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CARNIVORE rated Best Solo album in Columbus Alive:
"nothing prepared me for Jonathan Hape's Microphones-inspired artistic leap, Carnivore." ~ Chris Deville
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Jonathan Hape is a central ohio artist who creates experimental indie music.
Hape has been compared to The Microphones, The National, The Arcade Fire, Radiohead, and many others in the avant-indie-pop genre.
Jonathan has been playing locally, as well as touring regionally and nationally for the past five years.
Live shows include ethereal layers of looped guitars and percussion, as well as vocal harmonies, 'death metal' distorted tones, and driving drum/rhodes arrangements.
Hape has self released 5 albums: Give Me the Antidote, Letters to India, I'm Awake/I'm Asleep, Herbivore, and his newest, CARNIVORE.
Thoughts:
"Hape's new album, Carnivore, sounds like a high-fidelity version of the Microphones' The Glow, Pt. 2.
Spotting Hape's influences is no great feat - The National and Death Cab for Cutie are in there too - because they bleed through to the surface frequently throughout Carnivore. But that transparency doesn't keep the record from being a massive step forward for one of the city's most ambitious musicians.
As he coped with a deep depression, he sought for the first time to make an album to please himself rather than to impress outsiders. The result, ironically, has been his most acclaimed release to date.
"The Lord" is alternately comforting and harrowing depending on your perspective, but it's fascinating either way. Framing a divine monologue in a swarm of multi-tracked strums synced up intentionally askew, Hape emerged with something like the love child of the Microphones and Sufjan Stevens.
Other moments on Carnivore are more straightforward but just as melancholic. Each track is an orchestra of overdubs drawn from diverse corners of Hape's sonic palette, from the noise explosion of "My Naked Skin" to the swelling grandeur of 'We Were the Sky'." - COLUMBUS ALIVE
"You don't need to know who he sounds like, or what he reminds you of. you just need to know that Jonathan Hape is the epitome of the under appreciated musician. Behind the haunting melodies and equally haunting vocals is the core of what independent music should be: a storyteller with a guitar. The lyrics to this song (and the rest of Jonathan's music) are glimpses into a deeper world. If more bands could do what Jonathan Hape does alone, it might restore my faith in the commercial music industry" - AMIE STREET LISTENER
"The term 'singer/songwriter' is only about 45 years old now. Critics and fans alike marveled at the brilliance of musicians such as Woody Gutherie, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Neil Young, and countless others. Current heartthrobs who hold the singer/songwriter tag include Connor Oberst, John Vanderslice, and Elliott Smith.
The pin now also sticks to the lapel of Ohio based artist Jonathan Hape, who may be much younger than those he currently shares the title with while also being equally talented." - DAYTON DAILY NEWS
"This singer/songwriter from Lexington, OH is quite prolific. Armed with a minimal amount of instrumentation, he crafts one gem after another. With a slightly sultry voice, and little more than a whisper, he tells stories that pull you in with their personal minutiae and particulars in regards to relationships in just the most charming ways. Like the music that accompanies it, the lyrics take a subtle and detailed route to carry the story. This guy needs to be on indie-rockers maps, thats for sure." - HM MAGAZINE
Here's a video Mike Devenny made about CARNIVORE:
Jonathan has performed at such venues as:
OH - Little Brothers, The Basement, Bernies,
the Symposium, the Underground, the Poison Room,
Skully's, Scarlet and Grey, the High Five, Larry's Bar,
Carabar, Park Street Tavern, Club 202, Andyman's
Treehouse, Fallen Eyes, Barking Spider, Workbook
Studios (for the Jeff Buckley Tribute Concert), Club
Khameleon, Baldwin Wallace College, The Village
Idiot, Otterbein College, Kent State University,
Bluffton College, Capitol Universitythe Escape Zone,
MI - Calvin College, Macs Bar, The
Temple Club, Skeletones, Elbow Room
MN - Club 3 Degrees,
IO - Vaudeville Mews, Mars Cafe
NC - Fox and Hound, Megahops, The Black Flower
MD - Lo Fi Social Club
PA - Lava Lounge, The Raven, The Scarlet Chord
OK - the Other Side, Nardagios
TX - Ellum Onstage, Java Jazz, Frank
Phillips College,
TN - Cafe Coco, Caffeine, the Anchor,
MO - Mainstreet Cafe, Gypsy Gallery, El Torreon Ballroom
CA - Trilogy Theatre, the Epicentre,
WA - UPFEST @ Bakerview Auditorium, the
Roxy Theatre,
NY - The Knitting Factory, Houghton College
IL - H20, Lincoln College, the Ashbury
House, The Meeting House, Sylvies,
NE - Caffein Dream
as well as numerous churches and local affairs.
Jonathan has shared the stage with the likes of:
Tooth & Nail Records - Fair, Discover America,
Spoken
Mono Vs. Stereo - Deas Vail, Farewell Flight,
the Evan Anthem, Last Tuesday
Lookout Records - Communique, Trouble
Hubble
Flameshovel - Low Skies
Gotee - John Reuben, House Of Heroes
other bands worth noting: Bradley Hathaway,
Couch Forts, Curtis Cole, Town Monster, The Burial,
the la de les, the winston jazz routine, mourning september, justifide, staple, steev richter, skelletonbreath, scale model, ryan smith, eric metronome, blake miller, and many others.
