Tim Kasher

Infobox musical artist
Background = solo_singer
Instrument = Guitar
Name = Tim Kasher

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Img_capt = Tim Kasher performing with The Good Life
Born = birth date and age|1974|8|19 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Genre = Indie rock
Associated_acts = Cursive, The Good Life, Slowdown Virginia
Label = Saddle Creek
Notable_instruments = Gibson Corvus II, Gibson Les Paul
Years_active = 1993 – Present

Tim Kasher (born August 19, 1974) is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska, and is the frontman of indie rock groups Cursive and The Good Life, both of which are on the Omaha based record label Saddle Creek Records. Prior to those bands, Kasher was in a band called Slowdown Virginia. He also made a brief appearance with the Omaha band Commander Venus and The March Hares.

Kasher has a very close relationship with Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes. They grew up in Nebraska together, went to the same Catholic high school, Creighton Prep. In the Bright Eyes song "Nothing Gets Crossed Out," Oberst sings, "Tim, I've heard your album and it's better than good," referring to the album "Black Out" by Kasher's band, The Good Life, released in 2002 on Saddle Creek Records. Furthermore, Oberst later sang backup on the song "Staying Alive," from Cursive's 2003 effort "The Ugly Organ".

Kasher temporarily disbanded Cursive after the departure of guitarist Steve Pedersen (who left to pursue a law degree at Duke University and now leads the Saddle Creek band Criteria). Kasher married a woman named Kim and moved to Portland, Oregon. According to interviews, Kasher went through a bitter divorce in 2000, which led to the regrouping of Cursive, as well as providing the inspiration for The Good Life album "Black Out" and Cursive's "Domestica".

The Good Life was originally planned to be a solo project. Kasher wanted to experiment with different types of lyrics and melodies. He released "Novena on a Nocturn" on Better Looking Records. He then recruited Ryan Fox, Roger Lewis and Stefanie Drootin into the band and released "Black Out", "Lovers Need Lawyers EP" and "Album of the Year".

In 2002, Kasher suffered a collapsed lung and was forced to cancel all US tour dates at the time. Because he lacked health insurance, Saddle Creek asked fans for donations to help pay for the cost of the operation. After healing, recording on "The Ugly Organ" began. [http://www.saddle-creek.com/bands/reviews.php?id_number=713]

Kasher is currently touring with The Good Life, promoting their fourth full-length album, Help Wanted Nights, an album which Kasher wrote as a soundtrack for a screenplay which he started writing in 2006 and has since finished. Help Wanted Nights was released on September 11, 2007.

In 2007, Kasher moved from Omaha to Los Angeles, California with his current girlfriend. While also working on new music with both Cursive and The Good Life, Kasher has recently taken up writing screenplays.

Until recently, Kasher played a silver Gibson Corvus II guitar. However, the guitar fell into disrepair, and Kasher now plays a Gibson Les Paul.

Album appearances

see also albums under The Good Life, Slowdown Virginia, and Polecat.

=With Cursive=

*"Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes" (1997, Crank! Records)
*"" (1998, Saddle Creek)
*"Domestica" (2000, Saddle Creek)
*"Burst and Bloom" (2001, Saddle Creek)
*"8 Teeth to Eat You" (2002, Better Looking Records
*"The Ugly Organ" (2003, Saddle Creek)
*"Happy Hollow" (2006, Saddle Creek)

Other

*Commander Venus - "Do You Feel at Home?" (1995 · Saddle Creek Records)
*Commander Venus - "The Uneventful Vactaion" (1997 · Thick Records)
*Bright Eyes - "Every Day and Every Night" (1999 · Saddle Creek Records)
*Bright Eyes - "Fevers and Mirrors" (2000 · Saddle Creek Records)
*Bright Eyes - "Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground" (2002 · Saddle Creek Records)
*Bright Eyes - "" (2006 · Saddle Creek Records)
*Head of Femur - "Ringodom or Proctor" (2003 · Greyday Productions)
*Rilo Kiley - "The Execution of All Things" (2003 · Saddle Creek Records)
*Planes Mistaken for Stars - "Up in Them Guts" (2004 · No Idea Records)
*Son, Ambulance - "Key" (2004, Saddle Creek Records)
*Statistics - "Leave Your Name" (2004 · Jade Tree Records)
*An Iris Pattern -"Sod is Gold" (2006
*McCarthy Trenching - "McCarthy Trenching", 2006 - Team Love Records
*Thursday - "Kill the House Lights" (2007 . Victory Records}

External links

* [http://www.cursivearmy.com Cursive official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/cursive Cursive on MySpace.com]
* [http://www.myspace.com/thegoodlife The Good Life on MySpace.com]
* [http://www.saddle-creek.com Saddle Creek Records]
* [http://www.thelandsalmon.com/music-mondays/interview-with-the-good-life.html Interview by The Land Salmon Sept. 2007]