Tim Kasher

Tim Kasher
Tim Kasher performing in the crowd with Cursive at the Concert for Equality
Background information
Born	(1974-08-19) August 19, 1974 (age 42) Omaha, Nebraska, US
Genres	Indie rock, emo, post-hardcore, alternative rock, folk rock
Instruments	Vocals, accordion, guitar, organ, keyboard, vuvuzela, bass
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Saddle Creek
Associated acts	Cursive, The Good Life, Slowdown Virginia, Commander Venus
Notable instruments
Gibson Corvus II, Gibson Les Paul

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.

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.

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.

Kasher's marriage and time away from Omaha didn't last long; he returned within eighteen months of leaving Cursive and Omaha. With Pederson away, Kasher recruited Ted Stevens to join the previous other band members. The re-formed Cursive soon recorded and released their third album, Domestica, at Presto! Studios in Omaha, using the stock room of the USA Baby store where Kasher worked as the band's practice space.Domestica showed this version of Cursive to have a tight-knit, hard-rock sound with the addition of Stevens as well as Kasher's newfound focus on introspective, storytelling focused lyrics. Cursive added cellist Gretta Cohn for the next several releases and the band, and Kasher's writing, found critical success with 2003's The Ugly Organ, a "gale force" of "personal indigence."