{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Holcombe Waller | image = HoodyHolcombeEyesClosed.jpg | caption = | landscape = Yes | birth_date = {{birth date|1975|05|20}} | origin = Stanford, California, United States | death_date = | instruments = Vocals<br/>guitar<br/>bass guitar<br/>piano | genre = Indie folk<br/>Baroque pop<br/>Alternative | years_active = 1998–present | label = Napoleon Records | website = http://www.holcombewaller.com }}
'''Holcombe Waller''' is an American composer, singer and performance artist. Waller has self-released three albums of varying styles. His work first received international attention with his 2001 album ''Extravagant Gesture''. The indie album was lauded by a Spin Magazine review,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.holcombewaller.com/press.cfm |title=Articles are collected on Waller's website press summary page and other broadly read publications |access-date=September 16, 2010 |archive-date=September 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901130506/http://www.holcombewaller.com/press.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in REVOLVER Magazine Ann Powers wrote, "For melodic sweep, the prize goes to Holcombe Waller, whose self-released Extravagant Gesture is a small pop epic."<ref>REVOLVER Magazine, May/June Issue, 2001</ref> Waller's pop influences shifted towards folk for his 2005 release, ''Troubled Times''. The work continued to receive broad critical attention including a positive review in Paste Magazine and a large editorial feature in BUTT Magazine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.holcombewaller.com/PressContent/Paste0805.jpg |title=Paste Magazine, Issue #17, August/September, 2005 |access-date=September 16, 2010 |archive-date=July 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712213511/http://www.holcombewaller.com/PressContent/Paste0805.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buttmagazine.com/?p=204|title=BUTT • Holcombe Waller}}</ref>
==See also== * List of LGBTQ people from Portland, Oregon
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==External links== * [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/111290-troubled-times-by-holcombe-waller/ Holcombe Waller's Trouble Times – popmatters.com retrieved 4th May 2010] * Holcombe Waller at Dead Boys [http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=9277&catid=85 sfbg.com] * [http://www.eastvillageboys.com/wp-index.php/2011/02/23/holcombe-waller/ Interview at East Village Boys retrieved 4th March 2011]
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