Jon Sortland
Jon Sortland | |
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| Birth name | Jon Sortland |
| Born | September 12, 1973 Vancouver, Washington |
| Origin | Washington |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, video director |
| Years active | 1989–present |
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Jon Sortland (born September 12, 1973) is an American musician, producer and director currently playing the drums for indie rock band The Shins. Sortland has also played drums, bass, keyboards and backing vocals in the band Broken Bells.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Sortland also writes and performs in his own bands, EV Kain and Cigar. Sortland is endorsed by Paiste[10] and C&C Drums.[11]
History
In the late 1980s Sortland started The Circus Tents,[12][13] a northern California skate punk band with Matt Wedgley (The Force, Dirty Filthy Mugs, Viva Hate), Scot Pickering, Jeff Jones and Chad Cox. The band self-released their 12-song cassette tape in 1991, followed by their EP (Hard Up) [14] in 1992. Both releases had songs featured in several skateboarding videos (Powell, Toy Machine). In 1996 Sortland formed Cigar with Rami Krayem on guitar and lead vocals, and Jason Torbert on bass. Cigar, produced by Fletcher Dragge of Pennywise, released their debut full-length Album "Speed is Relative" in 1999 on Theologian records.[15] Throughout the 2000s, Sortland has performed and recorded with several other bands and producers until starting his current band E V Kain. E V Kain released their "Clear" 7" in late 2012 and is currently active. The most recent release from E V Kain is a split 7" record with Mike Watt and The Secondmen.[16][17]
References
- ^ [1] Broken Bells Live David Letterman CBS
- ^ [2] New York Times - Governor's Ball
- ^ [3] NPR: Broken Bells live on KEXP
- ^ [4] Broken Bells at Summerstage 2014
- ^ [5] Toronto Sun - Broken Bells concert review
- ^ [6] Hollywood Reporter - Broken Bells concert review
- ^ [7] Huffington Post Quebec - Broken Bells concert review
- ^ [8] Daily Bruin - Broken Bells concert review
- ^ [9] The Owl Mag - Broken Bells concert review
- ^ "Paiste - Jon Sortland"
- ^ "C&C Drums - Jon Sortland"
- ^ [10] FLABmag
- ^ [11] Discogs
- ^ [12] Band To Band
- ^ [13] Theologian Records
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Mike-Watt-The-Secondmen-Ev-Kain-Shit-On-MeStriking-Out/release/6912888
- ^ http://www.amoeba.com/shit-on-me-striking-out-record-store-day-7-mike-watt-the-secondmen/albums/3541725/