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Jason Molina was born in Lorain, OH. He grew up listening to a large amount of Black Sabbath and began his musical career playing bass in heavy metal bands around Cleveland. Always a songwriter, Molina eventually decided to perform and record solo with help as needed. He developed a method of tuning his guitar that complemented his voice and worked with his background as a bass player. Finding his niche in indie rock circles, Molina made home recordings under the names ‘Songs: Albian’, ‘Songs: Radix’, and ‘Songs: Unitas’ to pass out at live shows. Settling on ‘Songs: Ohia’, Molina released a single on Palace Records in 1996. The first ‘Songs: Ohia’ full-length followed in 1997; released on the Secretly Canadian label.

By 2001, Molina had given his tenor guitar a rest in favor of a regular six-string instrument and had put together a full band to back him. However, 2002’s Didn’t it Rain saw Molina working with members of neo-bluegrass outfit Jim & Jennie & The Pinetops, achieving an almost gospel sound that was a vast departure from the dense feel of Ghost Tropic. Constantly recording and writing new songs, Songs: Ohia released a handful of singles and EPs in 2002, including a split EP with Louisville’s My Morning Jacket and a collaborative EP (under the name Amalgamated Sons of Rest) with Will Oldham and Alasdair Roberts. Pyramid Electric Co.

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1	Get Out Get Out Get Out	108
2	It's Easier Now	101
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7	Don't It Look Like Rain	79
8	Let Me Go Let Me Go Let Me Go	77
9	It Costs You Nothing	73
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Nthn_sms wrote:
8 days ago

any reason why their new album and liam the younger's clear skies over black river share the same cover? just wondering

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Lauschemaedchen wrote:
last month

direct honesty

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MNordskog wrote:
last month

This sounds promising: http://www.thankscaptainobvious.net/2009/10/molina-and-johnson-2009.html

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honktonk wrote:
September 2009

pyramid electric co. makes me want to float off into nothing and it is glorious. one of my favourite songwriters.

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MNordskog wrote:
August 2009

"pyramid electric co. makes me want to float off into nothing and it is glorious. one of my favourite songwriters. " Totally agreed

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Mario_Tennis wrote:
July 2009

pyramid electric co. makes me want to float off into nothing and it is glorious. one of my favourite songwriters.

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oberst176 wrote:
May 2009

great great great!

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vernacularnja80 wrote:
January 2009

if i ever needed a movie score written from scratch, and needed to be aesthetically somber, dark and melancholy but capable of switching on a dime, I'd call Jason in a heartbeat. Brilliant.

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GraceInYoFace wrote:
January 2009

Alone with the Owl--so enchantingly somber and beautiful.

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Julian-Thome wrote:
December 2008

Check out Got The Funky Fever, Do You Feel It, Who Gives A Fuck, Sweet Blood Call

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alexisvos wrote:
December 2008

alt.country indie style from Holland http://www.last.fm/music/Grapes+of+Grain/It+Slowly+Fades

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evertoneverton wrote:
September 2008

earsmaster :)

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PhilBe wrote:
August 2008

Look out for a collaboration album with Will Johnson which should be out at the end of 2008.

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celtickokos wrote:
July 2008

I love his music.

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man-0-lete wrote:
March 2008

Este de abajo cacha caleta...

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JuaNaxo wrote:
February 2008

Jason Molina :fun:!!!! la wea kuma xD

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Windy72 wrote:
January 2008

This man talks truths. His songs also have loads of hope.

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QsLv_ wrote:
November 2007

monobrow, lawl xD

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UpHereInTheCity wrote:
November 2007

You guys said it - this music is pure and simple truth.

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kiukkukissa wrote:
October 2007

You said it, tyosha. I get the same feeling when I listen to Jason Molina (and his other projects) - that this is the kind of music I've been needing to hear all my life.

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