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The Proper Nouns

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Member Since: 25/10/2005
Band Website: This very one
Band Members: Phil Francis (bass harmonica), Travis Kokas (tenor harmonica), Matt Ogborn (alto harmonica), Justin Riley (soprano harmonica)
Influences: The Fall, Morrissey, Superchunk
Sounds Like: The Verlaines, Tall Dwarfs, The Smiths, The Wedding Present, Elvis Costello...
Record Label: All Hail Records/Columbus Discount Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Another Review...

Well golly,A Million Hurtful Things just got a very nice review in Columbus' own The Other Paper. It's not available on the Internet, so I pasted it down below. Audiophiles ...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 14:00:00 GMT

A Few Reviews (Its Not Quite News)

Yes, yes, now,We are on the eve of releasing our new CD, A Million Hurtful Things. In fact, it's coming out tomorrow night (Friday, May 2 at Cafe Bourbon Street in lovely Columbus, Ohio--those of you ...
Posted by on Thu, 01 May 2008 16:23:00 GMT

Pat Radio, Etc.

Well, well, here we are again,Things are okay for us. We've discovered a new kind of prepackaged Italian entrees that we love. Someday we may share the brand name with you. If you're nice.Pat of Pat R...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:53:00 GMT

All Hail The Proper Nouns

Hoo Doggies!!We are pleased as punch to announce that the good fellers over at All Hail Records will be releasing our newish record, A Million Hurtful Things, sometime in March or April of 2008. There...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:42:00 GMT

New Songs.....Again

Hey hey hey there pals!The new songs I posted recently were driving Justin crazy because they were rough mixes and didn't sound particularly good. We just got our new record mastered, though, and I ha...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:56:00 GMT

The Lesser Stars video

Hello hello hello!!We (i.e., Justin) made a video for our song "The Lesser Stars". We completed it a while ago, but we went a little crazy with the star wipes and lost track of time. The month of Sept...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:04:00 GMT

Changing Songs

Hey hey hey hey hey! How are things going on this grand superhighway of information for you? For me, they are okay. I got bored with the songs that were on our profile, so I replaced them with the two...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:24:00 GMT

Apples Onward...

We had a lovely time playing with the Apples in Stereo on Thursday night. Robert Schneider may well be the nicest man in America. Anyway, a couple of people reviewed the show and said nice things abou...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:11:00 GMT

Sadly, I didn't go to art school either...

Here's a review of our record that's not so much a bad review as a non-review (from razorcake.org): PROPER NOUNS, THE:Birds & Butterflies: CDI didn't go to art school. Maybe if I did, I could get ...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 08:50:00 GMT

Oh my golly!

Holy crap! Sean of the Stapler pointed out that Reckless Records of Chicago posted some reviews of recent CDR recordings and we were compared to the Verlaines, one of the greatest bands of the last sk...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:23:00 GMT