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Hometown	Memphis, TN
Genres	Indie Pop, Rock
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Upcoming Shows	None

Contact Information:	Artist / Band Member Noah Glenn mail@noahglenn.com 501-658-6995
# Years Experience Performing Live:	6
# Live Perfomances Past Six-months:	6
Market Draw:	Memphis, TN: 51-75; Little Rock, AR: 31-50
Venue History:	the Hi-Tone - Memphis, TN Neil's - Memphis, TN P & H Cafe - Memphis, TN Java Cabana - Memphis, TN White Water Tavern - Little Rock, AR Liquid Lounge - Long Beach, CA
Opener Experience:	Cory Brannan; Slim Francis; Scandaliz Vandalistz
Similar Artists:	Sufjan Stevens; Brian Wilson; Beck; Wilco; The Beatles; The Zombies; Half-Handed Cloud
Performing Rights Society:	BMI
Discography:	The Night is Dead Single—2011; Pillar of Fire Single—2011; Not Always (But Almost) Single—2011; The Cloudspotter EP EP—2008; Lafayette & Luxia LP—2006

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Noah Glenn is a musician and audio engineer living in Memphis, Tennessee He uses an array of instruments – mandolin, drums, piano, synthesizers, glockenspiel, clavinet, banjo, etc. – to explore a range of time-signatures and styles, creating a musical...

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Top 10 in Singer-Songwriter (male), June 2011

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Performer Magazine Recorded Reviews by Liz Lawson
A self-taught musician, Noah Glenn plays every instrument that appears on his EP, The Cloudspotter from the mandolin, banjo and guitar, to the piano, synthesizers and glockenspiel. The EP is Glenn’s third release, following on the tail of 2007’s Lafayette & Luxia and 2005’s More Than Machinery, both full length LPs. It is notable that every song on the album has a unique sound, wholly distinct from the rest. The opening song, “Heart Attack,” is the least poppy of the three, relying on strumming guitars and vocal choruses to create its melancholy sound. When the next track, “Double Decker,” kicks in, its sound is so extremely different from “Attack” that it’s almost too jarring to the listener. Diversity demonstrates talent though, and on an EP that’s typically what an artist strives to show his audience. However, there is something to be said for some sense of cohesiveness between tracks. “Cumulonimbus,” the third and final track on the EP, lushly layers instruments on top of each other until the 2:47 mark, when the drums start and the pop half of the indie-pop genre kicks in whole-heartedly. It ends with the lyrics “Every cumulonimbus reminds me of you,” a perfect example of Glenn’s ability to subtly twist the been-there-done-that indie pop with just enough originality to show that he’s a step above the rest. The Cloudspotter is currently available for free on Glenn’s website. (Self-released)

Performer Magazine Recorded Reviews by Matthew Godbey
Lafayette & Luxia is the sophomore release from Arkansas-bred Memphis resident Noah Glenn. Although the 21-year-old Glenn is relatively new to the scene, releasing his debut album More Than Machinery in 2005, he has already been embraced as a talented multi-instrumentalist and creative songwriter. Lafyette & Luxia displays not only Glenn's ability to write compelling songs but also his multitude of other musical talents. Glenn wrote, produced and recorded the album from his home studio in the summer of 2006. The result is a lush sound with acres of instrumental exploration, playful harmonies and an overall sense of relaxed songwriting. Glenn forges a brave brand of progressive pop with specks of samples and instruments ranging from the glockenspiel to the clavinet to the banjo with an organic indie-pop familiarity that is both reminiscent and radical. Lafayette & Luxia is strikingly diverse as a whole, with the album also exploring styles between songs. Glenn uses heavy piano and choir vocals on the Polyphonic Spree-inspired "All This Oxygen!" and then two songs later the sounds changes to full-on rock 'n' roll with the garage rock "Weakness Is," complete with echoing drums, crunching guitars and blown out vocals. And although the album is diverse, it never loses its focus, successfully teetering on the edge between a progressive brilliance and a chaotic disaster without once slipping. (Self-released)

Noah Glenn "Transient" by NPR Music
Noah Glenn is a 21-year-old solo artist living in Memphis, Tenn. where he writes and records multi-layered songs inspired by Sufjan Stevens, Brian Wilson and Beck. Originally from North Little Rock, Ark. Glenn's latest CD is Lafayette & Luxia. Glenn's first CD was More Than Machinery, released in 2005. By day Glenn works as a recording engineer and an artist, which he says allows him to make music that's "wildly experimental." He says he hopes his songs are "catchy (and) conjure a time when pop music was not afraid to try something new. For live performances Glenn says he creates instrumental loops on the spot, "surrounded by instruments." On record, he adds mandolins, Clavinet keyboards, banjos and synthesizers, exploring a range of time signatures and styles.

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