Johnny West
Country of origin:
Canada
Type of music generally:
Experimental
Status:
Most recent release, Nostalgia-Triggering Mechanism EP (2005)
See also:
Johnny West's site is currently unavailable
Comparisons:
Jeff Buckley, Pavement, Queen
Covers/own material:
Own
General comments:
West is a talented and odd artist, capable of both poignancy and whimsy. His voice is angelic and can be rough when it needs to. (starnell@yahoo.com)
Recommended first album:
Of those we've heard, we recommended you start with Brand New Shiny Lie
Recordings:
- Nostril Saliva EP (1999)
- Singing the Oesophagus to Sleep (1999)
- Sick Shit EP (1999)
- Don't Talk Like a Baby (1999)
- Live @ the Naked Giraffe Theatre (1999)
- Sleep-Deprived EP (1999)
- Merry Fuckin' Christmas (1999)
- Here Comes Trouble EP (2000)
- The Lifeline & Twisted Happenings of.../WOHIS (2000)
- Children Have No Eyes [incomplete] (2000)
- Sale of a Dead Man (2000)
- Beautifully Stupid (2002)
- Temporary Amnesia (2002)
- Keep Your Scars (2002)
- Live on CJAM (2003)
- Oh You This (2003)
- Nudge You Alive (2004)
- Pavement Hugging Daddies EP (2004)
- Brand New Shiny Lie (2004)
- Growing Sideways (2004)
- Who You Are Now Is Not What You Were Before (2005)
- Nostalgia-Triggering Mechanism EP (2005)
Pavement Hugging Daddies EP
Release info:
2004—Tosteestostas Music—TCD01018
Availability:
Unknown
Ecto priority:
Recommended
Group members:
Johnny West
Comments:
Johnny West has a nice voice and uses it well on this ep, the music's both complex and intimate. It's not a difficult listen, even if he has an experimental approach to songwriting. (starnell@yahoo.com)
Brand New Shiny Lie
Release info:
2004—Tosteestostas Music—TCD0101
Availability:
Unknown
Ecto priority:
Recommended
Group members:
Johnny West
Comments:
West's Brand new shiny lie seems more whimsical and more boisterous than his previous record. This reminds me of a slacker band like Pavement in a collision with Queen's complex music. (starnell@yahoo.com)
Growing Sideways
Release info:
2004—Tosteestostas Music—TCD01020
Availability:
Unknown
Ecto priority:
Recommended
Group members:
Johnny West
Comments:
This record is softer than the others and West gets into a nice groove. The songs are more reliant on atmospherics than vocals and West has fun with the titles calling songs "Touch me to death"ä and "Oven Head". The music's almost ambient here. (starnell@yahoo.com);
Who You Are Now Is Not What You Were Before
Release info:
2005—Tosteestostas Music—TCD01021
Availability:
Unknown
Ecto priority:
Recommended
Group members:
Johnny West
Comments:
This follows the experimental, synth-heavy path of Growing Sideways and refines it. West's in fine voice as ever and this is a lovely album. (starnell@yahoo.com)
Thanks to starnell@yahoo.com for work on this entry.
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