Songs: Ohia

...is ruled by indie-rock. The leader of Magnolia Electric Co. got his start at Oberlin College in the mid-'90s and hit the scene as Songs: Ohia before changing the name to one of the band's album titles in 2003. Whatever you call it,...

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...included a few songs and served as a sonic Whitman's Sampler tracing Molina's evolution from the subtle, stripped-down indie-folk of Songs: Ohia and occasional solo offerings to the emergence in 2003 of Magnolia Electric Co. Magnolia has...

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...and even his best, most interesting albums feature many. You know where this is going. That final Songs: Ohia marked not just a stylistic shift for Molina, from doom-folker to classic rocker, but a vocal one as well: The man fell in love...

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...offering mixed opinions on its success: "It i hard to avoid thinking of Neil Young and Crazy Horse at the peak of their '70s powers" (Mojo , Feb 2005). "Magnolia Electric Co. is no Crazy Horse, and Molina's vocabulary on the guitar doesn't...

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On the other hand, the album was recorded with different musicians than the current members of Magnolia Electric Co., and the decision to take on the new name was not announced until the tour following the release in the Spring of 2003.

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...eponymous debut album under the new name. The name "Songs: Ohia" appears nowhere on the artwork of album and only a promotional sticker on the cellophane wrapping connects it with the prior name. Nevertheless, Secretly Canadian still...

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