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The Halo Benders
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(1994 – present)
The Halo Benders are a band formed in 1994 by Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening and Doug Martsch of Built to Spill. They released their first album, called God Don’t Make No Junk, in 1994. They followed up in 1996 with Don’t Tell Me Now and in 1998 with The Rebels Not In.
All three of the band’s albums were released on Johnson’s influential Olympia record label, K Records.
Following a hiatus through the early 2000’s, The Halo Benders reformed in March 2007 for a pair of shows at the Visual Arts Collective in Boise, ID. The band featured Doug Martsch, Ralf Youtz, Calvin Johnson, and Brett Netson.
The Halo Benders’ music is characterised by untraditional sounds, movements, and song structures. Additionally, the vocals of the baritone Johnson and the pitchy Martsch overlap often, even though often entirely unrelated. Johnson has said that the two write lyrics for songs largely independently.
All three of the band’s albums were released on Johnson’s influential Olympia record label, K Records.
Following a hiatus through the early 2000’s, The Halo Benders reformed in March 2007 for a pair of shows at the Visual Arts Collective in Boise, ID. The band featured Doug Martsch, Ralf Youtz, Calvin Johnson, and Brett Netson.
The Halo Benders’ music is characterised by untraditional sounds, movements, and song structures. Additionally, the vocals of the baritone Johnson and the pitchy Martsch overlap often, even though often entirely unrelated. Johnson has said that the two write lyrics for songs largely independently.
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God Don't Make No Junk
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The Rebels Not In
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Don't Touch My Bikini
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Snowfall
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Don't Touch My Bikini
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Will Work For Food
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Canned Oxygen
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On a Tip
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Sit On It
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Freedom Ride
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Lonesome Sundown
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Virginia Reel Around The Fountain
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Halo Bender
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Big Rock Candy Mountain
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I Can't Believe It's True
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Your Asterisk
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Bury Me
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Phantom Power
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Shoutbox
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createdthen wrote:
this is so good because it sound exactly what you would expect when you hear that its doug and calvin. it sounds like someone just put beat happening and built to spill on top of each other
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bit_core wrote:
Agree with hallucinati.. great group!!!
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hallucinati wrote:
AMAZING.
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2Fold wrote:
can someone up canned oxygen? that's the only release i can't fucking find. D:
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Waqcku wrote:
on a tip on atip onat uipatpio
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Rebrebs wrote:
40
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jessewpeters wrote:
YOU ALL ARE TITS
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PinkFloydrulez wrote:
rebels not in is so <3
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ChaffinchJones wrote:
I reckon Halo Benders fans may also like - The Abodes - a Manchester anti-pop duo - http://www.last.fm/music/The+Abodes - free tunes too
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FriendsNotFans wrote:
God Don't Make No Junk is sooo much better than Don't Tell Me Now.
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nicoinfurs wrote:
HALO BENDERZ
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bringthebeet wrote:
snowfall sold me.
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PinkFloydrulez wrote:
If I could find a copy for sale anywhere I would snatch it up, believe me :P
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PinkFloydrulez wrote:
Why don't I fucking buy it? because I can't find the god damn thing anywhere v-v
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lazy_susan wrote:
p.s i need bikini 7" for less than 1million squid help!
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lazy_susan wrote:
you can touch my bikini.
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thecarkeys wrote:
super classic. god don't make no junk was a pivotal moment for me.
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TomJPhil wrote:
I need more volume
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IonianLamplight wrote:
Calvin Johnson is a saint. A baritone saint, at that.
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akzincke wrote:
"there are two kinds of people in the world and you're one of them"
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