labels years_active article_title background genre origin name
doppler records welcome home 2001 & ndash ; present golden shoulders
 group_or_band indie rock nevada city , california , united states golden shoulders
golden shoulders

golden shoulders is a band from nevada city , california .
formed in 2001 by songwriter adam kline , the group operates with a rotating lineup and has featured significant contributions from such notables as joanna newsom , who sang and played piano on the first golden shoulders album , `` let my burden be '' , before going on to international acclaim ; todd roper and greg brown -lrb- cake , deathray -rrb- , jason graham the stones , the gears , wylde tigerz , midnight specials , rich good -lrb- the psychedelic furs , the pleased -rrb- , dan elkan -lrb- broken bells , hella , them hills , pocket for corduroy -rrb- , josh klinghoffer -lrb- red hot chili peppers , john frusciante , pj harvey , beck -rrb- , rusty miller -lrb- jackpot -rrb- , rob kieswetter -lrb- bobby birdman -rrb- , hunter burgan -lrb- afi -rrb- , songwriter brett shady , drummer neal morgan , and more .
a complete list of contributors can be found here .
golden shoulders has released three albums , `` let my burden be '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- , `` friendship is deep '' -lrb- 2004 -rrb- , and `` get reasonable '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- , along with the eps `` bee 17 '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- and `` kin '' -lrb- 2006 -rrb- .
-lsb- -rsb- thus far , all officially released golden shoulders songs have been written by kline and arranged by the musicians on the recordings .
live arrangements differ from the recorded versions based on the whims of the performers .
golden shoulders ' first album , `` let my burden be '' , peaked at no. 68 on the cmj chart , which measures college radio plays in the united states .
the april 2005 issue of mojo magazine gave the golden shoulders ' second album , `` friendship is deep '' , a review of four out of five stars .
-lsb- http://www.borrowedtunes.com/archives/magazines/ the follow-up album , `` get reasonable '' , received another four star review from mojo in the november 2009 issue .
golden shoulders have also had several songs featured on the episodic video blog , lonelygirl15 .
-lsb- http://www.lonelygirl15.com/ the band has toured the united states several times , including 2004 's speed of sound tour , 2006 's annyong tour , 2009 's flawless tour , and 2010 's drive across america tour .
the shows performed on these tours were performed without electricity , meaning no microphones or amplifiers were used -lsb- http://sun-shadowpoet.livejournal.com/143556.html] , though the band sometimes appears as a four-piece , plugged-in lineup when playing in their home state of california .
