Darin Murphy - vocals, drums, bass, guitars, harmonica, mellotron, theramin, other sounds
Cory Glaeser - bass, vocal
Paul English - guitar, vocal
Tripp Wiggins - drums, vocal
Influences
The Band, The Beatles, Beck, The Bee Gees, Frank Black, David Bowie, Jon Brion, David Byrne, The Cardigans, The Clash, Stewart Copeland, Elvis Costello, Donovan, Bob Dylan, Neil Finn, The Flaming Lips, Ben Folds, Franz Ferdinand, Future Clouds And Radar, Dave Grohl, George Harrison, Billy Harvey, Robyn Hitchcock, Ben Hotchkiss, Elton John, Daniel Johnston, The Kinks, The La's, John Lennon, Nick Lowe, Jeff Lynne, Paul McCartney, The Moody Blues, Harry Nilsson, Tom Petty, Liz Phair, Grant Lee Phillips, The Police, John Prine, Radiohead, REM, the Ike Reilly Assassination, Jonathan Richman, The Rolling Stones, Biff Rose, Roxy Music, Todd Rundgren, Ron Sexsmith, Spoon, Squeeze, Ringo Starr, Matthew Sweet, T-Rex, Television, U2, Velvet Underground, Tom Waits, Ween, Paul Weller, Paul Westerburg, The White Stripes, The Who, Wilco, Brian Wilson, Stevie Wonder, XTC, Frank Zappa, The Zombies
Hovering somewhere between Robyn Hitchcock and Jay Farrar, between The Beatles and Bowie, Darin Murphy has earned a reputation as a gifted songwriter, musician, producer and well-defined pop artist from the huge talent pool of Austin, TX.
Raised within the music and theater communities of Houston, Murphy grew up surrounded by musicians, actors and DJ's, developing versatile music skills and an encyclopedic knowledge of pop records. After releasing two CDs with his sister Trish Murphy in the mid 1990's, Darin moved to Austin and carved himself a niche. Solitarium, Murphy's self-produced, self-performed solo debut, drew praise from critics, record retailers and curious listeners worldwide. In 2001 the follow-up, Haunted Gardenias, brought songwriting awards, year-end top ten lists and regular airplay on commercial AAA radio. In 2005, Murphy landed his first Broadway gig out of nowhere, acting and singing in Don Scardino's LENNON at New York's Broadhurst Theatre.
When not fronting his own band, Darin drums and sings in SKYROCKET! and Future Clouds and Radar (see links on this page). He also teaches, composes music for commercials and does voiceover work.
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Stopped in to hear some of your kewl tunes and share a little...
Love your tunes!
Here's some Art I did for a few favorite musicians of mine here in town. ( :
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Hope life is keeping you well! Hanging tough myself these days! Have you seen the eyeores b-day party at Peace Park, Bob Marley Fest, and the old settlers musical extravaganza photo's on my site at www. austinithinkyoushine. com. Check em' out they will surely deliver a smile. Especially if you love Austin as much as me. Thanks for the support friend. Best Wishes, Wesley Photographer/Artist/Austinut
It's Shane Lawlor here, busy on Thursday night? My band, Electric Touch, is having a CD release party at stubbs - spread the word. Hope to see you there!
We also have an instore at Waterloo Records the very next day....
did you see susan griswold's pics from fitz? you are the one changed the least! johnny thinks you made a pact. i think you might have a portrait somewhere getting cranky..but regardless, i am sure you are working but here's me gig spam:
you may be working but if not...bring the kid n the honey: It's all about the tunes..and the coffee... SATURDAY June 14th 9-11 pm Wyrdgrl @ Cafe Caffeine 909 West Mary St Austin, TX 78704 512.447. 9473
Listened to "Yes, We're Open" yesterday while tooling around Detroit. Still one of my favorite T&D sounds. A true blast from the past! Hope all is well down Tejas way!
it's always a pleasure to see the sunshine in your face, mister murphy--even at 10 o'clock at night. thank you for coming to my show. i hope you are thriving and enjoying life.
