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Culture Vultures
''Culture Vultures'' is a second and final album by American band Orson. The album was released on October 22, 2007 but it leaked online on October 20, 2007. The album did not follow the success of their debut, 'Bright Idea', which charted at #1 on the UK Album Chart, and only reached a position of #25 in its debut week. "Ain't No Party", the lead single, only peaked at #21, failing to repeat the success of the lead single off their previous album, "No Tomorrow", which charted at #1. The album sold 8020 copies in its opening week. Track listing All lyrics written by Jason Pebworth; all music written by George Astasio, Chris Cano, Johnny Lonely, Pebworth, and Kevin Roentgen, except where noted. # "Radio" - 3:42 # "Ain't No Party" (Astasio, Cano, Lonely, Pebworth, Roentgen, Julian Gallagher, Chad Rachild, Noah Shain) - 3:19 # "Broken Watch" - 3:43 # "The Contortionist" - 4:04 # "Gorgeous" - 3:20 # "Debbie's Gone" - 2:54 # "Where You Are" - 4:07 # "Little Miss Lost & Found" - 4:2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orson (band)
Orson were an American rock band from California, formed in 2000. The band, despite being American, were much more successful in the United Kingdom. Career Orson started its life under the name of Halogen in 2000 and consisted of vocalist Jason Pebworth, guitarists George Astasio and Chad Rachild, bassist Johnny Lonely (aka John Bentjen) and drummer Johnny Fedevich. Within the first year of the band's existence, Fedevich was replaced by Chris Cano; creating the line-up of the band that would exist for most of the rest of its history. Their self-financed debut studio album, ''Bright Idea'', released by Mercury Records in 2006, was produced in Los Angeles by Noah Shain and achieved chart success in the United Kingdom with the first single, " No Tomorrow". The album and single both debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart and UK Singles Chart respectively. ''Bright Idea'' went Platinum in the UK charts and went on to sell just under a million copies worldwide. Rachild departed th ... [...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] |
Power Pop
Power pop (also typeset as powerpop) is a form of pop rock based on the early music of bands such as the Who, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and the Byrds. It typically incorporates melodic hooks, vocal harmonies, an energetic performance, and cheerful sounding music underpinned by a sense of yearning, longing, or despair. The sound is primarily rooted in pop and rock traditions of the early to mid-1960s, although some acts have occasionally drawn from later styles such as punk, new wave, glam rock, pub rock, college rock, and neo-psychedelia. Originating in the 1960s, power pop developed mainly among American musicians who came of age during the British Invasion. Many of these young musicians wished to retain the "teenage innocence" of pop and rebelled against newer forms of rock music that were thought to be pretentious and inaccessible. The term was coined in 1967 by the Who guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend to describe his band's style of music. However, power pop bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is operated through Republic Records; in the United Kingdom and Japan (as Mercury Tokyo in the latter country), it is distributed by EMI Records. Since the separation of Island Records, Motown, Mercury Records, and Def Jam Recordings combining the Island Def Jam Music Group, Mercury Records has been placed under Island Records, although its back catalogue is still owned by the Island Def Jam Music Group (now Island Records). Background Mercury Records was started in Chicago in 1945 and over several decades, saw great success. The success of Mercury has been attributed to the use of alternative marketing techniques to promote records. The conventional method of record promotion used by major labels such as RCA Victor, Decca Records, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bright Idea
''Bright Idea'' is the debut studio album of American power pop band Orson. Originally self-released in 2005, it was released commercially on May 29, 2006 in the UK and internationally on June 13, 2006. The album was recorded for just $5,000 in Hollywood, funded by the band themselves, and produced by Noah Shain. It contains the hit singles " No Tomorrow", "Bright Idea", "Happiness" and "Already Over". ''Bright Idea'' charted at number one on the official UK Albums Chart on June 4, 2006. The video for the single "Bright Idea" was directed by Tony Petrossian and was released as the follow-up to the UK number-one single "No Tomorrow". The album was prized with a platinum record in the United Kingdom. About 700,000 copies were sold worldwide. Founding guitarist Chad Rachild departed the band a year after the completion of the album. He was replaced by Kevin Roentgen. Track listing All lyrics written by Jason Pebworth, except where noted; all music written by George Astasio, Chris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Media
Virgin Media is a British telecommunications company which provides telephone, Cable television, television and Internet access, internet services in the United Kingdom. Its headquarters are at Green Park in Reading, Berkshire, Reading, England. It is owned by Virgin Media O2, a 50:50 joint venture between Liberty Global and Telefónica. Virgin Media owns and operates its own optical fiber, fibre-optic cable television, cable network in the United Kingdom, although in most areas optical fibre does not reach customer premises, instead going to a nearby street cabinet to provide a fibre to the cabinet service. As of 31 December 2012, it had a total of approximately 4.8 million cable customers, of whom around 3.79 million were supplied with its television services (Virgin TV), around 4.2 million with broadband internet services and around 4.1 million with fixed-line telephony services. At the same date, it had around 3 million mobile telephony customers. Since the acquisition of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahoo! Music UK
Yahoo! Music was a brand under which Yahoo! provided a variety of music services, including Internet radio, music videos, news, artist information, and original programming. Previously, users with Yahoo! accounts could gain access to hundreds of thousands of songs sorted by artist, album, song and genre. History Yahoo Music began as "LAUNCH", a website and magazine produced by LAUNCH Media which Yahoo acquired for US$12 million in 2001. LAUNCH was later rebranded as "Yahoo Music", then simply "Y! Music" in February 2005. LAUNCH's LAUNCHcast Internet radio and music video offerings were integrated into Yahoo's site along with artist profiles containing an extensive selection of music and biographical information. On September 14, 2004, Yahoo purchased Musicmatch, Inc., makers of the Musicmatch Jukebox software. As of Musicmatch 10.1, Yahoo has rebranded Musicmatch Jukebox as Yahoo Music Musicmatch Jukebox, and integrated it with the Yahoo Music Engine store. The main ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Roentgen
Kevin Roentgen (pronounced "rent-gehn") is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and formerly guitarist for the rock band Orson, who is currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. Roentgen is previously known for fronting L.A. rock bands American Pearl (Wind-Up Records), SOUL (Elektra Records) and Goldsboro. Following the break-up of American Pearl, Roentgen spent most of 2003 in the studio writing and demo-ing new songs. The result was Praying Hands, ''The Acoustic EP'', recorded and co-produced by Noah Shain at White Buffalo Studio in Hollywood. In 2005, Roentgen joined L.A. band Orson as a guitarist. In 2006, Orson released their debut, Bright Idea (Mercury Records), which contained the single, No Tomorrow. Orson went on to win the Brit Award in 2007 for Best International Breakthrough Act. In the Fall of 2007, Orson released the album Culture Vultures, containing the single Ain't No Party. The full length Praying Hands album entitled Dogs and Airplanes was rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Gallagher
Julian Gallagher (born 17 July 1968 in Bromley, London) is a British songwriter and record producer, known for working with Kylie Minogue on her 2001 album, ''Fever''. He also co-wrote songs with Gabrielle on her 2007 album, ''Always'', as well as co-writing many songs for boy band Five, including the chart-topping singles " Keep On Movin'" and " Let's Dance". Other songs co-written by Gallagher include "Lullaby" for Mel B, and the British chart-topper "What Took You So Long?" for Emma Bunton. Although mainly a rhythm and lead guitarist, Julian is also proficient on keyboards, bass guitar and drums. In addition to his own songwriting career, he has worked on many projects with his elder brother, producer and engineer Dillon Gallagher. Julian's father is Scottish singer-songwriter Benny Gallagher, of the duo Gallagher and Lyle Gallagher and Lyle were a Scottish people, Scottish musical duo, comprising singer-songwriters Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle. Their style cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Shain
Noah Shain is an American record producer and musician. Shain was dubbed "one of the most prominent young producers in the United States” by Mute. He notably produced early work by Grammy Award winning Skrillex "Sonny Moore," as well as albums by As Tall as Lions, Jordan Zevon, Atreyu, The Chevin, and Dead Sara. Epic Records recording artist Dead Sara Dead Sara is an American hard rock band from Seattle, consisting of Emily Armstrong ( lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Siouxsie Medley (lead guitar, backing vocals), and Sean Friday ( drums, backing vocals), best known for their single "Weatherman ... stated that Noah was instrumental in making their album sound "As raw as possible." The album has peaked at No. 16 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums Chart. Works as a producer (partial list) References External links noahshain.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Shain, Noah Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from Los Angeles Record producers from California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
