Casiotone For The Painfully Alone 25 tracks

Pop Headwound — Here’s a brand new one from Casiotone For The Painfully Alone’s forthcoming album Vs. Children, due from Tomlab Records on April 7th. The 5th proper album from Owen Ashworth‘s recording project, Vs. Children continues the shift away from the stric... read more »

Covert Curiosity — Casiotone For The Painfully Alone is the musical moniker of Owen Ashworth. He creates low-fi pop tunes that typically consist of cheap-sounding keyboards and drum machines, with a songwriting style and vocal delivery that gets right to the point.... read more »

Another Form of Relief — Does this even count as a Christmas song? I’d suspect not given that it’s not actual about Christmas outside of that title. The whole song is about growing up after university and how utterly miserable and lonely that experience can be. Which ... read more »

burning world — Look at that!! I mean just look at it. Have you ever seen anything so beautiful in all your born days? Not the man obviously but as far as pretty packaging goes this looks gooood. Sounds good too but even if yo don't like the noise it makes you ca... read more »

said the gramophone — Red River - "Something Good". Our mysterious friends in Red River have released another album, something partly handpainted and called Grassblades. Bill Roberts stands on a small stage, wearing a sheet like a cape. He stands with friends in t-sh... read more »

The Sound Of Indie — When I was first introduced to Casiotone for the Painfully Alone in 2002 or so, I immediately thought that I had stumbled upon a outfit so right for the times that there was no way that it was going to remain under the radar for long. For sure th... read more »

Captain Obvious — SIDE A1. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone - New Year's Kiss2. Sea Wolf - I Made A Resolution3. Ravens & Chimes - January4. The Walkmen - In The New Year5. Centro-Matic - For New Starts6. Audrye Sessions - New Year's Day7. Jason Anderson - The... read more »

Sous les pave, la plage — Il y en a qui qu'on voit partout, qui étalent leur propres immondices sur la place public. Laissant à nos yeux et nos oreilles des marques indélébiles et non désirées, et puis il y en a qui font un boulot remarquable en loussdé. Comme Casiotone Fo... read more »

Let's pretend we're bunny rabbits — Lo-fi-tungviktaren Casiotone for the painfully alone fortsätter att släppa ifrån sig limiterade sjuor med nytt och gammalt material om vartannat. Senast i raden är Town topic som med sina fyra spår i huvudsak fungerar som soundtrack till filmen St... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Owen Ashworth is Chicago’s Casiotone For the Painfully Alone. The band’s name gives away its modus operandi, I suppose: a low-fi version of electronic music (aka Casio keyboards… hey, where are the barking dog and laser gun effects?), heavy on th... read more »

the bay bridged - San Francisco Bay Area Indie Music — Casiotone for the Painfully Alone isn’t about to change his moniker, but maybe everything else behind it. The once solo electronic musician Owen Ashworth (born of Redwood City, CA) has committed to a full-band for his latest record Vs. Children (... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Owen Ashworth is Chicago’s Casiotone For the Painfully Alone. The band’s name gives away its modus operandi, I suppose: a low-fi version of electronic music (aka Casio keyboards… hey, where are the barking dog and laser gun effects?), heavy on th... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — The Invisible Songs of 2006 (vol. 3) Yes, the list just goes on and on… it’s like the Casey Kasem countdown, ad infinitum. As Casey himself has been known to say, “It’s fucking ponderous, man… ponderous, fucking ponderous.” Oneida - “History’s Gr... read more »

Radio Free Chicago — Owen Ashworth started up his unique brand of electro-indie under the moniker Casiotone for the Painfully Alone way back in 1997. Since then, he's toured in Europe five times, toured America eight times and released five albums, three compilations... read more »

the torture garden — Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Northfield, MNThe sparseness that comes to life in this song reminds me of the feeling of spending the whole day indoors, barely straying from your room, not leaving the house. A day where no daylight really rea... read more »

Fuck yeah! Go team! — MP3: Casiotone For the Painfully Alone w/ Dear Nora - Hot BoyzA collection of b-sides and singles from Casiotone For the Painfully Alone is a dream come true for any fan, and the recently released "Advance Base Battery Life" is everything you coul... read more »

Captain Obvious — SIDE A1. Rogue Wave - Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cover)2. The Antlers - Apple Orchard (Beach House Cover)3. Bodies Of Water - Dear Boy (Paul McCartney Cover)4. This Is Ivy League - You And Me And The Moon (Magnetic Fields Cover)5. Phosphorescent - Can ... read more »

Ask Me About My Invisible Friends — Owen Ashworth is Chicago’s Casiotone For the Painfully Alone. The band’s name gives away its modus operandi, I suppose: a low-fi version of electronic music (aka Casio keyboards… hey, where are the barking dog and laser gun effects?), heavy on th... read more »

The Music Slut — On his third visit, the Chicago-based performer played:Nashville ParthenonScattered PearlsWhite CorollaSunday StreetDownload the full set here.Learn more about CFTPA on MySpace.MP3: CFTPA - Seattle Wash read more »

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — Free Shows: (Gotta love the price!!!) Saturday April 5th: The Teenage Prayers @ Sound Fix Records The Teenage Prayers - "I'll Never Let You Go" Friday April 19th: Exit Clov @ Pete's Candy Store Exit Clov - "Working Class Hero" Saturday April 19th:... read more »

The Music Slut — And the present is a brand new (& free) tune!Enjoy the 4-track home recording of 'New Year's Kiss' below.Learn more about Casiotone here.MP3: CFTPA - New Year's Kiss read more »