Manishevitz
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Manishevitz is an American indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band originally from Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

 and now based in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

. They have released material on Jagjaguwar Records and Catbird Records
Catbird Records
Catbird Records is an independent record label, formed in September 2005, in Columbus, Ohio. It is now based out of New York City. It was founded and is run by Ryan Catbird of music blog The Catbirdseat...

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History

Manishevitz was formed by Adam Busch (ex-The Curious Digit) in Virginia in the late 1990s. Their debut album was released on Jagjaguwar Records in 1999, and after this Busch and guitarist Via Nuon moved to Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

. Their sophomore LP, Rollover, released in 2000, featured Chicago musicians Ryan Hembrey, Nate Lepine
Nate Lepine
-Biography:Nate Lepine is a multi-instrumentalist based out of Chicago, IL. He has recorded/performed with Cursive, Sister Machine Gun, Manishevitz, Poi Dog Pondering, Head of Femur, Smog, Pckrctr, The NRG Ensemble, Herculaneum, Indoor/Outdoor, Califone, Edith Frost. Nate now works at the Violet...

, Joe Adamik of Califone
Califone
Califone is an experimental rock band from Chicago. The band is named after Califone International, an audio equipment manufacturer. Their work has been critically acclaimed....

, and Fred Longberg-Holm. Their 2002 EP Private Lines features a cover of the Roxy Music
Roxy Music
Roxy Music was a British art rock band formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry, who became the group's lead vocalist and chief songwriter, and bassist Graham Simpson. The other members are Phil Manzanera , Andy Mackay and Paul Thompson . Former members include Brian Eno , and Eddie Jobson...

 song "2HB". In 2003, their third full-length, City Life, was issued on Jagjaguwar, and in 2007, East to East followed on Catbird
Catbird Records
Catbird Records is an independent record label, formed in September 2005, in Columbus, Ohio. It is now based out of New York City. It was founded and is run by Ryan Catbird of music blog The Catbirdseat...

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Discography

  • The Grammar Bell and the All Fall Down (Jagjaguwar Records, 1999)
  • Rollover (Jagjaguwar
    Jagjaguwar
    Jagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...

    , 2000)
  • Private Lines EP (Jagjaguwar
    Jagjaguwar
    Jagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...

    , 2002)
  • City Life (Jagjaguwar
    Jagjaguwar
    Jagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...

    , 2003)
  • East to East (Catbird Records
    Catbird Records
    Catbird Records is an independent record label, formed in September 2005, in Columbus, Ohio. It is now based out of New York City. It was founded and is run by Ryan Catbird of music blog The Catbirdseat...

    , 2007)
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