http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7402061&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rssIan Vanek and Matt Reilly were students at New York's Pratt Institute when they started playing together as Japanther in 2001. Though Vanek mans the drums and Reilly plays mostly bass, both sing and manipulate a battery of synthesizer and tape effects to achieve the band's noisy art rock fusion. Their debut, a homemade CD-R titled <i>The Last of the Living Land Pirates</i>, appeared in 2001, but the first widely available release, the <i>South of Northport</i> EP, came the following year. Between 2002 and 2007 they stayed stayed busy by releasing six LPs and several EPs, touring widely, and collaborating on a handful of acclaimed multi-media projects. - Nate CavalieriNoise Rocken720Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:41:14 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7402061&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss Ian Vanek and Matt Reilly were students at New York's Pratt Institute when they started playing together as Japanther in 2001. Though Vanek mans the drums and Reilly plays mostly bass, both sing and manipulate a battery of synthesizer and tape effects to achieve the band's noisy art rock fusion. Their debut, a homemade CD-R titled <i>The Last of the Living Land Pirates</i>, appeared in 2001, but the first widely available release, the <i>South of Northport</i> EP, came the following year. Between 2002 and 2007 they stayed stayed busy by releasing six LPs and several EPs, touring widely, and collaborating on a handful of acclaimed multi-media projects. - Nate Cavalieri http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.16390544&variant=play&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss Noise Rock Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Japanther Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.16390544 alb.16390544 Japanther art.7402061 8.99 Skuffed Up My Huffy alb.16390544 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/5/7/4/1104752_170x170.jpg 2007-09-11 00:00:00.0 2007-09-11 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.16390544&variant=play&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.16390544&variant=data&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.8937628&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss Noise Rock Thu, 8 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Japanther Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.8937628 alb.8937628 Japanther art.7402061 0.0 Yer Living Grave alb.8937628 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/4/6/2/9/759264_170x170.jpg 2005-12-08 00:00:00.0 2005-12-08 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.8937628&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.8937628&variant=data&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.14327814&variant=play&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss Noise Rock Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Japanther Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.14327814 alb.14327814 Japanther art.7402061 0.0 Yer Living Grave alb.14327814 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/6/5/1/1011560_170x170.jpg 2005-11-15 00:00:00.0 2005-11-15 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.14327814&variant=play&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.14327814&variant=data&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7402164&variant=play&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss Noise Rock Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0800 Japanther Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.7402164 alb.7402164 Japanther art.7402061 9.99 Master Of Pigeons alb.7402164 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/3/9/9/1639939_170x170.jpg 2005-01-25 00:00:00.0 2005-01-25 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7402164&variant=play&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7402164&variant=data&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7402162&variant=play&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss Noise Rock Tue, 14 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Japanther Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.7402162 alb.7402162 Japanther art.7402061 0.0 Dump The Body In Rikki Lake alb.7402162 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/3/9/6/0/1010693_170x170.jpg 2003-10-14 00:00:00.0 2003-10-14 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7402162&variant=play&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.7402162&variant=data&rws=%2Fjapanther%2Fdiscography.rss