Mews Too: Asthmatic Kitty Compilation : Mews Too: Asthmatic Kitty Compilation

  Aaron Riches - Performer
  Alexander Bogs - Drums, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals, Whistle (Instrument)
  Bert Hissock - Cello
  Caitlin Frame - Bass, Vocals (Background)
  Cate Levin - Vocals (Background)
  Chris Schlarb - Guitar (Acoustic), Percussion, Piano
  Elin K. Smith - Vocals
  Emil Nikolaisen - Guitar (Nylon String)
  Emily Joyce - Drums, Vocals
  Fausto Papetti - Vocals, Electronic Sounds
  Gabriel Sundy - Saxophone
  Ian Rashkin - Bass (Upright)
  Jai Agnish - Guitar, Vocals
  Jason Brouwer - Organ, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Shaker
  Jason Crane - Trumpet
  Jason Soares - Guitar
  Jenni Horwath - Vocals (Background)
  Jim Guthrie - Performer
  John Ringhofer - Banjo, Bass, Guitar, Piano, Trombone, Accordion, Drums, Tambourine, Voices, Xylophone, Handclapping
  Jose Gonzalez - Vocals (Background), Lap Steel Guitar
  Josephine Conover - Violin, Vocals
  Julianne Carney - Performer
  Kaleen Enke - Vocals (Background)
  Kathy Dick - Trombone
  Lonnie James - Performer
  Maria Jeffers - Performer
  Matt Morgan - Vocals
  Matthew Haseltine - Multi Instruments
  Melissa Riches - Guitar, Vocals
  Monique Aiuto - Performer
  Morjon Gonzalez - Harmonica, Vocals (Background)
  Nathan Delffs - Performer
  Nathan Smurthwaite - Banjo
  Phil Peterson - Cello
  Rafter Roberts - Bass, Guitar, Mandolin, Sequencing
  Raymond Raposa - Performer
  Rob Moose - Performer
  Robert Ackley - Trumpet
  Sam Rosen - Vocals, Multi Instruments
  Shannon Stephens - Guitar, Vocals
  Shara Worden - Performer
  Simon Osborne - Performer
  Timothy Dick - Banjo, Piano, Guitar (Bass), Vocals (Background), Saw
  Tom Zinser - Drums
  Tucker Dulin - Trombone
  Vin Cin - Slide Bass
  Vito Aiuto - Performer

Quirky indie rock / folk / pop / avant label Asthmatic Kitty's second compilation (their first was 2001's To Spirit Back the Mews ) features more oddities from Wyoming. Bogs Visionary Orchestra channels Country Joe & the Fish and Arlo Guthrie on the jovial 'Everybody's Broken,' the Castanets provide a modern-day field recording with the sparse and spooky 'First Light's Freeze,' and orchestral /indie superstar Sufjan Stevens gets all sincere on 'Opie's Funeral Song.' The label's seven-year history has been filled with challenging, precious, alarming, sometimes awful music, and Mews Too: An Asthmatic Kitty Compilation is no exception. Fans of the Danielson Famile will find much to love here, but it would be a crime for the uninitiated not to give these colorful artists a peek as well. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide