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	John Vanderslice / Barsuk Records
		Vanderslice has struggled, as all serious musicians must, to balance the rigors of making a name for oneself, the call of the studio (five albums in five years), the lure of a regular life, and the increasingly complex nature of his songwriting.
		John's also posted hi-res versions of a new remix project of his most recent release, pixel revolt, which was put together by his engineer and creative partner, Scott Solter.
		John Vanderslice is one of the nicest people around, and works with a variety of musicians and studio wizards.
	www.barsuk.com /bands/johnvanderslice (499 words)

	John Vanderslice: A Life in Analog - Highnote
		Vanderslice gained national media attention and caused quite a stir with his single "Bill Gates Must Die." The disc was etched similar to a Windows installation disc and Microsoft supposedly threatened legal action over trademark violations.
		Vanderslice was brought up by a political family, and concern for the nation has always been a part of his life.
		Vanderslice said he would make a lot more money if he were to say, "Oh my god, digital is incredible, come on down," and most studios either lie or are ignorant about digital being superior.
	www.iowastatedaily.com /news/2006/04/13/Highnote/John-Vanderslice.A.Life.In.Analog-1846643.shtml (1102 words)

	John Vanderslice: Cellar Door - PopMatters Music Review
		Cellar Door, John Vanderslice's fourth album, portrays a variety of individuals responding to disturbing situations, often in unpraiseworthy acts.
		Vanderslice avoids the theatrical gloom of a Nick Cave, choosing instead an emotional foray into the harder sides of life, such as family pressures, soldiering, moral fallout, and literal and metaphorical lightning strikes.
		Vanderslice drew this song from Percy Shelley's "The Mask of Anarchy" and "The Call to Freedom", both of which urge the masses to nonviolent resistance.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/v/vanderslicejohn-cellar.shtml (700 words)

	Vanderslice likes to go with the flow -- especially if it's not digital
		Vanderslice is aiming for a double album, scheduled for release in April, but admits that he rarely enters the studio with any kind of idea of what's going to happen.
		At around 6:15 on Friday evening, Vanderslice and Solter are working on a song titled, for the moment, "Trance Manual." Keith Cary, a keyboard repairman whom the songwriter recently met over the Internet, has driven all the way down from Winters in Yolo County just to play a 7-foot upright aluminum bass on the track.
		Vanderslice hopes to have at least 16 to 18 new songs completed and ready to turn over to his label, Barsuk, within the next few months.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/26/DDGCDAVFFK1.DTL&type=printable (533 words)

	John Vanderslice: Pixel Revolt (2005): Reviews
		Vanderslice continues his album-a-year pace (despite also serving as a producer on numerous indie-rock albums) with this typically literate and well-produced fifth disc, which was recorded with the help of The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle.
		It’s apparent that this album was made with particular care, as most of John Vanderslice’s works are, but there are many cases where a more mature display of music appreciation is taken; previously, when met with such dogged emotional complexity, Vandersilce would rely on experimentation.
		Vanderslice's stories differ from those on earlier albums largely in setting, but Pixel Revolt's musical elements have taken an astonishing leap from their predecessors.
	www.metacritic.com /music/artists/vanderslicejohn/pixelrevolt (684 words)

	COOKING WITH ROCKSTARS: John Vanderslice
		John Vanderslice has been releasing self-recorded solo albums since 2000.
		John is a master of guitar-driven textural indie-pop topped off with edgy and engaging lyrics.
		John took the time to talk after his appearance at Waterloo records.
	www.thejenvilleshow.com /vanderslice.html (155 words)

	*Sixeyes: an MP3 blog by Alan Williamson. [Free Music Downloads - Free MP3s]
		Where others improve their sound by waiting for the latest digital innovation, John Vanderslice must use his imagination to uncover new ways of using old equipment.
		Vanderslice's fifth release, Pixel Revolt, shimmers and sways, breathes upon the listener with perfumed breath, lulling you into the world of a man of many passions; passions which blend to create music that is without category, somewhere between indie pop/rock and cutting edge indie film.
		But since the majority of evidence suggests that Vanderslice is an extremely generous person, I will say that this album is a love letter to everyone who listens to it.
	sixeyes.blogspot.com /2005/08/john-vanderslice-pixel-revolt-review.html (542 words)

	musicGeek.org - Reviews: John Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt
		John Vanderslice's latest effort, Pixel Revolt, is what some would dub a lyrical masterpiece -- and, of course, not without just cause.
		At times, Vanderslice's mostly unique lyrical style resembles that of John Darnielle, better known in the music world as The Mountain Goats, and in the liner notes, such comparisons are given a reason for existence: Darnielle and Vanderslice are, apparently, friendly enough that Darnielle "edited, expanded, and otherwise improved upon" Pixel Revolt's lyrical content.
		Darnielle, who has frequently toured with John Vanderslice, is not the victim of a single-sided relationship, either: John Vanderslice produced both of The Mountain Goats two most recently released albums, The Sunset Tree, released in 2005, and We Shall All Be Healed, released in 2004, both by 4AD.
	www.musicgeek.org /?action=reviews&id=13 (338 words)

	Splendid E-zine reviews: John Vanderslice
		When Vanderslice sings that the "fucking whale sunk my van/ and took my shipmates into the sea," it is easy to see this as the same inevitable self-destruction that fuels all those episodes of "Behind the Music".
		That Vanderslice manages to capture one of the most brutally long reads I have ever attempted, and does so in two minutes and ten seconds, is impressive; that he manages to nail the mood perfectly is astounding.
		Vanderslice's other tales may not boast such direct literary ties, but they're just as impressive.
	www.splendidezine.com /reviews/jun-11-01/john.html (468 words)

	Music: Exodus Damage (Seattle Weekly)
		When John Vanderslice turned in the politically charged Pixel Revolt, his fifth album in five years, which Barsuk released this summer, the label asked him to wait 18 months for his next album.
		Not everyone is using ProTools to wring the sensuality and power from their work, as Vanderslice acknowledges in his devotion to hip-hop (he even penned a Pitchfork article in 2002, "Louder Than a Bomb: 10 Rap Moments").
		While Vanderslice's lyrics aren't as outrageous, Pixel appears to be the most outspoken release of the year yet.
	www.seattleweekly.com /features/0539/050928_music_vanderslice.php (922 words)

	No Ripcord Album Review - John Vanderslice "Cellar Door" (Barsuk) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		John Vanderslice’s fourth solo effort is awash in ruminations on war, death, and family — often linked together in the most bizarre of ways.
		Vanderslice’s self-professed “sloppy hi-fi” approach (achieved with collaborator Scott Solter) is a red herring; his records are just as carefully orchestrated as any Trevor Horn mega-production, only much more palatable, analog rather than digital.
		Vanderslice has a quirky sense of humor, and a love of the absurd.
	www.noripcord.com /reviews/V/johnvanderslicealbum.html (566 words)

	JOHN VANDERSLICE
		John Vanderslice has made the record everyone has been waiting for him to make.
		Over the past four years, Vanderslice’s previous efforts, Mass Suicide Occult Figurines (2001), Time Travel is Lonely (2002), Life and Death of An American Fourtracker (2003), and Cellar Door (2004) have charted the growth of one of the finest songwriters working in under-the-radar rock music today.
		To help him find his voice, literally and lyrically, Vanderslice turned to longtime friend, collaborator, and tourmate John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats (whose last two acclaimed LPs were produced by Vanderslice).
	www.billions.com /artists/johnv/index.html (537 words)

	The Yale Herald - Jan 30, 2004 - john vanderslice - cellar door (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Unfortunately, the stories Vanderslice tells are not particularly good, and whatever depth they might have is compromised by his reliance on rhyme.
		Vanderslice, however, is so intent on soaping up his melodies and dulling down his voice that he forgets the human aspect of music-making—the blemishes, the cracks.
		Just once on Cellar Door does he push his voice to an extreme (he strains and strains at the "uh" in "run"), and it is in that instant that the album is compelling, free of the schlock that weighs down so much of it.
	www.yaleherald.com /article-p.php?Article=2861 (302 words)

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		Vanderslice has put out a loose concept album about a boy, "Kevin," who has had an entire career — a "micro-career" — putting out 16 full-length, four-track cassettes by the time he's 19.
		"John Vanderslice: Obsessed With Making Music.") However, in Kevin's discography an "r" has been amusingly added to "close." Finally, Fourtracker is framed in the first and last tracks by songs with lyrics taken from William Blake's poem "Infant Sorrow," about the pain of birth.
		Vanderslice is known for strong love songs that unite the heart and mind with other unmentionable body parts, only because they're so moving.
	www.neumu.net /fortyfour/2002/2002-00217/2002-00217_review.shtml (1026 words)

	Punknews.org \| Pedro The Lion/John Vanderslice - live in Philadelphia
		Vanderslice and company could have made up for the dull songs with a great performance, but instead they simply swayed like wallflowers at a high school dance.
		He spoke about the all too popular punk topic of the upcoming election stating that John Kerry was only slightly the lesser of two evils and that he would probably bring about the end of the United States in 100 years as opposed to Bush who would bring it about in 50 or 60 years.
		John Vanderslice and his backing band did nothing to distinguish themselves from any other indie rock performers.
	www.punknews.org /reviews.php?op=albumreview&id=3037 (1235 words)

	John Vanderslice - Five Years : album review
		And it was while listening to the John Vanderslice Euro-only primer Five Years, that this bleak old line came to me in a rueful flash of significance.
		The prolific Vanderslice (as he will doubtless be known) has knocked together five albums in (you guessed it) five years, including Pixel Revolt in the now dear-departed indian summer of '05.
		Vanderslice's empathetic depiction, framed by Friedlander's respectful cello and the inspirational addition of Scott Solter's (of Spoon fame) church bells, never overreaches, never demands more out of his lungs than they're capable of giving.
	www.musicomh.com /albums4/john-vanderslice_1005.htm (721 words)

	John Vanderslice: Mass Suicide Occult Figurines: Pitchfork Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At first glance, it appears as if Vanderslice is taunting us playfully, self-deprecatingly; he won't tell us who he really is because his personal life isn't all that interesting anyway.
		Obviously, the answer is yes, but my point is this: Vanderslice is not only developing into a brilliant pop-song craftsman, but he's an adept storyteller as well, blurring the boundaries between truth and fiction so thoroughly that, in the end, the difference doesn't even matter.
		The terse, jagged riffing is enough to cement it into your brain for weeks, but Vanderslice outdoes himself with the lyrics, spinning an evocative tale of Denis Johnson-style California noir in less than 150 words.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /record-reviews/v/vanderslice_john/mass-suicide-occult-figurines.shtml (596 words)

	In Music We Trust - John Vanderslice: Cellar Door
		What John Vanderslice has created on Cellar Door, his fourth solo outing since the demise of MK Ultra, is being overlooked.
		Cellar Door is a near perfect pop gem on which Vanderslice has stripped away the lush ear candy in favor of honing in on his overlooked abilities of delivery and writing.
		Vanderslice's overlooked strength has always been his writing and on this record, it is receives the focus it always deserved
	www.inmusicwetrust.com /articles/65r16.html (439 words)

	John Vanderslice & Portastatic \| The Onion - America's Finest News Source
		John Vanderslice has the luxury of making all (or at least most) of his sonic dreams come true: The songwriter-producer owns a popular San Francisco studio, Tiny Telephone, so he can afford to experiment with sounds and arrangements until he finds the proper dressing for his story-songs.
		First, accept the premise that Vanderslice likes to inhabit characters, and that he writes about them with as much verve and emotion as he does about his own life.
		Even when Vanderslice assumes the persona of a Western journalist visiting an Iraqi prostitute ("Trance Manual"), he's pretty convincing.
	www.theonion.com /content/node/40605 (418 words)

	RetroLowFi » A Conversation with John Vanderslice
		John Vanderslice is one of indie rock’s best kept secrets.
		But, regardless of any percieved obscurity, Vanderslice has had an enormous effect on the independent music industry, both with his music and with his legendary San Francisco analog-based recording studio, Tiny Telephone.
		I caught up with John during the recording of his next album, due out in Spring of next year, and chatted about the new tracks, the new band, the upcoming Pixel Revolt remix record, and Axl Rose.
	retrolowfi.com /2006/09/05/a-conversation-with-john-vanderslice (3376 words)

	John Vanderslice free downloads : Soul Shine Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Just in time for the holiday season John Vanderslice is giving his fans a bit of a treat on his official website.
		Vanderslice was a member of the nineties alternative rock band mk Ultra until the band parted ways in 1999 and Vanderslice began his solo career whose style has been similar to that of his former band.
		In a statement Vanderslice says he made the concert available because "I wanted to record the last show of our 'I've Been Living in a K-Hole' US tour to document the best band I've ever had playing my songs.
	www.soulshine.ca /news/newsarticle.php?nid=2929 (241 words)

	John Vanderslice - Pixel Revolt @ Blogcritics.org
		John Vanderslice's latest effort, Pixel Revolt, is what some would dub a lyrical masterpiece — and, of course, not without just cause.
		At times, Vanderslice's mostly unique lyrical style resembles that of John Darnielle, better known in the music world as The Mountain Goats, and in the liner notes, such comparisons are given a reason for existence: Darnielle and Vanderslice are, apparently, friendly enough that Darnielle "edited, expanded, and otherwise improved upon" Pixel Revolt's lyrical content.
		Darnielle, who has frequently toured with John Vanderslice, is not the victim of a single-sided relationship, either: John Vanderslice produced both of The Mountain Goats two most recently released albums, The Sunset Tree, released in 2005, and We Shall All Be Healed, released in 2004, both by 4AD.
	www.blogcritics.org /archives/2005/09/11/150426.php (764 words)

	Drowned in Sound - Reviews - Live - Nada Surf, John Vanderslice
		Neither Nada Surf nor John Vanderslice belie their shared style of music (somewhere near college rock) but neither are particularly adventurous with it.
		Vanderslice, here on his first UK tour, is apparently a bit of a legend stateside already.
		He's already released five albums (two of which are available in full in mp3 on his website) but for obvious financial reasons, he's here with just a drummer, a keyboard and a guitar, two men short of his usual tally.
	www.drownedinsound.com /articles/489840 (577 words)

	Sponic Zine - Article/Interview - John Vanderslice (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		When I arrived at the venue Vanderslice (who has the sunny good looks of a surfer and a papery, commanding voice) was tuning his guitar on the elevated stage, preparing for soundcheck and helping his mates set up their equipment.
		John Vanderslice: Salt Lake City, and that was awesome.
		I wanted John Darnielle to have a shorter album and songs that were of a particular kind of bent.
	www.sponiczine.com /article_detail.asp?id=1191 (3586 words)

	Static Multimedia : Barsuk Records Recording Artist John Vanderslice Readying 'Pixel Revolt' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Barsuk Records recording artist John Vanderslice is currently preparing to release his 5th and finest studio album, "Pixel Revolt," on August 23, 2005.
		The record, like all of his previous work, was recorded at Vanderslice's own Tiny Telephone studios (the busy San Francisco analog-recording institution that doubles as his creative laboratory) with longtime collaborator Scott Solter serving as engineer and contributing heavily to the sound of the record.
		John Vanderslice kept a recording diary while making "Pixel Revolt" which can be found by Clicking Here
	www.staticmultimedia.com /content/music/news/news_1115848681 (455 words)

	GIGWISE, Sunday 12/03/06 John Vanderslice @ The Borderline, London
		Vanderslice and his band can bring a ray of sunshine to an audience even the rainiest Sunday night in deepest darkest London.
		John Vanderslice is never going to be a buzz artist, but one would imagine he knows that, what with being virtually unheard of six albums in.
		Weezer fans would appreciate Vanderslice’s jingle jangle indie pop, with dark lyrics about dead household pets and the like, at times the lyrics are so incongruous when taken in context with the tune that they work really well.
	www.gigwise.com /contents.asp?contentid=14627 (347 words)

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