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| Genre = Indie rock <!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.epitonic.com/index.jsp?refer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epitonic.com%2Fartists%2Fcursive.html Epitonic.com: Your Source for Cutting-Edge Music<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br>[[post-hardcore]]<ref>[http://saddle-creek.com/bands/reviews_cursive.php?id_number=138 Cursive Reviews<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.aversion.com/bands/reviews.cfm?f_id=2735 Aversion.com | Cursive - Happy Hollow<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.insound.com/Cursive/artistmain/artist/INS20532/ Insound.com: Cursive<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>www.spinner.com/2007/03/06/video-premiere-cursive-big-bang/?ncid=AOLMUS00050000000035</ref><br> |
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| Years_active = 1995–1998, 1999–present |
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Cursive is an Indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, on Saddle Creek Records.
History
The band was formed in 1995 by Tim Kasher, Matt Maginn, Steve Pedersen (all formerly of Slowdown Virginia), and drummer Clint Schnase. In 1997, they released Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes. After a few years of touring, the band broke up in 1998.[6] They "posthumously" released The Storms of Early Summer: Semantics of Song in the fall of that year. A year later, in the summer of 1999, the band re-formed. Pedersen had started law school[6] and later formed White Octave, so Ted Stevens (formerly of Lullaby for the Working Class) stepped in and joined the band. In 2000, their album Domestica, a concept album, gained them much attention from fans and critics.
Cursive added Gretta Cohn (on cello) in 2001; the strings added complementary sounds to that summer's Burst and Bloom. In 2002, the band toured on the Take Action! Tour.
Saddle Creek Records released The Ugly Organ in 2003. Music magazine Rolling Stone gave the album a 4-star rating,[7] while alternative music magazine Alternative Press rated the album a perfect 5 out of 5.[8] In 2004, The Cure selected Cursive to tour with them on their Curiosa tour, alongside Interpol, The Rapture, Mogwai, Scarling, and The Cooper Temple Clause. Afterwards, the band went on hiatus, with no specified return date.[9]
The label put out a compilation album of unreleased songs and B-sides, The Difference Between Houses and Homes, on August 9, 2005. In mid-2005, Gretta left the band to pursue other musical opportunities,[10] and has since formed the Brooklyn, NY-based band Twin Thousands. Instead of replacing her, the band remained four-piece.
After Cursive's hiatus, Saddle Creek announced that Kasher had temporarily stopped his work on his side project, The Good Life, to start recording an album with Cursive. The new album, Happy Hollow (named for an area of Omaha around Happy Hollow Boulevard, running parallel to Saddle Creek Road, [11] and perhaps a comment on midwestern city life), was released on August 22, 2006. Its first single was Dorothy at Forty, released on July 11, 2006. With this album, Kasher turned his focus away from self-reflective lyrics to concentrate on what he thought were bad politics, empty suburban lives, and religious hypocrisy[citation needed]. Music Magazines Spin, URB, Time Out New York, and Blender gave the record a 4 star rating, and Rolling Stone gave the album a 3.5-star rating[citation needed], while alternative music magazine Alternative Press rated the album a perfect 5 out of 5,[12] saying “Cursive haven't just redefined their sound—they've transcended it.” Happy Hollow features a five-piece horn section, a concept first introduced on the songs "Art Is Hard" and "A Gentleman Caller" on The Ugly Organ.
On August 28 A rumor is going around that Cursive broken up due to personal differences.
In October following the release, the band revealed plans to bring audience participation to its catalog, offering fans a chance to remix its song "Bad Sects" through a competition on the website [1]; the finalist is scheduled to appear as a B-side on an upcoming Cursive single.[13]
Band Members
- Tim Kasher: lead vocals, guitar, piano (1995 - present)
- Matt Maginn: bass guitar (1995 - present)
- Ted Stevens: guitar, vocals (1999 - present)
- John strayline: drums, percussion (2007 - present)
Touring Members
- Patrick Newbery: trumpet, synthesizer
- Nick Broste: tenor trombone
- Nate Lepine: synthesizer, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone
Former Members
- Gretta Cohn: cello (2001 - 2005)
- Steve Pedersen: guitar (1995 - 1998)
- Clint Schnase: drums, percussion (1995 - 2007)
- Bon Jovi : guitar (1995-2004)
Songs
Discography
Albums
- Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes (1997 · Crank!) - CD / 12"
- The Storms of Early Summer: Semantics of Song (1998 · Saddle Creek) - CD / 12"
- Domestica (2000 · Saddle Creek) - CD / 12"
- The Ugly Organ (2003 · Saddle Creek) - CD / 12"
- The Difference Between Houses and Homes (2005 · Saddle Creek) - CD / 12"
- Happy Hollow (2006 · Saddle Creek) - CD / 12"
Singles & EPs
- The Disruption (1996 · Saddle Creek) - 7"
- Sucker and Dry (1997 · Zero Hour) - 7"
- The Icebreaker (1998 · Saddle Creek) - 7"
- Burst and Bloom (2001 · Saddle Creek) - CD / 12"
- Art Is Hard (2003 · Saddle Creek) - CD
- The Recluse (2004 · Saddle Creek) - CD
- The Recluse/Art Is Hard (2004 · Robotic Empire) - 10"
- Dorothy at Forty (2006 · Saddle Creek) - CD / 7"
- Bad Sects (2007 - Saddle Creek) - 12"
Splits
- Cursive/Silver Scooter Split (2000 · Crank!) - CD / 10"
- Cursive/Small Brown Bike Split (2001 · Makoto) - 7"
- Cursive/Eastern Youth Split - 8 Teeth to Eat You (2002 · Better Looking Records / Five One, Inc.) - CD
Various Artists Compilations
- Holiday Matinee, Vol. 2 (2000 · Better Looking) - CD
- song: "The Radiator Hums"
- Stay Tuned For The Holidays (2001 · Crank!) - CD
- song: "Tides Rush In"
- song: "Fairytales Tell Tales"
- Saddle Creek 50 (2002 · Saddle Creek) - 2xCD / 12"
- songs: "The Martyr," "Nonsense"
- No Time For Sleep (2003 · Atlas Life Media) - CD
- song: "The Recluse"
- Take Action, Vol. 3 (2003 · Sub City) - 2xCD
- song: "Gentleman Caller"
- song: "Frankly, Mr. Shankly"
- song: "Ten Percent to the Ten Percent"
- LINOMA II: Riot on the Plains (2006 · -ismist Recordings) - CD/MP3
- song: "Pivotal (demo)"
Videography
Shortform
- "Bloody Murderer" (2003, directed by Todd G. Bieber)
- "Some Red Handed Sleight of Hand" (2003, Jun Kawaguchi)
- "Art is Hard" (2003, Travis John Dopp)
- "The Recluse" (2004, Mike Malone)
- "A Disruption in the Normal Swing of Things" (2005, Rob Walters)
- "Dorothy at Forty" (2006, Michael Grodner)
- "Big Bang" (2007, Eric David Johnson)
- "Bad Sects" (2007, Nik Fackler)
Longform
- Spend an Evening with Saddle Creek (2005, Jason Kulbel & Rob Walters; documentary film featuring a segment about Cursive)
- Inside Cursive: The Making of "Happy Hollow" (2006, Rob Walters; documentary for Current TV)
References
- ^ Epitonic.com: Your Source for Cutting-Edge Music
- ^ Cursive Reviews
- ^ Aversion.com | Cursive - Happy Hollow
- ^ Insound.com: Cursive
- ^ www.spinner.com/2007/03/06/video-premiere-cursive-big-bang/?ncid=AOLMUS00050000000035
- ^ a b Jason Kulbel & Rob Walters (directors) (2005). Spend an Evening with Saddle Creek (documentary video). Plexifilm.
{{cite AV media}}: External link in|title= - ^ Sanneh, Kelefa (2003-04-03). "The Ugly Organ : Review". Rolling Stone (919). Retrieved 2008-01-17.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "The Ugly Organ : Review". Alternative Press. 2003-04-01. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
{{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Saddle Creek Records" (Web). saddle-creek.com. Retrieved 2006-12-27.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Cellist Gretta Cohn leaves Cursive" (Web). punknews.org. 2005-08-24. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
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"Cursive: Happy Hollow" (Web). screenpointblank.com. 2006-08-30. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
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"Bad Sects Remix Contest" (Web). badsects.com. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
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External links
Interviews
- Lazy-i Interview: January 1999
- Lazy-i Interview: June 2000
- Silent Uproar Interview: January 2003
- Lazy-i Interview: March 2003
- Lazy-i Interview: May 2004
- Lazy-i Interview: November 2005
- Interview at wenn's rockt! WebTV (8/06)
- Soundcrank Podcast Hosted by Cursive
- The Land Salmon Interview with Tim Kasher Sept 2007