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Green Room
(612) 703-0151
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Magic Marker Records
P.O. Box 9342
Portland, OR 97207
info@magicmarkerrecords.com

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what the press says about the Owls
Magic Marker Records - it's magic.



Artists of the Year
City Pages

NPR's Second Stage

City Pages feature
11-07-07
Peter Scholtes

All Music
The Owls' first full-length album is a giant step beyond their debut EP.... It takes them out of the world of workaday indie pop and into a more sophisticated world of bands like Camera Obscura, Young and Sexy, and Belle & Sebastian who add a large helping of drama and soul to their sound....When they blend together in different formations, it can raise goose bumps and warm hearts. Daughters and Suns is a real coming out party for the Owls, the record could steal some hearts .... (more)

Pitchfork
"Minneapolis four-piece the Owls had one of the dreamiest indie-pop songs of 2004 in "Air", from debut "mini LP" Our Hopes and Dreams. "Peppermint Patty", from follow-up Daughters and Suns, shows the band continuing to delight in the softer side of the Velvet Underground (particularly Loaded's "Who Loves the Sun"), with their lush boy-girl harmonies, acoustic guitars, and plinking piano. It's a tender, nuanced song about a Belle and Sebastian-worthy protagonist... " (more)

Reveille
Rob Van Alstyne interviews Brian (more)

 

 
 


photo: Nick Vlcek

Mill City Museum - outdoor music series
Thurs. June 5
6 to 8 pm
704 S 2nd St
Minneapolis, MN 55401
free/ all ages

Red Stag Supper Club block party
Sat. June 14
509 1st ave. NE
Mpls, MN 55413

Macy's Day - Orchestra Hall
Fri. July 11
1111 Nicollet Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(612) 371-5600

The Terrace - UW Madison
Sat. July 12
Memorial Union
800 Langdon St.
Madison, WI 53706
608-265-3000

Varsity Theater
Thurs. Sept 18
Jeremy Messersmith cd release show
1308 4th St SE
Minneapolis, MN

Daughters and Suns (2007)
For the Owls' much anticipated sophomore release Daughters and Suns, three songwriters Brian Tighe, Maria May and Allison LaBonne band together again with drummer John Jerry and special friends to create an unlikely musical voyage, aboard ships, carnival rides, airplanes; trespassing through backyards, human resources departments, and along dirt roads into the distance. Bitter yet life affirming, the Owls console comic strip characters, invent the perfect man, party on the eve of the apocalypse, explore the notion of empire, pay their bills by candlelight, and send flowers into sewers before bidding listeners a rousing adieu. Rich with melody and male/female harmony Daughters and Suns is buoyant, laid-back pop with gentle strikes of lightning.

Our Hopes and Dreams (2004)
Intimate yet powerful, The Owls' first release Our Hopes and Dreams garnered enthusiastic critical praise, widespread radio play and landed The Owls on multiple Year-End-Best lists.

 

 




Daughters and Suns
14 songs, Magic Marker Records, 2007
(click titles to listen)
The Way On
Yellow Flowers
Welcome to Monday
Peppermint Patty
All Those In Favor
The Lucky Ones
Apocalypse
Peaceful Place
Bury Your Mind
Airplane
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Little Stranger
Black Hands of Time
Channel


Our Hopes and Dreams
(click titles to listen)
Forever Changing
Baby Boy
City Girl
Drop Me a Line
Air
Luck
Even Now

Friends with Benefits
Minor 7 Studios, 2005

Songs from Scratch project

  • Purchase The Owls' EP Our Hopes and Dreams (2004) or IDaughers and Suns (2007) from Magic Marker Records.
  • Buy individual songs from iTunes.
  • Request The Owls on the radio:
    at The Current (89.3 FM) or
    at Radio K (770 AM)