Driftless Pony Club

Driftless Pony Club
Origin Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genres Alternative Rock, Indie Rock
Years active 1999-Present
Labels DFTBA Records, Sector Five, Two Thumbs Down
Website Band Website
Craig Benzine's Website
Members Craig Benzine
Matt Weber
Sam Grant
Nate Bartley

Driftless Pony Club is a Chicago, Illinois-based indie rock band. Its lead singer and guitarist is Craig Benzine, who also produces YouTube videos under the alias "WheezyWaiter".[1][2][3] After releasing two albums (2004's Janel and 2006's Cholera) on the Madison, Wisconsin-based Sector Five Records,[4] the band signed with DFTBA Records, on which they released their first profitable release, the EP Expert, in August 2009.[5] Driftless Pony Club has toured across the United States multiple times, and has performed in lineups with other bands affiliated with DFTBA Records including Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, Andrew Huang, Rob Scallon, and Harry and the Potters[6].

Discography

  • Janel (2004)
  • Cholera (2006)
  • Expert (2009)
  • Buckminster (2011)
  • Magnicifent (2012)
  • Zastera (2016)

References

  1. ↑ Miller, Todd (2009-06-28). "I Want a Pony: The not-so-driftless Driftless Pony Club". Newcity.
  2. ↑ Downing, Andy (2011-08-01). "Clubs roundup: Johnson brings weighty approach to land of escapism". The Capital Times.
  3. ↑ Dickinson, Chrissie (2015-04-20). "Hank Green merges online, real worlds at Metro". Chicago Tribune.
  4. ↑ "Cholera Review". Isthmus. 2006-09-28.
  5. ↑ Laskin, Tom (2006-08-21). "The little label that could". Isthmus.
  6. ↑ "Tour Because Awesome 3". 2016-05-19.
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