Bio:

• after 12 years, 11 kids, two ex-wives, six albums, the band's first trip to Texas and SXSW

Moviola makes dusty, country & folk-soul from fly-over territory (Columbus), Ohio. Formed over a decade ago. Six albums ranging from fuzz-pop to lush country. Few live performances. Five songwriters and singers in one band. Eleven kids, five wives, and two ex-wives. New record "East of Eager" was called "an indie Big Pink" (Harp). Friends Scotty Tabachnick, Jake Housh, Jerry Dannemiller, Ted Hattemer, and recent addition Greg Bonnell have been together for over ten years. They've made six records by themselves in self-built studios, that normal Joes, record shop nerds, rodeo sweethearts, and wayward fans of Kristofferson, the Louvin Brothers, and Spacemen 3 from Amarillo to Amsterdam hold close like a secret. Split singles with everyone from The Handsome Family to Cobra Verde. And vivé la difference: in this band everyone writes, everyone takes a turn singing lead--a five-headed beast of the finest order.

"Moviola are that rare and notoriously unstable entity—a band whose identity is the blurry combination of five individual voices, rather than a kingpin or two and their helpers. (What's more...) they've sidestepped the traps and girdles of the alt-country nation—or any other tribe—in favor of forging their own route, casually beautiful and always believable." -- David Greenberger (NPR)

Previous Full Length Records:

Frantic - 1996 (Anyway/ Spirit of Orr)	The Year You Were Born - 1997 (Anyway)	Glen Echo Autoharp - 1998 (Spirit of Orr)

The Durable Dream - 1999 (Spirit of Orr)	Rumors of the Faithful - 2001 (Spirit of Orr U.S./Cargo Europe)	East of Eager - 2004 (Anyway - U.S./ Houston Party - Europe)

mp3/video:

"Hitched" off 2004's East of Eager (mp3)
"Kew Garden Hills" off East of Eager (mp3)
"Half Life" off East of Eager, live at Hotel Utah, San Francisco, May 2004 (mp3)
"Ghost of Daniel Boone" off East of Eager(quicktime video)

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Record Reviews for East of Eager (2004)

Magnet

TimeOut New York

Miles of Music

Harp

Americana UK

Santa Monica Mirror

Vertical Slum

S.F. Weekly

The Columbus Dispatch

The Other Paper - Columbus

Losing Today (UK)

Some unknown Spanish mag

Record reviews for Rumors of the Faithful (2001)

Americana UK

L.A. Weekly

TimeOut New York

Tower Records Pulse

Philadelphia Weekly

Boston Phoenix

The Morning News

Pop Matters

The Prague Tribue

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Interviews:

No Depression (Dec. 04)

Donewaiting.com

Columbus Alive ('04)

TapeOp Magazine

The Onion

Insound

Umbrella TV - Toronto (video)

Columbus Alive ('01)

Sincere Brutality

Exclaim!

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