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Kyle Nixon

Broken Like A Flimsy Tambourine Skin

About Me

MUSIC: One day during my junior year of high school, I found a guitar pick on a short walk. For years I played the Saxophone, but I had always wanted to play guitar but never took the time or had the drive. But when I took this pick into my house and used it on my mom's old classical guitar for the first time, I became addicted. I learned to finger pick and flat pick. The songs I write are generally optimistic or melancholy. The lyrics are either very metaphorical, or tell some type of story. PLEASE listen to my songs and give me feedback, I would love to hear from fans or critics. I will have more songs available soon with higher quality recordings. Also in the future I hope to have live performances lined up. ************************************************************ **** ME: I was born in Bozeman, Montana in 1984. I was raised and educated in Helena. I am currently a student at Carroll College in Helena, studying Civil Engineering and Mathematics. I enjoy fishing, hiking, and other outdoor activities as well as watching movies and listening to and writing music. Live music is one of my favorite things ever. I am straight/single, and maybe looking. Also, solo and definately looking to start a band, and I am always open to playing with new folks! In the very near future my good friend Andy and I will be starting a band. I've never been arrested. My heroes are: Colin Meloy, Jakob Dylan, and Thom Yorke! (If my music interupted music you were already listening to, I am very sorry)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/16/2005
Band Members: Kyle Nixon: Guitars, Bass, Banjo, Percussion, Vocals
Influences: Radiohead, Explosions in the Sky, Modest Mouse, Okkervil River, The Decemberists, Arcade Fire, Patrick Wolf, The Wallflowers, Sigur Ros, Coldplay, Wolf Parade, Neutral Milk Hotel, Wilco, Sufjan Stevens, Iron and Wine, R.E.M., Band Of Horses, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Andrew Bird, Clinic, The Frames, Varnaline, Sparklehorse, Bloc Party, Mojave 3, Mum, Caribou, The Flaming Lips, Cake, Steven Malkmus, Death Cab for Cutie, My Bloody Valentine, Devendra Banhart, The National, Bright Eyes, Belle And Sebastion, The New Pornographers, The Mountain Goats, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Architecture In Helsinki, Jens Lekman, Hood, Travis, Pavement, The White Stripes, Interpol, Ryan Adams, Beck, Do Make Say Think, Broken Social Scene, Franz Ferdinand, The Shins Mogwai, RJD2, M83, The Go! Team, Animal Collective, Grandaddy, Stars, The Unicorns, Islands, The Doves, The Notwist, Air, ...music video?, The Magnetic Fields, Bob Dylan!...
Sounds Like: Delicate accoustic guitar (Primarily flat and finger picking), with distorted Stratocaster led melodies, supported by banjo and rough percussion. Vocals are low, smooth, and quiet.
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Modest Mouse Shows (Missoula & Bozeman Montana: March 16 &17, 2007)

MODEST MOUSE Turns out, one MODEST MOUSE concert isn't quite enough.  This weekend I attended my second and third MODEST MOUSE concerts, and I must say, I am really glad I went to both. MISSO...
Posted by Kyle Nixon on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:20:00 PST

Carroll College Film Festival-The Charlies ("A Wolf In Man's Clothing")

I am delighted to announced that my movie, "A Wolf In Man's Clothing," has 4 nominations for the third annual Carroll College Film Festival (The Charlies)!  It's a small festival that features...
Posted by Kyle Nixon on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:16:00 PST

Math Modeling, My Movie, and Mad about Modest Mouse (a reflection on some current events)

NOTE: Anyone with extra modest mouse tickets please scroll to the bottom immediately. Well... This has been a couple of long weeks.  A real roller coaster, with a few positives, and few negative...
Posted by Kyle Nixon on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:21:00 PST

The Decemberists (Live)-November 16, 2006 Missoula, MT.

The Decemberists-November 16, 2006 Missoula, MT. Written by Kyle Nixon, Photos by Becky Johnson, Videos Courtesy of YouTube users InHouseRadio and Chris654x As many of you probably know, The Decembe...
Posted by Kyle Nixon on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:34:00 PST

My Crazy Weekend (Sept 22-24) Missoula/Sharktopus/CoolGirls/Bozeman

WARNING: the following blog is a very long!!!  It details my entire weekend of September 22-24 2006. Ok... So I pretty much just had one of the most interesting/amazing weekends of my life. ...
Posted by Kyle Nixon on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:00:00 PST

50 Best Albums of 2005 (Nixfork Media)

By Kyle Nixon Welcome to Nixfork Media (hehehe)!  My goal is to expose you to bands you've maybe heard of, and tell you that they are Good/Worth listening to.  Almost all of the music I li...
Posted by Kyle Nixon on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 03:39:00 PST

2005 Retrospective

All in all 2005 was a pretty good year for me.  Im sure some of you agree with me, some of you I'm sure do not.  I had a successful year of school, and did a lot of really interesting stuff...
Posted by Kyle Nixon on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 03:04:00 PST