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Franz Nicolay
Nicolay in 2009
Background information
Born
(1977-08-27) August 27, 1977 (age 46)
Origin
Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, U.S.
Genres
Punk rock, indie rock, Balkan jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician, writer
Instrument(s)
Vocals, keyboards, banjo, guitar, accordion
Website
www.franznicolay.com
Musical artist
Franz Nicolay (born 1977) is an American musician and writer. He is best known for playing the accordion and piano in The World/Inferno Friendship Society and keyboards in The Hold Steady from 2005 to 2010 and again from 2016 onwards. He is also notable for founding Anti-Social Music, a composer/performer collective based in New York City, and for performing in the Balkan jazz quartet Guignol.
Nicolay has worked as a producer, arranger, session musician, and collaborator with Mischief Brew, Leftöver Crack, The Dresden Dolls, The Loved Ones, and The Living End. He has performed with Frank Turner, Star Fucking Hipsters, and Against Me!
His first book The Humorless Ladies of Border Control, about DIY touring in the former Communist world, was published by The New Press in August 2016. The New York Times named it a "Season's Best Travel Book".[1] His second, the novel "Someone Should Pay For Your Pain," was called "a knockout fiction debut" in BuzzFeed and named one of Rolling Stone's "Best Music Books of 2021".[2][3] His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Slate, The Kenyon Review, The Paris Review Daily, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Ploughshares, The Threepenny Review, LitHub, Longreads, The Week, VICE, and elsewhere.
He has taught at University of California, Berkeley[4] and Columbia University's MFA fiction program,[5] and is currently on faculty at Bard College.[6]
In 2012, Dying Scene named him the #1 accordionist in punk rock.
^Schillinger, Liesl (29 November 2016). "Itineraries Await in the Season's Best Travel Books; The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-05-12.
^"42 Great Books To Read This Spring, Recommended By Our Favorite Indie Booksellers". Buzzfeed. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
FranzNicolay (born 1977) is an American musician and writer. He is best known for playing the accordion and piano in The World/Inferno Friendship Society...
guitar), Tad Kubler (guitar), Galen Polivka (bass), Bobby Drake (drums), FranzNicolay (keyboards) and Steve Selvidge (guitar). Noted for their "lyrically...
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(2008) (Viglione appears on tracks 19 & 22) FranzNicolay & Major General – Major General (2008) FranzNicolay – St. Sebastian of the Short Stage (2009)...
Stone. Retrieved September 28, 2022. Aaron, Peter (October 11, 2022). "FranzNicolay to Release New Album". Chronogram. Retrieved November 10, 2022. Manno...
Thorgerson's work. The album was a nominee for the 2008 Polaris Music Prize. FranzNicolay, of The Hold Steady, listed the album as one of his favourite releases...
Brian Viglione on drums, former Bauhaus bassist David J on bass and FranzNicolay on accordion. On September 2, 2012, Voltaire released his ninth studio...
a full-time member of the band at this time, future keyboard player FranzNicolay makes a guest appearance on the album alongside the World/Inferno Friendship...
Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved December 18, 2017. FranzNicolay (2016). The Humorless Ladies of Border Control: Touring the Punk Underground...
Josh Kaufman, the album sees the return to the line-up of keyboardist FranzNicolay, who had left the group after 2008's Stay Positive. Reviews of the album...
appearances from Helen Chambers, Sam Russo, Jimmy Islip, Brian Brody, and FranzNicolay In 2012, Ragan, Andriano, Laura Jane Grace, Cory Branan, Ben Kweller...
Colon the Soundtrack. All songs written by Craig Finn, Tad Kubler and FranzNicolay; except where noted. "Stuck Between Stations" – 4:10 "Chips Ahoy!" –...
appearance of guest musicians instead of his usual live band; among them are FranzNicolay of The World/Inferno Friendship Society (who previously worked with...
Tejano/Conjunto Maria Ney (1890–1959/61) – German cabaret performer FranzNicolay (born 1977) – member of The World/Inferno Friendship Society Krist Novoselic...
and Playing Guitar With the Doors, which was cowritten with Alulis. FranzNicolay (most famed as former keyboard player of The Hold Steady) has recorded...
Cash cover) with FranzNicolay on All Aboard: A Tribute To Johnny Cash (2008) "New England" (Jonathan Richman cover) with FranzNicolay on his EP St. Sebastian...
Positive Jams and Thirty Tigers. The song was written by Craig Finn and FranzNicolay, with Josh Kaufman handling production. On December 1, 2020, the Hold...
Queen/Still to Keep Crazy Arm Xtra Mile 2012 Double Exposure Vol. 1 FranzNicolay Asbestos So Long The Donots Universal Music Domestic Rock/Urban 2020...
Heaven Is Whenever (2010). Following the departure of keyboard player FranzNicolay, and the release of their fifth studio album, Heaven Is Whenever (2010)...
voiced their support, including musicians Brian Fallon, Brendan Kelly, FranzNicolay, and Mike Shinoda; cartoonist Mitch Clem; and professional wrestler...
bonus tracks. Prior to its release, keyboardist and backing vocalist FranzNicolay noted, "It was an exciting time. The live record is taken from the very...
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