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The Black Fortys

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Black Fortys / Kaskaskia Island Pt. 2 from Skihouse on Vimeo .
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DISCOGRAPHY: [in print]
KASKASKIA ISLAND (Feb 2009 available on iTunes)
JNANA VEDA 2008 (available on iTunes)
HELICOPTERS (and other unfortunate understandings) 2007(only available on Snocap)
ARTIST BIO:
here there are trees and whispers and ghosts and vampires the likes of which will remain unknown to most. unknown for the ones who could see any place as a town full of the dead. with that in mind, kevin hitched trains to canada to learn from exiled jazz musicians, josh scaled the midwest looking for mystery and the true essence of song. carly danced to egyptian rythms and filled her mind with the works of door salesmen and gutter poets, david killed three giants with sounds from the nether regions we dare not speak of, and nate guards his holy hands with pantomimes, the sweat of his forefathers and the speed of an absolute retaliation. all these aforementioned people have played music in many forms for many years with many people, respectively. we sound like everyone and no one. a sound that could only come from the midwest. a formula that can only exist with these five people. five people giving their interpretation of what they think they heard.
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Member Since: 1/23/2007
Band Website: sonicbids.com/theblackfortys
Band Members: josh murphy - guitar & vocalskevin ohlau - drumscarly lappin - bassdavid brown - keys & guitarnathan doyle - guitarMANAGEMENT [NICE MANAGEMENT] [email protected] (+1) 626 345 9794 (+1) Cell 626 676 4076..
Influences: walkmen, silver jews, dungen, johnny & the moon, arcade fire, clap your hands say yeah, wilco, radiohead, fleet foxes, furry lewis, bob dylan, sigur ros, joanna newsom, t.s. eliot, tom waits, white stripes, of montreal, neu!, velvet underground, leonard cohen, cocorosie, ee cummings, carnivale, david lynch, daniel johnston, pixies, beck, devendra banhart, miles davis, etc
Sounds Like: blue tomorrows

Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Tour Recap

Gas Station Hope, Arkansas - "you guys in a band?"Mexican Restaurant Waco, TX - "you look like a character in Harry Potter" "you guys in a band?...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:53:00 GMT

HEAVE MEDIA (chicago) article

Get To Know: The Black FortysSouthern witchery without southern drawl.By: Amy DittmeierThe Black Fortys may be from the small college town of Carbondale, but these guys are anything but quaint. This ...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Apr 2009 10:25:00 GMT

Kaskaskia Island pt. 2 (no solo) VIDEO

http://www.skihousemedia.com/videomedia/black40s/video_prese nts.htmlcheck out the live video of "Kaskaskia Island pt. 2 (no solo)" filmed & recorded live at the Historic Sesser Opera House in Sesser, ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:27:00 GMT

Happy Holidays

While we were on tour with the Duke Spirit & Eulogies we printed 30 limited edition cds of Kaskaskia Island which featured artwork by Brett Hunter. He drew a different front & back cover by ha...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Dec 2008 08:39:00 GMT

Happy Thanksgiving...here’s some songs

new songs posted. "Beestings", without the ending half of jnana veda, and "Car In Parking Lot, Parking Lot Under Water."  here some words to them if you have trouble understanding my Irish/Britis...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:31:00 GMT

Columbia, Kansas City, Omaha, home

rolled into Columbia, MO to open for Jennifer O'Connor at the Blue Fugue. Nice calm bar. played a good set. Jennifer O'Connor and her band were great. The owner of the Blue Fugue asked us to play anot...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:17:00 GMT

New Song Posted Kaskaskia Island pt. 2 (no solo)

Posted a new song. Kaskaskia Island pt. 2 (no solo). Recorded in Chicago, IL at Engine Studios.Produced by Brian Deck & Engineered by Neil Strauch.
Posted by on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:01:00 GMT

st. louis 10.22.08

Drove into the St. Louis. Way Out Club. 10 people. Loud Music. Skinny Jim & the no. 9 Blacktops are a hard act to follow. Taylor from Spokesmen, It Burns, Broken Bricks, etc. played his first show wit...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:54:00 GMT

Goodbye Chicago

we are leaving the city of wind today. we had a great time. the recording went well and we are pleased with what we've heard so far. as long as Brian doesn't F it up in mixing! we've felt pretty close...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:52:00 GMT

Recording in Chicago w/ Brian Deck

We've been recording the new e.p. which will be called "Kaskaskia Island" at Engine Studios in Chicago, IL with producer Brian Deck. Lots of good food & awkward laughs. David's famous elbow sweepi...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:00:00 GMT