Mary Timony

Most widely known for fronting the Boston-based noise-pop trio Helium, vocalist/guitarist Mary Timony was created and raised in Washington, D.C., afterwards studying viola on the city’s Duke Ellington College from the Arts. Through the early ’90s she fronted Autoclave, a short-lived but respectable girl-punk quartet that released a set of EPs on Dischord before dissolving; after graduating from Boston College or university with a level in English books, in 1992 Timony changed Mary Lou Lord within an early incarnation of Helium, supposing full innovative control of the group before the release of the acclaimed debut one, “The American Jean.” “Gap in the bottom” preceded the trio’s 1994 Matador EP Pirate Prude; the excellent The Dirt of Good fortune LP appeared the next season, and in 1996 Timony teamed with Shudder to believe bassist Nathan Larson, Dambuilders violinist (and former university roommate) Joan Wasser, and drummer Kevin March within the alt-rock supergroup Mind Research of your brain. Time for Helium for 1997’s The Magic Town, Timony’s songs uncovered an increasing desire for the fantastical imagery and noises of prog rock and roll, a trend continuing on her behalf 2000 single debut, Mountains. Her second single record, 2002’s The Golden Dove, continuing this craze, but on 2005’s Former mate Hex — that was released by Lookout! Information — Timony came back towards the angular rock and roll of her Helium times. She relocated to Kill Rock and roll Celebrities for 2007’s Designs We Make, which presented a far more streamlined, immediate sound and presented Medicines’ Devin O’Campo and Chad Molter on drums and bass, respectively, in addition to efforts from Jawbox’s J. Robbins. This year 2010, Timony joined up with Crazy Flag, an indie rock and roll supergroup also made up of Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss in addition to the Minders keyboardist Rebecca Cole, who provided a self-titled debut LP on Merge the next fall.