Dead Rider, formerly known as D. Rider, is an American
experimental rock
Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre. Artists aim to liberate and innovate, with ...
band from
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Illinois
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, United States. It was created by former
U.S. Maple guitarist Todd Rittman, including Rittman as guitar and lead vocalist, Andrea Faught on trumpet and keyboard, Thymme Jones on keyboard, and Matt Espy on drums.
History
Dead Rider formed in 2009. Their third album, ''Chills on Glass'', was released by independent record label
Drag City in 2014. It premiered on the website for
High Times
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magazine.
Works
Studio albums
* Mother of Curses (
Tizona Records, 2009)
* The Raw Dents (
Tizona Records, 2011)
* Chills On Glass (
Drag City, 2014)
* Crew Licks (
Drag City, 2017)
*Dead Rider Trio featuring Mr. Paul Williams (
Drag City, 2018)
Singles
*
The Walk Slow (
Joyful Noise Recordings
Joyful Noise Recordings is an independent record label from Indianapolis, Indiana. The label was founded in 2003 in Bloomington, Indiana by Karl Hofstetter, who also played drums on many of the label's first releases. Joyful Noise maintains an a ...
, 2013)
Videos
* Body to Body (to Body)
* Two Nonfictional Lawyers
* Mother's Meat
* Touchy
* The Pointed Stick
* Blank Screen
Reviews
Dead Rider - "Mother's Meat" (The Raw Dents), Jon Treneff , Dusted Magazine , 2011.5.10 , review
, Mark Wedel , MLive , 2011.3.25 , review of Touchy
D. Rider - Mother of Curses, Joshua Klein , Pitchfork , 2009.4.20 , review
Dead Rider, "The Raw Dents", Joe Gross , Spin , 2011.5.23 , review
D. Rider – "Mother of Curses" LP – Tizona Records (Album As Art #64), The Gumshoe Grove , 2011.3.28 , review
Q&A: Dead Rider, Lauren Zens , Alarm Magazine , 2011.7.25 , interview with Todd Rittman
See also
*
U.S. Maple
References
External links
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Dead Rider (formerly D. Rider), Chicago Independent Distribution
Dead Rider, Joyful Noise Recordings
D. Rider, Discogs
About Dead Rider, MTV
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Musical groups from Chicago
Musical groups established in 2009
Experimental rock groups