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Simon Joyner is a singer/songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
He began writing and performing his songs in 1990, releasing a few cassette recordings of his first songs to a growing local audience before his first vinyl-only LP The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll brought him international attention in 1994.
He has since released several LPs and singles as well as many compilation appearances over the last decade on many labels, U.S. and European.
He was a favorite of John Peel who gave him his first radio play outside the U.S.

ALBUMS


Simon Joyner + Caleb Dailey
Live At Trafo In Jena, Germany
2024, 2xCDr, Ltd, Num, Moone Records,
Simon Joyner
Coyote Butterfly
2024,
Folk Rock/Acoustic/Experimental
Simon Joyner / Michael Krassner / Fred Lonberg-Holm*
This Is Where The Ocean Begins
2023,
Simon Joyner
Made to Order
2022, CDr, Album, Not On Label (Simon Joyner Self-released), ,
Folk
Simon Joyner
Songs From A Stolen Guitar
2022,
Folk Rock
Simon Joyner
Tekamah
2022, ,
Folk
Simon Joyner & The Bingo Trappers*
Simon Joyner & The Bingo Trappers Oct. 21st 2012
2020, 11xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Simon Joyner Self-released),
Simon Joyner
Live In Berlin At The Monarch Nov. 27, 2019
2020,
Simon Joyner
Hotel Lives Demos
2020,
Simon Joyner & The Bruces
A Pleasure Then
2020,
Simon Joyner
Bring Down Goliath / A Simple Song
2020,
Simon Joyner
Live At Missy Sippy In Gent, Belgium November 29th, 2016
2020,
Simon Joyner
Pocket Moon Demos
2019,
Simon Joyner & Friends
Low Fidelities & Infidelities (Demos & Covers​)
2019,
Simon Joyner
Pocket Moon
2019,
Simon Joyner And The Bruces
Tell Me That Old Story Again / Cutty Sark
2019,
Simon Joyner With David Nance
Salt Lake City House Show 10​-​20​-​16
2017,
Simon Joyner
Step Into The Earthquake
2017,
Simon Joyner And Refrigerator
Was It Something We Sang?
2016, Cass, Shrimper, ,
Lo-Fi
Simon Joyner & Megan Siebe
Rehearsal Tape
2016, CDr, Not On Label (Simon Joyner Self-released),
Simon Joyner & David Nance
Goat's Head Soup
2016,
Simon Joyner
Grass, Branch & Bone
2015, ,
Folk/Acoustic
Simon Joyner
You Got Under My Skin
2014, Hybrid, CD-Record, Single, Ltd, People In A Position To Know,
Simon Joyner
Train To Crazy Horse (Demo Version)
2014,
Dennis Callaci & Simon Joyner
New Secrets
2013,
Simon Joyner
Ghosts Demos (February 2011)
2012,
Simon Joyner
A Rag Of Colts: Disgraced Songs 1987-2012
2012, Cassette c60, ,
Lo-Fi/Folk
Simon Joyner
Ghosts
2012, ,
Lo-Fi/Experimental/Folk
Simon Joyner / Carcáscara
Aries
2012, ,
Folk/Musique Concrète/Drone
Simon Joyner
Time Slows Down In Dreams
2009, 7", Single, Team Love Records, ,
Folk Rock/Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Simon Joyner
Out Into The Snow
2009, ,
Folk Rock/Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Simon Joyner
Beautiful Losers - Singles And Compilation Tracks 1994-1999
2006, ,
Folk Rock
Dennis Callaci & Simon Joyner
Stranger Blues
2004, 12", S/Sided, EP, Ltd, Catsup Plate, ,
Lo-Fi/Folk
Simon Joyner
Lost With The Lights On
2004, ,
Folk
Simon Joyner
Here Come The Balloons / They Say Man Cannot Fly
2003, 7", Single, Ltd, Tongue Master Records, ,
Lo-Fi
Simon Joyner
Blue Melody (Live From The South)
2003, ,
Lo-Fi
Simon Joyner
Verbal Objects - Live Recordings From The Dreary West Coast, 2000
2002, Cass, The Seagull Label, ,
Lo-Fi
Simon Joyner
Here Comes The Balloons
2002, ,
Lo-Fi/Folk
Simon Joyner
Hotel Lives
2001, ,
Folk Rock
Simon Joyner
The Lousy Dance
1999, ,
Acoustic/Folk
Simon Joyner
Yesterday Tomorrow And In Between
1998, ,
Lo-Fi/Folk
Simon Joyner
The Christine EP
1998, ,
Lo-Fi/Folk
Simon Joyner
Songs For The New Year
1996, ,
Acoustic/Folk
Simon Joyner
Heaven's Gate
1995
Simon Joyner And The Mountain Goats
Why You All So Thief?
1994, ,
Folk Rock
Simon Joyner
The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll
1994, ,
Acoustic/Lo-Fi
Simon Joyner
Iffy
1993, ,
Lo-Fi
Simon Joyner
Room Temperature
1993, ,
Folk
Simon Joyner
Umbilical Chords
1992, Cass, Album, One Hour Records, ,
Lo-Fi
John Davis
Spare Parts
2013, ,
Indie Pop/Art Rock/Experimental
L. Eugene Methe*
Calendar Work
2011, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, Grapefruit Records (2)
Simon Joyner & The Ghosts*
Salt Across Your Graves EP
2016,
Spiritual Rags
Spiritual Rags
2010, LP, Album, Ltd, Unread, Grotto Records, ,
Folk
Ed Gray
The Late Gray Ed Great
2006, ,
Folk Rock/Country Rock
Simon Joyner & The Echoes
Three Well Aimed Arrows / Love Is Worth Suffering For
2023, Lathe, 7", Mono, Ltd, Num, Blu, Dead Currencies, ,
Folk
Simon Joyner & The Echoes
One Carried A Lantern
2023,
Buildermash
Measly
2016, 7", EP, Grapefruit Records (2),
Simon Joyner & The Fallen Men
Skeleton Blues
2006, ,
Indie Rock
Simon Joyner & The Fallen Men
To Almost No One: Singer-Songwriter Series, Volumes 1-5
2001, 5x7" + Box, Ltd, Wee Black Skelf, ,
Acoustic/Lo-Fi/Folk
Simon Joyner & The Fallen Men
The Motorcycle Accident
1999, 7", Roomtone, ,
Folk Rock/Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Simon Joyner & The Fallen Men
One For The Catholic Girls
1998, 7", Wurlitzer Jukebox

APPEARANCES +


Simon Joyner
WNYU New Afternoon Show Radio Sessions: 1997 & 2004
2020, 2xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Simon Joyner Self-released),
Simon Joyner
Live in LA (Living Room Show 2-15-20)
2020, 11xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Simon Joyner Self-released),
Simon Joyner
Denny & Nighttime (A Digital Single)
2020, 2xFile, FLAC, Single, Not On Label (Simon Joyner Self-released),
Simon Joyner
Solo Omaha House Show 12/27/14
2020, 7xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Simon Joyner Self-released),
Simon Joyner
Ten Songs (Home Demos For 2021 Album)
2020, 10xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Simon Joyner Self-released),
Simon Joyner
The Phoenix Demos (Songs For Upcoming 2017 Album)
2017, 9xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Simon Joyner Self-released)
Simon Joyner
A Collection Of Tracks From The Team Love Library
2009, 9xFile, MP3, Comp, 192, Team Love Library, ,
Folk Rock/Acoustic/Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Lou Turner
Microcosmos
2022, 12", Album, Spinster,
Bright Eyes
A Collection Of Songs Written And Recorded 1995-1997 (A Companion)
2022,
Various
Join The Ritual
2021, LP, Whi, Jagjaguwar, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock
Simon Joyner Trio
WSRN Radio Show 1998
2020, 8xFile, FLAC, Not On Label (Simon Joyner Self-released),
The Bruces
The Bruces
2020,
Simon Joyner & The Ghosts Trio*
Some Only Let The Jukebox Hear Them Weep (Live In Phoenix 2014)
2019,
The Bruces
Thieves In The Wick (Songs Of Simon Joyner)
2018,
Spoken Nerd
I Need A Friend Like You
2018,
David Nance
More Than Enough
2016, ,
Garage Rock/Art Rock/Lo-Fi
Simon Joyner & The Ghosts*
Why Don't You Come Back Around?
2016, ,
Folk Rock
The Renderers
In The Sodium Light
2016
Empty Moon
Covers Series
2015
Simon Joyner & The Ghosts*
Sonny / Megadeth
2014, ,
Folk
Richard Youngs
Summer Through My Mind
2013, ,
Folk/Country
Various
The Rising Cost Of Livin' High & Lovin' Hard- A Tribute To Kris Kristofferson
2013, ,
Country/Country Rock/Indie Rock/Lo-Fi
Various
Double Happiness
2013, Lathe Cut Square, ,
Indie Rock
Ramon Speed
Godspeed
2012, 3xCass, Album, RE, RM + Box, Ltd, S/Edition, Unread, ,
Acoustic/Alternative Rock/Garage Rock
Green.Means.Love
Lo-Fi Covers
2007, 8xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label (Green.Means.Love Self-released), ,
Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Bright Eyes
Digital Ash In A Digital Urn
2005, ,
Synth-pop/Indie Rock
Various
Monster CD No. 6
2004, CD, Comp, Smplr, Rock & Folk, ,
Alternative Rock/Pop Rock/Experimental
Naturaliste
Gold
2004, CDr, Ltd, Num, Imvated, ,
Noise/Experimental
Bright Eyes
Take It Easy (Love Nothing)
2004, ,
Downtempo/Synth-pop/Indie Rock
Sigmatropic
Sixteen Haiku & Other Stories
2003, CD, CD, ,
Alternative Rock/Abstract/Experimental
Two Dollar Guitar / Simon Joyner & The Fallen Men
Last Time / Grapefruit
2002, 7", Single, Misplaced Music, Misplaced Music, ,
Lo-Fi/Folk
Bright Eyes
There Is No Beginning To The Story EP
2002, ,
Acoustic/Emo/Indie Rock
The Bruces
Family Day
2002, ,
Alternative Rock/Lo-Fi
Naturaliste
Exhale/Vomit
2001, Cass, EP, The Seagull Label, ,
Abstract/Experimental
THC
Aphrika
2001, CD, Album, Criminal Records (89), ,
Experimental
Various
De Avonden - Muziek Uit Studio Amstel
1999, CD, VPRO Eigenwijs, ,
Folk Rock/Acoustic/Indie Rock
Various
Family Album (A Compilation)
1996, CD, Comp, Shy Boy Records, ,
Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Various
EP No 1
1995, 7", EP, Hayfever, ,
Indie Rock
Diskothi-Q
Lane Discipline
1995, 7", X-Mas Records, ,
Alternative Rock
Matchbook Shannon
Sob Stories
1995, CD, LandPhil Records, ,
Pop Punk
Diskothi-Q
Lane Discipline
1995, 7", X-Mas Records, ,
Alternative Rock
The Bruces
Hialeah Pink
1995, ,
Alternative Rock/Lo-Fi
Various
Peel Out In The States Programs 17&18
1993, CD, Comp, Promo, Transcription, In-Press Communications, ,
Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Rockabilly/African/Punk
Various
Wicked 1,000
2021, 14xFile, FLAC, Comp, Wicked Entry Records, ,
Indie Rock/Alternative Rock
Various
Imaginary Donkey
2020, 2xCass, Comp, Ltd, Num, Almost Halloween Time, ,
Indie Rock
Various
Building A Better Reality: A Benefit Compilation
2020, 106xFile, WAV, Album, Comp, JMY
Various
To NRDC With Love From Qvästlafve.
2020
Various
Burnt Ends
2020
Various
Music For Extinction Rebellion
2019, 17xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Extinction Rebellion, ,
Alternative Rock/Darkwave/Experimental/Folk/MPB/Neofolk/Nordic/Post Rock/Post-Punk/Synth-pop
Various
Woodsist Bakers Dozen - A Sampler For Rough Trade Shops
2017, CD, Promo, Smplr, Woodsist, ,
Indie Rock
Various
The Realest Vol III No​.​I
2017, 7xFile, FLAC, Comp, Comfortable On A Tightrope, ,
Indie Rock/Folk/Spoken Word/Lo-Fi
Various
Crock Rot
2017, ,
Alternative Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental/Lo-Fi/Garage Rock
Various
Tid Bits & Gut Blood (An Unread Compilation)
2016, Cass, Comp, Unread,
Various
Counterfeit Blanks (A Shrimper Compilation)
2015, Cass, Comp, Whi, Shrimper
Various
Smashed 40: Slummer Jams
2013, 2xCass, Comp, Ltd, Folktale, ,
Noise
Various
Poisoned Wine (Compilation Tape From The 19th Year Of Unread Records)
2013, Cass, Comp, Spew Geyser, Unread, ,
Experimental/Lo-Fi
Various
Hear Nebraska (Nebraska Music Compilation Vol. 2)
2013, 12", ora, HearNEBRASKA.org,
Various
Birthday Tapes MMXII
2013, 43xFile, FLAC, Comp, Comfortable On A Tightrope, ,
Indie Rock/Indie Pop/Post-Punk/Avantgarde/Lo-Fi
Various
The Rising Cost Of Livin' High & Lovin' Hard A Tribute To Kris Kristofferson
2013, ,
Indie Rock/Country Rock/Lo-Fi
Various
For Who The Trumpet Blew
2012, Cass, Comp, Unread, ,
Lo-Fi/Experimental
Various
Your Song, My Foot! (An Earrational Selection Of Cover Songs)
2011, CD, WFMU
Various
Smooth Sounds: Various Artists Play The Future Hits Of Wckr Spgt - A 20th Anniversary Shrimper Compilation
2010, ,
Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Various
Rot Box
2009, Cass, Comp, C64, Unread, ,
Folk
Various
Rough Trade Shops (Singer Songwriter 1)
2006, ,
Folk Rock/Country Rock/Emo/Indie Rock
Various
As Yet No Title - Skewed Songwriter
2002, Cass, Comp, Unread
Various
The Compilation That Never Was
2002
Various
Badaboom Gramophone #4
1999, CD, Comp, Badaboom Gramophone, ,
Folk Rock/Alternative Rock/Blues Rock/Indie Rock/Garage Rock
Various
St Ives
1999, Cass, Comp, Secretly Canadian,
Various
Badaboom Gramophone #3
1998, CD, Comp, Badaboom Gramophone
Various
I Stayed Up All Night Listening To Records (A Collection Of Field Recordings)
1998, CD, Comp, Anyway Records, ,
Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Various
Exhibit B
1997, Cass, Album, Comp, H. Records, ,
Indie Pop/Indie Rock/Lo-Fi
Various
Extra Walt!
1996, 2x7", Comp, Walt Records, ,
Lo-Fi/Experimental/Indie Rock
Various
Who Cremated The Morning?
1996, 7", Comp, Sweet Baboo, The Gugliano Family Picknick,
Various
Chutes & Ladders
1996, Cass, Comp, Cactus Gum Recordings, ,
Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Space Rock/Lo-Fi
Various
Exhibit A
1996, Cass, Album, Comp, H. Records, H. Records, ,
Indie Pop/Indie Rock
Various
Songs From A Room
1996, ,
Acoustic/Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Various
Fast Forward>> #2
1995, 2xCD, Comp, Brinkman Records, ,
Lo-Fi
Various
Our Salvation Is In Hand (Acoustic Based Compilation)
1995, CD, Comp, Theme Park Records, Theme Park Records, ,
Lo-Fi
Various
Strength Thru Ooij (A Waaghals-Brinkman 10th Anniversary Special)
1995, CD, Comp, Promo, Brinkman Records, Waaghals, ,
Lo-Fi/Indie Rock
Various
Follow The Bouncing Ball
1995, CD, Album, Comp, Ba Da Bing!, ,
Alternative Rock/Post Rock/Indie Rock
Various
The Quick Brown Fox
1995, Cass, Comp, Food Of The Gods, ,
Punk/Alternative Rock/Art Rock/Lo-Fi
Various
How To Sink A Fleeing Ship
1995, Cass, Comp, Squirrel Energy Now!, ,
Avantgarde/Experimental/Religious
Various
You And What Army?
1994, Cass, Comp, Sing, Eunuchs!
Various
Drowned In A Torrent Of Golden Grain
1994, Cass, Comp, Catsup Plate
Various
Linoma: A Nebraska Compilation
1994, ,
Indie Rock
Various
I Shall Be Free No. 10
Cass, Comp, Sing, Eunuchs!,
Various
Team Love's Music For The Ride Home
CD, Comp, Team Love, ,
Acoustic/Alt-Pop/Ethereal
Bright Eyes
Here Is The Young Man
2006, CDr, Unofficial, Peacock Records (2), ,
Acoustic/Indie Rock/Folk Rock