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purrbot

i'm not so bad off, look at what i've got

About Me

purrbot is nathan carter, somber post-apocalyptic queer folkster poet. changing the world by holding hands in plain view.

TO BUY "civil unrest":
visit firefly sessions ,
stick figure distro ,
amazon ,
or itunes
visit fireflysessions.com or purrbot.com for lyrics and mp3s
i suppose i do other things as well.
I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/25/2005
Band Website: purrbot.com
Band Members: nathan: vocals, guitars, keyboards, and banjo
(at times) molly ( screech owl ): harmony, beatboxing.
Influences: holcombe waller, xiu xiu, tracy + the plastics, casiotone for the painfully alone, ani difranco, sufjan stevens, joni mitchell, rufus wainwright, bjork, patrick wolf, my brightest diamond, joanna newsom, devendra banhart, regina spektor, neutral milk hotel, cat power, laura veirs, will oldham, elephant micah, pj harvey, tori amos, owen, brenda weiler, ben kweller, mirah, deerhoof, fiona apple, jill sobule, screech owl, lightning bolt, gillian welch, ben folds five, alanis morissette, noah georgeson, blonde redhead, mt. eerie, sage francis, kings of convenience, real live tigers, neko case, emily haines
Sounds Like: eskimo kissing; snow
Record Label: firefly sessions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

purrbot moves to portland

alright, ladies and gentlemen, it's true and official: i have moved to portland, oregon. staying with friends until house opens up, working and hopefully playing shows, mixing the new record tent...
Posted by purrbot on Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:26:00 PST

northwest tour, may 2007, help!

hello folks, i, purrbot, will be doing a northwest tour for the last couple weeks of may (14th-31st-ish) and am looing for help: places to play, folks to play with. so, if you think you can and want t...
Posted by purrbot on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 04:45:00 PST

beginning of the new record!

well, ladies and gents, as of today, i have begun recording what will be my next record. there are at least 14 songs that will be recorded, some of which i've played live but i haven't done that much ...
Posted by purrbot on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:32:00 PST

purrbot takes NYC

okay, so i, purrbot, will be playing a small part in this year's cmj fest (thanks to fanatic promotions) the information is as follows: November 3rd @ Mo Pitkins (34 Avenue A [at 3rd st]) 2:00p deat...
Posted by purrbot on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:36:00 PST

purrbot video contest!

there's a little purrbot video contest happening right now. visit fanatic promotions myspace for details! they're too good to me, i swear. ...
Posted by purrbot on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:30:00 PST

it's been a while...

so, the album is done and to be released on august 22nd. the date of the release show is as of yet undetermined, but will be around/before that date. it'll be available at local cd stores Ear Candy, a...
Posted by purrbot on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:50:00 PST

off to be multiplied...!

art and master are being sent to the place that makes them! it should be about 2 weeks to get them and then i will have a release show in about 3 weeks maybe 2nd week of june? i'll let you know of cou...
Posted by purrbot on Wed, 17 May 2006 01:12:00 PST

shhhhh, empty threats (more peeking!)

finished mixing! very good, still has to be mastered and there is artwork to be done, and we're still looking at mid-june for release. posted a couple songs from the new record, "shhhhh" and "empty t...
Posted by purrbot on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 12:21:00 PST

new songs/sneak peaks

so, almost done w/ mixing will finish up after spring break still shooting for an early summer release. it's sounding so great and i'm so excited and so here're two that are pretty much done. two that...
Posted by purrbot on Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:03:00 PST

done w/ recording, on to mixing!

finished recording today, the last things being the song "shhhhh" and a new vocal on "thumbtack." so exciting. i sang and talked all day, was afraid i'd be too horse to sing, but it sounded great. no...
Posted by purrbot on Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:35:00 PST