All The Best Wishes - Musique

In 1994 Jana Hunter Was A 16 And A Violinist In The Greater Youth Orchestra Of Fort Worth Texas. This Quickly And Naturally Led To Smoking Cigarettes Hanging Out In A VW Van And Joining Local Hippie Band McGillicutty. Hilariously This Group Soon Disbanded Due To Creative Differences And Hunter Began In Earnest The Pursuit Of Solo Writing Performing At Local Open Mics And House Parties. Arlington TX Jana's Hometown Is A Depressing Place And Hunter Took That Sentiment To New York 1996 And Eventually Houston 1998 Writing Dark Severe And Beautiful Songs That More And More Reflected A Paranoiac View Of The World. These Were Shared For The Most Part With A Few Friends Occasionally In The Guise Of Rock Songs In Her Now-Defunct Band Matty & Mossy And Eventually At A Few Shows In Houston Opening Up For Touring Bands. A Show In 2003 With Devendra Banhart Led A Year Later To Hunter's Inclusion On His Golden Apples Of The Sun Compilation Bastet . In 2005 Devendra And Jana Released A Split Vinyl Album On Troubleman Records Followed Quickly By The Release Of Hunter's Debut Solo Album Blank Unstaring Heirs Of Doom In October Of That Year On Gnomonsong. Since Her Initial Release Hunter Has Repeatedly Toured North America And Europe Joined Forces With Castanets As Their Sometimes Touring Bass Player And Vocalist Guested On Albums By CocoRosie And Metallic Falcons Played At The Banhart-Curated All Tomorrow's Parties Recorded A Soon-To-Be-Released Album With A New Band Jracula And Prepared A Split Release With Her Fellow Houstonians Indian Jewelry. Hunter Has Also Appeared On The Following Compilations The Enlightened Family Voodoo-Eros The Black And White Skins Les Disque Du Crespuscule Furniture Record's Sheets Of Easter Everywhere Singles Series And The Online Lullaby Collection From Blogupmusique.Com. ...Heirs Of Doom Was Re-Issued In A Very Limited Run As A Double Cassette On Fuck-It Tapes In June 2006. Most Recently Hunter In A Fit Of Drunken Ingenuity Helped Devise A Plan To Tour By Sea. Along With Friend Red Hunter Peter & The Wolf No Relation Jana Is Charting A Late Summer Tour For 2006 Along The Intracoastal Waterway From New York City To Norfolk VA. In A Sailboat. Good Friend And Former WFMU Staple OCDJ Will Skipper His Own Vessel And Ray Raposa Castanets Will Complete The Bill. Hunter Is Currently At Home Preparing For A Usa & European Tour In April & May In Houston Having Just Completed Her Second Album "There's No Home". read less