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A. J. Mogis
A. J. Mogis
American musician
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Cursive
Cursive
band
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Mike Mogis
Mike Mogis
American multi-instrumentalist
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The Faint
The Faint
band
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Broken Spindles
Broken Spindles
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Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst
American musician
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Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes
American indie rock band
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Desaparecidos
Desaparecidos
American rock band
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Now It's Overhead
Now It's Overhead
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Neva Dinova
Neva Dinova
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Maria Taylor
Maria Taylor
American singer/songwriter
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The Good Life
The Good Life
American indie rock band
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Denver Dalley
Denver Dalley
American singer-songwriter
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Tilly and the Wall
Tilly and the Wall
American indie pop band
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Planes Mistaken for Stars
Planes Mistaken for Stars
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The Thermals
The Thermals
American indie band based in Portland, Oregon
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Two Gallants
Two Gallants
band
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Art in Manila
Art in Manila
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Racebannon
Racebannon
American band
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Azure Ray
Azure Ray
American dream pop duo
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Orenda Fink
Orenda Fink
American musician
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Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley
American indie rock band
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Dev Hynes
Dev Hynes
British musician
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Engine Down
Engine Down
band
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band
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Criteria is an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, formed in 2003 when ex-Cursive founding member Steve Pedersen returned to his hometown after graduating from the Duke University School of Law. He spent six months in a friend's basement where he wrote all ten songs for his new project's debut album. He recruited the help of some old friends, A.J. Mogis (of Presto! Recording Studios and Lullaby for the Working Class) on bass guitar, Aaron Druery on guitar, and Mike Sweeney of Beep Beep on drums. Their first album, En Garde, was released on his previous band's label, Initial Records.

Steve Pedersen eventually got a day job as a lawyer, making it hard for the band to go on tour to promote their new album. Initial Records went bankrupt about a year after, leaving Criteria without a label. Saddle Creek Records took their longtime friend in and put out three releases in 2005. The first was a re-release of the overlooked and underrated En Garde, their new single, "Prevent the World," and their second full-length, When We Break. After being moved into Saddle Creek, Pedersen quit his day job to spend full-time making music and touring.

Criteria has performed with bands such as Cursive, The Fall of Troy, Thunderbirds Are Now!, Statistics, Poison the Well, Rahim (band), and Minus the Bear.

The band performed at the Maha Musical Festival on August 17, 2013 in Omaha, Nebraska. Criteria's most recent performance took place on December 12, 2013 at the Waiting Room Lounge in Omaha, during which Pedersen mentioned the band was working on a new album.