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Instrumentation

Jeremy D'Antonio (Guitar, Vocals)
Dan Luehring (Drums)
Jonathan Rackstang (Bass,Double Bass)
James Han(Fender Rhodes, Piano, Synth)
Dave Zirbel(Pedal Steel,Dobro)
Jess DeNicola (Vocals)

Biography

Jeremy D’Antonio is a musician who traces his creative roots to the holiest faith: the city known as Santa Fe. With the lush cultural history of the Creative City (a UNESCO designation) swirling around him, D’Antonio’s imaginative sensibilities pushed him to look back to move forward. Immersing himself in the rich tradition of Americana music, D’Antonio burst forward in creating a unique voice that is at once steeped in this land’s dynamic history and captures its ever-changing present. In his music, the future is as wide-open as the long stretch of highway between Santa Fe and Denver, Colorado, the city where D’Antonio refined his musicianship, setting himself apart as a songwriter and guitarist in a scene that was exploding with new music. The Denver Daily News underscored this when they wrote: “Similar to Ryan Adams and Jay Farrar of Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, Jeremy D’Antonio captures the mood of the country’s wide-open road and the possibilities and loneliness it can bring.”

D’Antonio’s band Tiny Television stood in the middle of the new music movement but also remained resolute to never relent. Always striving to grow and change, D’Antonio landed in San Francisco, refashioning Tiny Television into a community of musicians coming together to tell real stories. D’Antonio’s underlying belief in the power of music as soaring above life, chronicling everything unfolding below took on a new shape and meaning in his new city. And San Francisco took notice, particularly the venerable San Francisco indie-music festival Noise Pop, deeming D’Antonio’s work with Tiny Television as “Poppy like Spoon. Twangy like Ryan Adams. Gritty like the Mission. Moody enough to earn the ‘indie’ label, but simple enough to pull you into their world like it’s your own.”

Tiny Television is a group of great musicians who help deliver “the talent and emotion” of D’Antonio’s songwriting and his “powerful voice” as The Denver Post describes, to an America hungry for something that connects, not separates us. D’Antonio and Tiny Television’s newest work, Mission Statement, displays what lies at the heart of all the music: sincerity and authenticity. “Jeremy D’Antonio and his band members deliver a solid honest to goodness album which simply put is a great collection of songs,” The American UK writes. “We are immediately in Americana country, not a place, more a state of mind, hard to describe but easily recognized.” It’s here where we see D’Antonio break away from the pack as the thoughtful troubadour and swaggering balladeer who understands that music can serve in the pursuit of the most important thing it can achieve: telling the truth. “His words are not obtuse, but rather, clear and economical,” the Denver Syntax writes. “His images are grounding, humble and listening to his work I picture D'Antonio in all the living rooms he has inhabited, with shades drawn, trying to get the feeling back into his fingers. If you are looking for an honest interaction, or for a picture of a broken-down but resurfacing man – stop and interact here.”
-written by Antonino D’Ambrosio

Tiny Television in the Press

Syntax Magazine

Organic and deceptively simple, D’Antonio’s songs are brilliant exaltations on the human condition and alas, on love. From the compositions to the textures and lyrics – there is an executed, inherent simplicity. This, however, is not to say that Tiny Television is prosaic. Instead, what D’Antonio has managed to accomplish, especially lyrically – are paralyzing meditations on the universals of pain, loss, love and redemption.
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Denver Daily News on Tiny Television

Gene Davis, DDN Staff Writer

Friday, May 22, 2009

Tiny Television Similar to Ryan Adams and Jay Farrar of Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, Jeremy D’Antonio captures the mood of the country’s wide-open road and the possibilities and loneliness it can bring. D’Antonio, who performs under the moniker Tiny Television, is rolling back into Denver this weekend for a gig at the Hi-Dive. The musician left the Mile High City for San Francisco last year but has returned every few months to remind Denver audiences that introspective, mid-tempo Americana can be done right.

Denver Post on Tiny Television

Featuring a lineup of some of Denver’s best multi-group musicians, such as Dan Luehring, James Han, Jonathan Rakstang, Joshua Trinidad and Jess Mefford, Tiny Television hit the Hi-Dive stage once again on Friday night. The large and enthusiastic crowd was treated to openers Britt Rodemich, Tim Pourbaix, and Dan Craig Band before D’Antonio took the stage in his jean jacket, sleeveless shirt and bandana.
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Beat Surrender Review of Mission Statement   (View Beat Surrender Blog)

Set for release next week Mission Statement is the début album from San Francisco based Tiny Television, the band's centre-piece is singer/songwriter and guitar player Jeremy D'Antonio who has gathered a collective of great musicians Dan Luehring (drums), Jonathan Rackstang (bass & double bass), James Hahn (keys) Dave Zirbel (Pedal Steel & Dobro) and Jess DeNicola (vocals), together they produced the goods - this is fine album featuring ten well-crafted songs with the right blend of roots music delivered with an indie sensibility to create a great alt-country record.

There are echo's of Ryan Adams in D'Antonio's delivery (no bad thing there's a vacancy to fill whilst the erratic Mr Adams if busying himself domestically) there's a strong vocal contribution from Jess DeNicola and I like the liberal use of keyboards (Wurlitzer, Piano and Hammond) put this together with some classy steel playing and an occasional burst of brass you get an album full of interest.

So all in all, we have a real contender here, loads of potential, do yourself a favour and check the band out by listening here, my picks from the album Carolina & C.R.E.A.M.

Noise Pop Review

"Poppy like Spoon. Twangy like Ryan Adams. Gritty like the Mission. Moody enough to earn the “indie” label, but simple enough to pull you into their world like it’s your own."

Americana UK Review of "Mission Statement"  (View Americana UK Blog)

Excellent debut that begs to be heard

The onward march of corporate claptrap and management consultants has devalued the purpose of the mission statement. Originally a brief description of what one does (we sell stuff!) it has descended into a remarkable vapidity, full of gobbledegook and buzz words such as vision, hope, passion, service, customer and journey. On this Mission Statement Colorado musician Jeremy D’Antonio and his band members deliver a solid honest to goodness album which simply put is a great collection of songs.

Opening with 'Murder ballad' we are immediately in Americana country, not a place, more a state of mind, hard to describe but easily recognised and the opening bars of this song with a tumbleweed dobro and wearied vocal put Tiny Television on the map.

The remainder of the album is not so dusty but there are numerous highlights with the dobro prominent again on the skiffle-ish 'Hallelujah' which has a Bakersfield feel to it. Elsewhere the slow organ groove of 'Rose Coloured Sunsets' and 'How Long's piano and pedal steel add a touch of classy pop sensibility and the relaxed swagger on 'Be With Me' all indicate a talent with a sure hand on the tiller and a cargo load of potential. In addition D’Antonio has a great voice, pitched somewhere between Sal Valentino and Ryan Adams, and the support from his players is sure and sympathetic. This is perhaps best expressed in 'C.R.E.A.M' which is a sublime, sexy, funky country ballad with some excellent steel guitar.