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Callers
Callers is an American indie rock band composed of Sara Lucas and Ryan Seaton, later joined by Don Goodwin, Keith Souza, and Seth Manchester. The band crosses the genres of folk, blues, jazz, and experimental alt-rock. History In 2004, Sara Lucas and Ryan Seaton met in New Orleans and started working together. They later moved to Providence, Rhode Island, where future album producers and bandmates Keith Souza and Seth Manchester run a studio called Machines with Magnets. A 2006 move brought them to Brooklyn, New York. In 2008, they released the well-received ''Fortune (Callers album), Fortune'', produced by Keith Souza. The spare instrumentation was enabled in part by Seaton's combining guitar and bass through the addition of a bass guitar string. 2009's touring included multiple dates supporting Western Vinyl label-mates Here We Go Magic. In 2010, they recorded the more fully arranged ''Life of Love'', by which time drummer Don Godwin had become a regular member of the group. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reviver (Callers Album)
''Reviver'' is the third album by Callers. Reception Reviewers noted that the band had moved past the spare simplicity of their debut ''Fortune (Callers album), Fortune'', but there was little consensus otherwise. Track listing All songs written by Callers. #"Good Years" – 3:56 #"Heroes" – 4:47 #"Your Finest" – 3:27 #"Crush Times" – 5:15 #"Long Control" – 2:57 #"Reviver" – 3:44 #"Turning" – 5:55 #"It's a Ringer" – 2:57 #"Antenna" – 3:33 #"Howard 2 Hands" – 4:09 Personnel * Sara Lucas – vocals, guitar * Ryan Seaton – guitars, vocals, keyboards * Don Goodwin – drums, percussion, Wurlitzer References 2012 albums Callers albums Partisan Records albums {{2010s-indie-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortune (Callers Album)
''Fortune'' is the debut album of Callers Callers is an American indie rock band composed of Sara Lucas and Ryan Seaton, later joined by Don Goodwin, Keith Souza, and Seth Manchester. The band crosses the genres of folk, blues, jazz, and experimental alt-rock. History In 2004, Sara Luca ..., centered on Sara Lucas' vocals and Ryan Seaton's guitar playing. Sparely instrumented yet atmospheric, it combines elements of folk, blues, and jazz. Reception The album received positive reviews, with critics highlighting Sara Lucas' voice. Track listing #"Valerie" – 1:32 #"More Than Right " – 3:24 #"Rone" – 4:40 #"Fortune" – 3:13 #"O Family" – 3:11 #"Meet Between" – 3:15 (lyrics: Mike Taylor) #"Debris" – 3:42 #"In Blighted Gold" – 1:28 #"The Upper Lands" – 4:12 #"Tied About" – 2:58 #"Ste. Genevieve" – 2:35 Personnel * Sara Lucas – vocals, guitar * Ryan Seaton – guitars, vocals, saxophone * Gus Martin †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LADAMA
LADAMA is a Latin alternative band of four women musicians and activists—Lara Klaus, Daniela Serna, Maria "Mafer Bandola" González Olivo and Sara Lucas—originating from Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and the United States respectively, along with their collaborator, American bassist Pat Swoboda. Their music fuses sounds from South America and the Caribbean with soul, R&B, and pop. In addition to public performances, LADAMA holds educational workshops in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, where they hope to provide a foundation for participants to "use music as a basic form of personal expression to address issues pertinent to them." LADAMA continues to perform and offer workshops at venues and festivals around the world. LADAMA seeks to empower primarily women and youth (but everyone is welcome) through these interactive musical experiences. History The quartet formed in 2014 while touring the West Coast as part of the OneBeat Program. Their self-titled debut album was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partisan Records
Partisan Records is an independent record label with offices in London and Los Angeles, as well as in New York City, where the company was co-founded in 2007 by Tim Putnam and Ian Wheeler. The label, initially run out of Putnam’s South Brooklyn apartment, relocated in 2009 to their flagship office in Williamsburg where they still reside. Holy Sons (‘Decline Of The West’) was the first release on the label, and early success followed shortly thereafter with the release of Deer Tick (‘War Elephant’). In 2008, while working as the Night Manager for The Knitting Factory venue at their Leonard St. location in Manhattan, Putnam was approached by Knitting Factory Entertainment CEO Morgan Margolis to form a strategic partnership with Partisan. Together they've reissued the Fela Kuti catalogue and revived their label, Knitting Factory Records, which also includes Grammy Award-nominated members of the Kuti family, Femi Kuti and Seun Kuti. Partisan has since cultivated an eclecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delicate Steve
Delicate Steve is the stage name of musician Steve Marion, an American multi-instrumentalist who leads the band of the same name. Delicate Steve's sound has been described as hand-crafted with elements of progressive rock, folksy twang, African rhythms, surf rock and 1970s pop. Marion has collaborated with a wide range of artists in a variety of styles and genres, performing live and recording in-studio with artists such as The Black Keys, Paul Simon, Amen Dunes, Mac DeMarco, Tame Impala, and others. History A resident of Fredon Township, New Jersey, he graduated from Pope John XXIII Regional High School in 2005; Warner Brothers had signed his band to a recording deal while he was still in high school. After opening for Yeasayer at New York City's Governors Island in summer 2010 and a residency at Brooklyn club Union Pool, the band attracted media and record label attention. That year, Delicate Steve signed to Luaka Bop, who released the "Butterfly" 7" single, backed with a cover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Vinyl
Western Vinyl is an independent record label founded in 1998 and based in Austin, Texas. The imprint was formed by Brian Sampson and Ryan Murphy originally to release their lo-fi indie rock projects as Win Foster and Havergal. Artists *Abram Shook *Air Waves * Aisha Burns * Alexander Turnquist *Anomoanon *Appendix Out *Ava Luna * Balmorhea *Bexar Bexar *Bonnie Prince Billy *Botany *Callers * Caroline Says *Carter Tanton *Chas. Mtn. * Christopher Tignor *Dawn Landes * Diane Coffee *Dirty Projectors *Early Day Miners * Elephant Micah *Et Ret * Gary Wilson * Glass Ghost * Goldmund *Grooms * Heather Woods Broderick *Here We Go Magic *In Tall Buildings *JBM *J. Tillman *Joseph Shabason *Julie Sokolow *Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith * Köhn *Lightning Dust *Luke Temple *Logan Farmer *Lushlife * Luxury Liners *Lymbyc Systym *Madagascar *Mint Julep *Moon Bros. *Nat Baldwin *Nightlands * Ola Podrida *Oren Ambarchi *Papa M * Peter Broderick *Peter Oren *Pierre Bastien *Rob Burger *Robert Lippok *Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstream or commercial rock or pop music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to musicians influenced by the musical style or independent, DIY ethic, DIY ethos of late-1970s punk rock.di Perna, Alan. "Brave Noise—The History of Alternative Rock Guitar". ''Guitar World''. December 1995. Traditionally, alternative rock varied in terms of its sound, social context, and regional roots. Throughout the 1980s, magazines and zines, college radio airplay, and word of mouth had increased the prominence and highlighted the diversity of alternative rock's distinct styles (and music scenes), such as noise pop, indie rock, grunge, and shoegaze. In September 1988, Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' introduced "alternative" into their charting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooklyn Academy Of Music
The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a performing arts venue in Brooklyn, New York City, known as a center for progressive and avant-garde performance. It presented its first performance in 1861 and began operations in its present location in 1908. The Academy is incorporated as a New York State not-for-profit corporation. It has 501(c)(3) status. Katy Clark became president in 2015 and left the institution in 2021. David Binder became artistic director in 2019. History 19th and early 20th centuries On October 21, 1858, a meeting was held at the Polytechnic Institute to measure support for establishing "a hall adapted to Musical, Literary, Scientific and other occasional purposes, of sufficient size to meet the requirements of our large population and worth in style and appearance of our city." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Get Ready (band)
People Get Ready is an American four-piece indie rock band based out of Brooklyn, New York. The band consists of Steven Reker, Luke Fassano (formerly of Yeasayer) James Rickman, and Jen Goma. They are known primarily for their live performances, which showcase a blend of rock show and performance art. History After moving to New York from Arizona in 2006 and ultimately finding work as a musician, composer, and dancer on several large projects, founding member Steven Reker decided to pursue his own musical ventures. The band made its debut in 2009, and was later signed to Brassland Records. In 2011, they recorded their first album at a farmhouse turned studio in upstate New York, with help from fellow Brassland musician Jherek Bischoff Jherek Brandon Bischoff (born September 11, 1979) is an American composer, arranger, producer, and multi-instrumental performer. He has released over a dozen studio albums as a solo artist and band member and has credits as a musician, arranger, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 million visitors annually. It houses internationally renowned performing arts organizations including the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ballet, and the Juilliard School. History Planning A consortium of civic leaders and others, led by and under the initiative of philanthropist John D. Rockefeller III, built Lincoln Center as part of the "Lincoln Square Renewal Project" during Robert Moses's program of New York's urban renewal in the 1950s and 1960s."Rockefeller Philanthropy: Lincoln Center" ( |
Olga Bell
Olga Bell (born Olga Balashova, russian: Ольга Балашова, 3 October 1983) is an American musician, music producer, composer, and singer-songwriter. She was born in Moscow, Russia, raised in Anchorage, Alaska and is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. A classically trained pianist and self-taught electronic music producer, she has worked in a wide range of genres, including classical, electronic pop, and Russian folk. Best known for '' Край (Krai)'', a tribute to her Russian heritage, and ''Diamonite'', an album she produced with Gunnar Olsen and Jason Nazary under the moniker BELL, she has also played in Chairlift and Dirty Projectors and collaborated with Tom Vek under the name Nothankyou. In 2016, Bell released her third studio album ''Tempo''. Early life Bell started playing the piano at age seven, after moving with her mother from Moscow to Anchorage, Alaska and made her public debut two years later. Bell's studied under Svetlana Velichko, a former Moscow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latin Alternative
Latin alternative, or "alterlatino", is a brand of Latin rock music produced by combining genres like alternative rock, lofi, chillout, metal, electronica, hip hop, new wave, pop rock, punk rock, reggae, and ska with traditional Ibero-American sounds, in Latin Europeans and Latin Americans countries ( Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French and Catalan languages). History Rock music has been produced in Iberian America since the late 1950s. Some rock bands started to use unusual instruments such as maracas and quenas. In the late 1960s, artists like Santana started using a different technique to make rock music; by incorporating influences of Latin jazz. Its sound was incorporated by young Latino-players in the US, as an answer to the ''rock en Español'' movement in Americas and Spain led by bands like Héroes del Silencio, Caifanes or Los Prisioneros. In the early 1990s, it was used by Mexican bands such as Maldita Vecindad and Café Tacuba, they were accepted on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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