Listener
Dan Smith (also known as Listener or The Listener) is a Siloam Springs, Arkansas, musician who has created a subgenre of hip-hop he calls “talk music”. With the Release of Ozark Empire, Listener began his first Tour of Homes. This consisted almost entirely of traveling from home to h... Read More
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Listener - Return To Struggleville“What can you do with a BA in English?” they crow in the smash-hit musical, Avenue Q. But what those puppets don’t realise is that a BA in English equips you with two astronomically important things: the ability to lie in until two in the afternoon, and a natural advantage when reviewing albums where the singer doesn’t sing his lyrics but speaks them instead. An album like Listener ’s Return To Struggleville , for instance, where frontman Dan Smith talks his way through most the songs, with a voice that sounds like it’s been ravaged by a lemon ...The 40518 January 2012
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Interview: ListenerDan Smith and Chris Nelson are Listener, a talk-music band where Dan does the talking and Chris plays the music. The first time I stumbled upon their music, I was quite confused to what was actually happening. Once I discovered that Dan talking was in fact the music I was greatly intrigued. Listener is something that [...]Lost In The Sound14 January 2012
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Quiet Like Deas VailHit the replies to watch *Deas Vail* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/deasvail) play a new song called "Quite Like Sirens" at Cornerstone Festival 2011. Though not featured on the album version, Dan Smith from * Listener* (http://www.iamlistener.com/) randomly appears to do a piece on the...AbsolutePunk8 July 2011
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Listener InterviewHead here (http://thegracenotes.net/2011/01/15/artist-interview-dan-smith-of-listener/) to read an interview with Dan Smith of *Listener* (http://www.myspace.com/listener) where he discusses being involved in *The Chariot* song and about writing talk music. Submitted by thepianominstreAbsolutePunk19 January 2011
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The Chariot Bring Balloons, Confetti to Film ..Filed under: Interview , Video 'Long Live' truly stretches the Chariot beyond just being a chaotic hardcore band with a devastatingly powerful live show. The band's forthcoming fourth full-length sees old boundaries becoming well forgotten, and no song shows that evolution more than 'David De La Hoz.' "We want to give something different for the ear of the listener," frontman Josh Scogin told Noisecreep over a lunch interview. "It's pretty audacious to assume they want to hear my voice for 10 tracks." For the song and video, the Georgian band enlisted harpist Timbre Cierpke and Dan Smith of the ...Noisecreep10 November 2010
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Listener macht mit Sprechgesang von sich hör ..Dan Smith aus Arkansas macht unter dem Namen Listener “Talk Music”, schreibt Songs über das Leben und verleiht ihnen eine Stimme, die den ganz grossen Auftritt sucht. Würde er seine Auftritte auf dem Flyer mit den Worten “Spoken Word” ankündigen, kämen nur die einen, lüde er zum gepflegten Singer/Songwriter-Abend, wärens nur die anderen. Doch Dan [...]78s - Das Magazin für bessere Musik20 July 2010
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Listener macht mit Sprechgesang von sich hör ..Dan Smith aus Arkansas macht unter dem Namen Listener “Talk Music”, schreibt Songs über das Leben und verleiht ihnen eine Stimme, die den ganz grossen Auftritt sucht. Würde er seine Auftritte auf dem Flyer mit den Worten “Spoken Word” ankündigen, kämen nur die einen, lüde er zum gepflegten Singer/Songwriter-Abend, wärens nur die anderen. Doch Dan [...]78s20 July 2010
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Listener: Wooden Heart (2010)New Wax Dan Smith has a message for you. It's a message he has bottled in urgency, awkwardly spoken and shouted over moving orchestrations and busy noises. "We need hope now more than ever before." If you blink you may miss it. Tucked away in a split second towards the end of Smith's Listener Project's new album Wooden Heart . For the majority of the past 8 years, Smith has been touring the country trying to get his message of hope to reach every single person he can come in contact with. Now with the release of Wooden ...Captain Obvious11 July 2010
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Listener: Ozark Empire, Or A Snake Oil Sales ..COTV Tags: Listener , Ozark EmpireCaptain Obvious25 June 2010
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FreshPick: Listener – Ozark Empire, or a sna ..Ok, so uhhhh…..this shit is crazy. It’s like he’s rapping but he’s not….but kinda like spoken word, but not. But almost like a long intro, but not really. All I know is this is the craziest concept I’ve seen in awhile, especially since I don’t know how to categorize it. The thing that does it [...]FreshNerd1 April 2010
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this’ll cure it all- johnFinally a video has been produced that does a damn good job of capturing all the superior showmanship, personality, facial expressions, hand gestures and yes, the washing machine banging that comes with a Listener show. I don’t think the camera ever pans down, but it is safe to assume that Listener mouthpiece Dan Smith [...]Party Ends27 October 2009
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Wooden HeartCD BABY.COM/INDYS2010TRACK LISTING- You Have Never Lived Because You Have Never Died
- I Don't Want to Live Forever
- Most Roads Lead to Home
- Wooden Heart
- Falling In Love With Glaciers
- Failing Is Not Just For Failures
- Building Better Bridges
- Seatbelt Hands
- These Hands Weren't Meant For Us
- You Were A House On Fire
- Save Up Your Hopes Friends
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Return to StrugglevilleCD BABY.COM/INDYS2010TRACK LISTING- Death By Shotgun
- A Song From A Knife Salesman To His Wife On Their Wedding Day
- It's Time For Drastic Measures They're Not Taking You Seriously
- The Music That the Angels Do
- My Five Year Plan
- What Would You Do If I'm Not What I'm Supposed To Be
- I Have Nothing But Attention When I Scream
- Ozark Empire, Or A Snake Oil Salesman Comes To Your Town
- Your Life Will Never Dull Or Your Money Back
- When No One Else Will Be Your Friend, I Will Do The Job
- Officer You Have the Wrong Man, I Am Not That Man
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Ozark EmpireDeepspace 52005TRACK LISTING- Backwoods Preacher Man
- Ozark Empire
- I've Been Waiting for This Moment for All My Life, Hold On
- In the Woods You Know Where Your Enemies Are
- You Are So Special Because You Are So Unique
- I'd Like to Offer You My Dearest Apologies
- When No One Else Will Be Your Friend I Will Do the Job
- The Music That the Angels Do
- It's Time for Drastic Measures They're Not Taking You Seriously
- What Would You Do If I'm Not What I'm Supposed to Be
- Your Life Will Never Dull or Your Money Back
- Officer You Have the Wrong Man I Am Not That Man
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WhispermoonMush2003TRACK LISTING
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Not playedNo one is playing Listener
