The Extended Live Performance Family:
Clint Niosi - Vocals, Guitar, Lyrics/
Aaron Bartz - Guitar/
James Talambas - Keys, Horns/ Bass/
Emma Hertz - Cello/
Nicole Amundson - Violin/
Marcosis - Bass/
Boyd Dixon - Drums/
Kristina Morland - Vocals/
Matt Hansen - Keys/
Influences
The Cure, Robyn Hitchcock, The Buzzcocks, Ministry, Dion, The Beta Band, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Herman Hesse, Janes Addiction, Lou Reed, Mazzy Star, Neil Young, Sabbath, Various Indian Classical Musicians, Shonin Knife, Donnovan, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, The Talking Heads, Concrete Blonde, Syd Barrett, Kurt Vonnegut, The Hollies, Ween, The Flaming Lips, Chuck Berry, Ella Fitzgerald, Robert Johnson, Howlin Wolf, Jimi Hendrix, The Animals, John Coltrane, NIN, Skinny Puppy, e.e. cummings, Roger Waters, Blondie, The Cranberries, Big Star, Aldus Huxley, Dead Can Dance, Missing Persons, Dr Demento, Kahlil Gibran, Radiohead, Portishead, Lovage, Serge Gainsburough, Toni Morison, Gary Numan, Dante, Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Book of Love, Elliott Smith, The Beach Boys, Lenard Cohen, Jethro Tull, David Bowie, ELO, Pulp, Brian Wilson, Brian Eno, Nirvana, Rachmoninov, The Shins, Three Dog Night, Vivaldi, Tommy James and the Shondells, The Unicorns, William Burroughs, Tori Amos, Erasure, Heart, abba, Nick Drake, Men Without Hats, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Magnetic Fields, Os Mutantes, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Thin Lizzy, New Order, The Pet Shop Boys, CASH, Cat Stevens, The Cars, Slayer
Your results: You are Spider-Man
Spider-Man
95%
Iron Man
75%
Batman
60%
Catwoman
55%
Superman
50%
Robin
50%
Hulk
40%
Green Lantern
40%
Supergirl
20%
Wonder Woman
20%
The Flash
20%
You are intelligent, witty, a bit geeky and have great power and responsibility.
Clint Niosi - Good Records 6/28/08 from You and Yours on Vimeo.
Hmmm. Hi.
I..ve just listened to your songs. It..s something about you, that makes you do just that, listen. ARE YOU OK?...............................................................
This might sound strange to you, I don..t even know you. But you have a sad sad thing about you, and my heart just filles up with these emotional feelings when I listen to your songs. I love the first one!! NO more no less, just loving it.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................
If you just do what you love, the rest WILL sove itself. If you think of the world as an illusion, things get easier.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................
With love and light, Emma from Sweden....................................................................................................
Coal mine Canary..is an amazingingly great song. I love your lyrics..theyre original, fresh and in no way cliché'd. Great guitar and voclas. keep up the great work. Mike in England.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Hi Clint, Listening to "City Girl." Likin the mellow sound you have and the lyrics are really good. So who is the city girl?
Euan........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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The admissions desk is on the far left, on the first floor. It's 11:31 this lovely morning and in this otherwise silent sanctuary I hear sound. And it's loud, and I recognize it. I hear the admissions desk playing your music(!) at maximum volume from across the full length of the museum entry. I telephone down to Jamie at the downstairs desk; she says you had given her a cd last night. Well, that's what you get for giving music to people-- a play across the entire museum. ........j...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................Hi-
So I'm totally crazy about your song Living a Good-Bye. it remeinds so much of my own life. I know I said that before but, serioulsy keep up the good work.
-Ash Kansas City Missouri....................................................................................................................................................................................................................
"lived-in lyrics and haunting, folky compositions" Fort Worth Star Telegram
“Niosi's cerebral lyrics also frequently hit you square in the heart.”
Dallas Observer
“His tunes are epic — minimalist but totally sweeping.”
Fort Worth Weekly
“A real natural behind the mic and on the guitar.”
Adventures in Live Music
"Clint Niosi seems to be quite decent" We Shot Jr
"An agile fingerstyle guitarist" I Love Ftw
“Clint Niosi=Awesome”
The Fine Line
Nominated in 2008: Fort Worth Weekly
Best Alt Country
Nominated in 2009: Dallas Quick
Big Solo Artist
Nominated in 2009: Fort Worth Weekly
Folk/Acoustic
Songwriter
Song of the Year “My Mephistophilis”
Album of the Year “The Sound of Dead Horses Beaten Against Cold
Shoulders” Link Click HERE to vote in the 2009 FW Weekly Awards!
The Sound of Dead Horses Beaten Against Cold Shoulders was named one of the 20 best Texas albums of 2008 by the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
The Sound of Dead Horses Beaten Against Cold Shoulders also received an honorable mention in the Dallas “Quick” list of best albums of 2008.
After a decade of championing the seldom ventured seedy underbelly of the DFW folk scene, 2008 saw the unveiling of Clint Niosi’s most ambitious work to date, “The Sound of Dead Horses Beaten Against Cold Shoulders”. The album is a cornucopia of lyrically heavy roots/folk/rock music covered with lush horn and string harmonies. The Fort Worth Weekly noted Clint’s “quavering, Donovan-ian voice, plummeting and soaring vocal melodies, and gently finger-picked, harmonious acoustic guitar steeled by moments of dissonance.” On the new album Clint examines topics including, several versions of the afterlife, the subjective nature of truth, overactive idealism, and perseverance. “The Sound...” has been described by some as “Andrew Bird meets Magnetic Fields meets Led Zeppelin III”, however Clint feels the title to be an apt description in the driest humor.
I think that's so neat! It's cool that your cds were dispersed so far, instead of just around your area. I love finding new and excellent music when I'm not really expecting to. :D
Any plans to play shows up here in Washington ever?
Today I was perusing the cds at the library, and I happened upon your album (quite a title you gave it, I was terribly curious). I think it's just wonderful in every way, and wanted to tell you so. :)
A special DVD set of the February shows is now available to pre-order at the wire-sound shop
This strictly limited edition 2 disc, region free, PAL format DVD set will be shipped in June.
The ‘Real Life + Thereafter’ DVD contains the entire concert filmed at Manchester Academy …
PLUS … Extra features include ‘Feed The Enemy’ filmed at the rehearsals, an alternate take of ‘A Song From Under The Floorboards’ and exclusive images from the period …
PLUS … On the second CD disc, you get an audio recording straight from the desk of 11 songs from the show at The Forum, London …
PLUS … In the package, you get a free tour T-Shirt in any size you like ranging from Super Small to Mighty XL and all stops in between.
