Editing Tim Kasher (section)

== Music ==
=== Slowdown Virginia ===
{{Main|Slowdown Virginia}}
Slowdown Virginia was formed in Omaha in 1993 by Kasher with [[Matt Maginn]], [[Criteria (band)|Steve Pedersen]], and Casey Caniglia after the dissolution of a previous band called The March Hares. With a sound described as a [[Heartland rock|heartland]] [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = SPIN|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=N0HASap-qBoC&q=Tim%2520Kasher%2520slowdown%2520virginia&pg=PA81|publisher = SPIN Media LLC|date = 2003-07-01|first = SPIN Media|last = LLC}}</ref> and into the [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]],<ref name=":1">{{cite web|title = Ultimate Cult Heroes {{!}} NME.COM|url = https://www.nme.com/list/ultimate-cult-heroes/216779/page/7|website = Nme.com|access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref> Slowdown Virginia recorded and released one album, ''[[Dead Space (album)|Dead Space]]'', on Lumberjack Records, with the help of funding from friends.<ref name=":1" /> The band was short lived, breaking up in 1995, but it inspired other bands to form in Omaha like [[The Faint]] and [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]],<ref name=":0" /> the formation of Saddle Creek Records out of Lumberjack Records,<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url = http://saddle-creek.com/timkasher/review/2858/|title = The Game of Monogamy|last = Wolgamott|first = L. Kent|date = November 11, 2010|newspaper = Lincoln Journal Star|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151126111836/http://saddle-creek.com/timkasher/review/2858/|archive-date = November 26, 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref> and the name of Omaha's indie music venue, [[Slowdown (venue)|Slowdown]].<ref name=":2" />

=== Cursive ===
{{Main|Cursive (band)}}
Kasher, Maginn, and Pedersen formed a new band, [[Cursive (band)|Cursive]], in 1995, adding [[Clint Schnase]] to the band. The bands released two albums, described as full of emotion and distortion,<ref>{{cite web|title = Cursive - Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes (album review ) {{!}} Sputnikmusic|url = https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/11734/Cursive-Such-Blinding-Stars-for-Starving-Eyes/|website=Sputnikmusic.com|access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web|title = Cursive - The Storms of Early Summer: Semantics of Song|url = https://www.punknews.org/review/10652/cursive-the-storms-of-early-summer-semantics-of-song|website=Punknews.org| date=July 6, 2006 |access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref> before disbanding in 1998 as Kasher moved to [[Portland, Oregon]], after getting married.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|title = Cursive: Brutal Truths from the Ugly Organ|url = http://www.playbackstl.com/play-by-play/music-profile-play-by-play/cursive-brutal-truths-from-the-ugly-organ/|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160422155326/http://www.playbackstl.com/play-by-play/music-profile-play-by-play/cursive-brutal-truths-from-the-ugly-organ/|url-status = usurped|archive-date = April 22, 2016|website=Playbackstl.com|access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref> Kasher also spent some of this time playing guitar in Commander Venus, recording and releasing two albums. Pedersen left Omaha to study law at [[Duke University]] in [[North Carolina]]<ref>{{cite web|title = Former lawyer sets Criteria for success<br>Stephen Pedersen leaves a bills-paying corporate job to focus on his rock band.|url = http://newsok.com/article/2908066|website = NewsOK.com|access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref> shortly afterward.

Kasher's marriage and time away from Omaha did not last long; he returned within eighteen months of leaving Cursive and Omaha. With Pedersen away, Kasher recruited [[Ted Stevens (musician)|Ted Stevens]] to join the previous other band members. The re-formed Cursive soon recorded and released their third album, ''Domestica,'' at Presto! Studios in Omaha, using the stock room of the USA Baby store where Kasher worked as the band's practice space.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5">{{cite web|title = Lazyeye Interview: Cursive - Domestica|url = http://www.timmcmahan.com/cursive2.htm|website=Timmcmahan.com|access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref> ''Domestica'' showed this version of Cursive to have a tight-knit, hard-rock sound with the addition of Stevens as well as Kasher's newfound focus on introspective, storytelling focused lyrics.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> Cursive added cellist [[Gretta Cohn]] for the next several releases and the band, and Kasher's writing, found critical success with 2003's ''[[The Ugly Organ]]'',<ref name=":6">{{cite web|title = Cursive: The Ugly Organ (Reissue)|url = https://www.popmatters.com/review/190378-cursive-the-ugly-organ-reissue/|website = PopMatters| date=February 16, 2015 |access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref> a "gale force" of "personal indigence."<ref name=":6" />

Cohn departed Cursive in 2005,<ref>{{cite web|title = Cellist Gretta Cohn leaves Cursive|url = https://www.punknews.org/article/13564/cellist-gretta-cohn-leaves-cursive|website=Punknews.org| date=August 24, 2005 |access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref> and the band continued on without a cellist. Cursive has subsequently recorded and released three more studio albums, also concept albums<ref name=":9">{{cite web|title = Cursive: I Am Gemini|url = https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16291-i-am-gemini/|website = Pitchfork|access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref> - a style that Kasher began loosely with ''The Storms of Early Summer: Semantics of Song''<ref name=":3" /> and developed full-blown with ''Domestica''.<ref name=":5" /> Cursive's last release was ''[[Vitriola]]'' in 2018.

=== The Good Life ===
{{Main|The Good Life (band)}}
[[The Good Life (band)|The Good Life]] was originally planned to be a solo project. Kasher wanted to experiment with different types of lyrics and melodies.<ref name=":7">{{cite web|title = Feels Like The First Time: Cursive's Tim Kasher reconvenes the Good Life|url = http://substreammagazine.com/2015/11/feels-like-the-first-time-cursives-tim-kasher-reconvenes-the-good-life/|website = Substream Magazine|access-date = 2015-11-26|archive-date = November 26, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151126173018/http://substreammagazine.com/2015/11/feels-like-the-first-time-cursives-tim-kasher-reconvenes-the-good-life/|url-status = dead}}</ref> He released ''[[Novena on a Nocturn]]'' under the name the Good Life on [[Better Looking Records]] in 2000, five months after Cursive's ''Domestica''.<ref name=":7" /> ''Novena on a Nocturn'' touched on the same themes of ''Domestica'', mainly ones of divorce and loss, and was noted in reviews for Kashers intense focus on his lyrics and personal storytelling.<ref>{{cite web|title = The Good Life: Novena on a Nocturn|url = https://www.popmatters.com/review/goodlife-novena/|website = PopMatters|access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = The Good Life - Novena On A Nocturn|url = https://www.punknews.org/review/51/the-good-life-novena-on-a-nocturn|website=Punknews.org| date=March 9, 2001 |access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref> 2002's ''[[Black Out (The Good Life album)|Black Out]]'' was also a mostly solo effort with friends assisting in the recording, and was released on Saddle Creek Records. As with ''Novena'', the album was noted for its focus on melodies and lyrics, with Dan Ocean of ''Punk News'' describing the sound as "a slower paced Cursive with some electronica and an abundance of hooks."<ref>{{cite web|title = The Good Life - Black Out|url = https://www.punknews.org/review/2093/the-good-life-black-out|website=Punknews.org| date=July 15, 2003 |access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref>

After using the Good Life as essentially a side project, Kasher decided to make the Good Life a full-fledged band.<ref name=":7" /> Kasher recruited [[Ryan Fox (musician)|Ryan Fox]], Roger Lewis, and [[Stefanie Drootin|Stefanie Drootin-Senseney]] and released ''[[Album of the Year (The Good Life album)|Album of the Year]]'' in 2004.<ref name=":7" /> Despite his intention to make the Good Life a band in its own right, Kasher still retained most creative control over the band for much of ''Album of the Year''<ref name=":7" /> and similarly for 2007's ''[[Help Wanted Nights]]'', described by ''[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]''<nowiki/>'s Eric Harvey as "two consecutive concept albums dealing with boozers and their second homes."<ref>{{cite web|title = The Good Life: Help Wanted Nights|url = https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10648-help-wanted-nights/|website = Pitchfork|access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref>

The Good Life took a break after 2007. Kasher released two albums with Cursive and two solo albums before reconvening the Good Life in late 2013. This time Kasher approached the Good Life with recording the album as a band, with all members contributing to the process of writing the songs.<ref name=":7" /> The result was the rock-oriented ''[[Everybody's Coming Down]]'', released in September 2015.

=== Solo work ===
His first solo album, ''[[The Game of Monogamy]]'', was released to mixed reviews<ref>{{cite web|title = The Game of Monogamy by Tim Kasher|url = https://www.metacritic.com/music/the-game-of-monogamy/tim-kasher|website = Metacritic|access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref> on October 5, 2010, on [[Saddle Creek|Saddle Creek Records]]. Written after Kasher moved from Los Angeles to Montana, Kasher's first truly solo work was noted for its lyricism and instrumentation but also for again repeating on the themes of a broken romance that dominated early releases by the Good Life and Cursive's ''Domestica''.<ref>{{cite web|title = Tim Kasher: The Game of Monogamy|url = https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14685-the-game-of-monogamy/|website = Pitchfork|access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Album Review: Tim Kasher - The Game of Monogamy|url = http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/09/album-review-tim-kasher-the-game-of-monogamy/|website = Consequence of Sound| date=September 24, 2010 |access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref> Chris Parker from ''Alternative Press'' called the album "overture to middle age and the declining allure of the bars and hook-ups scene."<ref name=":8">{{cite web|title = Tim Kasher - Bigamy: More Songs From The Monogamy Sessions EP - Reviews - Alternative Press|url = http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/tim_kasher_bigamy_more_songs_from_the_monogamy_sessions_ep|website = Alternative Press|access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref> The follow-up EP, ''[[Bigamy: More Songs from the Monogamy Sessions]]'', was released in August 2011. ''Bigamy'' continues the same themes as ''Monogamy'' with seven additional songs.<ref name=":8" />

''[[Adult Film (album)|Adult Film]]'', Kasher's second solo album, was released on Saddle Creek Records in 2013. Featuring a more reserved vocal style and stripped-down instrumentation as compared to ''The Game of Monogamy'', ''Adult Film''<nowiki/>'s topic touch on mistrust, anxiety, and the fears of adult life.<ref>{{cite web|title = Album Review: Tim Kasher - Adult Film|url = http://consequenceofsound.net/2013/10/album-review-tim-kasher-adult-film/|website = Consequence of Sound| date=October 16, 2013 |access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Adult Film|url = http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/tim_kasher_adult_film_album|website=Undertheradarmag.com|access-date = 2015-11-26}}</ref>

Kasher's fourth solo album, "Middling Age", was released in April 2022.<ref>{{cite web|title = On Middling Age, Tim Kasher Doesn't Always Want To Be A 47-Year-Old Rocker|url = https://www.spin.com/2022/04/tim-kasher-middling-age-interview/|website=spin.com| date=April 15, 2022 |access-date = 2022-04-22}}</ref>