Joanna Bolme

Joanna Bolme (b. April 1, 1968^[1]) is a multi-instrumentalist (primarily bass guitar) and recording engineer who works with several indie rock bands and artists, mainly in the Pacific Northwest. She is currently the bass player in Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks and Quasi, having began playing in Calamity Jane and also spent some time playing bass for The Minders, and is married to Gary Jarman of UK band The Cribs. In 2006 she joined the indie rock band Quasi on tour, and in 2007 it was announced that she had accepted a position as a permanent member of the band.^[2]

Discography

As performer

• Killer of Friendships by Jr. High— bass (1997)
• Golden Street by The Minders — bass (2001)
• Stephen Malkmus by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks — bass (2001)
• From Burnt Orange to Midnight Blue by Sean Croghan — piano (2001)
• Pig Lib by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks — bass (2003)
• Face the Truth by Stephen Malkmus — bass (2005)
• Real Emotional Trash by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks — synthesizer, bass, backing vocals (2008)
• American Gong by Quasi — bass (2010)
• Mirror Traffic by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks — bass (2011)

As mixer or engineer

• Either/Or by Elliott Smith — mixing (1997)
• Featuring "Birds" by Quasi — executive producer (1998)
• Bella Neurox by Miss Murgatroid & Petra Haden — mixing (1999)
• Live at the Safari Club by The Chimps — engineer (1999)
• Lost Son by Richmond Fontaine — engineer (1999)
• No Memory by No. 2 — engineer (1999)
• Old Man Motel by Fernando — engineer (1999)
• Colonel Jeffery Pumpernickel: A Concept Album by various artists — engineer (2001)
• What Does Good Luck Bring? by No. 2 — engineer (2002)
• Winnemucca by Richard Fontaine — engineer (2002)
• From a Basement on the Hill by Elliott Smith — mixing (2004)
• It's a Bright Guilty World by The Minders — mixing (2006)
• To Elliott, From Portland by various artists — engineer, mixing (2006)

References