Sebastian, RK's fastidiousness can become a sticky glaze. (The overwrought sway of "Does He Love You?" comes to mind.) But the album is a mostly-perfect collection of the various sounds the band does best, wrapped ...
| | Comas Conductor CDs (2004)
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$9.15 The Comas are back with Conductor, their second Yep Roc release. Finding himself at the end of a two-year relationship, Comas frontman Andy Herod found refuge in an empty beach house on the North Carolina coast during the winter of 2003. Keeping him company was an acoustic guitar, a 4-track recorder, a small city of wine bottles and the overwhelming reality of lost love and identity. As an added bonus, this will be a two-disc set including Conductor, the movie, on DVD. This romantic science fiction adventure follows the albums 11 songs and features Michelle Williams (Dawson's Creek).
This release includes a bonus DVD. The Comas: Andy Herod (vocals, guitar, synthesizer); Nicole Gehweiler (vocals, guitar); Alan Weatherhead (pedal steel guitar); Justin Williams (bass instrument); Cameron Weeks (drums, percussion). Voted one of the best 2004 albums you didn't hear from both Spin and Rolling Stone, the third release from this Chapel ...
| | Arcade Fire Funeral CD (2004)
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$12.05 Arcade Fire: William Butler (synthesizer, xylophone, bass instrument, percussion); Richard Reed Parry (double bass); Win Butler (bass guitar); Régine Chassagne, Howard Bilerman. Personnel: Win Butler (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric 12-string guitar, piano, synthesizer); Régine Chassagne (vocals, accordion, recorder, piano, synthesizer, xylophone, drums, percussion); Howard Bilerman (guitar, drums); Timothy Kingsbury (acoustic guitar); Anita Fust (harp); Jessica Moss, Sophie Trudeau, Owen Pallett, Sarah Neufeld (violin); Genevieve Heistek (viola); Michael Olsen, Mike Olsen (cello); Richard Reed Parry (accordion, piano, ...
| | Headlights Some Racing, Some Stopping CD (2008)
Etiquette
$9.95 Personnel: John Owen (guitar); Mary Weingartner (violin, viola); Rachel Deitkus (violin); Nick Sanborn (accordion); Jeff Helgesen (trumpet); Jerry DeJong (musical saw). Audio Mixer: Brett Sanderson. Recording information: The Farmhouse. Indie rockers Headlights make lovely melodic pop that draws on new wave, 1960s pop, shoegaze, the Velvet Underground, and the indie tunesmithery of contemporaries like Belle and Sebastian. SOME RACING, SOME STOPPING, Headlights' second full- length release, is a beautifully realized statement of the band's aesthetic. Charming boy-girl harmonies, propulsive guitar riffs, swirling synths, and a penchant for catchy hooks mark this disc as an accessible and compulsively listenable gem. Headlights' second album Some Racing, Some Stopping is a whole bunch of fun. The group builds on the promise of their first album and consolidates their strengths into a ...
| | Let's Go Trippin' CD (2008) (Import) United Kingdom
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$20.39 30 classic vocal & instrumental tracks from the surf & hot rod era including The Surfaris - Surfer Joe, Gary Usher ...
| | R E M Life's Rich Pageant CD (1986)
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$8.85 The songs on LIFE'S RICH PAGEANT are listed out of order on the packaging. Two songs on the record, "Underneath The Bunker" and a cover of the Clique's "Superman," aren't listed at all. R.E.M.: Michael Stipe (vocals); Peter Buck (guitar); Mike Mills (bass); Bill Berry (drums). Recorded at The Belmont Mall, Belmont, Indiana. Personnel: Michael Stipe (vocals); Peter Buck (guitar); Bill Berry (drums). Audio Mixer: Ross Hogarth. Recording information: Belmont Mall Studio, Belmont, IN. Fables of the Reconstruction was intentionally murky, and Lifes Rich Pageant was constructed as its polar opposite. Teaming with producer Don Gehman, who previously worked with John Mellencamp, R.E.M. developed their most forceful record ...
| | Guano Apes Don't Give Me Names CD (2000) (Import) Germany
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| | Vega 4 Satellites CD (2002) (Import) Bonus Track; Japan
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$39.49
| | Lawrence Arms Cocktails And Dreams CD (2005)
Etiquette
$9.65 The Lawrence Arms: Dreams (guitar); Coctails (bass guitar); Neil Hennessy (drums). A handy 19-track compilation of B-sides, stray contributions ...
| | Caitlin Cary Begonias CD (2005) Digipak
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$13.49 Personnel: Caitlin Cary (vocals, ...
| | Upper Crust Cream Of The Crust CD (2006) Digipak
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| | Adel Elmas Yijilak Yom CD (2007)
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| | Dub Colossus Town Called Addis CD (2008)
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$14.35 Personnel: Skip McDonald (guitar); Ben Somers (tenor saxophone); Bernard O'Neill (double bass, cymbals, programming). Recording information: Intimate Studios, London, England (2006-2008); Real World Studios (2006-2008); Wormwood Studio, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2006-2008). Photographer: Nick Page. When Nick Page) (aka Dubulah, a charter member of the legendary worldbeat ...
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