Talkdemonic is the instrumental duo of Kevin O'Connor playing drums, synths, pianos, programming beats, bass, accordion, banjo, guitar, rhodes, wurlitzer and whatever else is lying around ...and Lisa Molinaro on viola and synths. They call Portland, Oregon home.

Talkdemonic began in December '02 as a one man entity. The first album, Mutiny Sunshine, released in May 2004 by Lucky Madison, was recorded over the period of a year at talknumeric, and Miracle Lake studios with Skyler Norwood turning the knobs. The result was an aurally sprawling pallette of style-bending songs. After a few solo tours, Kevin convinced Lisa to become a full-time member.

Talkdemonic was named Portland's Best New Band 2005 by the Willamette Week, and toured with The National and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah in the Fall of '05, a hugely successful tour.

The band spent most of 2005 recording, playing shows, and signed with the Arena Rock Recording Co. The label released their second record, Beat Romantic, in March 2006. Check out the numerous reviews and critical acclaim for the record in the press section of this website. Following the release of the album, the band toured the country twice over with bands like Quasi, The Walkmen, Scout Niblett, and The National.

In February '07, Talkdemonic signed with One Little Indian in the UK, also home to Bjork. Their offshoot label, Tangled Up! will be issuing a deluxe expanded edition of Beat Romantic in Europe summer '07. The enhanced version will include a cover of Brian Eno's "Sombre Reptiles" and a video for "Mountain Cats.".

The duo are currently working on their third record and are hitting the road for their fifth national tour in June '07 and will likely be touring Europe for the first time in the Fall.