I hate that name. I haaate it. It's the ultimate "sad-loser-in-his-bedroom-playing-plinky-plonky-music-on-his-keyboard-in-the-dark" stage name. Totally emo. Pity then, that Owen Ashworth's music is mostly sublime and not at as depressing as the name suggests (only just). If you know his album Etiquette (and if you don't get it), you'll know what to expect: melancholy-tinged, synth-led story [...]
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Although the output of Casiotone For The Painfully Alone has largely been an aesthetic exercise in the power of quiet harshness and the conflicts therein, one might expect that an EP format might be a chance to experiment with sounds
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Owen Ashworth, the tall quiet dude behind Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, knows a thing or two about playing music for people in rock clubs - he does it a lot, both on this continent as well as Europe, and he's going to be doing it for a very extended period of time this summer. Some of June, and all of July will find CFTPA in a sweaty van, drinking gas station water, and sitting around doin...
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*some sort of miracle seems to have happened.*there doesn't seem to be any christmas music anywhere within hearing distance of my cubicle.today is a good day.my best friend and i were on the phone today for ..well, hours, and we were talking about music, as we are absolutely bound to do in every conversation - neither of us is really friends with anyone in our respective cities who's really INT...
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Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, the one-man band also known as Owen Ashworth, has crafted a lush, evocative album on Vs. Children. Although there is a solemn tone that pops up throughout, Asworth's vivid stories draw the listener into the simple beats and melodies and create a world of characters reminiscent of early Asylum era Tom Waits. The songs are filled with loss, betrayal and game pla...
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lalala.last night, i did something i've been doing a LOT lately - i wait until it is late at night, i grab my mp3 player and my cigarettes, and i go for these long, rambling walks through my little area of beach town. i keep the Zen on shuffle and basically listen to just about everything that plays (i finally put all the music on there that i've been meaning to get around to) and discovered, ...
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Our favorite Chicago singer, songwriter, beat-maker, and general teddy bear, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, has announced himself a new collection of songs for us to purchase on compact disc. The album will be available on March 10th, (my birthday! Send Amazon gift cards.) and is a collection of b-sides, unreleased material, remixes, etc collected from 2004-2007. It's a pretty exclusive aff...
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MP3: Casiotone For the Painfully Alone w/ Dear Nora - Hot BoyzA collection of b-sides and singles from Casiotone For the Painfully Alone is a dream come true for any fan, and the recently released "Advance Base Battery Life" is everything you could hope for.The biggest gem that had gone over my head in my collecting days was "Hot Boyz", a Missy Elliot cover that showed up on a States Rights Rec...
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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone isn’t about to change his moniker, but maybe everything else behind it. The once solo electronic musician Owen Ashworth (born of Redwood City, CA) has committed to a full-band for his latest record Vs. Children (Tomlab), and is on the road performing in both past and present styles. The tour [...]
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Casiotone For the Painfully Alone, a.k.a. Owen Ashworth, will release two separate records in the next two months. The first of the two, Advance Base Battery Life, is a collection of B-sides and rarities from Ashworth's back catalog, set for release on March 10. It will include tracks from both older 7-inches and more recent projects, including the Bruce Springsteen tribute record he did with his
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New Treatise on the Treatment of Agoraphobia In attempting to rid oneself of the painful loneliness and draining anxiety often associated with moderate-to-severe Agoraphobia, it is of utmost importance that one begin simply. One must devise a certain activity that possesses the, shall I say, "malleability" so as to have the preordained characteristic of growth from distractingly intense inward ...
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Owen Ashworth aka Casiotone For The Painfully Alone came onto stage armed with a multitude of instruments - all of which were unoccupied. The first part of his show Ashworth occupies the gaping Central Stage by himself, using his baritone voice to good effect, but it's not until the rest of his backing band appear that Casiotone really break out into a sweat.
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28 songs featuring Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Josh Ritter, Bright Eyes, Modest Mouse...
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