Rotary Downs

Rotary Downs is an American indie rock band from New Orleans. Morning Edition ranked them among "the year's best outsider artists: musicians whose remarkable recordings went largely overlooked in 2007," and characterized their album "Chained To The Chariot" as "a stunning collection of psychedelic art-pop songs that play like brilliant mashups of Neutral Milk Hotel and Odelay-era Beck". [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17523144 "Top 10 Great Unknown Artists of 2007"] , Robin Hilton, Morning Edition, 28 December 2007.]

"Chained To The Chariot" was recorded in the months preceding and following Hurricane Katrina's devastation of New Orleans, as described in a feature on Current TV. [ [http://current.com/items/87761741_rotary_downs Rotary Downs] , ThomasGreen, CurrentTV 24 November 2007] . Some of the band's work on the album was damaged by the flood, but later salvaged. In the wake of the disaster, band members described a sense of increased artistic collaboration and cross-pollination in the music scene in New Orleans. [ [http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2006-12-19/cover_story.php Remix: Juggled band arrangements have resulted in new music and a reinvigorated live local music scene] . Alison Fensterstock, Gambit Weekly, 19 December 2006.]

Members

* James Marler - vocals, guitar
* Chris Colombo - guitar, pedal steel
* Tiffany Lamson - vocals, percussion
* Zack Smith - drums
* Jason Rhein - bass
* Cory Schultz - keyboards

Discography

* "Rotary Downs" 2002
* "Long After The Thrill" 2003
* "Quitters" (EP) 2004
* "Chained To The Chariot" 2006

References

External links

* [http://www.rotarydowns.com/ Official Rotary Downs site]
* [http://myspace.com/rotarydowns Rotary Downs MySpace page]