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Jeremy Barnes was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1976, the son of a local businessman. Forced by the dictates of necessity to earn some sort of a living he moved to Chicago to attend school at Depaul University in 1995, but soon abandoned it in favour of a wandering life. He joined a then unknown band called Neutral Milk Hotel in 1996. They disbanded in 1998 and he spent a good deal of time tramping off the beaten track in Europe. he also did various jobs including that of a postman and was fond of associating with the devotees of taverns. In 2001 he formed A Hawk and A Hacksaw, in France. Since then he has devoted his time to it and in 2005 he met Heather Trost, who became his primary foil in the band and in life. They currently live in Budapest, Hungary, and have expanded A Hawk and A Hacksaw's line-up over the years to include Hungarian, Romanian, and English musicians. |
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'''Jeremy Barnes''' is best known as the drummer for [[Neutral Milk Hotel]]. He has also worked and recorded with [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]], [[Bablicon]], [[Beirut_(band)|Beirut]], [[The Gerbils]], [[Broadcast_(band)|Broadcast]] and Alan Jenkins and [[The Thurston Lava Tube]]. He has toured as a one-man solo act. Jeremy Barnes dropped out of [[DePaul University]] to play drums in [[Neutral Milk Hotel]] when asked by [[Jeff Mangum]] and [[Julian Koster]] after a brief audition in Chicago. |
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==A Hawk and a Hacksaw== |
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Barnes has recorded somewhat experimental projects under the [[A Hawk and a Hacksaw]] name. His [[A Hawk and a Hacksaw (album)|first album]], a self-titled affair, kept a folksy tone to it, having been recorded in France with a group of [[The Elephant Six Collective|Elephant Six]] bandmates including members of [[Neutral Milk Hotel]], [[The Olivia Tremor Control]] and [[Of Montreal]], real name Kevin Barnes, a second cousin of Jeremy. His second album, ''[[Darkness at Noon (album)|Darkness at Noon]]'', is less experimental in tone, relying on accordion, violin, oud, trumpet, tuba, piano. The album ends with the song [["Portlandtown,"]] by [[Derroll Adams]], folk troubadour of the 50's. |
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===Releases=== |
===Releases=== |
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* ''And the Hun Hangar Ensemble'' (CD/LP) [[The Leaf Label]] - 2007 |
* ''And the Hun Hangar Ensemble'' (CD/LP) [[The Leaf Label]] - 2007 |
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==Marta Tennae== |
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Barnes recorded a song for a Japanese compilation under the name Marta Tennae in 2001, and shortly thereafter self-released an album under the same name. He is currently crediting his work in Bablicon under the Marta Tennae moniker. |
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===Releases=== |
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* ''Excerpts from a Janitor's Almanac'' (CD) - Self-released - 2001 |
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Revision as of 22:39, 12 March 2009
Jeremy Barnes was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1976, the son of a local businessman. Forced by the dictates of necessity to earn some sort of a living he moved to Chicago to attend school at Depaul University in 1995, but soon abandoned it in favour of a wandering life. He joined a then unknown band called Neutral Milk Hotel in 1996. They disbanded in 1998 and he spent a good deal of time tramping off the beaten track in Europe. he also did various jobs including that of a postman and was fond of associating with the devotees of taverns. In 2001 he formed A Hawk and A Hacksaw, in France. Since then he has devoted his time to it and in 2005 he met Heather Trost, who became his primary foil in the band and in life. They currently live in Budapest, Hungary, and have expanded A Hawk and A Hacksaw's line-up over the years to include Hungarian, Romanian, and English musicians.
Releases
- A Hawk and a Hacksaw (CD/LP) - Cloud Records - 2002
- Darkness at Noon (CD/LP) - The Leaf Label - 2005
- The Way the Wind Blows (CD/LP) The Leaf Label - 2006
- And the Hun Hangar Ensemble (CD/LP) The Leaf Label - 2007
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