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almus magnus

what do we want? ALMUS, when do we want it? MAGNUS

About Me

.. width="425" height="350" .. YOU CAN ORDER "VOLUME TWO" FROM RIGHT HERE NOW.almus magnus is daniel almus florida, a folk singer/songwriter hailing from michigan's scenic upper peninsula who is currently entangled in a sordid love affair with ypsilanti, mich.almus weaves tales of cabin fever introspection and small town blues. reflective lyrics are showcased over subtle instrumentation – twelve string acoustic guitar, thrift store chord organ, and the occasional banjo for good measure.two recordings have been released via allegro land records. regular performances are held at ypsilanti’s dreamland theater, almus’ homebase. the spring of 2006 brought a midwestern tour with annie palmer (ypsilanti) and real live tigers (austin).occasionally, almus magnus is also a band featuring daniel almus florida as well as members of amoeba kids and confusion reactor. daniel has also released music as a part of the duos danjer and the great sardini and is currently preparing for his third release, volume three. -BRAD KOSKI

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Member Since: 2/25/2005
Band Members: dan florida, sometimes for shows i have been joined by confusion reactor, ethan disbrow, craig johnson, lyman rhodes, brad perkins, annie palmer, and mc trashpedal.
Influences: the muldoons(marquette mi), amoeba kids, hank sr., neutral milk hotel, karp, nico, sycamore smith, patrick elkins, confusion reactor
Record Label: allegro land records, bare wire technologies
Type of Label: None

My Blog

a review of our keweenawesomefest performance from tylerdebelak.com

"almus magnus was up next, and they played a solid set. I wrote in my notes "guitar drum strum strum" and thats totally what it was. Dan really writes some good songs, and his vocals were a lot more c...
Posted by almus magnus on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:37:00 PST

son of a gun part 3

we dont know what he wanted and we dont know what he neededhes a liar and a hider and the fire that we hatedsee the train a comin somethings burning in the oven you can get on if you want it but youll...
Posted by almus magnus on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 09:28:00 PST

seas trees and disease

its seas trees and disease, i would rather not be. in the seas trees and disease, machines of cement and greed and i dont want to go no more or to stay--stay as i lay i know its a cold way t...
Posted by almus magnus on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 02:23:00 PST

spring

the next month or so is pretty busy. im doing a split cassette with jen wilke on "bare wire technologies" which im working on on my four track. im also going to be recording some songs at the "worm fa...
Posted by almus magnus on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:19:00 PST

fighting, losing available for order

i released a 3inch cd-r called "fighting, losing" on the label "bare wire technologie" and you can order it from their website http://www.bricabracstack.com/bwt/index.htm...
Posted by almus magnus on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:03:00 PST