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Manishevitz
All Music Guide
Manishevitz began in Virginia as the brainchild of Adam Busch, formerly of the Curious Digit. With the help of guitarist Via Nuon, the bands first release for Jagjaguwar, (1999s Grammar Bell and the All Fall Down,) was a promising disc of intimate, gentle indie pop liberally laced with folk and acoustic blues tones. Busch and Nuon soon decamped for the indie rock hotbed of Chicago. For their second album, the core duo enlisted the help of some of the citys indie rock stalwarts like Ryan Hembrey (Edith Frost , Can.Ky.Ree, etc.), saxophonist Nate Lepine, drummer Joe Adamik (Califone), and cellist Fred Longberg-Holm. 2000s Rollover is a fine record that leaves the intimacy of Grammar Bell behind and ventures into aroque pop territory. The band spent the next two years playing the occasional show and changing their musical direction to reflect their love of 70s glam and
ew wave, especially Roxy Music and Brian Eno. 2002s Private Lines EP was a short preview of their newly aggressive and exciting sound. They even cover the Roxy Music song 2HB to make their intentions obvious. 2003s City Life presented the full flowering of their revamped sound, winning critical raves and placing Manishevitz at the forefront of the wave of 70s revivalists sweeping the underground rock scene in the early 2000s.
         
         
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