Shipping News was an American
post-rock
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/
post-hardcore
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band. The group formed in the fall of 1996 when members Jason Noble and
Jeff Mueller
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, who were both in
Rodan
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, collaborated to create music for the
Chicago
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-based syndicated
National Public Radio
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program ''
This American Life
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''. Kyle Crabtree was later recruited as drummer which completed the original lineup. In 2004, Todd Cook, former member of Parlour,
The For Carnation
The For Carnation are an American post-rock band from Louisville, Kentucky, formed in 1994. The band was formed by Brian McMahan, who is the only constant group member. McMahan's previous band Slint hinted at the distinctive sound and sombre aes ...
, and the reunited
Slint
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, was recruited as bass player.
Shipping News appeared on the Louisville installment of ''
Burn to Shine'', a DVD series produced by
Fugazi
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drummer
Brendan Canty
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and filmmaker Christoph Green. It was filmed in November 2005 and was premiered in May 2010 and was due to be released on DVD and download before Christmas 2010. Shipping News bass player Todd Cook also appeared with his other band,
Dead Child.
Shipping News takes its name from the 1993 novel ''
The Shipping News'', by
E. Annie Proulx.
In 2009, Noble was diagnosed with
synovial sarcoma
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The name ...
. He died in 2012 at the age of 40.
Discography
*1997: ''Save Everything'' - (
Quarterstick Records
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)
*1998: ''Shipping News and The Metroschifter split release'' - (
Initial Records)
*2001: ''Very Soon, and in Pleasant Company'' - (Quarterstick Records)
*''RMSN EP Series''
*2003: ''Three-Four'' - (Quarterstick Records)
*2005: ''Flies the Fields'' - (Quarterstick Records)
*2010: ''One Less Heartless To Fear'' - (Ruminance, Noise Pollution Records)
External links
Shipping News pageat
Southern Records
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The label is clos ...
site
Obnoxious Listeners: Shipping NewsFootage of a Shipping News performance and interviewat the 25th anniversary of
Touch and Go Records
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Shipping Newsat
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Shipping Newsat
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Jason Noble Dead at 40at
Rolling Stone Magazine
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Jason Noble's CaringBridge.org Page CaringBridge.org
Indie rock musical groups from Kentucky
Math rock groups
Musical groups established in 1996
Quarterstick Records artists
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