Ethan Tufts
Ethan Tufts | |
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| Also known as | State Shirt |
| Born | Ethan Tufts 9 June 1976 Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synths, Drums |
| Years active | 2001 - present |
| Labels | Los Fucking Angeles |
| Website | www.stateshirt.com |
Ethan Tufts is an American songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and YouTuber. He creates music under the pseudonym State Shirt.[1] Tufts is known for creating automotive videos on the YouTube channel Hello Road.[2]
State Shirt
[edit | edit source]Tufts' music is known for its diverse and often unpredictable style, integrating live looping[3] in both recordings and live performances. All of his songs are open source and licensed via Creative Commons,[4] providing raw materials for the hundreds of remix artists that have created new works based on his source tracks.[5] Tufts currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
He released his debut album Don't Die in 2004,[6] and his second album This Is Old in 2008.[7] The first single from This is Old is "Fell Out of the Sky," Archived 2009-04-01 at the Wayback Machine a song inspired by the black box data recordings recovered from the crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182, September 25, 1978. Let's Get Bloody was released in 2008,[8] and his most recent album, Lost Hills was released in August 2015.[9]
Discography
[edit | edit source]Albums
[edit | edit source]- New Planet (2002)
- Don't Die (2004)
- This Is Old (2008)
- Let's Get Bloody (2011)
- Life Is Easy (2015)
- Lost Hills (2015)
Interviews
[edit | edit source]- Andrew Shaw, "Speed Date: Talking Tacos, Heroes & Spending Unhealthy Amounts of Time in the Studio", Buzzine, December 20, 2011
- Heather Rush, "An Interview with State Shirt - Ethan Tufts", HiddenTrack (Blog), masslive.com, February 16, 2009
- "The Guitar Hero Series: State Shirt", Interview, JemSite, jemsite.com
Reviews
[edit | edit source]- Jay Gary, "State Shirt goes beyond stereotype", Central Michigan Life, January 24, 2012
- "State Shirt - Don't Die" 'Whisperin' And Hollerin', Review
- "State Shirt - Don't Die", Review, Plug-In Music.com
References
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External links
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