Ethan Tufts is an American songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and YouTuber. He creates music under the pseudonym State Shirt.[1] Tufts is known for creating automotive videos on the YouTube channel Hello Road.[2]
Ethan Tufts | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ethan Tufts |
| Also known as | State Shirt |
| Born | 9 June 1976 Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synths, Drums |
| Years active | 2001 - present |
| Labels | Los Fucking Angeles |
| Website | www.stateshirt.com |
State Shirt
editTufts' music is known for its diverse and often unpredictable style, integrating live looping[3] in both recordings and live performances. All of his songs are open source and licensed via Creative Commons,[4] providing raw materials for the hundreds of remix artists that have created new works based on his source tracks.[5] Tufts currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
He released his debut album Don't Die in 2004,[6] and his second album This Is Old in 2008.[7] The first single from This is Old is "Fell Out of the Sky," Archived 2009-04-01 at the Wayback Machine a song inspired by the black box data recordings recovered from the crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182, September 25, 1978. Let's Get Bloody was released in 2008,[8] and his most recent album, Lost Hills was released in August 2015.[9]
Discography
editAlbums
edit- Lost Hills (Aug, 2015)
- Life is Easy (Jan, 2015)
- Let's Get Bloody (Dec, 2011)
- This Is Old (Nov, 2008)
- Don't Die (Jun, 2004)
- New Planet (Jun, 2002)
Interviews
edit- Andrew Shaw, "Speed Date: Talking Tacos, Heroes & Spending Unhealthy Amounts of Time in the Studio", Buzzine, December 20, 2011
- Heather Rush, "An Interview with State Shirt - Ethan Tufts", HiddenTrack (Blog), masslive.com, February 16, 2009
- "The Guitar Hero Series: State Shirt", Interview, JemSite, jemsite.com
Reviews
edit- Jay Gary, "State Shirt goes beyond stereotype", Central Michigan Life, January 24, 2012
- "State Shirt - Don't Die 'Whisperin' And Hollerin', Review
- "State Shirt - Don't Die", Review, Plug-In Music.com
References
edit- ^ "State Shirt Discography". Discogs.
- ^ "Watch This Rad Guy Road Trip His Obscure Rad Car To Radwood". Jalopnik. April 1, 2018.
- ^ "State of the Stomp: Looping Tips and Techniques". Premier Guitar. October 28, 2013.
- ^ "State Shirt embraces digital world – you can steal his tunes but you'll probably pay up". Music Missionary. February 24, 2012.
- ^ "Remix State Shirt and He'll Remix You". ccMixter.
- ^ "Don't Die album review". Indieville. Archived from the original on February 6, 2005. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- ^ "This is Old album review". Leonard’s Lair. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on March 28, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- ^ "Something For The Weekend: A Free Album of Indie-Pop Drive & Dreamlike Ambition". Buzzine. Archived from the original on January 9, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- ^ "Lost Hills album". Discogs. 11 August 2015.