| Ethan Tufts | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Ethan Tufts |
| Also known as | State Shirt |
| Born | (1976-06-09) 9 June 1976 (age 48) Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Synths, Drums |
| Years active | 2001 - present |
| Labels | Los Fucking Angeles |
| Website | www.stateshirt.com |
Ethan Tufts is an American songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and YouTuber. He creates music under the pseudonym State Shirt. Tufts is known for creating automotive videos on the YouTube channel Hello Road.
State Shirt
Tufts' music is known for its diverse and often unpredictable style, integrating live looping in both recordings and live performances. All of his songs are open source and licensed via Creative Commons, providing raw materials for the hundreds of remix artists that have created new works based on his source tracks. Tufts currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
He released his debut album Don't Die in 2004, and his second album This Is Old in 2008. The first single from This is Old is "Fell Out of the Sky," Archived 2009-04-01 at the Wayback Machine a song inspired by the black box data recordings recovered from the crash of Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182, September 25, 1978. Let's Get Bloody was released in 2008, and his most recent album, Lost Hills was released in August 2015.
Discography
Albums
- Lost Hills (Aug, 2015)
- Life is Easy (Jan, 2015)
- Let's Get Bloody (Dec, 2011)
- This Is Old (Nov, 2008)
- Don't Die (Jun, 2004)
- New Planet (Jun, 2002)
Interviews
- Andrew Shaw, "Speed Date: Talking Tacos, Heroes & Spending Unhealthy Amounts of Time in the Studio", Buzzine, December 20, 2011
- Heather Rush, "An Interview with State Shirt - Ethan Tufts", HiddenTrack (Blog), masslive.com, February 16, 2009
- "The Guitar Hero Series: State Shirt", Interview, JemSite, jemsite.com
Reviews
- Jay Gary, "State Shirt goes beyond stereotype", Central Michigan Life, January 24, 2012
- "State Shirt - Don't Die 'Whisperin' And Hollerin', Review
- "State Shirt - Don't Die", Review, Plug-In Music.com
References
- "State Shirt Discography". Discogs.
- "Watch This Rad Guy Road Trip His Obscure Rad Car To Radwood". Jalopnik. April 1, 2018.
- "State of the Stomp: Looping Tips and Techniques". Premier Guitar. October 28, 2013.
- "State Shirt embraces digital world – you can steal his tunes but you'll probably pay up". Music Missionary. February 24, 2012.
- "Remix State Shirt and He'll Remix You". ccMixter.
- "Don't Die album review". Indieville. Archived from the original on February 6, 2005. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- "This is Old album review". Leonard’s Lair. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on March 28, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- "Something For The Weekend: A Free Album of Indie-Pop Drive & Dreamlike Ambition". Buzzine. Archived from the original on January 9, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
- "Lost Hills album". Discogs. 11 August 2015.