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Years active
  
1984–present

Name
  
Mike Coykendall


Mike Coykendall Mike Coykendall

Origin
  
Norwich, Kansas, Nebraska, United States

Genres
  
Indie rock, indie folk,

Associated acts
  
She & HimM.WardOld Joe ClarksKlyde Konnor

Role
  
Musician · mikecoykendall.com

Albums
  
Half Past, Present Pending, The Unbearable Being of Likeness, Chasing Away The Dots, Hello Hello Hello

Record labels
  
Stereotype Records, Field Hymns

Similar People
  
Rachel Blumberg, Richmond Fontaine, M Ward, Carlos Forster, Luther Russell

Mike Coykendall is a musician, studio engineer, and producer. Born in Norwich, Kansas in 1963, Coykendall was a member of the Wichita-based Klyde Konnor, which performed and recorded frequently throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. 

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Coykendall moved to San Francisco in 1991, and released three critically acclaimed albums with the Old Joe Clarks. After moving to Portland, Oregon in 1999, Coykendall set up a home studio, where he recorded such luminaries as M Ward, Richmond Fontaine, Beth Orton, Tin Hat Trio, She & Him, and Bright Eyes. Coykendall has released several albums as a solo artist, including Hello Hello Hello (Stereotype Records 2005), The Unbearable Being of Likeness (Field Hymns 2010), and Chasing Away The Dots (Fluff and Gravy Records, 2012).

Discography

Chasing Away the Dots (2012) Fluff & Gravy

  • Till the Ice is Broken
  • We All Gotta Go
  • Mr. Fly
  • Runaways & Strays
  • Mumbo Jumbo
  • As Lost As You Are
  • Where the Wind Don't Blow
  • The Hippie Girl
  • Strange
  • Sunshine of the Neighborhood
  • Medic (Slighter)
  • Let it Go
  • Medic
  • They're Gone
  • The Unbearable Being of Likeness (2010) Field Hymns

  • Good One
  • Luna Mama Less Dip
  • It's Raining Inside
  • Spacebaker Blues
  • Disco Next Door w/ Clicker
  • Bye-Bye-Baby-O
  • First Shot, Best Shot
  • Sold Your Closet Painting
  • Flatlands
  • Something To Chew On
  • Wonderland
  • Hello Hello Hello (2005) Stereotype Records

  • Hi-Ho
  • Glass Shelters
  • Top of the World
  • Takes One to Know
  • Devil's Own Highway
  • Sammy in the Doomed Machine
  • Driver Carries No Cash
  • Hope (the Good Angel)
  • If I Only Knew
  • Who'll Be the Devil
  • Altitudes
  • Please
  • What Can I Say
  • Bamboo Pole
  • In Prayer
  • Other Appearances

  • Bright Eyes - Four Winds (2007 · Saddle Creek)
  • She & Him - Volume One (2007 · Merge Records)
  • She & Him - Volume Two (2010 · Merge Records)
  • Songs

    The Hippie Girl
    Hard Landing
    Spacebaker Blues
    East of Cheney
    Just South of Levitation
    You Don't Have to Treat You That Way
    Mr Fly
    Burn on Reentry
    Metal Shed Blues
    Travel Round the World
    All That I Wanted
    We All Gotta Go
    Where The Wind Don't Blow
    Paranoid Eyes
    As Lost As You Are
    Till The Ice Is Broken
    Driver Carries No Cash
    Runaways & Strays
    They're Gone
    Altitudes
    Sunshine Of The Neighborhood
    Devil's Own Highway
    Bamboo Pole
    It's Raining Inside
    In Prayer
    Glass Shelters
    Who'll Be the Devil
    If I Only Knew
    Sammy in the Doomed Machine
    Takes One To Know
    What Can I Say
    First Shot - Best Shot

    References

    Mike Coykendall Wikipedia