T. Griffin - guitar, samples, singing
Catherine McRae - violin, samples, singing
with
Dennis Cronin - vibraphonette, lap steel, trumpet
Bruce Cawdron - drums, glock, marimba
Influences
Roger Miller. Dock Boggs, John Adams, Four Tet, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Michael Ackerman, Bob Dylan, Aphex Twin, Joseph Silovsky, Dimitri Shostakovich, Townes Van Zandt, The Black Light, Jenny Scheinman, Esther B. Robinson, The Rev. Gary Davis, Nas, Wire, The National, Madvillan, The VU, Jem Cohen, Bob Wills, The Ex, Maxinquaye, Lightning Bolt, godspeed you! black emperor, Rudee Valley, early Wong Kar-Wai, Jen Bervin, Thelonious Monk, Django Reinhardt, Rhys Chatham, Jim Lyons, Anne Bogart, Guy Clark, The Fall, Vic Chesnutt, Ornette Coleman, Brent Green, Elliott Smith, Gene Krupa, Amon Tobin, Stanley, Nina Simone, The Evens, Brian Eno. ...
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"....Lit by Your Phone, the Quavers’ new moody and texturally rich album, places moody Americana folk under blacklit, lo-fi electronica." - The Village Voice
“...moody and enchanting lo-fi songs. The pair‘s spare tunes combine plaintive minor-key melodies... and tight, yearing harmonies with touches of electronica thrown into the m ix. Both musicians bring a deep and eclectic musical background to their songwriting; between the two of them they’ve worked with indie filmmaker Jem Cohen, avant-garde theater director Richard Maxwell and the cult singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt, among others. ” - The New Yorker
We are recording a LIVE ALBUM this week at The Trash Bar with 16 bands! Be There!
On June 14th DJ Mojo & BREAKTHRURADIO. COM present the first in an ongoing series of live shows intended to epitomize the podcast station's mandate to bring to the public the best,most innovative and exciting music being made today. The bands below will give the audience an experience of good music, great fun and fantastic entertainment!
june 14 - $8 +++++++ BELL HOLLOW-10 CRUEL BLACK DOVE-11 APPOMATTOX-12 DESIRE LINES-9 LUDLOW LIONS-8
AND *DJ MOJO'S BIRTHDAY BASH - July 2 featuring Gary Lucas' Gods and Monsters* Gary Lucas (Captain Beefheart) Billy Ficca (Television) Ernie Brooks (Jonathan Richmond & The Modern Lovers) Jason Candler (Hungry March Band) Joe Hendel (The Latest Show on Earth)
JOCK-8 WILD YAKS-11 TELENOVELA STAR-10 GARY LUCAS' GODS AND MONSTERS-12 RENMINBI-9
I was almost on the verge of requesting Idaho sunday, but then you played it! please always play it. :) thanks again for the heart-cracking experience.
Thank you for blowing the roof off of Bam Cafe, and stealing into the cracks of my heart. It was pretty cosmic from my seat. Can't wait to see you again.
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hey.hey.i do miss going to your shows 3 times a week. im so sorry there was no time for anything else.<----maybe you recall that picture from empires of tin, we were shooting there too(shouldve taken you there too...)next time!
Hey ho, sorry we didn't get to come and see you in the end, my new wife had very damaged feet after wearing heels for the whole of the big day, so we spent our week in NY hobbling around very slowly and not travelling very far.... Didn't even get as far as Brooklyn.... We'll have to come again sometime.
Hey, we really loved playing with you! I've been listening a lot to the older CD that you gave me, and I still have your set reverberating through my head. Let's play together again someday
I left tonight's show impressed by what you manage to create live. Very beautiful music that is like traveling over geography. Keep my skybox reserved for me.
Ok, this is for Catherine! So wonderful to share a bill w/you last night, you and the band sounded great. I love your vibe and the songs are spectacular. xSerena
thank you sooo much for putting snow day on your page just for me! =D you totally made my day, if not my life! you guys need to come to minneapolis and play, maybe at First Ave, or the Fine Line Music Cafe...
significant happenings in my life: i live a few blocks from the 35 W bridge in Minneapolis that collapsed. maybe you've heard about it on CNN? it's really sad, but as far as i know, all of my loved ones are ok. i think i'm gonna walk home after work tonight and check out the wreckage. anywhoo, that's just what's on my mind. so what's going on in your lives?
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hi todd, Maybe we could play at the theatre of Menilmontant (Paris 20ème)the 15, 16, 17 and 18 of october, if you want, you could play with us for one gig ? talk to me soon, florent.
not to be the guy that raves on and on about the "radio song", but i introduced a handful of riksha drivers in jaipur to 'fireflies' so you might want to consider adding that city to your tour scheduel.
1. To quiver, as from weakness; tremble.
2. To speak in a quivering voice; utter a quivering sound.
3. Music To produce a trill on an instrument or with the voice.
VERB:
To utter or sing in a trilling voice.
NOUN:
1. A quivering sound.
2. A trill.
3. Chiefly British An eighth note.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English quaveren, probably frequentative of cwavien, quaven, to tremble
it's a fact that contemporary superheros listen to music on their ipods while patrolling for trouble. this feeds their egoistic need for theme music. if that were me, the song i'd listen to would be "fireflies."
it's so good...
