Gail O'Hara
Encyclopedia
Gail O'Hara is a US editor, writer, photographer, recording label owner, and filmmaker. She lives in Portland
, Oregon. O'Hara attended Virginia Commonwealth University
in Richmond, VA, where she worked for WVCW radio and the Commonwealth Times. She went on to work for the Washington City Paper, SPIN, Time Out New York, ELLEgirl, EW, and other publications.
(Black Tambourine
, glo-worm, The Pines, Bright Coloured Lights, the Shapiros, etc.). chickfactor was staged marathon indie-pop parties at several East Coast venues. The fanzine/magazine championed British pop that was otherwise neglected or disregarded by US mainstream pop critics. It also covered British/c-86
bands like The Wedding Present
(whose frontman David Gedge inspired the first issue of chickfactor), Heavenly
, Pooh Sticks, and Saint Etienne, as well as US indie bands like Unrest
, Tiger Trap, Small Factory, Honey Bunch, Pavement
, and the Slumberland
scene. chickfactor featured the comic Pavement
Boy by Shawn Belschwender. chickfactor ran in print from 1992–2002 and presently exists as a blog.
69 Love Songs
, as well as on records by The Clientele, Dump, The Pacific Ocean and the Would-Be-Goods, among others. After moving to New York in 1992, she started taking photos of musicians for chickfactor and other publications. Through this she has amassed an archive of images of The Magnetic Fields
, Yo La Tengo
, Belle & Sebastian
, Cat Power
, Pipas, The Would-Be-Goods, The Clientele
, The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group, Quasi
, Sleater-Kinney
, Robert Forster
, Saint Etienne
, Neko Case
, Pavement
, Barbara Manning
, Spinanes, Lois
, The Bats
, Liz Phair
, Mercury Rev
, The Pastels
, Versus
, Containe, The Pacific Ocean, Flare, Team Dresch
, American Music Club
, Guided By Voices
, Sarah Dougher
, Momus
, The 6ths
, The Future Bible Heroes, The Gothic Archies
, Antietam, Sleepyhead, Mascott
, Broadcast
, Goldfrapp
, The Real Tuesday Weld
, Stephen Duffy
, The Montgolfier Brothers
, Low
, Archer Prewitt
, Chris Ware
, Emily Hubley
, Jad Fair
, Gerard Cosloy
, Solex
, Nina Nastasia
, A Girl Called Eddy
, The Places, The Naysayer, Bertrand Burgalat
, Benjamin Biolay
, Keren Ann
, Nikki McClure, Cynthia Connolly
, The Saturday People, Lemony Snicket
/Daniel Handler
, Dump
, Cibo Matto
, Sally Timms
, Squirrel Nut Zippers
, Naomi Yang, Stuart Moxham, Peter Straub
, Travis Elborough
among others. O'Hara is one of the models on the cover of The Magnetic Fields' Get Lost as well. Her photos have appeared in the New York Times, The Times, the Washington Post, the Washington City Paper, Time Out, Time Out NY, CMJ, the Village Voice, Magnet, LGNY, Pulse, Rockpile, HX, Billboard and several books: Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records and 69 Love Songs: A Field Guide. She had her first photo exhibition at Ladyfest 2000 in Olympia, WA, and a solo show at Other Music the same year.
: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields (2010), along with co-director/co-producer Kerthy Fix. The film contains footage filmed from 1999 to 2009 by O'Hara and Fix. Strange Powers had its US premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2010, and has continued to tour at festivals including Full Frame
, Hot Docs
, and the Seattle International Film Festival
. The DVD was released in May 2011.
formed a band called Containe and had their first show at a chickfactor party in New York. Enchanté released two records by Containe: 1994's I Want It All EP and 1997's LP Only Cowards Walk Like Cowards; and two records by Connie Lovatt and Edward Baluyut's band The Pacific Ocean: 1998's Birds Don't Think They're Flying and 2000's Less Than The Needle, More Than The Shotgun. Enchanté released a compilation in 2002 titled All's Fair in Love and... chickfactor featuring chickfactor favorites, including Pipas, Dump
, The Would-Be-Goods, The Magnetic Fields, The Pacific Ocean, Low
, The Pines, The Clientele
, The Aislers Set
, Foxgloves, Marine Research
, Graeme Downes (Verlaines), The Cannanes with Astra, and many others.
, LD Beghtol
, Claudia Gonson
, Bob Bannister, Franklin Bruno
and other musicians to write alongside the regular critics. She has also worked at SPIN
magazine, the Washington City Paper
, ELLEgirl magazine, Entertainment Weekly
, Monocle
, CNN Traveller, Happy, Modern Painters, Interview
, CMJ, and had a regular pop music column in the Times of London. Additionally, O'Hara has written liner notes for several Saint Etienne
projects.
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, Oregon. O'Hara attended Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...
in Richmond, VA, where she worked for WVCW radio and the Commonwealth Times. She went on to work for the Washington City Paper, SPIN, Time Out New York, ELLEgirl, EW, and other publications.
chickfactor
O'Hara co-founded chickfactor magazine in 1992 with indie-pop singer Pam BerryPam Berry
Pamela Berry is a writer, singer, and musician. She has been a member of the influential indie bands Black Tambourine and Glo-Worm, as well as Veronica Lake, Bright Coloured Lights, Belmondo, The Shapiros, The Castaway Stones, Seashell Sea, and The Pines. She was also a cofounding editor of the...
(Black Tambourine
Black Tambourine
Black Tambourine was an influential twee pop band and one of the earliest Slumberland groups of the early 1990s. Formed in Silver Spring, Maryland, the band comprised singer Pam Berry, Brian Nelson, Archie Moore and Mike Schulman...
, glo-worm, The Pines, Bright Coloured Lights, the Shapiros, etc.). chickfactor was staged marathon indie-pop parties at several East Coast venues. The fanzine/magazine championed British pop that was otherwise neglected or disregarded by US mainstream pop critics. It also covered British/c-86
C86 (music)
C86 is a cassette compilation released by the British music magazine NME in 1986, featuring new bands licensed from independent labels of the time. As a phrase, C86 quickly evolved into shorthand for a guitar-based musical genre characterised by "jangly" guitars and fey melodies, although other...
bands like The Wedding Present
The Wedding Present
The Wedding Present are a British indie rock group based in Leeds, England, formed in 1985 from the ashes of the Lost Pandas. The band's music has evolved from fast-paced indie rock in the vein of their most obvious influences The Fall, Buzzcocks and Gang of Four to more varied forms...
(whose frontman David Gedge inspired the first issue of chickfactor), Heavenly
Heavenly (British band)
Heavenly were a 1990s twee pop band, originally forming in Oxford, England in 1989. Amelia Fletcher , Mathew Fletcher , Peter Momtchiloff and Robert Pursey had all been members of Talulah Gosh, a key member of the C86 scene.-History:Heavenly debuted with the 7" single "I Fell in Love Last...
, Pooh Sticks, and Saint Etienne, as well as US indie bands like Unrest
Unrest
Unrest is a sociological phenomenon, for instance:* Industrial unrest* Labor unrest* Rebellion* Riot-Notable historical unrests:* 19th century Luddites* 1978–79 Winter of Discontent...
, Tiger Trap, Small Factory, Honey Bunch, Pavement
Pavement (band)
Pavement is an American alternative rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. In their career, they achieved a significant cult following, and they were called the best band of the 1990s by prominent music critics Robert Christgau and Stephen Thomas Erlewine...
, and the Slumberland
Slumberland
Slumberland Furniture, Inc. is a furniture retailer in the Midwestern United States, founded in 1967. Originally the company specialized in mattresses and La-Z-Boy recliners. Today Slumberland has 114 stores in 10 states. It is America's top seller of La-Z-Boy upholstery and the top seller of...
scene. chickfactor featured the comic Pavement
Pavement (band)
Pavement is an American alternative rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. In their career, they achieved a significant cult following, and they were called the best band of the 1990s by prominent music critics Robert Christgau and Stephen Thomas Erlewine...
Boy by Shawn Belschwender. chickfactor ran in print from 1992–2002 and presently exists as a blog.
Photography
O'Hara’s photos are on the cover/artwork of The Magnetic FieldsThe Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields is the principal creative outlet of singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt...
69 Love Songs
69 Love Songs
69 Love Songs is a three-volume concept album by The Magnetic Fields released in 1999. As its title indicates, the album is composed of 69 love songs, all written by Magnetic Fields frontman Stephin Merritt.-Conception and live performance:...
, as well as on records by The Clientele, Dump, The Pacific Ocean and the Would-Be-Goods, among others. After moving to New York in 1992, she started taking photos of musicians for chickfactor and other publications. Through this she has amassed an archive of images of The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields
The Magnetic Fields is the principal creative outlet of singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt...
, Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo
Yo La Tengo, sometimes abbreviated as YLT, is an American alternative rock band formed in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1984. Since 1992, the lineup has consisted of Ira Kaplan , Georgia Hubley , and James McNew .Despite achieving limited mainstream success, Yo La Tengo has been called "the quintessential...
, Belle & Sebastian
Belle & Sebastian
Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. Belle and Sebastian are often compared with influential indie bands such as The Smiths, as well as classic acts such as Love, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. The name Belle & Sebastian comes from Belle et Sébastien, a 1965...
, Cat Power
Cat Power
Charlyn Marie Marshall , also known as Chan Marshall or by her stage name Cat Power, is an American singer/songwriter and occasional actress and model. Cat Power was originally the name of Marshall's first band, but has come to refer to her musical projects with various backing bands...
, Pipas, The Would-Be-Goods, The Clientele
The Clientele
The Clientele are a London-based British band with Alasdair MacLean on vocals and guitar, Mark Keen on drums, James Hornsey on bass and Mel Draisey on violin, keyboards, backing vocals and percussion....
, The Legendary Jim Ruiz Group, Quasi
Quasi
Quasi is an American indie rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1993 by ex-husband and wife Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss . Since 2007 the group has been a trio, following the addition of bassist Joanna Bolme.-History:In 1990 , Coomes, Weiss, and Brad Pedinov formed the band Motorgoat...
, Sleater-Kinney
Sleater-Kinney
Sleater-Kinney was an alternative rock band from Portland, Oregon that formed in 1994. Originally formed in Olympia, Washington, the group's name is derived from Sleater-Kinney Road, Interstate 5 off ramp #108 in Lacey, Washington, the location of one of their early practice spaces. They were a...
, Robert Forster
Robert Forster
Robert Forster is an American actor, best known for his roles as John Cassellis in Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool, and as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, the latter of which gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.- Early life :Forster was born Robert Wallace...
, Saint Etienne
Saint Etienne (band)
Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
, Neko Case
Neko Case
Neko Case is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her solo career and her contributions as a member of the Canadian indie rock group The New Pornographers....
, Pavement
Pavement (band)
Pavement is an American alternative rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. In their career, they achieved a significant cult following, and they were called the best band of the 1990s by prominent music critics Robert Christgau and Stephen Thomas Erlewine...
, Barbara Manning
Barbara Manning
Barbara Manning is an American indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to her solo career, Manning has been active in a number of bands, including 28th Day , World of Pooh, S.F. Seals and The Go-Luckys!. She has also distinguished herself as an interpreter of other writers' songs...
, Spinanes, Lois
Lois
Lois was a popular female baby name particularly in North America and other areas in the English speaking world during the first half of the 20th century, named after the pious grandmother of Saint Timothy mentioned in 2 Timothy 1:5. The original name in Greek is Λωΐς , meaning "desirable",...
, The Bats
The Bats
The Bats are an influential New Zealand rock band formed in 1982 in Christchurch by Paul Kean , Malcolm Grant , Robert Scott and Kaye Woodward...
, Liz Phair
Liz Phair
Phair's entry into the music industry began when she met guitarist Chris Brokaw, a member of the band Come. Brokaw and Phair moved to San Francisco together, and Phair tried to become an artist there...
, Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev is an American alternative rock group, that formed in the late 1980s in Buffalo, New York. Original personnel were David Baker , Jonathan Donahue , Sean Mackowiak, a.k.a...
, The Pastels
The Pastels
The Pastels are a group from Glasgow, Scotland, UK.Their early records for labels like Whaam!, Creation, Rough Trade, and Glass Records, had a raw and immediate sound, melodic and amateur, which seemed at odds with the time...
, Versus
Versus (band)
Versus is an American indie rock band formed in 1990 by Richard Baluyut, Fontaine Toups and Edward Baluyut in New York City. Richard and Fontaine were to remain the two core members throughout the band's history. The band was noted for their marriage of indie pop songwriting and vocal harmonies to...
, Containe, The Pacific Ocean, Flare, Team Dresch
Team Dresch
Team Dresch is an American punk band from Portland, Oregon, originally formed in Olympia, Washington, which was initially active from 1993 until 1998. The band made a significant impression on the do-it-yourself movement queercore, which gave voice through zines and music to the passions and...
, American Music Club
American Music Club
American Music Club is a San Francisco-based alternative rock band led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel.-History:Although born in California, Eitzel spent his formative years in Okinawa, Taiwan, Great Britain and Ohio before returning to the Bay Area in 1981...
, Guided By Voices
Guided by Voices
Guided by Voices is an American indie rock band originating from Dayton, Ohio. Beginning with the band's formation in 1983, it made frequent personnel changes but always maintained the presence of principal songwriter Robert Pollard...
, Sarah Dougher
Sarah Dougher
-Career:Dougher has a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Texas. Apart from her musical endeavours, Dougher teaches courses on the History of Women in Rock music and Lyric Poetry in the Women's Studies department at Portland State University...
, Momus
Momus
Momus or Momos was in Greek mythology the god of satire, mockery, censure, writers, poets; a spirit of evil-spirited blame and unfair criticism. His name is related to , meaning 'blame' or 'censure'. He is depicted in classical art as lifting a mask from his face.-In classical literature:Hesiod...
, The 6ths
The 6ths
The 6ths is a band created by Stephin Merritt, also the prime mover behind The Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies and Future Bible Heroes.One story has it that the band was conceived when Merritt, observing that there was no tribute album dedicated to him, decided to make one himself...
, The Future Bible Heroes, The Gothic Archies
The Gothic Archies
The Gothic Archies are a self-described goth-bubblegum band created and largely performed by Stephin Merritt, more famously of The Magnetic Fields. In 1997, Merritt released The New Despair. The EP featured the song "Your Long White Fingers", which appeared frequently in the cult Nickelodeon series...
, Antietam, Sleepyhead, Mascott
Mascott
Mascott is an U.S. indie-pop band based in New York City formed in 1998.The indie pop group Mascott is led by singer/guitarist Kendall Jane Meade, formerly of Juicy...
, Broadcast
Broadcast
Broadcast or Broadcasting may refer to:* Broadcasting, the transmission of audio and video signals* Broadcast, an individual television program or radio program* Broadcast , an English electronic music band...
, Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp are an English electronic music duo, formed in 1999 in London, England, that consists of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory ....
, The Real Tuesday Weld
The Real Tuesday Weld
The Real Tuesday Weld are a British band, fronted by lead singer and founder Stephen Coates. They are known for producing jazzy cabaret-style music with subtle electronica influences, a style dubbed "antique beat" by Coates. They have six albums, several singles and eps and many tracks on...
, Stephen Duffy
Stephen Duffy
Stephen Anthony James Duffy is an English singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was a founding member and vocalist/bassist of Duran Duran. He went on to record as a solo performer under several different names, and is the singer and songwriter for The Lilac Time with his older brother...
, The Montgolfier Brothers
The Montgolfier Brothers
The Montgolfier Brothers is a British indie pop-dream pop duo which features gnac's Mark Tranmer and Lovewood drummer Roger Quigley.The group, which formed in 1999, has released several recordings.-Discography:*Seventeen Stars...
, Low
Low (band)
Low is an American indie rock group from Duluth, Minnesota, formed in 1993. As of 2010, the group is composed of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker , both founding members, and Steve Garrington ....
, Archer Prewitt
Archer Prewitt
Archer Prewitt is an American musician and cartoonist associated with the independent music scene in Chicago, Illinois.- Music :...
, Chris Ware
Chris Ware
Franklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
, Emily Hubley
Emily Hubley
-Work:After more than two decades of making numerous shorts, providing animated segments for documentaries such as Blue Vinyl and the musical feature Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Hubley made her first feature, The Toe Tactic. The Toe Tactic had its theatrical premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in...
, Jad Fair
Jad Fair
Jad Fair is an American singer, guitarist and graphic artist, most famous for being a founding member of lo-fi alternative rock group Half Japanese.-Biography:In 1974, with his brother David, Jad Fair founded the lo-fi group Half Japanese...
, Gerard Cosloy
Gerard Cosloy
Gerard Cosloy is an American music industry executive.-Biography:Cosloy was raised in Wayland, Massachusetts, a western suburb of Boston. While he was in high school, he became involved in the local hardcore punk scene, put together many punk shows, and started Conflict, a mimeographed fanzine of...
, Solex
Solex
Solex was a French manufacturer of carburetors and the powered bicycle VéloSoleX.The Solex company was founded by Marcel Mennesson and Maurice Goudard to manufacture vehicle radiators...
, Nina Nastasia
Nina Nastasia
Nina Nastasia is a New York City-based singer-songwriter born in Hollywood, California.-Biography:She began writing songs in 1993, and released her first album, Dogs, in 2000. Only 1,500 copies of the album were initially pressed, with Nastasia putting together the album packaging herself in her...
, A Girl Called Eddy
A Girl Called Eddy
A Girl Called Eddy, real name Erin Moran, is an American soul pop singer/songwriter born in Neptune, New Jersey, USA and currently residing in England....
, The Places, The Naysayer, Bertrand Burgalat
Bertrand Burgalat
Bertrand Burgalat is a French musician, composer and producer.- Background :Bertrand Burgalat was born in the Corsican town of Bastia in 1963...
, Benjamin Biolay
Benjamin Biolay
Benjamin Biolay is a French singer, songwriter, musician, actor and record producer. He is the brother of singer Coralie Clément, whose two albums he wrote and produced, and the ex-husband of Chiara Mastroianni, the daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni.His low-key vocal style is...
, Keren Ann
Keren Ann
Keren Ann Zeidel is a singer-songwriter-composer-producer and engineer based largely in Paris, Tel Aviv and New York City. She plays guitar, piano and clarinet, engineers and writes choir and musical arrangements.-Life and career:...
, Nikki McClure, Cynthia Connolly
Cynthia Connolly
Cynthia Connolly is an American photographer, graphic designer, and artist. She graduated from Corcoran College of Art and Design and worked for Dischord Records and d.c. space. In 1988 she published Banned in DC: Photos and Anecdotes From the DC Punk Underground through her small press Sun Dog...
, The Saturday People, Lemony Snicket
Lemony Snicket
Lemony Snicket is the pen name of American novelist Daniel Handler . Snicket is the author of several children's books, serving as the narrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events and appearing as a character within the series. Because of this, the name Lemony Snicket may refer to both a fictional...
/Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler is an American author, screenwriter and accordionist. He is best known for his work under the pen name Lemony Snicket.-Personal life:...
, Dump
Dump (band)
Dump is a vehicle for releasing the four-track home recordings of Yo La Tengo bassist James McNew. His recordings occasionally feature guest performers such as Sue Garner and Fontaine Toups...
, Cibo Matto
Cibo Matto
Cibo Matto are a New York City-based band formed by two Japanese women, Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori, in 1994...
, Sally Timms
Sally Timms
Sally Timms is an English singer and songwriter. Timms is best known for her long involvement with the Mekons whom she joined in 1985....
, Squirrel Nut Zippers
Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Squirrel Nut Zippers are a band formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina by James "Jimbo" Mathus , Katharine Whalen , Chris Phillips on drums, Don Raleigh on bass and sideman Ken Mosher....
, Naomi Yang, Stuart Moxham, Peter Straub
Peter Straub
Peter Francis Straub is an American author and poet, most famous for his work in the horror genre. His horror fiction has received numerous literary honors such as the Bram Stoker Award, World Fantasy Award, and International Horror Guild Award, placing him among the most-honored horror authors in...
, Travis Elborough
Travis Elborough
Travis Elborough is the author of The Bus We Loved: London's Affair With the Routemaster , The Long-Player Goodbye: The Album From vinyl To iPod And Back Again and Wish You Were Here - England on Sea...
among others. O'Hara is one of the models on the cover of The Magnetic Fields' Get Lost as well. Her photos have appeared in the New York Times, The Times, the Washington Post, the Washington City Paper, Time Out, Time Out NY, CMJ, the Village Voice, Magnet, LGNY, Pulse, Rockpile, HX, Billboard and several books: Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records and 69 Love Songs: A Field Guide. She had her first photo exhibition at Ladyfest 2000 in Olympia, WA, and a solo show at Other Music the same year.
Film
O'Hara co-directed and co-produced Strange PowersStrange Powers
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields is a 2010 American documentary film by Kerthy Fix and Gail O'Hara that documents the work and life of the American cult songwriter, Stephin Merritt and his primary group.-Film info:...
: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields (2010), along with co-director/co-producer Kerthy Fix. The film contains footage filmed from 1999 to 2009 by O'Hara and Fix. Strange Powers had its US premiere at the South by Southwest Film Festival in March 2010, and has continued to tour at festivals including Full Frame
Full frame
In cinematography, full frame refers to the use of the full film gate at maximum width and height for 35 mm film cameras. It is sometimes also referred to as silent aperture, full gate, or a number of other similar word combinations. It is the original gate size pioneered by William Dickson and...
, Hot Docs
Hot Docs
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America's largest documentary film festival, conference, and market, held annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
, and the Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
The Seattle International Film Festival , held annually in Seattle, Washington since 1976, is among the top film festivals in North America. Audiences have grown steadily; the 2006 festival had 160,000 attendees...
. The DVD was released in May 2011.
Record Label
O'Hara founded Enchanté Records in 1993 after Connie Lovatt from Alkaline and Fontaine Toups from VersusVersus (band)
Versus is an American indie rock band formed in 1990 by Richard Baluyut, Fontaine Toups and Edward Baluyut in New York City. Richard and Fontaine were to remain the two core members throughout the band's history. The band was noted for their marriage of indie pop songwriting and vocal harmonies to...
formed a band called Containe and had their first show at a chickfactor party in New York. Enchanté released two records by Containe: 1994's I Want It All EP and 1997's LP Only Cowards Walk Like Cowards; and two records by Connie Lovatt and Edward Baluyut's band The Pacific Ocean: 1998's Birds Don't Think They're Flying and 2000's Less Than The Needle, More Than The Shotgun. Enchanté released a compilation in 2002 titled All's Fair in Love and... chickfactor featuring chickfactor favorites, including Pipas, Dump
Dump (band)
Dump is a vehicle for releasing the four-track home recordings of Yo La Tengo bassist James McNew. His recordings occasionally feature guest performers such as Sue Garner and Fontaine Toups...
, The Would-Be-Goods, The Magnetic Fields, The Pacific Ocean, Low
Low (band)
Low is an American indie rock group from Duluth, Minnesota, formed in 1993. As of 2010, the group is composed of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker , both founding members, and Steve Garrington ....
, The Pines, The Clientele
The Clientele
The Clientele are a London-based British band with Alasdair MacLean on vocals and guitar, Mark Keen on drums, James Hornsey on bass and Mel Draisey on violin, keyboards, backing vocals and percussion....
, The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set
The Aislers Set is an indie pop band that formed in San Francisco in 1997 after the breakup of chief songwriter Amy Linton’s former band Henry's Dress...
, Foxgloves, Marine Research
Marine Research
Marine Research was an indie rock/twee pop band, based in Oxford/London , formed in 1997 by four of the five members of Heavenly , following the suicide of Heavenly drummer Mathew Fletcher...
, Graeme Downes (Verlaines), The Cannanes with Astra, and many others.
Journalism
Along with editing chickfactor, O'Hara was the Music Editor of Time Out New York where she hired Stephin MerrittStephin Merritt
Stephin Merritt is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles , best known as the principal singer and songwriter in the band The Magnetic Fields...
, LD Beghtol
LD Beghtol
LD Beghtol is an American musician, art director and writer. Beghtol participated in The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs recordings and live shows. Beghtol is a founding member of the band Flare—aka Flare Acoustic Arts League—and the death-pop outfit LD & the New Criticism, and was also in the...
, Claudia Gonson
Claudia Gonson
Claudia Miriam Gonson, is an American musician best known for her work with The Magnetic Fields. She occasionally provides the band lead vocals as well as performing the piano or drums...
, Bob Bannister, Franklin Bruno
Franklin Bruno
Franklin Bruno is an American singer-songwriter, academic, writer, and blogger originally from Upland, California. He has been a member of Nothing Painted Blue since its inception in 1986....
and other musicians to write alongside the regular critics. She has also worked at 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...
magazine, the Washington City Paper
Washington City Paper
The Washington City Paper is a U.S. alternative weekly newspaper serving the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.Founded in 1981, and published for its first year under the masthead 1981, taking the City Paper name in volume 2, by Russ Smith, it shared ownership with the Chicago Reader from 1982...
, ELLEgirl magazine, Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly is an American magazine, published by the Time division of Time Warner, that covers film, television, music, broadway theatre, books and popular culture...
, Monocle
Monocle
A monocle is a type of corrective lens used to correct or enhance the vision in only one eye. It consists of a circular lens, generally with a wire ring around the circumference that can be attached to a string. The other end of the string is then connected to the wearer's clothing to avoid losing...
, CNN Traveller, Happy, Modern Painters, Interview
Interview (magazine)
Interview is an American magazine which has the nickname The Crystal Ball Of Pop. It was founded in late 1969 by artist Andy Warhol. The magazine features intimate conversations between some of the world's biggest celebrities, artists, musicians, and creative thinkers...
, CMJ, and had a regular pop music column in the Times of London. Additionally, O'Hara has written liner notes for several Saint Etienne
Saint Etienne (band)
Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
projects.