After playing the bass with Rodan, pioneers of post-rock and post-hardcore, Tara has formed bands like The Sonora Pine and Retsin (with the writer Cynthia Nelson), and has collaborated with Sebadoh, Papa M, Come, Low and Ida. Her two solo albums "In the Sun Lines" (2001) and "Peregrine" (2000) have a mixture of rural sounds, pop, tropicana and melodies that remind of Joni Mitchell, Brian Eno, and Dusty Springfield, always under the cloak of Tara's magnetism, also present in one of the songs of the "Acuarela   [ read more ]

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"This is Tara Jane O'Neil's second solo release in an enthralling career that, since the early 1990s, has seen her appear on seven albums with three bands, each more or less ignored. That she is so little known isn't surprising: her work is uncompromising and devoid of choruses. But it is also elegant, complex and glows from within like a Caravaggio canvas. Four of the 10 tracks here are ruminative, hypnotic instrumentals, while the subdued, enigmatic vocals float in airy layers of guitar, strings and piano   [ read more ]

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Tara has honed her skills as a songwriter, singer, home recordist, guitarist, and all around multi-instrumentalist over the course of an amazing career. She has run the gamut of musical diversity, jumping from the crushing rock of Rodan to her folky duo Retsin, and from the elastic experimentalism of The Sonora Pine to the arty metal mania of King Cobra. O'Neil considers herself as much a noise artist as a songwriter, and while this new release -- her third solo full-length -- is haunting and lovely, it's n   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Tara Jane O'Neil's fifth album and first for K Records contains an elegant attention to detail in the mix that will please all those in need of great headphone jams, electronic minimalist drone magic, and heroic adventure. But A Ways Away is driven by the singer and the songs. Her voice is out front and the vocals are gorgeously sung. Contributors include Jana Hunter, Mira, Osa Atoe (New Bloods), Geoff Soule (Fuck), and Jean Cook and Daniel Littleton (Ida).

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Her fourth solo album on Quarterstick is an acoustic gem blessed with her unique brand of sonic trickery. O'Neil's created an album where a subtle but sure-handed mastery of sounds and experimentation with her craft share equal time with gentle acoustics and deeply personal lyrics. "Armed with an arsenal of minor-key guitars and the ability to play seemingly any instrument that falls into her hands, [Tara Jane] has spent...years creating music that's warm, ethereal, and completely unnerving - the aural equi   [ read more ]

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Six-inch square book of Tara Jane O'Neil's paintings and drawings, plus full-length CD of home recordings, live tracks from Istanbul, Paris, and Long Beach, and film scores.

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