Whispertown
Whispertown is the indie project of Morgan Nagler from Los Angeles, California, formerly known as The Whispertown 2000. They have toured with several prominent indie artists in the past few years, including Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis, The Breeders, She & Him, Maria Taylor, Johnathan Rice, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's and The Elected.
Members
Morgan Nagler – Lead Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter
Former members
Tod Adrian Wisenbaker – Guitar, Drums
Vanesa Corbala – Vocals, Drums, Percussion
Casey Wisenbaker – Bass, Guitar, Drums
Colt Maloney – Bass
History
A native of Oregon who grew up in Los Angeles, Nagler met and befriended fellow former child actor, Blake Sennett, in the mid-1990s. Soon after he and Jenny Lewis formed the band Rilo Kiley in 1998, Nagler also began writing songs and singing. In 2004, Nagler performed her songs before a live audience (with help from friend Tod Adrian Wisenbaker) as the opening act for The Elected (Blake Sennett's side project from Rilo Kiley). At that time, she referred to herself as Vagtown2000. Nagler credits Sennett and Lewis for giving her the support to record and perform her own songs.
In 2005, Nagler and Wisenbaker changed the name of their group to Whispertown 2000 and asked Corbala and Maloney to join. During the fall 2006 tour, Casey Wisenbaker (Tod's brother) also joined the band. Maloney parted ways with the band in 2007.