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Apistogramma (album)
''Apistogramma'' is a 1998 Trumans Water album released by Justice My Eye/Elevated Loin.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 1040 It features a cover of the Sun Ra Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific out ... song: Rocket #9. Ron Paulos plays sax on #4,#5,and #7. Track listing # I've Been Here Before Though I Don't Remember It (9:50) # Skrimshaw Skalps (4:18) # Family Style (3:52) # Blistered And Soft (6:05) # Cy30-Cy308 (3:29) # The End Is A Cinch To See Even Behynd Me (4:01) # Rocket #9 (2:32) # Minus Time Space Plus Soul Time (1:55) # Prune The Laggards (3:33) # Ballad Of Finn McCool (2:36) # Slum Summer (3:43) References 1998 albums Trumans Water albums {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trumans Water
Trumans Water are an American indie rock band, hailing from San Diego, California. They have released over a dozen albums over their career, on which they collaborated with acts in genre, including Azalia Snail, Chan Marshall and Thurston Moore. Background Trumans Water was formed by the brothers Kirk and Kevin Branstetter, and the original drummer Jeff Jones in San Diego in 1991, after they were given a guitar and a bass guitar by a friend's father.Ross, Alex (1993)Review/Pop; A Blend of Influences, With Dissonance, ''New York Times'', 24 July 1993, retrieved 21 November 2009 They advertised for a "lead singer, brain optional", and recruited Glen Galloway as a result. Other members of the band have included Ely Moyal, Andres Malinao and Kevin Cascell. Captain Beefheart, Wire, The Boredoms, Sun City Girls, Pavement and Sonic Youth have all been identified as influences, and during the course of the band's history Trumans Water has produced experimental indie rock, often wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Ornaments
''Action Ornaments'' is a 1997 album by Trumans Water, released by the Runt Records label.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 1040 It features guest appearances by Azalia Snail (on tracks 4 and 8) and Chan Marshall Charlyn Marie "Chan" Marshall ( ; born January 21, 1972), better known by her stage name Cat Power, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and model. Cat Power was originally the name of her first band, but has become her stage name as a ... (on track 12). Track listing # "3 Straps Nose to Rear" 3:29 # "4 Story Friend" 4:15 # "A Hurting Helping" 2:58 # "Mood Strain" 1:50 # "Angels Spit Stars" 1:21 # "Skeeter Dope" 3:16 # "Gold Plated Pissin Troff" 4:33 # "Mutual Blood Tied Force" 3:51 # "Curl Up to Yer Empty Years" 1:56 # "Restore Restore and Destroy" 2:58 # "Flying in a Coin Operated Universe" 4:20 # "Shoe Lace or Else" 2:19 # "Care Sliced Lies" 9:08 References 1997 albums Trumans Water albums {{1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fragments Of A Lucky Break
''Fragments of a Lucky Break'' is a 1998 album by Trumans Water. The CD was released on the Emperor Jones label and the vinyl was released on the Infinite Chug label. It was their first album in several years to include Glen Galloway, who left the band in 1994 to form Soul-Junk.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 1040 Critical reception AllMusic's Stephen Cramer called the album "some of he band'smost inspired and cohesive work." ''Portland Mercury ''Portland Mercury'' is an alternative bi-weekly newspaper and media company founded in 2000 in Portland, Oregon. It has a sibling publication in Seattle, Washington, called '' The Stranger''. Contributors and staff Editor-in-chief: Wm. Steven ...'' deemed it a "modern classic," writing that it approaches "the raw materials of guitar rock with a cubist’s perspective, creating subtly complex structures full of impossible angles and complex formulas that miraculously balance out every time." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Ra
Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances. For much of his career, Ra led "The Arkestra", an ensemble with an ever-changing name and flexible line-up. Born and raised in Alabama, Blount became involved in the Chicago jazz scene during the late 1940s. He soon abandoned his birth name, taking the name Le Sony'r Ra, shortened to Sun Ra (after Ra, the Egyptian god of the Sun). Claiming to be an alien from Saturn on a mission to preach peace, he developed a mythical persona and an idiosyncratic credo that made him a pioneer of Afrofuturism. Throughout his life he denied ties to his prior identity saying, "Any name that I use other than Ra is a pseudonym." His widely eclectic and avant-garde music echoed the entire history of jazz, from ragtime and ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Albums
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up to 4, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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