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Cult Records
Cult Records is an independent record label founded by Julian Casablancas (of The Strokes) in 2009. Initially used as an imprint for Casablancas' solo releases, Cult later became a standalone label, and in June 2014 entered a label services agreement with Kobalt as well as a digital distribution agreement with ONErpm. Artists signed to Cult Current * Cerebral Ballzy * Exhibition * The Growlers * Har Mar Superstar * Karen O * Rey Pila * Promiseland * The Strokes * The Voidz Catalog Cult artists * Albert Hammond, Jr. * C O L O R * Everything Everything * Exclamation Pony ( Jen Turner of Here We Go Magic and Ryan Jarman of The Cribs) * INHEAVEN * Julian Casablancas * Jehnny Beth & Julian Casablancas * Reputante * Songhoy Blues * Surfbort * The Virgins [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Casablancas
Julian Fernando Casablancas (born August 23, 1978) is an American singer, musician and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of Rock music, rock band The Strokes, with whom he has released six studio albums since their founding in 1998. Casablancas released a solo album, ''Phrazes for the Young'', in 2009. That same year, he founded the Independent record label, independent record label Cult Records, which has represented artists such as The Growlers, Rey Pila and Karen O. Since 2013, he has been the frontman of experimental rock band The Voidz. The band has released two albums, ''Tyranny (The Voidz album), Tyranny'' (2014) and ''Virtue (The Voidz album), Virtue'' (2018). Early life Julian Fernando Casablancas was born in New York City on August 23, 1978, the son of American-Spanish businessman John Casablancas, the founder of Elite Model Management, and Jeanette Christiansen (née Christjansen), a Danish model and the 1965 Miss Universe Denmark, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchfork Media
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music publication (currently owned by Condé Nast) that was launched in 1995 by writer Ryan Schreiber as an independent music blog. Schreiber started Pitchfork while working at a record store in suburban Minneapolis, and the website earned a reputation for its extensive coverage of indie rock music. It has since expanded and covers all kinds of music, including pop. Pitchfork was sold to Condé Nast in 2015, although Schreiber remained its editor-in-chief until he left the website in 2019. Initially based in Minneapolis, Pitchfork later moved to Chicago, and then Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Its offices are currently located in One World Trade Center alongside other Condé Nast publications. The site is best known for its daily output of music reviews but also regularly reviews reissues and box sets. Since 2016, it has published retrospective reviews of classics, and other albums that it had not previously reviewed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Rock Record Labels
Alternative or alternate may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * Alternative (''Kamen Rider''), a character in the Japanese TV series ''Kamen Rider Ryuki'' * ''The Alternative'' (film), a 1978 Australian television film * ''The Alternative'', a radio show hosted by Tony Evans * ''120 Minutes'' (2004 TV program), an alternative rock music video program formerly known as ''The Alternative'' *''The American Spectator'', an American magazine formerly known as ''The Alternative: An American Spectator'' * Alternative comedy, a range of styles used by comedians and writers in the 1980s * Alternative comics, a genre of comic strips and books * Alternative media, media practices falling outside the mainstreams of corporate communication * Alternative reality, in fiction * Alternative title, the use of a secondary title for a work when it is distributed or sold in other countries Music * ''Alternative'' (album), a B-sides album by Pet Shop Boys * ''The Alternative'' (album), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock Record Labels
Indie is a short form of "independence" or "independent"; it may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming *Independent video game development, video games created without financial backing from large companies *Indie game, any game (board-based, video, or otherwise) published or produced outside mainstream means; a subset of third party game **Indie Fund, an organization created by several independent game developers to help fund budding indie video game development **Indie Game Jam, an effort to rapidly prototype video game designs and inject new ideas into the game industry **Indie role-playing game, a role-playing game published outside of traditional, "mainstream" means ***Indie RPG Awards, annual, creator-based awards for Indie role-playing game products Music *Independent music, subculture music that is independent of major producers **Indie dance, or alternative dance, a type of dance music rooted in indie rock and indie pop **Indie electronic, a music genre **Indie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Virgins
The Virgins were an American indie rock band formed in 2006 in New York City. The band split up in November 2013. History 2006–2007: Formation Frontman Donald Cumming began writing music by himself in his New York apartment. He then recruited friends to fill out the band. Almost immediately they made a five-song EP titled '' The Virgins '07'', compiled of the band's early recordings, and songs Donald had already recorded himself. Upon completion, Cumming passed out the EP to friends and DJs causing the music to pervade the New York club scene. Soon after, the demo came across Atlantic Records who signed Cumming before the band was fully formed. The band's debut LP came out in 2008 and the band toured for several years following its release. 2008–2011: ''The Virgins'' Their first album titled ''The Virgins'' was met with mixed success critically. To promote the record they played at the All Points West Festival, SXSW festival, Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, Leeds, Reading, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surfbort
Surfbort is an American punk rock band formed in Brooklyn, New York in 2015. They were featured in a campaign by Gucci, and members of Blondie have named the band as a favorite of theirs. They have released music with Cult Records and Slope Records. Biography Surfbort was formed in 2014 by lead singer Dani Miller when she was at a gig looking for acts to perform. The group got their name from the Beyoncé song "Drunk in Love." They began releasing music with the single "Trash" in 2015, followed by their self-titled debut EP on Slope Records. Texan Sean Powell joined the band on drums in sept 2015. In Feb 2016 the original guitarist Matt Picola left the band and Powell asked fellow Texan Alex Kilgore to come in on guitar. In 2017, the band performed at the Coachella Festival. Their debut album ''Friendship Music'' was released in 2018 on Cult Records Cult Records is an independent record label founded by Julian Casablancas (of The Strokes) in 2009. Initially used as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songhoy Blues
Songhoy Blues is a desert blues music group from Timbuktu, Mali. The band was formed in Bamako after being forced to leave their homes during the civil conflict and the imposition of Sharia law. The band released its debut album, ''Music in Exile'', via Transgressive Records on February 23, 2015, while Julian Casablancas' Cult Records partnered with Atlantic Records to release the album in North America in March 2015. The group is one of the principal subjects of the documentary film ''They Will Have To Kill Us First''. Origins In 2012, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) took control of the north of Mali. In turn, they were pushed out by Ansar Dine, a jihadist group which banned cigarettes, alcohol and music. Garba Touré, a guitarist from Diré, near Timbuktu, was forced to leave, and moved to Bamako, the country's capital, in the south. Together with Aliou Touré and Oumar Touré, they formed a band "... to recreate that lost ambience of the north and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jehnny Beth
Jehnny Beth (born Camille Berthomier, 24 December 1984), is a French musician, singer-songwriter, producer, presenter and actress, best known as half of the duo John & Jehn and front woman of the English rock band Savages. Her debut solo album '' To Love Is to Live'' was released to critical acclaim in June 2020. Beth is known for her powerful live performances and her intense voice. She also collaborated with other artists such as Trentemøller, Julian Casablancas, Tindersticks, Gorillaz, Noel Gallagher, Romy Madley Croft of the xx, Idles and Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream. In 2021, she released a duet album with Gillespie titled ''Utopian Ashes'' which received favourable reviews. In addition to her music career, Beth played in several films including ''An Impossible Love'' in 2018, for which she received a nomination for the Best Female Newcomer at the 2019 Cesar Awards. Early life Jehnny Beth was born in Poitiers, Vienne, France to Catholic theater-director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
INHEAVEN
Inheaven were an English four-piece alternative band from South London. Formed in 2014, the band released their first single "Regeneration" in 2015 via Julian Casablancas' label Cult Records. The single was supported by BBC Radio 1/BBC6 Music DJs Annie Mac, Phil Taggart, Steve Lamacq and Chris Hawkins. The band were featured in ''DIY'' and XFM's ones to watch for 2016 with ''NME'' heralding them "one of the UK’s most exciting new bands". The band also topped ''DIY''s readers poll in 2016 coming in first place for Track of the Year, second for band of the year and fourth best live act of the year. They spent the majority of 2016 and 2017 supporting acts such as Sundara Karma, Circa Waves, Jamie T, Blossoms, Yak and The Magic Gang and played a number of international festivals including Reading and Leeds, Glastonbury and Bilbao BBK live finishing the year with a sold out headline show at London Scala. On 1 September 2017, they released their debut album to critical acclaim, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cribs
The Cribs are a British indie rock band originally from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, that formed in 2001. The band consists of twins Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross Jarman. They were subsequently joined by ex-The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr who was an official member of the group from 2008 until 2011. The band, who first became active on the concert circuit in 2002, were initially tied to other like-minded UK bands of that time, most notably The Libertines, by a British music press that were looking for a 'British rearguard' to the wave of popular US alternative rock bands of the time. They had outgrown this tag by the time of the commercial success of their third LP. In 2008, '' Q'' magazine described the band as "The biggest cult band in the UK". In 2012, the band's 10th anniversary year, they were honoured with the ''Spirit of Independence'' award at the annual Q Awards. Several months later, they received the ''Outstanding Contribution to Music'' award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Jarman
Ryan James Jarman is a British musician who is the guitarist and vocalist with English lo-fi indie rock band the Cribs. The Cribs Jarman formed the Cribs in the early 2000s with his twin brother Gary and younger brother Ross. The band is known for their short, punchy tunes with pop riffs and a lo-fi sound – influenced by bands like Huggy Bear, Comet Gain and Beat Happening. The Cribs have released six albums on the Wichita label, the first two being ''The Cribs'' (produced by Ed Deegan and Bobby Conn), and ''The New Fellas'' (produced by Edwyn Collins, singer in influential indie band Orange Juice). The Cribs' third album, ''Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever'' was released on 21 May 2007; the record was produced by Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand. Their fourth studio album ''Ignore the Ignorant'', released on 7 September 2009 included ex- Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr; ''Ignore the Ignorant'' was produced by Nick Launay in Los Angeles. The Cribs' fifth album, ''In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here We Go Magic
Here We Go Magic is an American indie rock band based in Brooklyn, New York. It was formed by core members Luke Temple, Michael Bloch and Peter Hale, in late 2008. The band signed to Western Vinyl in 2008, followed by the five-piece group's signing to Secretly Canadian in 2009. History ''Here We Go Magic'' (2009) After previously releasing two folk albums under his own name in the mid-2000s,Barteldes, Ernest (2010)Here We Go Magic, ''Phoenix New Times'', April 15, 2010, retrieved 2010-05-02 Luke Temple released the self-titled album '' Here We Go Magic'' in February 2009 on Western Vinyl, described by ''Pitchfork'' as "hazy electronic textures, endlessly-spiraling lyrical loops, occasional forays into extended sections of ambience and noise".Harvey, Eric (2009)Here We Go Magic ''Here We Go Magic'', Pitchfork, March 2, 2009, retrieved 2010-05-02 Temple recorded the album at home on a 4-track recorder, describing the recording: "I just had one tom, one microphone, a synth and an a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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