Thomas Robert "Tom" Filepp, better known by his stage name Cars & Trains, is an American multi-instrumentalist from Portland, Oregon, ^[1] and the founder of indie label Circle Into Square Records. ^[2] Sputnikmusic described him as "an excellent songwriter if anything else". ^[3]

Cars & Trains' first album, Rusty String, was released on his own label Circle Into Square in 2007. ^[4] His second album, The Roots, the Leaves, was released on Fake Four Inc. in 2010. ^[5] He released the third album, We Are All Fire, in early 2012. ^[6] We Are All Storms, a companion EP to the album, was released later that year. ^[7]

• Rusty String (2008)
• The Roots, the Leaves (2010)
• We Are All Fire (2012)
• Dust (2015)
• Fictions (due 2017)

• Consumer Confidence Vol. 1 (2006)
• Consumer Confidence Vol. 2 (2007)

• The Roots, the Remix (2010)

• Live on KBOO (2010)

• 2AM (2006)
• Little Song (2008)
• We Are All Storms (2012)

• "The Sun Always Sets" b/w "The Leaves" (2010)

• Factor Chandelier – "Every Morning" from Lawson Graham (2010)
• Sole – "My Veganism" from No Wising Up No Settling Down (2013)

• Noah23 – "Nuts" from Fry Cook on Venus (2011)

• Official website
• Cars & Trains discography at Discogs