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Building Nothing Out Of Something
''Building Nothing Out of Something'' is a compilation album released in January 2000 by American indie rock band Modest Mouse, comprising non-album tracks from various points in the band's career. Most of the tracks are A- and B-sides from 7" singles, but it also includes three tracks from the ''Interstate 8'' EP, and "Baby Blue Sedan" from the vinyl version of ''The Lonesome Crowded West''. All songs were originally released from 1996 to 1998. In 2015, Brock's Glacial Pace re-released the album for CD and Vinyl (with some unmarked random copies containing red vinyl rather than black). Track listing All songs written by Modest Mouse. #"Never Ending Math Equation" – 3:23 #* A-side of the 1998 single " Never Ending Math Equation" #"Interstate 8" – 4:39 #* Taken from the " Interstate 8 EP" #"Broke" – 3:19 #* A-side of the 1996 single "Broke" #"Medication" – 5:01 #* B-side of the 1996 single " A Life of Arctic Sounds" #"Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'" – 6:40 #* B-side of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modest Mouse
Modest Mouse is an American rock band formed in 1992 in Issaquah, Washington, and currently based in Portland, Oregon. The founding members are lead singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. Strongly influenced by Pavement, Pixies, XTC, and Talking Heads, they rehearsed, rearranged, and recorded demos for almost two years before finally signing with small-town indie label K Records and releasing numerous singles. Since their 1996 debut album, ''This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About'', the band's lineup has mostly centered on Brock and Green, undergoing multiple changes. The band achieved mainstream success with their fourth album, ''Good News for People Who Love Bad News'' (2004), and its singles " Float On" and " Ocean Breathes Salty". Judy performed on every Modest Mouse album until his departure in 2012. Guitarist Johnny Marr (formerly of the Smiths) joined the band in 2006, shortly following percussionist Joe Plummer ( ... [...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] |
Modest Mouse Albums
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Seasick Steve
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Isaac Brock (musician)
Isaac Kristofer Brock (born July 9, 1975) is an American musician who is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist and banjoist for the indie rock band Modest Mouse, as well as his side project band, Ugly Casanova. As a songwriter, he is noted for his wordplay and frequent use of metaphors, philosophical lyrics, themes of authentic rural lifestyles, and phrases and sayings commonly used in the early to mid-20th century and in blue collar environments. Early life Brock was born in Helena, Montana. During his childhood, he lived with his mother and sister in Montana and Oregon in hippie communes and churches before moving to Issaquah, Washington when he was 11 years old. Brock was home-schooled in his early education. When his mother's house flooded three times, she was forced to move into her future husband's trailer. Brock asked to stay behind in his own room until the new home was completed. He lived in the flooded home until the house was sold. After a short period of living in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Other People's Lives (Modest Mouse Song)
''Building Nothing Out of Something'' is a compilation album released in January 2000 by American indie rock band Modest Mouse, comprising non-album tracks from various points in the band's career. Most of the tracks are A- and B-sides from 7" singles, but it also includes three tracks from the ''Interstate 8'' EP, and "Baby Blue Sedan" from the vinyl version of ''The Lonesome Crowded West''. All songs were originally released from 1996 to 1998. In 2015, Brock's Glacial Pace re-released the album for CD and Vinyl (with some unmarked random copies containing red vinyl rather than black). Track listing All songs written by Modest Mouse. #"Never Ending Math Equation" – 3:23 #* A-side of the 1998 single " Never Ending Math Equation" #"Interstate 8" – 4:39 #* Taken from the " Interstate 8 EP" #"Broke" – 3:19 #* A-side of the 1996 single "Broke" #"Medication" – 5:01 #* B-side of the 1996 single " A Life of Arctic Sounds" #"Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'" – 6:40 #* B-side of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santo And Johnny
Santo & Johnny were an American rock and roll instrumental duo of Italian descent from Brooklyn, New York, composed of brothers Santo Farina (born October 24, 1937) and Johnny Farina (born April 30, 1941). They are known best for their instrumental melody "Sleep Walk", one of the biggest hits of the golden age of rock 'n' roll, which became a regional success and eventually scored the top of the ''Billboard'' pop chart when it was released nationally during 1959. At present, Santo is semi-retired and Johnny currently tours and records new material with his own band. Johnny is also the president of Aniraf, Inc., an international record company based in New York City. Career Early life Santo Anthony Farina and John Steven Farina were born in Brooklyn, New York, to Anthony and Josephine Farina: Santo on October 24, 1937, and Johnny on April 30, 1941. Their father was drafted into the Army while they were children and was stationed for some time in Oklahoma. After hearing a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleep Walk
Sleepwalking, also known as somnambulism or noctambulism, is a phenomenon of combined sleep and wakefulness. It is classified as a sleep disorder belonging to the parasomnia family. It occurs during slow wave stage of sleep, in a state of low consciousness, with performance of activities that are usually performed during a state of full consciousness. These activities can be as benign as talking, sitting up in bed, walking to a bathroom, consuming food, and cleaning, or as hazardous as cooking, driving a motor vehicle, violent gestures and grabbing at hallucinated objects.Swanson, Jenifer, ed. "Sleepwalking". ''Sleep Disorders Sourcebook''. MI: Omnigraphics, 1999. 249–254, 351–352. Although sleepwalking cases generally consist of simple, repeated behaviors, there are occasionally reports of people performing complex behaviors while asleep, although their legitimacy is often disputed. Sleepwalkers often have little or no memory of the incident, as their consciousness has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Life Of Arctic Sounds
''Building Nothing Out of Something'' is a compilation album released in January 2000 by American indie rock band Modest Mouse, comprising non-album tracks from various points in the band's career. Most of the tracks are A- and B-sides from 7" singles, but it also includes three tracks from the ''Interstate 8'' EP, and "Baby Blue Sedan" from the vinyl version of ''The Lonesome Crowded West''. All songs were originally released from 1996 to 1998. In 2015, Brock's Glacial Pace re-released the album for CD and Vinyl (with some unmarked random copies containing red vinyl rather than black). Track listing All songs written by Modest Mouse. #"Never Ending Math Equation" – 3:23 #* A-side of the 1998 single " Never Ending Math Equation" #"Interstate 8" – 4:39 #* Taken from the " Interstate 8 EP" #"Broke" – 3:19 #* A-side of the 1996 single "Broke" #"Medication" – 5:01 #* B-side of the 1996 single " A Life of Arctic Sounds" #"Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'" – 6:40 #* B-side of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Ending Math Equation
''Building Nothing Out of Something'' is a compilation album released in January 2000 by American indie rock band Modest Mouse, comprising non-album tracks from various points in the band's career. Most of the tracks are A- and B-sides from 7" singles, but it also includes three tracks from the ''Interstate 8'' EP, and "Baby Blue Sedan" from the vinyl version of ''The Lonesome Crowded West''. All songs were originally released from 1996 to 1998. In 2015, Brock's Glacial Pace re-released the album for CD and Vinyl (with some unmarked random copies containing red vinyl rather than black). Track listing All songs written by Modest Mouse. #"Never Ending Math Equation" – 3:23 #* A-side of the 1998 single " Never Ending Math Equation" #"Interstate 8" – 4:39 #* Taken from the " Interstate 8 EP" #"Broke" – 3:19 #* A-side of the 1996 single "Broke" #"Medication" – 5:01 #* B-side of the 1996 single "A Life of Arctic Sounds" #"Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'" – 6:40 #* B-side of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lonesome Crowded West
''The Lonesome Crowded West'' is the second studio album by American rock band Modest Mouse, released on November 18, 1997 by Up Records. The two towers pictured on the album's cover are The Westin Seattle. ''The Lonesome Crowded West'' received positive reviews from critics, and appeared on several lists of the best albums of the 1990s. The album was reissued by Isaac Brock's Glacial Pace label in 2014, along with Modest Mouse's 1996 debut ''This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About''. Critical reception Blake Butler of AllMusic praised the album's diversity, noting the range of "quiet, brooding acoustics like 'Bankrupt on Selling' and dark and pounding thrashers like 'Cowboy Dan'", and called the album "indie rock at its very best." ''Pitchfork'' ranked ''The Lonesome Crowded West'' at number 29 in their list of the 100 greatest albums of the 1990s, and the song "Trailer Trash" reached number 63 in their list of the 200 greatest songs of the decade. ''Spin' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 8 (album)
''Interstate 8'' is the second EP by alternative rock band Modest Mouse, released on Up Records in 1996. It contains the band's original demo, ''Live in Sunburst Montana'', which was recorded in Isaac Brock's garage in Issaquah, Washington. "Interstate 8," "Broke," "All Night Diner," and "Sleepwalking" were later included on the '' Building Nothing Out of Something'' rarities compilation released in 2000. The studio recordings of "Tundra/Desert", "Novocain Stain", and "Beach Side Property" are available on the band's debut album '' This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About''. Rarity Heavily sought-after by collectors, this album was reissued on Isaac Brock's Glacial Pace record label in early 2015 on both CD and vinyl. Track listing #"Interstate 8" – 4:39 #"All Night Diner" – 4:44 #"Sleepwalking (Couples Only Dance Prom Night)" (melody from " Sleep Walk" by Santo and Johnny) – 3:23 #"Tundra/Desert" – 5:24 #"Edit the Sad Parts" – 9:33 "L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
