Tim Kasher

Timothy J. Kasher (born August 19, 1974) is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska, and is the frontman of indie rock groups Cursive and The Good Life, both of which are on the Omaha based record label Saddle Creek Records.

Music

Slowdown Virginia

Slowdown Virginia was formed in Omaha in 1993 by Kasher with Matt Maginn, Steve Pederson, and Casey Caniglia after the dissolution of a previous band called The March Hares. With a sound described as a heartland Pavement and into the Pixies, Slowdown Virginia recorded and released one album, Dead Space, on Lumberjack Records, with the help of funding from friends. The band was short lived, breaking up in 1995, but it inspired other bands to form in Omaha like The Faint and Bright Eyes, the formation of Saddle Creek Records out of Lumberjack Records, and the name of Omaha's indie music venue, Slowdown.

Cursive

Kasher, Maginn, and Pederson formed a new band, Cursive, in 1995, adding Clint Schnase to the band. The bands released two albums, described as full of emotion and distortion, before disbanding in 1998 as Kasher moved to Portland, Oregon after getting married. Kasher also spent some of this time playing guitar in Commander Venus, recording and releasing two albums. Pederson left Omaha to study law at Duke University in North Carolina shortly afterward.