The Quavers coax a luminous sound out of decayed samplers, walkmans, vibraphonette, footpedal loopers, tape echo violin and homespun harmonies. Like a space-age Carter Family, they weave low-tech electronics around songs sturdy enough to stand up even if the power goes out. They call it "porch techno".

News

California Solo, a film by Marshall Lewy starring Robert Carlyle premiered at Sundance 2012. The score is by T. Griffin and features violin by Catherine McRae.

Return, a film by Liza Johnson starring Linda Cardelini had it's theatrical release in February 2012 to outstanding reviews. The score is by also T. Griffin and features violin by Catherine McRae. Notice a pattern?

Our collaboration with Academy-Award Nominated filmmaker Sam Green, UTOPIA IN FOUR MOVEMENTS will perform in Florida, Mexico City and Turkey, with Brendan Canry (Fugazi) filling in for Dennis Cronin, who's out on paternity leave right now (congratulations, Dennis!). We've done the show over 30 times, all over the world since premiering at Sundance in 2010. The Huffington Post called it "the most compelling screening of the entire 2010 Sundance Film Festival."

Other news: YES we're still working on a new record! Still have one glockenspiel overdub to do, but we're hoping to finish it up very soon.

T. Griffin did the original music for Tristan Patterson's film DragonSlayer, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the SXSW film festival and at Hot Docs. It was recorded on 4-track cassette.

Shows

If you're in Turkey come see us in Ankara April 11 and Esikir April 13th. Yes, Turkey, the country.

If you're in New York, come see us July 28 at Barbes.

Listen / Watch

Fireflies from the Quavers LP Lit By Your Phone

Fireflies by ShinyLittle

A cruncher from the credits to Esther Robinson's film A Walk Into The Sea. Played by T. Griffin, Catherine McRae and Bruce Cawdron.

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Schizophrenia by ShinyLittle

More music is on our audio page.

The Quavers live on NPR's Bryant Park Project. Interview and Performances. // Video.

T. Griffin and Guy Picciotto backing Vic Chesnutt on a roof in Austria. Here.

See The Quavers singing on Brooklyn's Gowanus canal. In a canoe. Really. Our Takeaway Show.

See all our videos on shiny little records YouTube page.