Lohio is an indie pop group based in Pittsburgh, PA. The project originated as a solo vehicle for singer / songwriter Greg Dutton, with the name stemming from, as Dutton explains, “a really bad joke describing these slow, depressing songs I was writing while still living in Ohio.” With the help of friends made through the Pittsburgh music scene, Lohio has since evolved and in its current incarnation, is a six member band. The group’s 2007 EP Sleeping Stereo was named as a top release by such people as WYEP fm, and The Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
Lohio has shared the stage with a wide range of acts including David Bazan, The Avett Brothers, American Music Club, Tokyo Police Club, Ricki Lee Jones, Jennifer O'Connor and Ra Ra Riot. The band is currently working on their follow up to Sleeping Stereo, entitled History, the Destroyer.
Here are some things that others have said about the group…
“Lohio's new EP, Sleeping Stereo, (is) a collection of luminous songs that combine the psychedelic pop of Bowie's Space Oddity with Neil Young melancholy and the more contemporary country pop of Cowboy Mouth…What's surprising about Sleeping Stereo is its unity of purpose and confidence -- it sounds like a band made it”
- Aaron Jentzen, music editor, Pittsburgh City Paper
“I'd been wanting to check out Lohio ever since hearing the EP that came out in February, and finally got the chance Friday night at Calliope's Celebration of Live Music… Anyway, Lohio was just as good live as on the CD. They fall somewhere between Wilco and Sparklehorse, on that border between alt-country and indie pop… Definitely a band to keep an eye on”
- Scott Mervis, music editor, Pittsburgh Post Gazette
"Let’s begin with a challenge: Visit Lohio’s (website) and review the songs the band has posted there, paying particular attention to “Sea and the Sun.” See if you don’t become instantly intrigued by this six-member alt. country/indie outfit from Pittsburgh."
- Showclix.com
