Chris Cohen (musician)

Born in Los Angeles, California in 1975, he is the son of former music business executive Kip Cohen and former Broadway actress Lynn Cohen (known professionally as Lynn Carlisle).[1] In 1991, Cohen appeared in the Sonic Youth video "Cinderella's Big Score" by Dave Markey.[2] His sister is public radio reporter and host Alex Cohen.

His first instrument was drums, which he began playing at the age of 3,[3] later learning to make music by overdubbing himself on a cassette four-track.[4]

Cohen has released three records under his own name on the Captured Tracks label – Overgrown Path (2012), As If Apart (2016), and Chris Cohen (2019). Cohen performed and recorded his first two albums himself,[5][6] describing them in an interview as "companion pieces."[7]

Overgrown Path was called "a perfectly conceived album" by Allmusic[8] and As If Apart a "powerful, exquisitely realized journey" by Pitchfork.[9] Captured Tracks' owner Mike Sniper stated via Twitter that "whenever I get depressed about running an indie rock label in 2016, I can take solace in knowing I put out 2 Chris Cohen LP's."[10] In 2012 Cohen was listed by Mac DeMarco in Pitchfork as one of his "favorite new artists."[11]

Before beginning to use his own name, Cohen wrote music for his band, The Curtains, as well as for Deerhoof, Natural Dreamers, and Cryptacize, which was a collaboration with Nedelle Torrisi and Michael Carreira.[12] After the dissolution of Cryptacize, Cohen played drums or guitar with Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti and White Magic.[13] He also toured and recorded with Cass McCombs[14] and has performed and recorded with Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Danielson and EZTV.[15]

In 2016 he co-produced and played drums on the album Front Row Seat to Earth by Weyes Blood.[16]

Cohen currently performs in his own band and in the duo Park Detail's Band with Yasi Perera.[17]

He has toured the US and Europe extensively with his band since 2012, performing at Primavera Sound,[18] Le Guess Who?,[19] and End of the Road Festivals,[20] performing alongside such artists as Eleanor Friedberger,[21] Tortoise,[22] DIIV,[23] Andy Shauf,[24] Mac DeMarco,[25] and Parquet Courts.[26]

• List of drummers
• List of guitarists
• List of people from Los Angeles
• Music of Los Angeles

• Chris Cohen at AllMusic
• Interview with Basje Boer of Subbacultcha
• Interview with Josh Holliday of Dots and Dashes
• Pitchfork review of Overgrown Path
• Tiny Mix Tapes review of Overgrown Path
• Stereogum Stream of Overgrown Path