Artists

Arturo Got The Shaft – Captained by the indominable Rob Spectre and a rotating crew of geek rock ensigns, The Shaft’s history stretches from Hastings, NE to Providence, RI in the early and mid ’00s. “A Life Without Fireflies” remains the Chinese Democracy of MFR. RIYL/FFO: They Might Be Giants, Andrew W.K., The Aquabats, Fountains of Wayne

Fireflies – https://mrfuriousrecords.com/blog/2008/11/23/a-life-without-fireflies-arturo-got-the-shaft/

Aspect Deletion – A shadowy, granular-synthesis focused project out of San Luis Obispo, CA from 2008 – 2024. In addition to “depletion,” check out the independent releases “coercion” and “isolation.” RIYL/FFO: Fennesz, Tim Hecker

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Bike – Nate Driver makes sweetly corroded bedroom electro-indie music in Chico, CA, with various electronic devices, ninjas, and cobras.

The name Bike comes from two competing lovesl love for riding bikes around town, and love for sticking with one band name. 2004 – 2014. RIYL/FFO: Dosh, Tortoise, cLOUDDEAD

Blame The Game – A local Lincoln-based supergroup (Tim, Tim, Ian, Ryan) known for their live show; an EP recorded with Howie in 2003 finally got an official release in 2021. RIYL/FFO: Jane’s Addiction, Stone Temple Pilots, The Urge

Cool Drugs – Howie and Cory’s intentionally low-stakes banner for roughly fifty-fifty collaborations. 2018 – present, Denver, CO and Lawrence, KS. RIYL/FFO: Guided By Voices, The Breeders, Archers of Loaf

Cory Kibler / Beach-Puppy / Church Directory Photo starring Benjamin Axeface – Cory has pulled in various collaborators under multiple guises to realize his songs, ultimately embracing the tub-making moniker of his ancestors. 2004 – present out of Lincoln NE, Ventura, CA, Denver, CO, and ultimately Lincoln again. RIYL/FFO: Elliott Smith, Fiona Apple, Nick Drake

Dark Satellites – Drew’s one-man garage-kosmische rock band turned live powerhouse. KC/Lawrence, 2012 – present. RIYL/FFO: Dinosaur Jr., Unwound, Tame Impala, Dead Meadow, Black Mountain

Dharmic Beams – Daniel Glascock (L.U.V.C.R.A.F., Hypermortal, TKTK) and Howie tried to make a house record. They did not succeed in that, but discovered a less-traveled psychedelic pathway to moving bodies instead. Lawrence, KS, 2023 – present. RIYL/FFO: Cybotron, Dam Funk, The Orb

Drive-By Honky – Lincoln, NE rock legends making music available digitally via MFR. Late ’90s – mid ’00s?

D-Rockets – Derek Jennings (The Return, The Ashtray Life, Sexual Jedi) low-key strumming monster earworms on the Ventura, CA beach. On a lark one Left Coast night, he dropped some solo tunes to tape. Matt Wisecarver’s Secret Fantasy, in all its cartoon cowboy-hat-ed glory, is the result. Other than his music, Derk is pretty much a mystery man – but what once you’ve heard the songs, what more could you ask? 2005 – 2014. RIYL/FFO: CSNY, The New Pornographers

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Drone Space Nine – Howie’s electronic experiments that are too drone-y and weird for Night Mode (!!!). Lawrence, KS, 2022 – present. RIYL/FFO: noise, bleeps, bloops

echoes (AKA Tape / echoes) – Howie: “On Thanksgiving weekend, 2002, I wrote a lark of a song called ‘God Bless The Strokes’ as I was setting up and testing my first ProTools recording system. It was very different from the songs I’d written before, and the first time I tried on a different songwriting ‘voice.’ So I embraced my punk rock heart and made the ‘nickel EP,’ and was off and running from there.” Crete, NE, 2002 – 2005. RIYL/FFO: Ted Leo + Pharmacists, Jimmy Eat World, early Foo Fighters b-sides

Tape / echoes

https://mrfuriousrecords.com/wordpress/tape-echoes/

Tape / echoes is howie howard’s one-man band plus a rotating cast of collaborators / co-conspirators. A study and practice in the possibilities of three minutes, a melody, and a guitar. Current thizzle-down headquarters in Raytown (KC), Missouri, ex-Minneapolis, MN, nee-Crete, NE.

Formerly just “echoes.”

Tape / echoes is:

c. howie howard

and:

Cory Alan Kibler, Scott Morris

with:

Hillary Clinton, Andrea Conte, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

music, news, and blog are integrated with mr furious records.com

bio:

I started making music in church and school choirs as a little kid, growing to include various concert bands, jazz, and African drumming, then moved on to rock… to howie&scott…

On Thanksgiving weekend 2002 I wrote a song called “God Bless The Strokes.” It was very different from the songs I had written up until then. I wanted a new thing to explore, less associated with my personal experience and thoughts, and more able to try on different voices like changing clothes.

I wrote some punk rock songs that were the original point of departure, the nickel EP. There is a follow-up, Be A Ska Rat. Acoustic solo versions of songs, covers, and new stuff is called Tonight the Lone Wolf Rides… Alone. There is much more to come…

This was called echoes until I found out about these Echoes, so now it’s “Tape echoes” or maybe just “Tape.”

I also played in Shacker 01-04 in Nebraska, and now with Five Star Crush in Kansas City 2006->.

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GiLMo – Scott Morris and Allen Gilbert jammed a single session of free jazz in the Doane band room in 2004 or 2005. RIYL/FFO: free jazz with drums and saxophone.

howie&scott – Like it says on the tin, band nerd-core with elements of both space rock and roots/world music, from 1999 – infinity out of Crete, NE. RIYL/FFO: HUM, Van Morrison, Mute Math, Stephen Stills, The Band, Low, Phil Collins

Katherine Lindhart – Opera sensation, who graciously shared two recital sets of art songs with MFR. KCMO, 2005 – 2007 (as far as the label goes; she still sings!) RIYL/FFO: Opera, Clara Schumann, Claude Debussy

M/S Ride (and collabs w/ Royce Diamond White, tktktk) – Charlie Bogaard, Hank Taylor, and company almost broke out of the Akron, OH scene in the early 90’s with their brand of angular, anthemic alt-rock. Recently uncovered by Mr. Furious archivists during an exploration of Howie’s uncle’s attic, Don’t Let Them Take Us ALIVE! bootlegs M/Ssall Ride’s in-studio sessions for Emerson Biggins in November of 1990 at WAKN, a bastion of local music during the heyday of college rock.

In 2004, Howie’s revived the band name as a catch-all solo vehicle for guitar- and sampler-based music. 1987 – 1991, Akron, OH; various midwestern locations, 2004 – present. RIYL/FFO: totally depends on which record; the alternative was having about 17 different solo projects

Mars Lights – LOUD WEIRD BAND. Drew, Matt, Howie, KC/Lawrence, 2007 – present. RIYL/FFO: Queens of the Stone Age, The Secret Machines, Royal Blood

Night Mode (and collabs w/ Frank N Puter, Asterales, tktktk) – What started with Drew and a basement full of borrowed synthesizers grew into a collective encompassing various solo and collaborative efforts with Howie, Damon Mar, and Howie’s dad Ed. Lawrence, KS (primarily), 2016 – present. RIYL/FFO: Tangerine Dream, Alessandro Cortini, Aphex Twin

Panda Face – Brandon McKenzie (Strawberry Burns, Mothawk, Blane) breaks out the drum machine and follows his dreams; bangers, whispers, freak-outs, slow burners, they’re all in there somewhere. Lincoln, NE, 2010 – present (and check out more independent releases at TKTKTKTKT). RIYL/FFO: Grandaddy, Sparklehorse, The Flaming Lips

Pat Bradley – “The Musical Tales Of…” would not have seen the light of day without Cory’s persistence. Pat has been in some amazing bands (Pablo’s Triangle, Tangelo, Amalgamators), and this solo set of home recordings stands with his best work. 2008, Lincoln, NE. RIYL/FFO: A. C. Newman, Neutral Milk Hotel, The Music Tapes

Robot, Creep Closer! – Party metal? Music for those 15 perfect minutes when you’ve lost all inhibition but nothing has gone wrong yet. (It might, though.)

The Best Band in the World, they rose from the ashes of the phoenix that which we call Shacker. The bassist, James Tucci, was punched so many times in the face, his mouth gave birth to a robot, and his human body died. We called that robot “Franz Clobberfist.” Even lamer than that is the one we call “Philip Punchboy” who used to be Cory Kibler. Cory turned into Philip for his 20th birthday. It was an Easter Basket gift. Philip and Franz decided to start the Ultimate Rock Band.

So they went on a post-apolyptic search for the most awesome other robots in the Galaxy. They found Kenneth Killclaus, Sadie Snapneck, and the j1717 Model. “Aren’t these names a little bit stupid and kind of silly?” No. They’re real names, and they accurately describe what kind of people they are. For example, Sadie Snapneck has a part-time job as a masseuse. The j1717 Model loves J’s and the number 17, and he is also a model. Kenneth Killclaus murdered Santa (just kidding, if you still believe in him). The music that they play is rowdy, ridiculous, loving, violent, passionate, serene, and most importantly, sexy.

Lincoln, NE, 2006 – 2007. RIYL/FFO: Japandroids, Rammstein, Hevisaurus

Shacker – Influenced by the alternative and indie rock they grew up on, Cory, Howie, and Jaime Tucci (later joined by Annie Aspengren) covered ground from straight-up power pop to nearly-twangy fingerpicked confessionals. Crete, NE, 2002 – 20024. RIYL/FFO: Superdrag, Pavement, early George Harrison

Strawberry Burns – Hands-down Lincoln’s 2000s-era college rock champions. RIYL/FFO: The Apples in Stereo, Big Star, Hüsker Dü

The Golden Age – With an influence much heavier than their discography might indicate, The Golden Age (Rob Hawkins, Clint Wheeler, Brandon McKenzie, Nate Mickish, Alisa Heinzman) filled out literate, impressionistic songs with epic, lush instrumentation. Lincoln, NE, early ’00s. RIYL/FFO: Band of Horses, Iron & Wine, My Morning Jacket

The Sleepover – With Cory and Jaime at the core and bridging two distinct eras (Gina/Brock and Scott/Howie, with a little crossover), their indie rock got both tighter and a bit weirder and more adventurous compared to earlier projects. Lincoln, NE, 2009 – 2012. RIYL/FFO: Nada Surf, John Vanderslice, Death Cab For Cutie

White Air – Multi-instrumentalist Greg Joyce (Strawberry Burns, Mothawk) gets experimental in his Lincoln, NE studio. 2010 – 2014. RIYL/FFO: Pixies, Nick Cave, Neil Young

Compilation artists:

Anywaves
Cari Ann Kreienhop
DJ Josh-O
Ember Schrag
Five Star Crush
Gilby
Iris Avenue
Jerry Chapman
Khan! The Musical Original Cast
Lori Allison
Manny Coon
Scott Morris
Sneaky Sneaky Snakes
The Remnants
Timothy Scahill

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