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Coco Rosie
CocoRosie is an American musical group formed in 2003 by sisters Sierra Rose "Rosie" and Bianca Leilani "Coco" Casady. The group's music has been described as folktronica, freak folk and " New Weird America", and incorporates elements of pop, blues, opera, electronica, and hip hop. The group has released seven studio albums, ''La Maison de Mon Rêve'' (2004), ''Noah's Ark'' (2005), '' The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn'' (2007), '' Grey Oceans'' (2010), '' Tales of a GrassWidow'' (2013), '' Heartache City'' (2015), and '' Put the Shine On'' (2020), and two EPs, '' Beautiful Boyz'' (2004) and '' Coconuts, Plenty of Junk Food'' (2009). They released their sixth album ''Heartache City'' on their own record label, Lost Girl Records. Originally a duo, the group was formed when Bianca, who was living in New York City at the time, made an impromptu visit to Sierra at her Paris apartment, reconnecting with her for the first time in ten years. The sisters began creating mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folktronica
Folktronica is a genre of music comprising various elements of folk music and electronica, often featuring uses of acoustic instruments – especially stringed instruments – and incorporating hip hop, electronic or dance rhythms, although it varies based on influences and choice of sounds.Smyth, David (23 April 2004). "Electrifying folk: Folktronica, new folk, fuzzy folk – call it what you will. Laptops are replacing lutes to create a whole new sound", ''Evening Standard'', p. 31. Empire, Kitty (27 April 2003). "Up front on the verge: Four Tet, aka Kieran Hebden", ''The Observer'', p. 14. ''The Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Musicology'' describes folktronica as "a catch-all ermfor all manner of artists who have combined mechanical dance beats with elements of acoustic rock or folk." The 1991 album '' Every Man and Woman is a Star'' by Ultramarine is credited as a progenitor of the genre; it featured a pastoral sound and incorporated traditional instruments s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duet
A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece, often a composition involving two singers or two pianists. It differs from a harmony, as the performers take turns performing a solo section rather than performing simultaneously. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is a "piano duet" or " piano four hands". A piece for two pianists performing together on separate pianos is a " piano duo". The term ''duet'' is also used as a verb for the act of performing a musical duet, or colloquially as a noun to refer to the performers of a duet. A musical ensemble with more than two solo instruments or voices is called trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, etc. History When Mozart was young, he and his sister Marianne played a duet of his composition at a London concert in 1765. The four-hand, described as a duet, was in many of his compositions which included five sonatas; a set o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing, promotion, and enforcement of copyright for sound recordings and music videos, while also conducting talent scouting and development of new artists, and maintaining contracts with recording artists and their managers. The term "record label", derives from the circular label in the center of a vinyl record which prominently displays the manufacturer's name, along with other information. Within the mainstream music industry, recording artists have traditionally been reliant upon record labels to broaden their consumer base, market their albums, and promote their singles on streaming services, radio, and television. Record labels also provide publicists, who assist performers in gaining positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coconuts, Plenty Of Junk Food
''Coconuts, Plenty of Junk Food'' is an EP by American musical group CocoRosie, released on June 3, 2009. The EP was self-released and only available to be bought at CocoRosie's 2009 Summer Tour. It has been described as art pop, electronica, experimental, rock, folk rock, folktronica, freak folk, hip hop, and indie. On March 11, 2013, a Tumblr fanblogCocoRosie Land posted an image of an "album biography" written by one of the Casady sisters, detailing the concept and aesthetic of the EP. As of July 2020, the full EP can be downloaded on the Touch and Go Records website. Reception The EP received generally mixed reviews. Music websites Sputnikmusic, Rate Your Music, anAlbum of The Yeargave it an average rating of 3.3 out of 5, 2.77 out of 5, and 64 out of 100, respectively. Music webzine ''What's On The Hi-Fi'' reviewed the EP shortly after its release, describing the opening track "Happy Eyez" as "a child's dream pop song with a carousel organ and double-dutch jump rope bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beautiful Boyz
''Beautiful Boyz'' is an EP by American musical group CocoRosie, released by Touch and Go Records on September 14, 2004. The EP is only available as a digital download, though physical CD promotional media for the EP exists. The EP has been described as alternative, art pop, folktronica, freak folk, indie, and lo-fi indie. The first two tracks on the EP are the same as their namesakes on CocoRosie's debut album ''La Maison de Mon Rêve,'' though the eponymous track "Beautiful Boyz" differs from the ''Noah's Ark'' version'','' which features British singer Anohni. The track "Beautiful Boyz" is an homage to French novelist, playwright, and poet Jean Genet. Reception ''Beautiful Boyz'' received favorable reviews. Google Play gave the EP an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 5 stars. Music website Rate Your Music ranked the EP the 210th best work of 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Play
An extended play record, usually referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single but fewer than an album or LP record.Official Charts Company , access-date=March 21, 2017 Contemporary EPs generally contain four or five tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of other than 78 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Put The Shine On
''Put the Shine On'' is the seventh studio album by American musical group CocoRosie, released by Marathon Artists on March 13, 2020. Recording ''Put the Shine On'' was recorded primarily in San Francisco, California. The album's sound has notable hip hop influence, as the Casady sisters had worked with rapper Chance the Rapper on his album '' The Big Day'' prior. The sisters worked on the album between visits to their mother, Christina Chalmers, who died eleven days after providing backing vocals for the track “Ruby Red". Critical reception ''Put the Shine On'' received mixed reviews. Sasha Geffen of ''Pitchfork'' gave the album a rating of 5.1 out of 10, describing it as an "incoherent melange" and "a return to their maximalist tendencies, piling on drum machines, chintzy synthesizers, over-the-top raps, and nu-metal guitars". The review stated that the album's "complicated tone... gets blunted in the record's production," and notes the use of "stock hip-hop beats", "clumsy s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartache City
''Heartache City'' is the sixth studio album by American musical group CocoRosie. It was released by CocoRosie's own record label, Lost Girl Records, on September 18, 2015. The album is described by music webzine ''The Line of Best Fit'' as a freak folk album in which "the tracks all share a strong backbone of hip hop and afro-beat". Background Promotion and release On June 11, 2015, CocoRosie shared a behind-the-scenes video of the group in the studio and announced that a new album would be released that Fall. The video featured snippets of the tracks "Hairnet Paradise" and "Big and Black", the latter being intended for the album. The album was preceded by the release of three live recordings of album tracks: "Heartache City" on July 9, 2015; "Un Beso" on July 22, 2015; and "Lost Girls" on August 11, 2015. The live tracks were recorded at Findspire Studio and released on SoundCloud. The album's title and release date were revealed along with the release of "Un Beso (Live)" on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales Of A GrassWidow
''Tales of a GrassWidow'', sometimes stylized as ''Tales of a Grasswidow'', is the fifth studio album by American musical group CocoRosie. It was released by independent record labels City Slang and Republic of Music on May 27, 2013 in the United Kingdom and May 28, 2013 in the United States. The album's sound has been described as "indie pop" and "indie folk". Critical reception ''Tales of a GrassWidow'' received generally positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 18 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". ''The Guardians Phil Mongredien gave the album a rating of 3 out of 5 stars, praising the versatility of Bianca Casady's vocals ("at times childlike, an instant later carrying the emotional heft of Billie Holiday") but stating that "too much of the material … is content to merely sit in the background, not something from which they usua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey Oceans
''Grey Oceans'' is the fourth studio album by American musical group CocoRosie. It was released by Sub Pop Records on May 3, 2010 in the United Kingdom and on May 11, 2010 elsewhere. Background In 2008, CocoRosie began work on a follow-up to their third studio album, ''The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn'', released in 2007. During 2008 and 2009, the group wrote and recorded music in several locations, including Buenos Aires, Melbourne, Berlin, New York, and Paris, collaborating with other musicians in the process. Much of the music the group had created during the time would become ''Grey Oceans'', a body of work which they aimed to release in 2010 as their fourth studio album. On February 14, 2010, upon the announcement of the upcoming release of ''Grey Oceans'', it was also announced that CocoRosie was no longer signed to independent record label Touch and Go Records, on which they group had released their previous three records, and had signed to Sub Pop Records. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
