Birth name Jon Sortland Name Jon Sortland Years active 1989–present | Genres rock, punk rock Origin California | |
Born September 12, 1973 (age 50)
Nevada City, California ( 1973-09-12 ) Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, record producer Labels Columbia Records
Wedge Records
Theologian Records
ORG Music | ||
Broken Bells - The Mall & Misery (ACL 2014) Live From Stage
Jon Sortland (born September 12, 1973) is an American musician, currently playing the drums for indie rock band The Shins. Sortland also drums, plays bass and keyboards and provides backing vocals in the band Broken Bells. Sortland is also the drummer and singer in the band E V Kain. Sortland is endorsed by Paiste and C&C Drums.
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History
In the late 1980s Sortland started The Circus Tents, a northern California skate punk band with Matt Wedgley (The Force, Dirty Filthy Mugs, Viva Hate), Scot Pickering, Jeff Jones and Chad Cox. The band self-released their 12-song cassette tape in 1991, followed by their EP (Hard Up) in 1992. Both releases had songs featured in several skateboarding videos (Powell, Toy Machine). In 1996 Sortland formed Cigar with Rami Krayem on guitar and lead vocals, and Jason Torbert on bass. Cigar, produced by Fletcher Dragge of Pennywise, released their debut full-length Album “Speed is Relative" in 1999 on Theologian records. Throughout the 2000s, Sortland has performed and recorded with several other bands and producers until starting his current band E V Kain. E V Kain released their “Clear” 7” in late 2012 and is currently active. The most recent release from E V Kain is a split 7" record with Mike Watt and The Secondmen.