Cursive is an American indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...

, on Saddle Creek Records.

History

The band was formed in 1995 by Tim Kasher

Tim Kasher

Tim Kasher is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska, and is the frontman of indie rock groups Cursive and The Good Life, both of which are on the Omaha based record label Saddle Creek Records. Prior to those bands, Kasher was in a band called Slowdown Virginia...

, Matt Maginn

Matt Maginn

Matt Maginn is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska. He plays bass guitar in the indie-rock band Cursive and is a frequent contributor on a number of Bright Eyes records...

, Steve Pedersen

Steve Pedersen

Steve Pedersen is an American guitarist from Omaha, Nebraska.He left Cursive in 1998 to attend law school at Duke University in North Carolina. It was there he started the band The White Octave, which released two albums and appeared on a few samplers...

 (all formerly of Slowdown Virginia

Slowdown Virginia

Slowdown Virginia was an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, on Lumberjack Records, the predecessor to today's Saddle Creek records.-Biography:...

), and drummer Clint Schnase

Clint Schnase

Clint Schnase is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska. He played drums in the indie-rock band Cursive from 1996 until early 2007. His official departure was announced on October 21, 2007...

. In 1997, they released Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes

Such Blinding Stars For Starving Eyes

-Personnel:*Tim Kasher – vocals, guitar*Steve Pedersen – guitar*Matt Maginn – bass*Clint Schnase – drums*AJ Mogis - Recording, Engineering, Production*Mike Mogis - Recording, Engineering, Production*Eric Medley - Mastering- Additional Personnel:...

. After a couple years of touring, the band broke up in 1998. They "posthumously" released The Storms of Early Summer: Semantics of Song

The Storms of Early Summer: Semantics of Song

-Musicians:*Tim Kasher*Matt Maginn*Steve Pedersen*Clint Schnase*AJ Mogis - Recording, Engineering, Production-External links:**...

in the fall of that year. A year later, in the summer of 1999, the band re-formed. Pedersen had started law school and later formed The White Octave

The White Octave

The White Octave was a rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. They released two full-length albums and appeared on several compilations before finally breaking up. The founding member, Steve Pedersen went back to his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska to form the band Criteria...

, so Ted Stevens (formerly of Lullaby for the Working Class

Lullaby for the Working Class

Lullaby for the Working Class was an indie folk rock band from Lincoln, Nebraska, active from the mid-to-late 1990s. Fronted by Omaha, Nebraska singer-songwriter Ted Stevens , the group also featured multi-instrumentalist and producer Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes, his brother, producer A.J...

) stepped in and joined the band. In 2000, their album Domestica, a concept album, gained them much attention from fans and critics.

Cursive added Gretta Cohn

Gretta Cohn

Gretta Cohn is a cellist who is best known for playing cello in the rock group Cursive from 2001-2005. She left the group in August 2005. Her departure was announced on the Cursive website in late August:...

 (on cello

Cello

The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...

) in 2001; the strings added complementary sounds to that summer's Burst and Bloom

Burst and Bloom

-Personnel:*Tim Kasher - Vocals, Guitar*Matt Maginn - Bass*Clint Schnase - Drums*Ted Stevens - Vocals, Guitar*Gretta Cohn - Cello*Doug Van Sloun - Mastering*Mike Mogis - Recording, Production-Trivia:...

. In 2002, the band toured on the Take Action! Tour.

Saddle Creek Records released The Ugly Organ

The Ugly Organ

-Personnel:Cursive*Tim Kasher - lead vocals, guitars, organ*Ted Stevens - guitars, backing vocals*Matt Maginn - bass*Clint Schnase - drums, percussion*Gretta Cohn - celloAdditional musicians*Chris Acker - trombone...

in 2003. Music magazine Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

 gave the album a 4-star rating, while alternative music magazine Alternative Press rated the album a perfect 5 out of 5. In 2004, The Cure

The Cure

The Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...

 selected Cursive to tour with them on their Curiosa

Curiosa

Curiosa is the name of a 2004 concert tour in the United States and Toronto , organized by Robert Smith of The Cure. It began with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida on July 24 and ended in Sacramento, California on August 29....

 tour, alongside Interpol

Interpol (band)

Interpol is an American indie rock and post-punk revival band from New York City. Formed in 1997, the band's original line-up consisted of Paul Banks , Daniel Kessler , Carlos Dengler and Greg Drudy . Drudy left the band in 2000 and was replaced by Sam Fogarino...

, The Rapture

The Rapture (band)

The Rapture is an Indie rock band based in New York City. The band mixes influences from many genres including post-punk, acid house, disco, electronica and rock, pioneering the post-punk revival genre...

, Mogwai

Mogwai

The word mogwai is the transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔怪 meaning "monster", "evil spirit", "devil" or "demon".-Mogwai/Mogui in Chinese culture:...

, Scarling.

Scarling.

Scarling. is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, whose core members are Jessicka and Christian Hejnal-Addams. The band formed in 2002. They have released two albums, Sweet Heart Dealer and So Long, Scarecrow.-Name:...

, and The Cooper Temple Clause

The Cooper Temple Clause

The Cooper Temple Clause were an English six-piece alternative rock band originating from Wokingham, Berkshire. Formed in 1998, the band quickly gained a following through their live concerts, and have produced three albums, the latest being Make This Your Own...

. Afterwards, the band went on hiatus, with no specified return date.

The label put out a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 of unreleased songs and B-sides

B-Sides

B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...

, The Difference Between Houses and Homes

The Difference Between Houses and Homes

-Personnel: Tracks 1-7 and 9-12:* Tim Kasher – vocals, guitar* Steve Pedersen – guitar, vocals* Matt Maginn – bass, vocals* Clint Schnase – drums-Personnel: Track 8:* Tim Kasher – vocals, guitar* Ted Stevens – guitar, vocals* Matt Maginn – bass, vocals...

, on August 9, 2005. In mid-2005, Gretta left the band to pursue other musical opportunities, and has since formed the Brooklyn, NY-based band Twin Thousands. Instead of replacing her, the band remained four-piece.

After Cursive's hiatus, Saddle Creek announced that Kasher had temporarily stopped his work on his side project, The Good Life

The Good Life (band)

The Good Life is an indie rock band on Saddle Creek records.Started as a solo project of Cursive's frontman Tim Kasher, The Good Life quickly grew to become its own established group. The original intent of The Good Life was to provide Tim Kasher with a vehicle to perform songs that did not fit...

, to start recording an album with Cursive. The album, Happy Hollow

Happy Hollow (album)

-External links:***...

(named for the Dundee-Happy Hollow Historic District in Omaha, Nebraska), was released on August 22, 2006. Its first single was Dorothy at Forty

Dorothy at Forty

Dorothy At Forty was the first single taken from the album Happy Hollow by Cursive. It was released as a teaser for Happy Hollow on July 11, 2006. The album track "Dorothy At Forty" is backed with the exclusive non-album tracks "The Bitter End" and "The Censor"...

, released on July 11, 2006. With this album, Kasher turned his focus away from self-reflective lyrics to concentrate on what he thought were bad politics, empty suburban lives, and religious hypocrisy. Music Magazines Spin

Spin (magazine)

Spin is a music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione Jr.-History:In its early years, the magazine was noted for its broad music coverage with an emphasis on college-oriented rock music and on the ongoing emergence of hip-hop. The magazine was eclectic and bold, if sometimes haphazard...

, URB, Time Out New York, and Blender

Blender (magazine)

Blender was an American music magazine that billed itself as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities....

gave the record a 4 star rating, and Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

gave the album a 3.5-star rating, while alternative music magazine Alternative Press rated the album a perfect 5 out of 5, saying “Cursive haven't just redefined their sound—they've transcended it.” Happy Hollow

Happy Hollow (album)

-External links:***...

features a five-piece horn section, adding new texture and redefining the bands sound.

In October following the release, the band revealed plans to bring audience participation to its catalog, offering fans a chance to remix its song "Bad Sects

Bad Sects

"Bad Sects" was the second single released from Cursive's 2006 album Happy Hollow. The band ran a remix contest for the song, the winner of which was A Crude Mechanical, an artist from Fairfax, Virginia.-Track listing:#"Bad Sects" - 4:28...

" through a competition on the website; the finalist is scheduled to appear as a B-side on an upcoming Cursive single.

Cursive's most recent album Mama, I'm Swollen

Mama, I'm Swollen

-Bonus Material Download Card:CD and LP versions of the album came with a Bonus Material Download Card to enable the customer to download five bonus tracks and 14 tour videos not included on the album by going to http://saddle-creek.com/mamaimswollen and entering the code found on the card...

was released on March 10, 2009 on Saddle Creek Records.

Cursive made their network television performance debut on March 13, 2009 on Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman is a U.S. late-night talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated. The show's music director and band-leader of the house band, the CBS Orchestra, is...

, playing "From The Hips".
On the 16th November 2011, they announced that the follow-up to their album Mama, I'm Swollen

Mama, I'm Swollen

-Bonus Material Download Card:CD and LP versions of the album came with a Bonus Material Download Card to enable the customer to download five bonus tracks and 14 tour videos not included on the album by going to http://saddle-creek.com/mamaimswollen and entering the code found on the card...

will be called I Am Gemini and will be released on February 21, 2012.

Band members

Current

• Tim Kasher
  Tim Kasher
  Tim Kasher is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska, and is the frontman of indie rock groups Cursive and The Good Life, both of which are on the Omaha based record label Saddle Creek Records. Prior to those bands, Kasher was in a band called Slowdown Virginia...
  
   – lead vocals, organ, keyboards, guitars (1995–present)
• Ted Stevens
  Ted Stevens (musician)
  Ted Stevens is an American rock musician from Omaha, Nebraska, best known as the guitarist and backup singer for the band Cursive, as well as fronting Mayday...
  
   – guitars, backing vocals (1999–present)
• Matt Maginn
  Matt Maginn
  Matt Maginn is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska. He plays bass guitar in the indie-rock band Cursive and is a frequent contributor on a number of Bright Eyes records...
  
   – bass (1995–present)
• Cully Symington – drums, percussion (2009–present)

Former

• Steve Pedersen
  Steve Pedersen
  Steve Pedersen is an American guitarist from Omaha, Nebraska.He left Cursive in 1998 to attend law school at Duke University in North Carolina. It was there he started the band The White Octave, which released two albums and appeared on a few samplers...
  
   – guitars (1995–1998)
• Gretta Cohn
  Gretta Cohn
  Gretta Cohn is a cellist who is best known for playing cello in the rock group Cursive from 2001-2005. She left the group in August 2005. Her departure was announced on the Cursive website in late August:...
  
   – cello (2001–2005)
• Clint Schnase
  Clint Schnase
  Clint Schnase is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska. He played drums in the indie-rock band Cursive from 1996 until early 2007. His official departure was announced on October 21, 2007...
  
   – drums, percussion (1995–2008)
• Cornbread Compton – drums, percussion (2008–2009)

Discography

The discography

Discography

Discography is the study and listing of the details concerning sound recordings, often by specified artists or within identified musical genres...

 of Cursive consists of six studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

s, one compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

, six EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

s, eight single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

s, and eleven music video

Music video

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s.

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
		Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	Independent	Digital	Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
1997	Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes Such Blinding Stars For Starving Eyes -Personnel:*Tim Kasher – vocals, guitar*Steve Pedersen – guitar*Matt Maginn – bass*Clint Schnase – drums*AJ Mogis - Recording, Engineering, Production*Mike Mogis - Recording, Engineering, Production*Eric Medley - Mastering- Additional Personnel:... Released: September 9, 1997 Label: Crank! Format: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...	—	—	—	—
1998	The Storms of Early Summer: Semantics of Song The Storms of Early Summer: Semantics of Song -Musicians:*Tim Kasher*Matt Maginn*Steve Pedersen*Clint Schnase*AJ Mogis - Recording, Engineering, Production-External links:**... Released: 1998 Label: Saddle Creek Saddle Creek Records Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel... Format: CD, LP	—	—	—	—
2000	Domestica Domestica Domestica, released in 2000, is the third studio album by the American indie rock band Cursive. It is a concept album that tells the story of a relationship between two characters named "Sweetie" and "Pretty Baby." Both characters are mentioned by name in several of the songs on the album as well... Released: 2000 Label: Saddle Creek Format: CD, LP	—	—	—	—
2003	The Ugly Organ The Ugly Organ -Personnel:Cursive*Tim Kasher - lead vocals, guitars, organ*Ted Stevens - guitars, backing vocals*Matt Maginn - bass*Clint Schnase - drums, percussion*Gretta Cohn - celloAdditional musicians*Chris Acker - trombone... Released: March 4, 2003 Label: Saddle Creek Format: CD, LP	—	9	227	19
2006	Happy Hollow Happy Hollow (album) -External links:***... Released: August 22, 2006 Label: Saddle Creek Format: CD, LP	96	8	96	—
2009	Mama, I'm Swollen Mama, I'm Swollen -Bonus Material Download Card:CD and LP versions of the album came with a Bonus Material Download Card to enable the customer to download five bonus tracks and 14 tour videos not included on the album by going to http://saddle-creek.com/mamaimswollen and entering the code found on the card... Released: March 10, 2009 Label: Saddle Creek Format: CD, LP	104	11	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
		Independent	Digital	Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
2005	The Difference Between Houses and Homes The Difference Between Houses and Homes -Personnel: Tracks 1-7 and 9-12:* Tim Kasher – vocals, guitar* Steve Pedersen – guitar, vocals* Matt Maginn – bass, vocals* Clint Schnase – drums-Personnel: Track 8:* Tim Kasher – vocals, guitar* Ted Stevens – guitar, vocals* Matt Maginn – bass, vocals... Released: August 9, 2005 Label: Saddle Creek Saddle Creek Records Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel... Format: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...	37	296	21

EPs

Year	Album details
1996	The Disruption The Disruption The Disruption was the first release by American indie rock band Cursive and was released in 1996 on Lumberjack Records, and was re-released in 1997 with alternative cover art, when Lumberjack changed their name to Saddle Creek... Released: 1996 Label: Lumberjack Saddle Creek Records Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel... Format: EP Extended play An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
1998	The Icebreaker 7" Released: 1998 Label: Saddle Creek Format: EP
1999	Silver Scooter / Cursive Silver Scooter / Cursive Silver Scooter / Cursive is a split EP by the bands Silver Scooter and Cursive. It was released in May 1999 on Crank! Records. Silver Scooter's songs were produced by the band and Dave McNair, while Cursive's songs were produced by A.J. Mogis.-Track listing:... Released: May 4, 1999 Label: Crank! Format: EP, CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
2001	Burst and Bloom Burst and Bloom -Personnel:*Tim Kasher - Vocals, Guitar*Matt Maginn - Bass*Clint Schnase - Drums*Ted Stevens - Vocals, Guitar*Gretta Cohn - Cello*Doug Van Sloun - Mastering*Mike Mogis - Recording, Production-Trivia:... Released: 2001 Label: Saddle Creek Format: EP, CD
2002	8 Teeth to Eat You 8 Teeth to Eat You 8 Teeth to Eat You is a split EP between Cursive and the Japanese punk band Eastern Youth. It was released on June 4, 2002.-Track listing:-Cursive:*Tim Kasher – guitar, vocals*Gretta Cohn – cello*Matt Maginn – bass guitar... Released: June 4, 2002 Label: Better Looking Better Looking Records Better Looking Records is a record label with offices in Los Angeles and San Diego. Founded in 1999, Paul Fischer, who DJ'd at KXLU college radio station in Los Angeles and worked at crank! Records, partnered with Dave Brown who ran Holiday Matinee Publicity and Muddle fanzine. The label grew...  / Five One Format: CD
2009	Cursive / Ladyfinger (ne) Released: April 18, 2009 Label: Saddle Creek Format: EP

Singles

Year	Single	Album
1997	"Sucker and Dry Sucker and Dry Sucker And Dry was the second 7" to be released by the American indie rock band Cursive. It was released in 1997. The only format it was available in was 7".... "	n/a
2001	Small Brown Bike / Cursive Small Brown Bike / Cursive Cursive/Small Brown Bike Split is a split album between Cursive and Small Brown Bike. It was released in March 2001 on Makoto Recordings. The 7" was pressed on lime green vinyl that matched the cover and was limited to 2,000 copies...
2003	"Art Is Hard Art Is Hard Art Is Hard was the first single taken from the album The Ugly Organ by the American indie rock band Cursive. It was released as a single in 2003... "	The Ugly Organ The Ugly Organ -Personnel:Cursive*Tim Kasher - lead vocals, guitars, organ*Ted Stevens - guitars, backing vocals*Matt Maginn - bass*Clint Schnase - drums, percussion*Gretta Cohn - celloAdditional musicians*Chris Acker - trombone...
2004	"The Recluse The Recluse "The Recluse" was the second single taken from the album The Ugly Organ by American Indie Rock band Cursive. It was released as a single in 2004... "
2006	"Dorothy at Forty Dorothy at Forty Dorothy At Forty was the first single taken from the album Happy Hollow by Cursive. It was released as a teaser for Happy Hollow on July 11, 2006. The album track "Dorothy At Forty" is backed with the exclusive non-album tracks "The Bitter End" and "The Censor"... "	Happy Hollow Happy Hollow (album) -External links:***...
2007	"Bad Sects Bad Sects "Bad Sects" was the second single released from Cursive's 2006 album Happy Hollow. The band ran a remix contest for the song, the winner of which was A Crude Mechanical, an artist from Fairfax, Virginia.-Track listing:#"Bad Sects" - 4:28... "
	"Big Bang"
2010	"Discovering America"	n/a
"n/a" denotes singles that are not from albums.

Other appearances

The following Cursive songs were released on compilation and tribute albums. This is not an exhaustive list; songs that were first released on the band's albums, EPs, or singles are not included.

Year	Release details	Track(s)
1999	Linoma II: Riot on the Plains Released: 1999 Label: -ismist Format: CD	"Pivotal" (demo)
2003	Saddle Creek 50 Saddle Creek 50 Saddle Creek 50 is a compilation by Saddle Creek Records in honor of being the label's 50th album release. It was released in 2003 and features one album track and one non-album track by each of the bands then recording for the label.-Disc 1:... Released: April 8, 2003 Label: Saddle Creek Saddle Creek Records Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Conor Oberst and Justin Oberst in 1993 . Conor soon turned over his role in the company to Robb Nansel... Format: CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , LP LP album The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...	"Nonsense"
2004	How Soon Is Now? Released: October 26, 2004 Label: Sorepoint Format: CD	"Frankly, Mr. Shankly" (originally performed by The Smiths The Smiths The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce... )
2005	Lagniappe Lagniappe (album) Lagniappe is a compilation album put together by Omaha record label Saddle Creek, after the events of Hurricane Katrina. It is a benefit album, and all profits from its sale are donated to the Red Cross' relief efforts in New Orleans.... Released: October 25, 2005 Label: Saddle Creek Format: CD	"Ten Percent to the Ten Percent"

Music videos

Year	Song	Director	Album
2003	"Bloody Murderer"	Todd G. Bieber	The Ugly Organ The Ugly Organ -Personnel:Cursive*Tim Kasher - lead vocals, guitars, organ*Ted Stevens - guitars, backing vocals*Matt Maginn - bass*Clint Schnase - drums, percussion*Gretta Cohn - celloAdditional musicians*Chris Acker - trombone...
	"Some Red Handed Sleight of Hand"	Jun Kawaguchi
	"Art Is Hard Art Is Hard Art Is Hard was the first single taken from the album The Ugly Organ by the American indie rock band Cursive. It was released as a single in 2003... "	Travis John Dopp
2004	"The Recluse The Recluse "The Recluse" was the second single taken from the album The Ugly Organ by American Indie Rock band Cursive. It was released as a single in 2004... "	Mike Malone
2005	"A Disruption in the Normal Swing of Things"	Rob Walters	The Difference Between Houses and Homes The Difference Between Houses and Homes -Personnel: Tracks 1-7 and 9-12:* Tim Kasher – vocals, guitar* Steve Pedersen – guitar, vocals* Matt Maginn – bass, vocals* Clint Schnase – drums-Personnel: Track 8:* Tim Kasher – vocals, guitar* Ted Stevens – guitar, vocals* Matt Maginn – bass, vocals...
2006	"Dorothy at Forty Dorothy at Forty Dorothy At Forty was the first single taken from the album Happy Hollow by Cursive. It was released as a teaser for Happy Hollow on July 11, 2006. The album track "Dorothy At Forty" is backed with the exclusive non-album tracks "The Bitter End" and "The Censor"... "	Michael Grodner	Happy Hollow Happy Hollow (album) -External links:***...
2007	"Big Bang"	David Johnson
	"Bad Sects Bad Sects "Bad Sects" was the second single released from Cursive's 2006 album Happy Hollow. The band ran a remix contest for the song, the winner of which was A Crude Mechanical, an artist from Fairfax, Virginia.-Track listing:#"Bad Sects" - 4:28... "	Nik Fackler
2009	"From the Hips"	Michael Grodner	Mama, I'm Swollen Mama, I'm Swollen -Bonus Material Download Card:CD and LP versions of the album came with a Bonus Material Download Card to enable the customer to download five bonus tracks and 14 tour videos not included on the album by going to http://saddle-creek.com/mamaimswollen and entering the code found on the card...
	"I Couldn't Love You"
	"Let Me Up"	Evan Glodell Evan Glodell Evan Glodell is an American feature film director, producer, writer, and actor, who directed the indie film Bellflower on a shoestring budget of $17,000...