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BJ Burton
BJ Burton is an American record producer, songwriter, engineer, and mixer. He is known for his work with Bon Iver, Francis and the Lights, Low, Charli XCX, and The Japanese House, and has also worked with the likes of Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, Eminem, Lizzo, Mike Will Made It, and Kacey Musgraves, among others. Burton has been nominated for four Grammy Awards for his work with Bon Iver on their respective ''22, A Million'' and '' i,i'' albums, Sylvan Esso on their album ''What Now'', and Low on their album ''Hey What''. Career From 2010 to 2013, Burton performed and served production duties as a member of the Love Language; he produced their albums ''Libraries'' and ''Ruby Red''. Burton has worked extensively with Justin Vernon and Bon Iver. His collaborations with Vernon and Francis and the Lights have led to work with artists including Chance the Rapper, Eminem, Kanye West Ye ( ; born Kanye Omari West ; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwrit ...
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Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats, seat of Wake County, North Carolina, Wake County in the United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, List of United States cities by population, the 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and the largest city of the Research Triangle metro area. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak, oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of . The United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau counted the city's population as 474,069 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Co ...
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22, A Million
''22, A Million'' is the third studio album by American indie folk band Bon Iver, released on September 30, 2016. Recorded in lead member Justin Vernon's April Base studio in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, the album marks a major shift in the band's sound and incorporates elements of electronic music and Hip hop music, hip hop production influenced by Vernon's prior work with Kanye West. Most of the lyricism concerns Bon Iver's rise in popularity and how Vernon's relationship with the world has changed as a result. ''22, A Million'' first premiered at Vernon's Eaux Claires Music Festival, and upon release the album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200, receiving widespread acclaim from critics who praised its original sound and colorful lyricism. Several publications, including ''Pitchfork (website), Pitchfork'', ''Rolling Stone'' and ''The Guardian'', listed ''22, A Million'' as one of the best albums of 2016. It also received nominations for Best Alternative Music ...
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Merge Records
Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world, with records reaching the top of the '' Billboard'' music charts. History After releasing a number of 7" records and cassettes, the first Merge Records full-length CD release came on April 1, 1992, with MRG020 Superchunk—''Tossing Seeds'', the band's first collection of singles. Merge's early successes included Neutral Milk Hotel's ''In the Aeroplane over the Sea'', The Magnetic Fields's ''69 Love Songs'', and Spoon's ''Kill the Moonlight''. The label's first album to reach the ''Billboard'' 200 was Arcade Fire's ''Funeral'', a 2004 release. Arcade Fire gave the label its then highest-charting release with their follow-up, 2007's ''Neon Bible'', which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, an ...
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Loud Planes Fly Low
''Loud Planes Fly Low'' is the fifth album by the American band The Rosebuds, released in 2011 on Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expande .... Track listing References 2011 albums The Rosebuds albums Merge Records albums {{2010s-indie-rock-album-stub ...
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The Rosebuds
The Rosebuds were an American indie rock band from Raleigh, North Carolina, that recorded and performed from 2001 to 2014. (Not to be confused with the vocal group of the same name who recorded for George Goldner's Gee Records in the 1950s.) Its current members are Ivan Howard (vocals/guitar/drums/bass/keyboards/programming) and Kelly Crisp (vocals/keyboard/drums/guitar/accordion). Billy Alphin had played drums on the album ''The Rosebuds Make Out'', Wes Phillips played drums on the E.P."Unwind", Lee Waters played drums on the record ''Birds Make Good Neighbors'', and Matt McCaughan played the drums on ''Night of the Furies'', '' Life Like'' and ''Loud Planes Fly Low.'' Rob Lackey was behind the drum kit during the taping of ''The Rosebuds Live at the Cats Cradle'', a charity only recording sold at cytunes.org' to help fight for the prevention of cancer, as well as on the track "Second Birds of Paradise" on "Loud Planes Fly Low." Howard and Crisp met while in college in Wilmingt ...
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Kanye West
Ye ( ; born Kanye Omari West ; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer. Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West gained recognition as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s, producing singles for several artists and developing the "chipmunk soul" sampling style. Intent on pursuing a solo career as a rapper, he released his debut studio album, '' The College Dropout'' (2004), to critical and commercial success. He founded the record label GOOD Music later that year. West explored diverse musical elements like orchestras, synthesizers, and autotune on the albums ''Late Registration'' (2005), '' Graduation'' (2007), and ''808s & Heartbreak'' (2008). His fifth and sixth albums '' My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'' (2010) and '' Yeezus'' (2013) were also met with critical and commercial success. West further diversified his musical styles on ''The Life of Pablo'' (2016) and '' Ye'' (2018) and explored ...
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Chance The Rapper
Chancelor Johnathan Bennett (born April 16, 1993), known professionally as Chance the Rapper, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Born and raised in Chicago, Bennett released his debut mixtape '' 10 Day'' in 2012. He began to gain mainstream recognition in 2013 after releasing his second mixtape, '' Acid Rap''. He then released his third mixtape, ''Coloring Book'' in 2016, which garnered further critical acclaim and attention. It earned him three Grammy Awards, including the award for Best Rap Album; upon winning, it became the first streaming-only album to win a Grammy Award, and peaked at number eight on the ''Billboard'' 200. His debut studio album '' The Big Day'' was released in 2019. Aside from his solo career, Bennett is a member of the Chicago collective Savemoney, and is the vocalist for the band the Social Experiment; they released the album '' Surf'' in 2015, led by trumpeter Nico Segal. He is also involved in social activism in the Chica ...
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Justin Vernon
Justin DeYarmond Edison Vernon (born April 30, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the primary songwriter and frontman of indie folk band Bon Iver. Known for his distinct falsetto voice, He is also a member of the bands Volcano Choir, Big Red Machine, the Shouting Matches, and Gayngs. He was previously a member of the now-defunct band DeYarmond Edison. Vernon has received widespread acclaim for his work, predominantly with Bon Iver. Early life Vernon attended Memorial High School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, where he still resides today. He formed his first band, Mount Vernon, in 1997 after meeting its members at a high school Wisconsin jazz camp. They released their first local musical project in 1998. He graduated from Memorial High in 1999 and attended college at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, spending a semester in Ireland. Vernon majored in Religious Studies and minored in Women's Studies. In an intervi ...
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Ruby Red (album)
Ruby red is a color The term may also refer to *RAL 3003 Ruby red, a RAL color * ''Ruby Red'' (The Love Language album), 2013 * ''Ruby Red'' (Dambuilders album), 1995 * "Ruby Red" (song), by Slade, 1992 *''Ruby Red'', the first book of the Ruby Red Trilogy by Kerstin Gier * ''Ruby Red'' (film), a 2013 film based on the first book of the Ruby Red Trilogy *Ruby Red grapefruit *North Devon cattle The Devon is a traditional British breed of beef cattle. It originated in, and is named for, the county of Devon in the West Country of England. It is a deep rich red in colour, and so may be known as the Devon Ruby or Red Ruby; it may also be ...
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Libraries (album)
''Libraries'' is the second studio album by American musician The Love Language. It was released in July 2010 under Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expande .... Track list References {{Authority control 2010 albums Merge Records albums The Love Language albums ...
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The Love Language
The Love Language is an American indie rock band from Raleigh, North Carolina, headed by Stuart McLamb. Origin The Love Language began after frontman Stuart McLamb's first band, The Capulets, broke up. Following a breakup with his girlfriend, McLamb went on a drinking binge and then retreated to his parents' house, where he began recording a series of demos.Hot New Band: The Love Language
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These songs were originally intended to be heard only by McLamb's ex-girlfriend and a handful of friends,The Love Language
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but the demos expanded into a full recording project.
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Hey What
''Hey What'' (stylized in all uppercase) is the 13th full-length album by Minnesota-based duo Low, released on September 10, 2021, through Sub Pop. It is their third recording in a row produced by BJ Burton, building on the distorted sound of the band's previous album '' Double Negative'' (2018). Burton and ''Hey What'' were nominated in the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical category at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. It was their first album as a duo of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker, all earlier Low albums being recorded as a trio, and the final album to feature Parker, who died on November 5, 2022. Critical reception ''Hey What'' was met with widespread critical acclaim upon its release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the album received an average score of 84, based on 22 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Accolades Track listing Personnel Low * Mimi Parker – vocals, percussion * Alan Spar ...
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