Play Midlake Radio
Midlake
On Tour
3,773,885 plays (194,390 listeners)
Midlake was formed in 1999 by a group of jazz students at the University of North Texas. The original lineup consisted of Tim Smith (vocals, guitars, keyboards), McKenzie Smith (drums), Paul Alexander (bass), Eric Nichelson (guitar), and Evan Jacobs (keyboards). Their initial work — under the working name The Cornbread All-Stars — consisted of funk/jazz explorations heavily influenced by Herbie Hancock.
Later the band began to lean more toward an indie rock sound. Tim Smith quit playing saxophone and began writing songs that were heavily influenced by bands such as Jethro Tull, Radiohead, Travis, and Grandaddy. Smith says about that: “We don’t want to get called a Radiohead rip-off band. I think Radiohead is a lot closer to my natural tendencies as a songwriter than a band like, um, Jethro Tull. I listen to way more Jethro Tull than I do Radiohead these days, but I could write 10 Radiohead songs before I could write one Jethro Tull song. I want to sound more like Jethro Tull, but I just can’t. That’s a big struggle.”
Jacobs left the band and Eric Nichelson took over on keyboard. Jason Upshaw joined the band as a guitarist. Live recordings from this period, recorded at Denton’s Panhandle House studio, were never released as the band felt they had moved beyond the material.
Later the band began to lean more toward an indie rock sound. Tim Smith quit playing saxophone and began writing songs that were heavily influenced by bands such as Jethro Tull, Radiohead, Travis, and Grandaddy. Smith says about that: “We don’t want to get called a Radiohead rip-off band. I think Radiohead is a lot closer to my natural tendencies as a songwriter than a band like, um, Jethro Tull. I listen to way more Jethro Tull than I do Radiohead these days, but I could write 10 Radiohead songs before I could write one Jethro Tull song. I want to sound more like Jethro Tull, but I just can’t. That’s a big struggle.”
Jacobs left the band and Eric Nichelson took over on keyboard. Jason Upshaw joined the band as a guitarist. Live recordings from this period, recorded at Denton’s Panhandle House studio, were never released as the band felt they had moved beyond the material.
Top Albums
-
The Trials Of Van Occupanther
MidlakeBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $9.99
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $8.86
- eBay Search
-
Bamnan and Slivercork
Midlake
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $6.99
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $8.97
- eBay Search
-
Milkmaid Grand Army EP
MidlakeBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes $5.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Young Bride
MidlakeBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon $35.68
- eBay Search
Shoutbox
-
hotterthanjuly wrote:
I neeeeeeed this album.
-
franty wrote:
can't wait for the new album...
-
zacharysk wrote:
Can't wait for February.
-
alex0275 wrote:
Live in January.... Cannot wait.
-
traceybradley wrote:
Lovely.
-
RounderII wrote:
Yes. It needs more activity. New album please. Van Occupanther is excellent. Need to get more stuff similar to VO
-
hotterthanjuly wrote:
There is not enough activity in this shoutbox.
-
nothere413 wrote:
I need that new album bad. I'm dyin' over here...
-
nalwor wrote:
Very excited for the new record! (2)
-
WhiteTrashZero wrote:
Very excited for the new record!
-
hotterthanjuly wrote:
It's about damn time The Courage of Others got its official announcement.
-
junkerr wrote:
i will be the second to say WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
-
Acquiescence wrote:
New album The Courage Of Others, confirmed for release 1st February 2010, complete with tracklisting and artwork. May I be the first to say...WOOO!
-
Kuggles wrote:
I feel like I want to retreat to the woods on a foggy day when I listen to these guys, new favorite band right here!
-
Baculaat wrote:
new album coming soon.
-
sufjanatic_93 wrote:
It Covers the Hillsides is one of my favorite songs.
-
whoa_is_me wrote:
Quando ouço Midlake bate sempre aquela tristeza boa..
-
pruzina wrote:
It's really a problem to go out with your music/ can't be silent when you sing in my headphones
-
motionpicture wrote:
It was rumoured to come out in 2008 and then again this year, so the fact it's coming out at all is AWESOME. If they've spent this long on it, it's bound to be brilliant.
-
mesmeriseme wrote:
As long as there will be a next one I'm happy.
Videos
See more
Events
-
Jan
5
Midlake
The Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge LA, United States
1 shout
| 12 attendees
-
Jan
6
Midlake
The Engine Room, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Add shout
| 9 attendees
-
Jan
7
Midlake
The Social, Orlando FL, United States
1 shout
| 24 attendees
News
for our friends on facebook...
6 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/midlake
midlake on facebookwe love myspace, but join us there too!love,midlake
-
27 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/midlake -
23 Aug 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/midlake -
23 Aug 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/midlake
Listeners
-
duckeyejey
Listening now
to Branches -
ataaydemir
Top Listener
-
Tomcat96
Top Listener
-
mandontwalk
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
Bangzzz tagged Midlake with ‘indie’. 1 hour ago
-
aldomc, Chemikal79, Smooly and 1 other person added Midlake to their libraries. 4 hours ago
-
KidOfDeath tagged Midlake with folk rock, indie rock and rock psychodeliczny. 16 hours ago
-
cursiveedge, cfenlin9493, Rebelape and 8 other people added Midlake to their libraries. yesterday evening
-
ha_ha_ha_ha added Midlake to the lineup of Midlake at The Sugarmill. Thursday evening
-
airnaud, dreaminbeige, twotwoeight and 19 other people added Midlake to their libraries. Thursday afternoon
-
Rundini wrote about Midlake in Shuffle Survey :D. Monday evening
-
cactusfish, amlawton, Whiskeyhorse and 17 other people added Midlake to their libraries. Monday afternoon
-
Vosje59 shared Midlake with a friend. Saturday evening
-
schwarzkoppf, lemonengras, iaintay and 13 other people added Midlake to their libraries. Saturday evening
Related Journals
-
Shuffle Survey :D
by Rundini |
23 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
destroy the spineless.
by whoredkidneys |
10 Nov 2009 | 8 comments
-
50
by rollingclone |
6 Nov 2009 | Add comment
Groups (70)
-
Midlake
42 members
-
Lo-Fi music
4,296 members
-
People who believe in magic rainbows because theyre optimists
1,297 members
-
indie Nederland
1,238 members
-
Summercase
1,043 members
More Information
- Links
- Band Members
- Labels
Email Newsletter
Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Midlake from Universal Music.
