Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

What's in a Name?

Rarely has a pseudonym so aptly reflected a songwriter’s music than Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. The Chicago-based solo artist crafts idiosyncratic bedroom pop, typically accompanied by little more than a clunky drum machine and, of course, Casiotone keyboards. Touring for the last time under the moniker he’s used for 13 years — he apparently got tired of being painfully alone, or playing kitschy keyboards —CFTPA plays at the Monkey House in Winooski this Monday with Otouto, Hello Shark and Paper Castles.