Casiotone for the Painfully Alone started out in 1997 as a solo project for songwriter Owen Ashworth. Initially using just a keyboard and a basic drum machine, Ashworth challenged himself to make the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Casio Released in 2022, Casio’s 61-note Casiotone CT-S1 was immediately recognised as one of the best keyboards for ...

With one record barely a few weeks old and another just around the corner, it only makes sense that Owen Ashworth would now take his Casiot... While Vs. Children may not be the most anticipated album ...

What is it? A classic range of cheap, child-friendly keyboards launched in the early 1980s, making synthesisers as accessible to budget-conscious consumers of that decade as Casio's calculators and ...

When I saw a man wearing skin tight gold lamé leggings, a sports jersey, and a jean jacket mingling in the crowd at Monster Island Basement Sunday night, I didn’t think too much of it. But as it turns ...

Hopefully the subtle humor involved in someone calling himself Casiotone for the Painfully Alone playing a happy-hour gig with a full backing band, as Owen Ashworth did with the Donkeys last time ...

Though Casiotone for the Painfully Alone has traditionally been a one-man-band, Chicago resident Owen Ashworth is joined by a few friends on Advance Base Battery Life. His upcoming album is a ...

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There, in a dark corner of the thrift store, trembling beneath a pile of Commodore 64s and busted answering machines, you might find a Casio. Never considered much of a serious musical instrument, the ...

No score yet, be the first to add. Though the expected tracks of washed-out vocals, shimmery keyboards, lonely drum machine thumps, and efficiently told tales of romantic disappointment abound, there ...

When a friend asked Owen Ashworth for a collection of gloomy original tunes, the fledgling composer responded with a mixtape he christened Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. The name stuck when he ...

American Owen Ashworth is essentially a storyteller. His poignant lyrics are set in lo-fi musical landscapes, mirroring the small-town lives of his subjects. Yet the man who performs as Casiotone For ...