David Bazan September 4, 2007

David Bazan fronts the enigmatic rock band Pedro the Lion and the electronic-based Headphones. His emotionally charged narratives, eye for telling detail, and mournful voice have more in common with J.D. Salinger's "Nine Stories" or Flannery O'Connor's "Wise Blood" than with the usual lyrical slant of popular music. Bazan is a gifted storyteller, weaving parables of spiritual conflict, suburban ennui, and personal surrender into magnetic, well-crafted songs. Pedro The Lion's most recent album, 'Achilles Heel' topped the college radio charts. Headphones' self-titled debut was released in May 2006. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone is the musical solo-project of musician Owen Ashworth of San Francisco, California. His music is created with solely battery-operated keyboards and other electronic musical instruments and has toured with other similar acclaimed indie artists like Cass McCombs, Kill Me Tomorrow, Jumbling Towers, The Rapture and Xiu Xiu.