- Other Lives (band)
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Other Lives Also known as Kunek Origin Stillwater, Oklahoma Genres Folk Years active 2004-present Labels TBD Records / Play It Again Sam Website www.otherlives.com Members Jenny Hsu
Jonathon Mooney
Josh Onstott
Colby Owens
Jesse TabishPast members Eric Kiner Other Lives are an American indie rock band from Stillwater, Oklahoma.[1] The band formed in 2004 as Kunek and released one album in 2006 under that name.[1] Other Lives' self-titled album was released physically April 7, 2009 by TBD Records[2] and digitally March 17, 2009.[3] The album was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Joey Waronker.[2] The lead single "Black Tables"[3] was featured on the 16th episode of season three, "Things Fall Apart" of the television show Ugly Betty, the first episode of season five, "In the Light" of the television show "Covert Affairs", Dream a Little Dream of Me, Part 1 of the television show Grey's Anatomy. and the episode Every Picture Tells A Story of the television show One Tree Hill.[citation needed]
"For 12" was featured as KCRW's "Today's Top Tune" on October 27, 2010.
Other Lives finished working on their latest album Tamer Animals in February 2011. The album was released on May 10th 2011 in the USA and August 29th 2011 in UK/Europe.
In the summer of 2011, the band toured with S. Carey and The Rosebuds. Following a month of shows in the UK, the band joined Bon Iver in September in the USA and Canada. The band return to the UK in October to support Chapel Club in London on October 18th. The band will also play headline shows across UK and Holland in October and November 2011. The band will open for Radiohead on the first leg of their 2012 North American tour in February and March, 2012.
In September 2011, Other Lives launched their Wirewax interactive website tameranimals.com which was built around the band's official video for "For 12" and allows users to access audio and visual content within the video.
Discography
- Flight of the Flynns (CD) (as Kunek, 2006)
- Other Lives (EP, 2008[3])
- Other Lives (Debutalbum) (April 7, 2009)
- For 12 (12" Vinyl with 2 bonus tracks) (2011)
- For 12 (2 Track - UK Promo Single with Edit Version) (2011)
- Tamer Animals (2 Track - Promo Single with Edit Version) (2011)
- Tamer Animals (CD) (May 10, 2011 - USA / August 29, 2011 - UK/Europe)
References
- ^ a b Monger, James Christopher. "Other Lives - Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p1083212. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
- ^ a b "Other Lives To Release Debut Album This April". Filter (magazine). 2009-01-15. http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php?c=1&id=18239. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ^ a b c "Other Lives' self-titled debut album due out April 7 / Video". Skope Magazine. 2009-03-12. http://skopemag.com/2009/03/12/other-lives-self-titled-debut-album-due-out-april-7-video. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
External links
- Tamer Animals website
- Official website
- Other Lives on Facebook
- Other Lives on Twitter
- Other Lives YouTube
- Other Lives on Myspace
- Other Lives at Allmusic
- Other Lives full hour concert in France at Liveweb.Arte.TV
Categories:- American indie rock groups
- Stillwater Renaissance
- Indie pop groups from Oklahoma
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