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American musician (born 1975)
Musical artist
Bob Nanna (born June 14, 1975) is an American musician best known as the singer and
guitarist for the bands
Braid
[1] and
Hey Mercedes .
Nanna also currently performs as part of the band
Lifted Bells , as well as a solo project
The City on Film .
Robert Thomas Nanna was born in
Chicago, Illinois .
In 2013 he co-founded Downwrite, a songwriting website, with Mark Rose of the band
Spitalfield .
1995 (Expert Work, 2020) - LP 2020
Blurred In Six (Allied, 1993) - LP 1993
Hours of Operation (Polyvinyl, 2002) - 2xCD 2002
In Formal Introduction (Grand Theft Autumn)
La Vella (Topshelf, 2014)
The Sky Corvair - Unsafe At Any Speed (Actionboy Records, 2005) CD
with Certain People I Know
Certain People I Know - Certain People I Know (Count Your Lucky Stars, 2012)
Lifted Bells - Minor Tantrums (Run For Cover, 2018)
Friction / Cap'n Jazz - 'Nothing Dies with Blue Skies (Shadefork Records, 1994) - single
Friction - Makeshift (Shadefork Records, 1993) - 3 song 7"
Braid - Rainsnowmatch (Enclave /
Polyvinyl 1993) - EP
Braid - I'm Afraid of Everything / Radish White Icicle / Now I'm Exhausted (Grand Theft Autumn, 1994) - single
Braid - Niagara / That Car Came Out Of Nowhere (Grand Theft Autumn, 1994) - single
Braid - First Day Back / Hugs From Boys (Polyvinyl, 1995) - single
The City On Film / Kind Of Like Spitting / Sterling Silver - Slowdance Tour (Slowdance, 1998) - EP
Braid - Please Drive Faster Polyvinyl (1998) - EP
The City On Film - Two Hour Anniversary (About Midnight, 1997) - 7"
The City On Film / Kind Of Like Spitting - Split (Sport, 1998) - 7"
Braid / Eversor / The Lovemen / 3minutemovie - Japan Tour CD (1999) - 3" CD
Hey Mercedes - Hey Mercedes Polyvinyl, (2000) - EP
Bob Nanna / Elizabeth Elmore -
Bob Nanna/Elizabeth Elmore EP (Troubleman Unlimited, 1999) - EP
Hey Mercedes - The Weekend (Vagrant, 2003) - single, EP
Hey Mercedes / Favez - Split (Sound Fiction, 2003) - 7"
The City On Film - I'd Rather Be Wine Drunk (Post 436, 2004) - EP
The City On Film / The Novi Split - The Sea Was Angry That Day My Friends (Eat The Fly, 2004) - EP
Hey Mercedes - Unorchestrated (Grand Theft Autumn, 2005) - EP, compilation
The City On Film - Little Informal (Grand Theft Autumn, 2005) - EP
The City On Film - American Diary (Redder, 2005) - EP
The City on Film / Minus the Bear - Split (Polyvinyl, 2006) - 7"
The City on Film / Owen - Split (Red Cars Go Faster, 2007) - 7"
Bob Nanna & Lauren Lo / Into It Over It - "Split" (Evil Weevil, 2010) - 7"
[2]
Braid / Balance and Composure - "Split" (No Sleep, 2013) - 7"
Lifted Bells - s/t EP (Naked Ally, 2013) - 12" EP
Lifted Bells - "Lights Out" (Naked Ally, 2014) - 7"
Braid "Kids Get Grids" (Topshelf, 2015) - Record Store Day Exclusive 7"
Lifted Bells - "Overreactor" (Run For Cover, 2016) - 12" EP
Various - Direction (
Polyvinyl ) - Braid - "I'm Glowing and You're The Reason"
Various - Direction (Polyvinyl) - Orwell - "Angular Momentum" (guest artist)
Various - My Pal God Holiday Record (My Pal God, 1997) - The City On Film - "Fairytale Of New York"
Various - World Domination in Thirteen Easy Steps (Stratagem, 1998) - Braid - "Collect From Clark Kent"
Various - Where Is My Mind? A Tribute To The Pixies (Glue Factory, 1998) - Braid - "Trompe Le Monde"
Various - Another Year On The Streets Vol. 2 (Vagrant, 2001) - Hey Mercedes - " Our Weekend Starts On Wednesday"
Friction - Hours of Operation: Discography, 1991-1993 Polyvinyl (2004) - compilation
Various - THICK: Oil (Thick, 2003) - The City On Film - "Lost My Lights (acoustic)"
Various - In The Film They Made Us A Little More Articulate (Escape Goat, 2003) - The City On Film - "Bad Liver And A Broken Heart"
Various - My Favorite Songwriters (Five One Inc., 2004) - The City On Film - "I'd Rather Be Wine Drunk (demo)"
Various - Polyvinyl Does Polyvinyl (Polyvinyl, 2016) - Braid- "Next of Kin"
Various - Planet Home Series Vol 2. (Arctic Rodeo, 2017) - Bob Nanna - "Valparaiso / Smallpox Champion"
Various - Exquisite Corpse (
Polyvinyl ) - "So Much To See"
Various - The Actuality Of Thought (Bifocal Media, 2001) -- live footage of Braid's "What A Wonderful Puddle" - VHS
Hubcap - Those Kids Are Weirder LP/CD (Actionboy, 1996 54'40 Or Fight!, reissue 2001)
Bob Nanna - Threadless Songs LP (Self-released, 2014)
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