MIKE NICOLAI WWW.MIKENICOLAI.NET dreamy, insightful, thought-provoking home-cooked American music that stands heads above anything it its realm - PULSE - praise for Mike Nicolai's fourth cd, God Fatigue in the Post Atom Age, released in late 2005 by SMA Records, and picked up by Eclectone Records for release in 2006. Originally from Austin, MN, Mike Nicolai has at various times called Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland OR and Austin TX home over the years. While in Minneapolis he formed The Draghounds (... a tight and taut hook machine... like a midwestern version of The Clash... -Mpls Star-Tribune) and released two records on the local Crackpot label in the early 90s. He released his eponymous solo debut independently in 1997. He currently lives in Kansas City, MO. Members past and present of great American bands such as The Replacements, Son Volt and The Gourds have contributed to Mike Nicolai's recordings. He wrote the song Catch You Alive for Austin TX group The Damnations, who released it as the final track on their 1999 Sire Records debut Half Mad Moon. His narration of the short film Looking Out For Hope, directed by Phil Harder, can be heard on the DVD section of the boxed set A Lifetime of Temporary Relief by Low, who composed music for the film. He has toured extensively, both solo and with collaborating musicians. a transcendental blend of word and image, laid painfully bare... this is rock music stripped to its essence, free of frills and bullshit... Austin Chronicle ... Nicolai's bizarre lyrical tableaux veer from hilarious to angering to chillingly cold and real, sometimes within a single verse... it can feel something like getting a ride home from a sensationally drunk savant who's talking so fast and furious he's barely watching the road... Audiogalaxy ...the rogue charm of Another Side of Bob Dylan and the hoarse irreverence of The Replacements' Tim... No Depression