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Princeton was officially formed in 2005, during a year long academic stay in London that found the three young men reunited for the first time since parting ways for college. Due to the steep costs of shipping their instruments overseas, the group was forced to perform live with a very limited musical setup, but the often-harrowing conditions of their London shows forced them to mature and develop into a finely tuned live act. Each member reacted differently to the change in culture: Jesse found Virginia Woolf, Matt discovered John Cale's Paris 1919, while Ben pursued a short lived career in international finance.Graduation from college and a move back to Los Angeles in the summer of 2007 allowed Princeton to resume recording and performing full time. This summer, Princeton released their Bloomsbury EP. A collection of four songs, based on the lives of four members of the influential Bloomsbury intellectual collective of the early 20th century. The songs are about Virginia Woolf, Leonard Woolf, John Maynard Keynes and Lytton Strachey.
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Member Since: 7/27/2005
Band Website: www.princeton-band.com
Band Members: Jesse Kivel, Matt Kivel, Ben Usen, David Kitz

Other Princetonians:
Marina Hall
Maki Kubota
Emily Wong
Chris Good
Laura Reynolds
Rebecca Jane Marie Bartelt
Ben Bartelt

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Influences: John Cale, Biff Rose, Vashti Bunyan, Arthur Russell, Scott Walker, Jonathan Richman, The Kinks, Jean Claude Vannier, Serge Gainsbourg, Sam Cooke, Cerrone, Boyz II Men, Soul for Real

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My Blog

SHOWS WITH AU REVOIR SIMONE

HEY EVERYONE, SO THE LOVELY LADIES IN AU REVOIR SIMONE WERE NICE ENOUGH TO HAVE US PLAY A COUPLE WEST COAST SHOWS WITH THEM. THESE ARE THE DATESJun 11 2009 8:00P EL ...
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 08:34:00 GMT

STRING AND WOODWIND PLAYERS NEEDED FOR LINCOLN CENTER SHOW

Hi everyone, so we are excited to announce that we are playing the annual Virginia Woolf conference this year on June 5th (in NYC) in conjunction with the great choreographer Stephen Pelton. More deta...
Posted by on Tue, 05 May 2009 11:55:00 GMT

APRIL 28TH//ECHOPLEX DISCOUNT LIST

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THIS AWESOME SHOW WITH THE PARSON RED HEADS AND CASTLEDOOR FOR CHEAP, EMAIL US HERE: [email protected] THE SUBJECT: DISCOUNT LIST-ECHOPLEXAND YOU WILL ONLY HAVE TO...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:04:00 GMT

BOOKING INQUIRIES

US Booking: The Agency [email protected]@theagencygrou p.com
Posted by on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 09:34:00 GMT

PRINCETON @ SXSW/ ON TOUR WITH SEBASTIEN GRAINGER

Hey everyone, Princeton will be in Austin and on the west coast for the next two weeks. Hope to see you at some of these shows! Also, we just finished recording our new record, details on that will so...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:57:00 GMT

PRINCETON DAYTROTTER SESSION

Back in December, while on our tour with Ra Ra Riot, we recorded a Daytrotter session way out in Rock Island, Illinois. It came out quite nicely and here it is: http://daytrotter.com/article/1624/prin...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:34:00 GMT

NEW MUSIC VIDEO: THE WAVES

We have our first music video for you, it is for 'the waves' and directed by alex klein. Enjoy it! Princeton "The Waves" from Alexander Klein on Vimeo.
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:47:00 GMT

MARCH 4TH, CLUB NME @ SPACELAND W/ CUT OFF YOUR HANDS

Hi everyone, we are pleased to announce we will be headlining the March 4th Club NME night at Spaceland. Cut off your hands are playing with us and they are just excellent. Tickets are on sale here: h...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:45:00 GMT

Summerteeth or Ghost is Born?

My penchant for cutting-edge, life-altering, hyphen-enducing questions has lead me to pose this barn-burner: "Which Wilco album is better - "A Ghost is Born" or "Summerteeth"?"Now, I have debated this...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:49:00 GMT

Growing up with FM Radio Vol III

So here's the story: Ben, Jesse and Matt grew up in Los Angeles during the 1990s. We had no older siblings with cool musical tastes to guide us. No ex-hippie parents to teach us about The Band or Neil...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:10:00 GMT