Thor Harris
Thor Harris | |
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bass, trombone | |
| Years active | 1986–present |
Thor Harris (born February 7, 1965) is an artist, sculptor, musician, painter, carpenter and handyman.
In the early 21st century, Harris wrote a short outline on "How To Tour In A Band Or Whatever". This set of '21 rules' spread widely across the internet. Harris also wrote and illustrated the 'zine/pamphlet, Ocean of Despair, about depression, as a companion to his recorded album of the same title.[6][7][8]
Personal life
Harris posted a video to his Twitter account titled "How To Punch A Nazi" as a response to the rise of Richard Spencer, and on February 8, 2017, Twitter briefly suspended Harris's account[9] for the video. On August 10, 2017, Harris announced his candidacy for governor of Texas on Twitter.[10] Thor Harris also builds custom musical instruments.[5]
Discography
With Swans
- My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky (2010, Swans)
- The Seer (2012, Swans)
- To Be Kind (2014, Swans)
- The Glowing Man (2016, Swans)
With Thor & Friends
- Thor & Friends (2016, Thor & Friends)
- The Subversive Nature of Kindness (2017, Thor & Friends)[11]
- 3 (2020, Thor & Friends, on Joyful Noise Recordings)[12]
- 4 (2020, Thor & Friends, on Joyful Noise Recordings)[12]
With Shearwater
- The Dissolving Room (2001, Shearwater on Grey Flat)
- Everybody Makes Mistakes (2002, Shearwater on Misra)
- Winged Life (2004, Shearwater on Misra)
- Palo Santo (2006, Shearwater on Misra)
- Rook (2008, Shearwater)
- The Golden Archipelago (2010, Shearwater)
With Rob Halverson
- Fields of Innards (1999, Thor Harris and Rob Halverson)
- Robinson Ear's Little Whirled of Sound (2000, Rob Halverson)
- One Night Only (2002, Rob Halverson)
- Second Whirled (2004, Rob Halverson)
- Fields of Innards II (2010, Thor Harris and Rob Halverson)
- Fields of Innards III (2019, Thor Harris and Rob Halverson, on Joyful Noise Recordings)[12]
With Shahzad Ismaily
- With Shahzad & Thor, on Joyful Noise Recordings)[12]
Joyful Noise Recordings - Artist In Residence 2019
Harris's six 2019 releases on Joyful Noise Recordings were issued both as six individual digital albums and as one limited-edition (666 copies) set of six colored-vinyl records in a wooden box.[12]
- Fields of Innards III (2019, Thor Harris and Rob Halverson, on Joyful Noise Recordings)[12]
- Is Adam OK? (2019, Thor Harris & Joyful Noise Players, on Joyful Noise Recordings)[12]
- 3 (2019, Thor & Friends, on Joyful Noise Recordings)[12]
- 4 (2019, Thor & Friends, on Joyful Noise Recordings)[12]
- With Shahzad & Thor, on Joyful Noise Recordings)[12]
- Doom Dub (2019, Thor Harris, on Joyful Noise Recordings)[12]
Other
- New Mother (1999, Angels of Light on Young God Records)
- How I Loved You (2001, Angels of Light on Young God Records)
- Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home (2003, Angels of Light on Young God Records)
- Rejoicing in the Hands (2004, Devendra Banhart on Young God Records)
- Niño Rojo (2004, Devendra Banhart on Young God Records)
- A River Ain't Too Much to Love (May 31, 2005; Smog (Bill Callahan))
- Woke on a Whaleheart (April 17, 2007; Bill Callahan on Drag City)
- Drums and Drunken Circuit (2009, Thor Harris, Rob Halverson, and Bill Callahan)
- You Knew (2012, Mother Falcon)
- Dream River (2013, Bill Callahan, on Drag City)
- Ben Frost)
- Noplace (2017, Aidan Baker/Simon Goff/Thor Harris)
- Radiance of a Thousand Suns (2019, Whalesong, Self- Released)[2]
- Io (2019, [1] Little Mazarn on Self Sabotage Records)
- Medicine Singers (2022, Stone Tapes & Joyful Noise Recordings)
- I Didn't Mean to Haunt You (2022, Quadeca, on deadAir)
- Mjölnir (2023, Cinema Cinema on Nefarious Industries)
References
- ^ Ken Lieck (January 21, 2000). "Hammer of the Gods". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
- ^ a b "Radiance of a Thousand Suns, by Whalesong". Whalesong. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
- ^ "Music | Thor Harris and Rob Halverson albums". Thorrob.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
- Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
- ^ a b "About". Thor & Friends. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- Constellation. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- ^ Harris, Thor. "How To Tour In A Band Or Whatever". Looking for the Magic. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- ^ Harris, Thor. "How To Tour In A Band Or Whatever". The Only Music That Matters. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- ^ Rettig, James (February 8, 2017). "Thor Harris Suspended From Twitter For How-To-Punch-A-Nazi Tutorial". February 8, 2017. Stereogum. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ Wicks, Amanda. "Thor Harris Says He's Running for Governor of Texas". Pitchfork.com. Condé Nast. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ "Album Review: Thor & Friends' "The Subversive Nature of Kindness"". Austin Monthly. December 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Thor Harris: 2019 Artist in Residence". Joyful Noise Recordings. 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
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