Monahan is an alternative rock/folk band named after the lead member...Ryan Monahan. We don’t know if Ryan Monahan is a schizophrenic, but the music that spawns from his imagination sure is. On one hand, he has tracks that are bright and full of life, whether they have a singer/songwriter vibe like Moving Targets or a have an upbeat bluesy feel like Dirty Talk. On the other hand, he has composed tracks that are much darker which suck you into a void of mystery and wonder. His song, The Pendulum’s Heart, sounds like it could be a 1st cousin to Radiohead’s Karma Police. We had a chance to see Ryan and his band perform live at the 40 Watt club, and you can immediately tell that the passion and talent is there for an artist and his band that people would get excited about seeing live over and over again.

Album: Stop Saying I

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Monahan- Moving Targets from Brett Vaughn on Vimeo.

"Ryan Monahan opens his mouth to sing, but it's the jaws of the audience members that drop," says Flagpole since his short residency in Athens, GA...
After years of contemplation and plan-B abandonment, singer-songwriter Ryan Monahan conceived Monahan out of the ashes of two successful CT-based indie-rock outfits, Eschellon, and Shadowgraphs. And while previous groups focused on balls-to-the wall atmospherics, Monahan’s solo effort has chosen to forgo theatrics in favor of carefully thought out, studio-constructed soundscapes. Monahan’s melancholy-tinged pop songs have garnered comparisons as wide as Roy Orbison, Andrew Bird, Beck, Jeff Buckley, Elvis Costello, and Travis. "…Think Jimmy Gnecco of Ours without all the overbearing darkness," mentions Flagpole.