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Great Northern
Solon Bixler – vocals/guitar
Rachel Stolte – vocals/keyboard
Davey Latter- drums
Great Northern: The name evokes a feeling of a place and time in which . . . to dream, perhaps, to get away from it all, or away from one’s self. It’s late afternoon, strolling into night. There’s a slight breeze – but you’re warm in your coat, or bundled in cotton as you gaze out the window…
An appropriately evocative soundtrack for all this – widescreen grand nudging fuzzy intimate – is something akin to what Solon Bixler and Rachel Stolte sought when they formed Great Northern. The two longtime friends had often talked about making music together and Bixler eventually approached Stolte with material he’d been developing quietly.
“Rachel and I had known each other for about seven years,” says Bixler, “and I was touring and playing a lot with this four-track on the road with me, just writing songs.”
“We had similar tastes in music,” says Stolte. “I was taking a break from being in a band, and one night he gave me all these tapes he’d been working on and said, `Do you want to play piano and sing on these?’ And I was like, `Yeah!’ We went back and forth from my four-track to his for six/seven months and then finally got in the studio together and started recording.”
Solon Bixler – vocals/guitar
Rachel Stolte – vocals/keyboard
Davey Latter- drums
Great Northern: The name evokes a feeling of a place and time in which . . . to dream, perhaps, to get away from it all, or away from one’s self. It’s late afternoon, strolling into night. There’s a slight breeze – but you’re warm in your coat, or bundled in cotton as you gaze out the window…
An appropriately evocative soundtrack for all this – widescreen grand nudging fuzzy intimate – is something akin to what Solon Bixler and Rachel Stolte sought when they formed Great Northern. The two longtime friends had often talked about making music together and Bixler eventually approached Stolte with material he’d been developing quietly.
“Rachel and I had known each other for about seven years,” says Bixler, “and I was touring and playing a lot with this four-track on the road with me, just writing songs.”
“We had similar tastes in music,” says Stolte. “I was taking a break from being in a band, and one night he gave me all these tapes he’d been working on and said, `Do you want to play piano and sing on these?’ And I was like, `Yeah!’ We went back and forth from my four-track to his for six/seven months and then finally got in the studio together and started recording.”
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Shoutbox
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tenoftears wrote:
Great Northern donated an exclusive track to our holiday comp! http://www.wouldbehipster.com/2008/11/confessions-of-would-be-hipster.html
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Bayou16 wrote:
They just awesome!
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VietRebel wrote:
From what I've heard so far this band is really good.
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gagul wrote:
seems i'm not the only one who thought of the hotel
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ArseOnToast wrote:
Twin Peaks
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beckybartkowski wrote:
If you dig GN, check out The Airborne Toxic Event: http://www.shoutfactory.com/widget/tate/index.html
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elsimondark wrote:
n_n
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thalitakumi wrote:
wow
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Namitae wrote:
I think their song 'Into The Sun' is really wonderful. However it's hard to find a site to listen the song:(
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phthoggos wrote:
"A Sun a Sound" is one of my new favorite songs.
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tinanadao wrote:
Brilliant Solon! Props for Los Angeles' BEST indie band! Keep up the GRAND music guys! Tina
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SammahCarter wrote:
Oh...They're not from Canada. Well damn, now I'm more bamboozled. Great band though.
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SammahCarter wrote:
She sounds like the singer from The New Pornographers? Same person? Or do all Canadian Female vocalists sound like that? Hmmm...
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Silentrev wrote:
They sound like 'Stars', agree?
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Marshallmaddnes wrote:
wonderful
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Milkman519 wrote:
Reminds me of Arcade Fire but softer.
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xblcsaw wrote:
:-D
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janamunga wrote:
You know a good band when everyone wants to Boo them off stage
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California tag? If anything, it should be Los Angeles.
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Iridescence wrote:
Wonderful band!
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