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	GNOMONSONG
		Well here's a curiosity indeed; released on the Devendra Banhart-curated Gnomonsong label, this is a re-working of Danielle Stech Homsy's second album and is defiantly odd.
		Raised in New Mexico by a gay Syrian painter and a Ukranian flamenco dancer, the musician dragged in influences from far and wide which is more than evident on this selection of peculiarities.
		Released on folk activist Devandra Banhart’s fledgling Gnomonsong imprint, Jana Hunter’s debut full length is everything you could hope for.
	www.boomkat.com /label.cfm?l=3413 (373 words)

	NOW Magazine, APRIL 13 - 19, 2006
		It's now been two years since I first heard Hunter's Farm, CA and I can still hear that creaky fiddle droning behind a whispy voice that could be coming from the bottom of a well.
		Since there are no photos of Hunter on the sleeves of her recordings, if she hadn't been the only person in the joint I doubt that I could've picked her out of a crowd.
		Although Hunter says she would be happy to release another album with Banhart's Gnomonsong label, don't count on anything new from her in the immediate future.
	www.nowtoronto.com /issues/2006-04-13/music_feature3_p.html (801 words)

	Rio en Medio: The Bride of Dynamite: Pitchfork Record Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Despite this amassed talent, however, the project belongs entirely to Stech-Homsy, and is centered almost exclusively on her delicate, Vashti-like vocals, a few drifting samples, and her baritone ukulele-- an instrument that sounds considerably less exotic in action than it first might appear.
		Stech-Homsy recorded the bulk of this material on her own, with no original intention to release it, and not surprisingly much of it sounds like what used to be quaintly known as a demo tape.
		These pieces suggest Stech-Homsy to be well-suited to writing for a larger ensemble, and reports of her further collaborations with Fite sound promising, particularly when contrasted with the halting, hesitant baby steps publicly displayed on The Bride of Dynamite.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /article/record_review/41591/Rio_en_Medio_The_Bride_of_Dynamite (526 words)

	Howlin Wuelf Media :: Rio en Medio
		Rio en Medio's debut album for Gnomonsong The Bride of Dynamite is an intricate collage of layered vocals, delicately plucked ukulele, ghostly samples and gritty, deconstructed electronics, all performed by Rio.
		As fate would have it, Devendra Banhart barged into Casady’s apartment one day while she was playing Rio's music and he fell in love with it, eventually prevailing on her to release it through Gnomonsong.
		As she gains momentum, Rio is sure to surprise both herself and her audience, inspiring renewed faith in the power of a song to transform the reality of its listener.
	howlinwuelf.com /html/rioenmedio.html (538 words)

	News Los Angeles - Create Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		LOS ANGELES, CA - Feathers are the second signing to Gnomonsong, a new label venture between distributor "revolver usa" and musical artists Devendra Banhart and Vetiver's Andy Cabic (who are signed to XL/Beggars Banquet and DiCristina Staircase respectively and will continue to release their own records exclusively for said labels).
		Gnomonsong will be undertaking the first CD release of the eponymous, self-produced debut from the group in March '06.
		Feathers is eight musicians, five of whom write the songs.
	www.createmagazine.com /news.cfm?IssueName=losangeles&NewsID=3938 (369 words)

	KORK
		There‘s No Home was recorded at a friend‘s home in Houston, TX known locally as “Feagan House” over the course of two consecutive weeks in September and October of 2006, produced by Jana and featuring her writing, singing and playing most instruments.
		In 2004, Jana made her first big splash among fans of distinctive music with her track “Farm, CA” on the Banhart-curated Golden Apples of the Sun collection released by Arthur Magazine’s CD label, Bastet, followed by vinyl-only split release with Devendra Banhart on the Troubleman label.
		Late the following year she released her full length debut Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom which was the inaugural release on Gnomonsong, the label founded by Devendra and Vetiver’s Andy Cabic in conjunction with Revolver Distribution.
	www.korkagency.com /na/html/roster/default.aspx?ArtistID=hun (342 words)

	Illinois - A blissful sound - Mi and L’au invite you to join their lovefest - A & E - Music - Illinois Times
		Sometimes, as long as you don’t stick around for the pet names and furtive caresses, it’s comforting to be in the company of people who care about each other so deeply that they can’t help but assume you’ll care, too.
		Jana Hunter is the first artist to release an album on Gnomonsong, the new label founded by Devendra Banhart and Vetiver’s Andy Cabic.
		Recorded mostly on two- and four-tracks over the course of a decade, the 13 songs have the quality of field recordings, their lo-fi limitations (mic distortion, tape hiss, random flubs and fumbles) conferring a kind of grubby authenticity on what is, at its core, a rather intellectual enterprise.
	www.illinoistimes.com /gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:4917 (629 words)

	KyndMusic/RightAction - independent music for independent minds
		One of the larger ripples is the creation of their own label.
		Called Gnomonsong and distributed by Revolver USA, the label is in its glorious larval stage and has, in fact, just released its first album.
		A Texas-bases singer/songwriter of sorts, Jana was first heard (and featured) on the Banhart curated, Arthur-produced CD Golden Apples of the Sun and also shared a recent split vinyl-only release on Troubleman with him.
	www.kyndmusic.com /monthlyissues/january05/janahunter.htm (352 words)

	brooklynvegan: Gnomonsong = Devendra Banhart's record label \| Rio En Mende = signed Brooklyn artist
		"Gnomonsong is the new record label formed by Devendra Banhart and Andy Cabic in parnership with Revolver USA.
		Banhart and Cabic do not push the paperwork in the label as much as work with the artists.....The label's first release was Texan singer/songwriter Jana Hunter's album, entitled Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom, released in October 2005.
		Rio en Medio is the musical adventure of Brooklyn-based singer/ukulelist Danielle Stech-Homsy......Rio en Medio's debut album for Gnomonsong The Bride of Dynamite is an intricate collage of layered vocals, delicately plucked ukulele, ghostly samples and gritty, deconstructed electronics, all performed by Rio.
	www.brooklynvegan.com /archives/2007/01/gnomonsong_deve.html (404 words)

	Splendid Magazine reviews Jana Hunter: Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom
		Jana Hunter would fit right in with Kimya Dawson, The Blow, Old Time Relijun and Mirah, but it's kind of refreshing to discover that she isn't signed to K Records.
		It's not clear whether the Gnomonsong label's first release signals a change in the musical climate, or whether label heads Devendra Banhart and Andy (Vetiver) Cabic's own widely publicized musical efforts have inspired a dramatic upswing among risk-taking outsider singer/songwriters.
		With any luck, between Gnomonsong's heightened profile and the quality of Hunter's material, Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom will find a broader audience and more artists of Hunter's caliber and fearlessness will follow her path.
	www.splendidezine.com /review.html?reviewid=113196898816713 (427 words)

	Hellacopters are flying high, and they're ready to rock - The Boston Globe
		Feathers, an eight-piece psychedelic folk-rock collective whose members split their time between Northampton and Brattleboro, Vt., have been signed to Gnomonsong, a new label started by ''freak folk" star Devendra Banhart and Vetiver's Andy Cabic in conjunction with Revolver Distribution.
		The collective, which boasts five songwriters, has a pair of self-released CDs (as well as a vinyl LP version of its forthcoming Gnomonsong release) to its credit.
		Its self-titled Gnomonsong debut is due out next month.
	www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2006/03/10/hellacopters_are_flying_high_and_theyre_ready_to_rock/?page=1 (1033 words)

	cmj.com \| new music first (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Mysterious and subtle freak-folker Jana Hunter will be heading out on a US tour in support of her first wide-spread release Blank Unstaring Heirs Of Doom.
		The record, the first release for the Devendra Banhart co-founded label Gnomonsong, is less a proper album than a retrospective of songs Hunter has been toying with for the past ten years.
		The Texas-bred singer-songwriter also previously played in the combo Matty And Mossy and released a split-LP with Banhart last year.
	www.cmj.com /articles/display_article.php?id=9547241 (148 words)

	fusetronsound
		Their debut album, now issued on CD for the first time via Gnomonsong, features simple strummed guitars, delightfully sweet harmonies, lysergic electric guitar, and tribal drumming, with a swirly folk vibe throughout.
		The group seems to draw inspiration from the same magical, natural forest elements that motivated Incredible String Band and Comus to release their own classic music in decades past.
		Deceptively simple, clear and concise, these songs surround and envelop, until they are a part of you." - Gnomonsong.
	www.fusetronsound.com /index.php?whomlab=Gnomonsong (242 words)

	Urban Pollution
		The first signee to Devendra Banhart’s Gnomonsong records, Jana Hunter is understandably frequently compared to the perceived leader of the freak folk movement.
		The Texas native’s voice often recalls Banhart’s warbling croon, and her plucked guitar lines are another point of comparison.
		First featured on a series of compilations, including the Banhart curated Golden Apples of the Sun, Gnomonsong’s first Hunter release was a split with Devendra.
	urbanpollution.com /Music/Jana_Hunter (106 words)

	RIO EN MEDIO, The Bride Of Dynamite
		This doesn't sound like your typical American album, not in any way whatsoever, there are pockets of influence but 'The Bride of Dynamite' in its subject matter (Europe, love, Iraq, feminity) and overriding style is a different beast.
		That's what makes her such an interesting singing for the fledgling Gnomonsong label which up until now has focused on the much more traditional (if that makes sense) end of the New Weird America sound.
		A rough diamond, 'The Bride of Dynamite' is the sort of album which takes months to truly understand, and it's the sort of album you'll want to spend months with.
	www.boomkat.com /item.cfm?id=30130 (378 words)

	Illinois - All in the family - Feathers can crash at my pad whenever they like - A & E - Music - Illinois Times
		Replace the Manson Family’s deranged zealotry with musical talent, and, my guess is, they’d sound a lot like Feathers, a coed psych-folk octet whose members proudly call themselves a family while letting their freak flags fly as high as Susan “Sadie” Atkins was when she named her kid Ze Zo Ze Cee Zadfrack.
		Feathers’ self-titled debut on Gnomonsong, the fledgling label founded by Andy “Vetiver” Cabic and Devendra Banhart, is a study in communal music-making.
		In true hippie fashion, the members of Feathers prefer to go by first names only, there’s no obvious frontperson, and the liner notes don’t specify who played or wrote what.
	www.illinoistimes.com /gyrobase/PrintFriendly?oid=oid:5386 (645 words)

	erasing clouds music reviews: march 27
		Much more developed and satisfying than The Buttless Chaps' previous album Love This Time, Where Night Holds Light has a romantic, charming quality on the surface, while deeper questions, ideas, and juxtapositions live underneath.
		Jana Hunter, Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom (Gnomonsong)
		Jana Hunter's second album opens with a really beautiful, light tune sung by Hunter in a room of echo and ghostly backing vocals.
	www.erasingclouds.com /wk0806reviews.html (1177 words)

	HARP Magazine
		Feathers sounds like sunrise on a distant planet where Devendra Banhart holds court and everyone drinks copious amounts of electric Kool-Aid.
		The eight-piece psych-folk ensemble is not only steeped in the same musical tea as Banhart, he co-owns the Gnomonsong label and Feathers even appears on his… more
		In her press bio, Dayna Kurtz remarks on the fact that her music has never seemed to fit any particular genre.
	www.harpmagazine.com /articles/section.cfm?section=17&issue=200604 (147 words)

	NowOnTour - Papercuts Prep Gnomonsong Debut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		San Francisco's Papercuts (aka Jason Quever) will issue its second album, Can't Go Back on March 6 on the Gnomonsong label.
		Gnomonsong is owned and operated by Devendra Banhart and Vetiver's Andy Cabic.
		Papercuts is only the fourth artist to be signed to the imprint, alongside labelmates Jana Hunter, Feathers and Rio En Medio.
	www.nowontour.com /news/stories/story.php?id=1446 (163 words)

	The Other Music Update
		If you bought any record by one of the new folk artists around for the past few years, but you are looking for something more, the Papercuts are for you.
		Another new addition to the Gnomonsong label, singer/"ukulelist" Danielle Stech-Homsy (sole member of Rio en Medio) is, understandably, working the psych/freak folk aesthetic -- simply note her label and appearance in Filter magazine as one of Banhart's Top Ten of 2006 picks.
		Thus, on the surface her debut album, The Bride of Dynamite, seems to be the product of overarching influences; Andy Cabic, Sierra Casady (CocoRosie), David Coulter, Tim Fite, and Thom Monahan (Pernice Brothers) all contribute touches to the record.
	www.othermusic.com /2007february15update.html (2784 words)

	brooklynvegan: Papercuts \| signed to Gnomonsong - MP3 & tour w/ Grizzly Bear
		If you like Grizzly Bear and Beach House, you'll probably like the perfectly pleasant Papercuts (Jason) too.
		Papercuts is Jason Quever's cathedral of sound, a place for the desperate worship of all things analog and devotion to the musicianship of the old world.
		His new album for Gnomonsong, Can't Go Back, is a marriage of timeless songs, richly textured studio sounds, classic rock/pop hookery, and focused narratives -- all delivered with Quever's warm voice and wonderfully layered melodies.
	www.brooklynvegan.com /archives/2007/01/papercuts_signe.html (305 words)

	The Austin Chronicle: Music: Spotlight: Jana Hunter
		At a show three years ago, hairy fairy Devendra Banhart approached Hunter for CDs.
		Last year, when starting up his Gnomonsong label with bandmate Andy Cabic, he asked her to be on it.
		Thus, Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom, her debut, was born from 10 years of home recordings.
	austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2006-03-17/music_feature20.html (340 words)

	+++ neumu [ datastream ]
		Now, with friend and songwriting partner Andy Cabic of Vetiver, Banhart has found another avenue for promoting the artists who catch his interest: a new label called Gnomonsong, which will be distributed by Revolver USA.
		The first two Gnomonsong releases have already been determined.
		Gnomonsong will be guided by the advice of the mysterious Powerwoman, of whom Banhart noted, "Powerwoman is...
	neumu.net /datastream/2005/2005-00018/2005-00018_datastream.shtml (868 words)

	* Dusted Reviews - Jana Hunter *
		Hunter came on the Banhart curated Golden Apples of the Sun, and then there was the Banhart/Hunter split vinyl on the Troubleman Unlimited label.
		It’s not surprising then that Banhart would choose to release Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom, Hunter’s first official full-length collection of songs, as the first release on his new Gnomonsong label.
		But to claim that Hunter is merely riding on Banhart coattails is preposterous in light of just how outstanding the songs on Blank...
	www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/2638 (589 words)

	Psycho Daisies: To Find Me Gone
		Willfully nebulous though it may be, there's probably no current movement more discrete than the quote-unquote "freak folk" Cabic and his more famous friend, Devendra Banhart, have been slowly and steadily bringing to the indie limelight since 2002 or so.
		It can be traced to just two record labels (first Michael Gira's Young God Records, and now Cabic's and Banhart's own Gnomonsong imprint) and a small handful of musical influences: British folk, pre-glam Marc Bolan, the Incredible String Band.
		But while it would be easy enough to begin this review simply by rattling off Cabic's various indie folk credentials, or perhaps engaging in a side-by-side beard comparison with Devendra, that wouldn't give much of an idea about To Find Me Gone as an album, now would it?
	www.modernpeapod.com /pd2/2006/07/to-find-me-gone.html (518 words)

	Feathers Album Gets CD Release On Devendra Banhart*s Label
		Mark your pagan calendars, rhythmic freak-folk ensemble Feathers are releasing their self-titled debut on April 11 via Devendra Banhart and Andy "Vetiver" Cabic’s Gnomonsong label.
		The LP, which the band originally released on vinyl on their own, will be the second CD to come out on Gnomonsong, following Jana Hunter’s Blank Unstaring Heirs Of Doom.
		The album was written by five of the eight people in the group and was recorded at band member Kyle Thomas’ home studio.
	www.chartattack.com /damn/2006/03/2204.cfm (463 words)

	Tucson Weekly : Music : Soundbites
		A listen to Papercuts' resplendently somber brand-new album, Can't Go Back (Gnomonsong), is proof that sometimes it feels good to feel bad.
		But like a four-track recording of Brian Wilson, his catchy vocal melodies and whip-smart arrangements make these self-produced songs shine warmly.
		"It's all 2-inch tape, analog and old stuff." Helped out by Vetiver's Andy Cabic (who runs the Gnomonsong label with Devendra Banhart) and bandmates David Enos, Matt Stromberg and Trevor Montgomery, Can't Go Back is intimate and immediately engaging, thanks to Quever's analog obsession.
	www.tucsonweekly.com /gbase/Music/Content?oid=92858 (886 words)

	Good for a Sunny Winter's Day \| Line Out \| The Stranger's Music Blog \| The Stranger \| Seattle's Only Newspaper
		It’s coming out March 6 on Gnomonsong, the label owned and operated by Devendra Banhart and Vetiver’s Andy Cabic,
		The Gnomonsong site describes Can’t Go Back as “a marriage of timeless songs, richly textured studio sounds, classic rock/pop hookery, and focused narratives—all delivered with Quever’s warm voice and wonderfully layered melodies.” And you what, I didn’t believe them.
		I figured it would be something none-too-exciting with bland vocals and soft, soporific strummings.
	www.thestranger.com /lineout/2007/01/good_for_a_sunny_winters_day (196 words)

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