Golden Shoulders

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Golden Shoulders
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A Golden Shoulders performance in Nevada City, California, in 2003.
Background information
Origin Nevada City, California, United States
Genres Indie rock
Years active2001–present
Labels Doppler Records
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Website Official website

Golden Shoulders is a band from Nevada City, California. Formed in 2001 [1] by songwriter Adam Kline, [2] the group operates with a rotating lineup [3] and has featured significant contributions from such notables as Joanna Newsom (who sang and played piano on the first Golden Shoulders album, Let My Burden Be, before going on to international acclaim [4] ), Todd Roper and Greg Brown (Cake, Deathray), Rich Good (the Psychedelic Furs, the Pleased), Dan Elkan (Broken Bells, Hella), Josh Klinghoffer (Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Frusciante, PJ Harvey, Beck), Rusty Miller (Jackpot), Jonathan Hischke (Dot Hacker), Rob Kieswetter (Bobby Birdman), Hunter Burgan (AFI), songwriter Brett Shady, drummer Neal Morgan, and more. [5] A complete, current list of contributors can be found here.

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Golden Shoulders has released four albums, Let My Burden Be (2002), Friendship is Deep (2004), Get Reasonable (2009), and Could This Be the End (2019), along with the EPs Bee 17 (2005), Kin (2006), Music Friends (2013), Music Romans (2016), and Music Countrymen (2019). [6] Thus far, other than two cover songs and two co-written songs, all officially released Golden Shoulders songs have been written by Kline [3] and arranged by the musicians on the recordings. Live arrangements differ from the recorded versions based on the whims of the performers. [7] Golden Shoulders' first album, Let My Burden Be, peaked at No. 66 on the CMJ chart, which measures college radio plays in the United States. [8] The April 2005 issue of MOJO magazine gave the Golden Shoulders' second album, Friendship is Deep, a review of four out of five stars. The follow-up album, Get Reasonable, received another four star review from MOJO in the November 2009 issue, and the next, Could This Be the End, also received four stars in MOJO's December 2019 edition. Golden Shoulders also had several songs featured on the popular episodic video blog, lonelygirl15. Archived 2006-09-03 at the Wayback Machine

The band has toured the United States several times, including 2004's Speed of Sound Tour, 2006's Annyong Tour, 2009's Flawless Tour, 2010's Drive Across America Tour, and 2017's What's The Hecks Tour. [9] The shows performed on these tours were largely performed without electricity, meaning that at many shows, no microphones or amplifiers were used, [3] though the band sometimes appears as a full-band, plugged-in lineup when playing in their home state of California. [9]

Discography

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References

  1. ↑ "Golden Shoulders to headline acoustic show at the Dusty Bookshelf".
  2. ↑ "Asbury: Golden Shoulders' unique setting, chemistry contribute to refreshing acoustic show".
  3. 1 2 3 "Paste Music - Guides to the Best Albums, Reviews and Live Music Video".
  4. ↑ "Under the Radar Announces Spring Issue and Joanna Newsom Cover".
  5. ↑ "Bay Area music 'godfather' performs in Grass Valley".
  6. ↑ "Golden Shoulders - Releases - MusicBrainz".
  7. ↑ "Jesse Locks: Dancing disco and noisy distortion".
  8. ↑ "CMJ New Music Report". 2003-03-03.
  9. 1 2 "Golden Shoulders concert Friday".
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