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Damnably
Damnably is a small independent record label and music publisher based in London, England, which also organises live events and tours for its roster of acts. History The label was founded in 2006 by George Gargan, of the band Former Utopia. He was later joined by filmmaker Janice Li. The label's first release was a single by Former Utopia, and its first high-profile signing was Shonen Knife. The label has specialized in signing international bands, particularly from Asia. Gargan and Li were married in the late 2010s, and several Damnably artists released songs to commemorate the event. Damnably is a member of the Association of Independent Music and PRS for Music Limited. Artists Damnably has released records and/or provided promotion for the following artists: * Bellini * Bitch Magnet * Kath Bloom * Bottomless Pit * Chris Brokaw * Codeine * Dick Dale * Julie Doiron * Drinking Boys and Girls Choir * Geoff Farina * Former Utopia * David Grubbs * Hazy Sour Cherry * MJ Hib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Say Sue Me
Say Sue Me () is an indie rock band from Busan, South Korea, currently consisting of members Sumi Choi, Byungkyu Kim, Sungwan Lim, and Jaeyoung Kim. The group formed in 2012 and has released three full-length albums: ''We've Sobered Up'' (2014), ''Where We Were Together'' (2018) and ''The Last Thing Left (2022)''; and four extended plays: ''Big Summer Night'' (2015), ''Semin'' (2017), ''It's Just a Short Walk!'' (2018), and ''Christmas, It's Not a Biggie'' (2018). Say Sue Me won Best Modern Rock Album and Best Modern Rock Song at the 2019 Korean Music Awards. Biography Childhood friends Byungkyu (guitar), Jaeyoung Ha (bass), and Semin (drums) met Sumi (vocals) at a tea shop in the Nampo-dong neighborhood of Busan in 2012. The three liked Sumi's speaking voice and immediately offered her a spot as the vocalist in their new band that would become Say Sue Me. Say Sue Me released their debut album, ''We've Sobered Up'', in 2014, followed by their first EP, ''Big Summer Night'', in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazy Sour Cherry
Hazy Sour Cherry is a four-piece indie rock band from Tokyo, Japan. The band members were prominent in the Tokyo indie music scene before, being members of other various bands before forming the indie supergroup Hazy Sour Cherry in 2018. Their current line-up consists of Tsuzumi (vocals), Jun (guitar), Karin (drums) and Chiba (bass). Biography Hazy Sour Cherry formed in 2018 with founding members Tsuzumi (of OCHA∞ME), Jun (of HATEMAN, Gorilla) and Karin (of The Highmarts) with their original bassist, Poppo Professor, joining later. Members met in underground music scene, the ''Shimokitazawa'' area of Tokyo. Tsuzumi came up with their name, inspired by types of craft beer that they love, though Jun originally wanted to name them “Teenage FBI”. Hazy Sour Cherry signed with Damnably records and released their debut album in 2019, ''Tour De Tokyo''. In 2020, the band released two singles, ''No Fun'' and ''Hot Summer Night''. Their bassist, Poppo, went on sabbatical in late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otoboke Beaver
is a Japanese punk rock band from Kyoto, formed in 2009. The band currently consists of singer Accorinrin, guitarist Yoyoyoshie, bassist Hirochan, and drummer Kahokiss. Their most recent album '' Super Champon'' was released in May 2022. Biography Otoboke Beaver is named after a love hotel in Osaka which was located near the high school of one of the band members. The band formed in 2009 while the members were active in a rock music club at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. The original members included Accorinrin on vocals, Yoyoyoshie on guitar, Pop on drums, and Nishikawachi on bass. In June 2011, Otoboke Beaver released a demo CD featuring three songs, including an early version of "Chuchu Song", a live track that would be later re-recorded and distributed to people who helped fund the band's first trip to the United States. In 2012, the group released their first live album via Egypt Records. In 2013, they released a limited-edition single via Jet Set Records, featuring the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Utopia
Former Utopia is a rock band from London, England. They formed after meeting at a Silver Jews gig in 2006. The band toured the UK with Julie Doiron in 2009 and with smallgang 2011 and Europe with Shonen Knife in 2012. They have also shared stages with Bottomless Pit, Uzeda, COME, Bellini, Thee More Shallows, Chris Brokaw, Geoff Farina, Shannon Wright, David Grubbs and PW Long. The band's ''Collapsar'' EP was self-recorded at Karma Studios in a day at Stoke Newington in 2012, and mixed and mastered by Matthew Barnhart at Echolab Studios in Denton. Released on Damnably in 2013, tracks from the EP received BBC Radio 6 Music airplay from Gideon Coe, and Tom Ravenscroft. In 2013, the band were selected to play at Incubate Festival in Tilburg. Band members *George Gargan(guitar) *Rama (Drums) *Russ Evans(Bass) George Gargan was formerly a member of the band Lazarus Clamp from 1999-2003 and played bass and sang on the albums ''The More We are The Funnier It Is'' (2004) and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lazarus Clamp
Lazarus Clamp are an English band punk rock band, formed in Leicester in 1994, known for keeping a low profile and for its humorous live performances. History The band's debut single "Sea Sore Songs" was released on Amberley/Cleverlegs. The band had other early releases on Bearos Records and Sorted, both Midlands-based. The band had a good relationship with the now-defunct Guildford label, Words, and Works Rejected. Their subsequent singles ("North", "Left-handed", "Some Rivals") and the band's first two LPs (''Such as you are and still not seeming to mind'' and ''The more we are the funnier it is'') show a wider range of influences. In early 2008, they released a double album, ''Death to Technicians / It ain't what you do it's what it does to you'', described by ''Drowned in Sound'' as "wonkily elaborate". In late 2009, they released the ''Against entitlement'' LP. This received positive reviews from sources including ''The Sunday Times'' and ''Delusions of Adequacy''. Disco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Brokaw
Chris Brokaw (born August 1, 1964) is an American musician, best known for his work with the bands Come and Codeine. Life and career While studying at Oberlin College, Brokaw met many people who became figures on the American indie rock scene of the 1990s, among them Stephen Immerwahr, with whom Brokaw formed Codeine, as well as Sooyoung Park of Bitch Magnet and Seam, John McEntire of Tortoise, and Liz Phair. Soon after graduating from Oberlin, Brokaw played drums for a number of bands, including 7 Or 8 Worm Hearts and G.G. Allin. He then joined Codeine and played drums on their first two studio albums, as well as helping to kick-start Liz Phair's career. In 1990 he returned to the guitar, one of his two main instruments, and teamed up with Thalia Zedek (Dangerous Birds, Uzi, Live Skull), a well-known figure in New York's post- No Wave scene. The two formed Come, a band that never gained much mainstream popularity, despite the critical praise they garnered throughout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shonen Knife
Shonen Knife is a Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka in 1981. Influenced by 1960s girl groups, pop bands, the Beach Boys, and early punk rock bands such as the Ramones, the band crafts stripped-down songs with simple yet unconventional lyrics sung both in Japanese and English. The band has been credited with making "the international pop underground more international" by "opening it up to bands from Japan". They have also performed as a Ramones tribute band under the name the Osaka Ramones. Guitarist/singer Naoko Yamano is the only member to have remained with the band for its entire history; her sister Atsuko Yamano was a founding member and, after a long hiatus, returned to the band in 2016. They have released 21 studio albums; their most recent album '' Sweet Candy Power'' was released in 2019. In the words of the ''Boston Globe'', "something oddly spellbinding occurs when deceivingly silly lyrics are sandwiched between a buoyant guitar and a rapid-fire, pop-punk drum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drinking Boys And Girls Choir
Drinking Boys and Girls Choir (DBGC) is a three-piece punk band from Daegu, a conservative city in southeastern South Korea, currently consisting of band members Meena Bae (bass & vocals), Myeong-jin Kim (drums & vocals) and Megan Nisbet (guitar & vocals). The band's name reflects their love of drinking, their youthful appearance, the fact all members participate in singing, and their gender inclusiveness. They cite the Japanese bands Hi-Standard, Dustbox, and Judy and Mary as influences, as well as Korean bands Crying Nut, ...Whatever That Means, and Billy Carter. History In 2007, Meena and Myeong-jin (MJ) got to know each other through the music scene while both were playing in bands. In 2009, they formed a girl punk band called Chicken and Mayo ABC and moved up to Seoul, but both eventually returned to Daegu. DBGC officially formed in 2013 when MJ and Meena, who shared a rehearsal space, decided to form a band. Both drummers at the time, Meena switched to Bass and guitarist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damo Suzuki
, better known as Damo Suzuki (ダモ鈴木), is a Japanese musician who has been living in Germany since the early 1970s and is best known as the former lead singer of the krautrock group Can. Biography As a teenager, Suzuki spent the late 1960s wandering around Europe, often busking.Damo Suzuki and Jelly Planet website. Retrieved 6 January 2014. When left Can after recording their first a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stinking Lizaveta
Stinking Lizaveta is a power trio from Philadelphia. MusicMight categorizes them as "doom jazz". History Their 1996 debut album ''Hopelessness and Shame'' was recorded by Steve Albini. Albini was so impressed by them that he brought them to the All Tomorrow's Parties festival he co-curated in 2004. The band's first two albums were on Compulsiv, and their third came out on Joe Lally's now-defunct Tolotta Records label; later releases have been on At a Loss Recordings in the US and Monotreme Record in UK and Europe. Their most recent release, 2012's ''7th. Direction'', was released via German label Exile On Mainstream. Extensive touring included supporting Clutch on a 2005 US tour. They toured in the UK with Clutch and Corrosion of Conformity in 2006. The band got its name from a character in the 1880 Russian novel ''The Brothers Karamazov'' by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Discography Albums *''...Hopelessness and Shame'' (1996 - Compulsiv) *''Slaughterhouse'' (1997 - Compulsiv) *''III'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spraydog
Spraydog are an English band that formed in 1994 in Chester-le-Street and Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Biography Formed around 1994, Spraydog have released five studio albums, (4 on their own Ferric Mordant label), nine EPs on Beautiful Pigeon Records, and numerous singles and compilation contributions on a variety of independent labels including Fierce Panda, Stupidcat and Fortuna Pop! Their most recent album, ''Karate Summer Camp'' was released in late 2006. They have recorded two BBC Radio 1 sessions for DJ John Peel. Spraydog kick-started their career touring with the band Kenickie and continue to play live both in their home town and occasionally elsewhere in the UK and Europe. According to their MySpace profile, their musical influences include Pixies, My Bloody Valentine and Pavement. ''NME'' magazine described them in 2006 as "very great, scrummy lo-fi scuzz". Spraydog celebrated their 20th anniversary in April 2017. Band members The current line-up consists o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Shaw (musician)
Benjamin Shaw is an English-Canadian musician and artist based in Melbourne, Australia. He has recorded for a number of different labels but is a mainstay of Audio Antihero records. He also uses the monickers of Guppy and Megadead. Biography Benjamin Shaw released his debut EP "I Got the Pox, the Pox is What I Got" in October 2009 on Audio Antihero which saw airplay from BBC 6 Music on the Tom Ravenscroft, Gideon Coe, Steve Lamacq, Jon Holmes and Tom Robinson shows and positive reviews from publications such as The Skinny, The 405, The Music Fix, This Is Fake DIY, Clash Music and The Line of Best Fit who remarked "If you think you've heard the like of Benjamin Shaw before, think again. TLOBF recommended.". In October 2011 it was announced on sites like Drowned in Sound, Bearded and This Is Fake DIY that he would be releasing first album, ''There's Always Hope, There's Always Cabernet''. He began promoting the album with a series of sessions for the likes of The Fly, The 40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
