It was only after having chosen the name Astronautalis for himself while in high school in Jacksonville, FL, that the rapper (born Andy Bothwell) began to make himself heard in the local circuit, winning battles and competing at the Scribble Jam. Though he was known for his witty freestyling, Astronautalis' musical influences and interests fell outside the hip-hop realm, as well, and he performed on the Warped Tour for three years.

It was his rhyming, however, that he pursued while studying theater at college in Dallas, and in 2003 he self-released his debut, "You and Yer Good Ideas" (which was sold only at his live shows), with production help from friend and fellow musician Ben Cooper (from Radical Face). It wasn't until two years later that the album was picked up by Orlando-based Fighting Records (who signed him after seeing him perform), which reissued it and then in 2006 released his follow-up," Mighty Ocean and Nine Dark Theaters," a record that found Astronautalis moving away from rapping and more toward shoegazer-inspired indie rock.

He released the third album, "Pomegranate," on Eyeball Records in 2008. In winter 2009, he toured with the Canadian indie rock band Tegan and Sara through Europe, and supported them again through the spring of 2010 in Australia. His fourth album, "This Is Our Science," was released on Fake Four Inc. in 2011.

In 2014, he, under the name Jason Feathers, teamed up with Justin Vernon and S. Carey of Bon Iver and released the full-length "De Oro."

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