Cains & Abels is a musical group originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan

Michigan

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 currently based in Chicago

Chicago

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, Illinois

Illinois

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. The band consists of David Sampson (vocals, bass

Bass guitar

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), Joshua Ippel (guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

), Jonathan Dawe (drums, vocals), and Michelle Vondiziano (keyboards

Keyboard instrument

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, vocals). The band members met in 2003 while attending Calvin College

Calvin College

Calvin College is a comprehensive liberal arts college located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Founded in 1876, Calvin College is an educational institution of the Christian Reformed Church and stands in the Reformed tradition of Protestantism...

.

In May 2009 Cains & Abels released Call Me Up

Call Me Up

Call Me Up is the 2009 debut album by Chicago band Cains & Abels. This album was released by States Rights Records in the U.S.. In 2011 Positive Beat Recordings issued a vinyl edition with one additional track, "Forty Days and Forty Nights."...

on States Rights Records

States Rights Records

States Rights Records is an independent record label founded in 2001 by Steve Schroeder. The Portland, Oregon label's premier release was "Come Along" by Little Wings. Later that year, the label released "Tongue and Tooth" by The Badger King. Bobby Birdman, Yacht, Lucky Dragons, The Blow, The...

. In a Pitchfork Media

Pitchfork Media

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 list post-afrobeat dance explosion band NOMO

Nomo

Nomo is a band from Ann Arbor, Michigan. The band formed at the University of Michigan, and is not to be confused with the 1980's Pop/New Wave band of the same name fronted by California singer-songwriter David Batteau, which is best known for the 1985 minor hit "Red Lipstick".Fronted by Elliot...

 named it one of the best albums of 2008, though the album didn't officially come out until 2009.

MP3 blog Said the Gramophone

Said the Gramophone

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 listed Cains & Abels' 2009 single "My Life is Easy" in their Best Songs of 2009.

EPs

• Clean Air, Cloud Science
  Clean Air, Cloud Science
  Clean Air, Cloud Science is the 2005 debut EP by Chicago band Cains & Abels. This album was released on New Blood and distributed by States Rights Records....
  
  (2005) - New Blood
• The Price Is Right (2011) - Positive Beat Recordings .

Compilations

• Grown Zone/Groan Zone (2007) - States Rights Records
• Bro Zone (2005) - States Rights RecordsGrown Zone/Groan Zone

External links

• Cains & Abels Official Site
• Facebook
• MySpace
• Muxtape
• The Curator "Cains & Abels Sing Their Heads Off" By Rebecca Tirrell Talbot