November 2009
Christopher Holt, Dylan Metrano, Mandy Sabine
Albums
Tigers on Fire
Jason Anderson voice Ben Baldwin alto and baritone saxophones Nat Baldwin upright bass, voice Chris Barrett trumpet, flugelhorn, piano Shawn Creeden percussion, singing saw Angel Deradoorian accordion, toy piano, voice Brett Deschenes trumpet Casey Dienel piano, organ, voice Brian Dunn guitar, voice Tom Eaton trumpet Nate Groth vibraphone John McCauley III drums Alex McGregor guitar Camille McGregor voice Dylan Metrano guitar, voice Juliet Nelson cello, voice Annie Palmer chord organ, voice Gregg Porter drums, percussion, voice Jim Reynolds guitar, keyboard, percussion, voice Sam Rosen electric bass, piano, voice Marika Shimkus bassoon
Sing!
Jason Anderson electric bass, drums, guitar, voice Nat Baldwin upright bass, voice Nikole Beckwith voice blindbanjodjim banjo, slide guitar, voice Alan Bull voice Lindsay Clark voice Kryce Clayton voice Casey Dienel piano, Rhodes, voice Brian Dunn voice Mary Fahey voice John Ryan Gallagher guitar, voice Dylan Metrano guitar, voice Juliet Nelson cello, air organ, voice Gregg Porter drums, toy piano, voice Sam Rosen voice
gimme danger / gimme sweetness
Jason Anderson bass, guitar, piano, organ, voice blindbanjodjim banjo John Ryan Gallagher guitar, glockenspiel, percussion, toy piano Marc Gartman lap steel Dylan Metrano guitar, percussion, voice Andrew Nelson drums Juliet Nelson cello, voice Colin Rhinesmith bass, glockenspiel, organ, percussion
Blessed Are the Trials We Will Find
Brian Dunn guitar, baritone guitar, voice David Michael Curry viola, trumpet John Ryan Gallagher guitar, triangle, melodica Matthew Kulik drums, voice Dylan Metrano guitar, baritone guitar, voice Juliet Nelson cello, voice Colin Rhinesmith organ, air organ, percussion Jacob Trussell bass, voice
Additionally, these good folks have played live and on record 1999 - 2009
Sidney Alexis guitar Joe Arnold violin, mandolin Marisa Barnes violin Matt Bauer banjo Randy Bickford guitar Dan Blakeslee bass Todd Booth drums Buggsy trombone Alan Bull drums Cathy Cathodic voice Dylan Clark drums John Cowhie guitar Joe DeGeorge saxophone Kyle Field bass Emily Foster percussion Darren Hanson guitar Leah Hayes piano Christopher Holt bass, keyboard Randy Illian voice Liz Janes voice Spencer Kingman voice, piano Brendon Massei guitar Trevor Montgomery bass Kelly Nyland drums Brian O’Neil organ Adrian Orange drums Evan Orfanos drums Ray Raposa various Jesse Rifkin guitar, banjo, glockenspiel Jeremy Robinson omnichord, drum Jerusha Robinson cello, piano Gabe Rollins percussion Sam Buck Rosen bass Mandy Sabine drums Sean Scanlon various Tim Showalter guitar, organ Dave Snider bass Erik Tans bass Kenseth Thibideau baritone guitar, keyboard Paul Vittum drums Anna Vogelzang voice Emily Zeitlyn voice
And many others...
Influences
Miranda July, Becca Midwood, Erte, David Mamet, Haruki Murakami, Andrew Wyeth, Paul Auster, Fred Astaire, Newburyport, Sophie Calle, love, & friends.
Tiger Saw was founded in the coastal city of Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1999 by Dylan Metrano. Their early albums explored a beautiful, hushed, slowcore sound with prominent male/female vocal harmonies and cello. Their third album, ‘Sing!’ (Kimchee Records) introduced Tiger Saw as more of a collective, then including White Hinterland’s Casey Dienel, Dirty Projectors’ Nat Baldwin, K Records’ Jason Anderson, and many others. These songs were sing-alongs, written with, for, and about the community of like-minded friends with whom Tiger Saw had been sharing stages. The band at this time could be seen with over a dozen players, including a small choir. These simple, heartfelt songs celebrated friendship, community, and love in all its forms.
With their next album, 'Tigers on Fire', the band’s sound evolved into what they’d call “basement soul”, a DIY take on soul and rhythm & blues. Working with a horn section and extra percussionists, they sang of the everyday ecstasy to be found in sweaty house parties, old funk 45’s, and dancing all night to your favorite songs. It wasn’t exactly soul music, but it was a passionate love letter to soul music, and still undeniably and uniquely Tiger Saw.
Tiger Saw has toured extensively in North America and Europe, and is known for playing unorthodox venues from beach bonfires to treetop sing-alongs, as well as basements and barrooms from coast to coast. Tiger Saw has performed hundreds of shows with many bands, including Grizzly Bear, Kimya Dawson, Jens Lekman, Jad Fair, Laura Veirs, Magnolia Electric Co., Explosions in the Sky, The Gossip, and Man Man.
Hey, Dylan! Just heard that the book is out, can't wait to read it. If your tour brings you to the northwest definitely tell me and we'll set something up out here in Portland! Hope to see you soon!
