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Enablers
Enablers are originally a post-punk band formed in San Francisco, California which features the poetry/spoken word of Pete Simonelli. The current members now exist on opposite sides of the American coasts-- most of the time. History In addition to Simonelli, a published poet and writer who was working as a courier in the band's early years, the band's lineup includes Joe Goldring (guitar, formerly of Swans, Toiling Midgets and oncurrent with EnablersTouched by a Janitor), Kevin Thomson (guitar, Timco, Nice Strong Arm, Morning Champ, and lso concurrent with EnablersTouched by a Janitor), and Yuma Joe Byrnes (drums, ex- Tarnation / Broken Horse, Touched by a Janitor).DuShane, Tony (2007)Nightlife: 'Enablers' move from quiet jazz to driving rock, ''San Francisco Chronicle'', September 20, 2007, retrieved 2011-07-25Funk, Peter (2006)Enablers: Output Negative Space, PopMatters, June 9, 2006, retrieved 2011-07-23 Enablers' first album, ''End Note'', was released on Neurot Recording ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atypeek Music
Atypeek Music is an international digital label, which resulted from the association of Go Get Organized (GGO) and Agony. GGO is one of the last French alternative labels (1988 – 1993). The name of the label Go Get Organized comes from a song by the Redskins; it enhances the commitment of this generation's independent labels. It was founded in 1988 by a group of artists and musicians. The label explored a surprisingly large panel of genres at the time, going through garage rock, hardcore, stoner rock, grunge, noise music, no wave, jazz-core and industrial music. The label soon stands out from other French labels and the alternative music stage by looking for on unusual artists, taking a particular interest in grunge music, American noise rock, experimental and minimalist music such as the work of the very controversial Patrick Dorobisz, Witches Valley, Lucrate Milk, Moodie Black, Dookoom, Genghis Khan, Les Vulves Assassines or Schlaasss. In 1992, the label signs a licensing agree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Scharin
Douglas Arthur Scharin is an American drummer and percussionist. He has served as a member of a multitude of bands, including Codeine, Rex, HiM, Enablers, June of 44, Loftus and Mice Parade. He currently resides in San Diego, California. Biography Douglas Arthur Scharin was born and grew up in West Hartford, Connecticut. As a teenager, he became interested in music while listening to his mother's boyfriend perform drums in his band Son. Bassist and composer Bill Laswell was also a member of the band and taught Scharin to play drums and bass. In 1994, Scharin received attention for his drumming after he joined the slowcore group Codeine for their second album ''The White Birch''. After Codeine disbanded, Scharin founded Rex and HiM in 1995. In 2006, Scharin started an experimental music project named Activities of Dust. The idea for the project came after Scharin had accumulated hours' worth of feedback recordings, which he had recorded over the course of 2006. He dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neurot Recordings
Neurot Recordings is an American independent record label founded by members of avant-garde metal band Neurosis in 1999. Gradually expanding, it has showcased a variety of artists including a number of sludge metal, post-rock, and noise bands. Bands * A Storm of Light * Across Tundras * Akimbo * Amber Asylum * Amenra * Battle of Mice * Bee & Flower * Blood & Time * Burial at Sea * Christ on Parade * Chord * Corrections House * Culper Ring * Current 93 * DEAFKIDS * Enablers * FINAL * Galloping Coroners * Grails * Grey Daturas * Guapo * Harvestman * House of Low Culture * Ides of Gemini * Isis * Scott Kelly * KK Null * Lotus Eaters * Made Out of Babies * MGR * Nate Hall (musician) * Neurosis * OM * Oxbow * Red Sparowes * Sabers * Savage Republic * Shrinebuilder * Skullflower * Tarantula Hawk * Tarantel * Tone * Tribes of Neurot * U.S. Christmas * Ufomammut * Vitriol * Steve Von Till * Yob * Zeni Geva See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toiling Midgets
Toiling Midgets is a rock band from San Francisco, California formed in 1979 by members of San Francisco punk bands Sleepers and Negative Trend. They have been active on-and-off since 1979, with their early 1990s lineup getting most attention due to the involvement of Mark Eitzel of American Music Club. They reunited in 2007. History Toiling Midgets was formed in 1979 by drummer Tim Mooney, of The Sleepers and Negative Trend, and guitarist Craig Gray also of the local San Francisco band Negative Trend, guitarist Paul Hood from Seattle's Punk bands Meyce and The Enemy, and bassist Nosmo King (aka Johnathan Henrickson).Warshaw, AaronToiling Midgets Biography, Allmusic. Retrieved December 23, 2018 Initially an instrumental band, they added former Sleepers and Flipper singer Ricky Williams to its lineup in 1980. This lineup of the band recorded the first Toiling Midgets album, ''Sea of Unrest'', produced by Tom Mallon and released in 1982 by Rough Trade Records.Sprague, DavidT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of California cities by population, fourth most populous in California and List of United States cities by population, 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the County statistics of the United States, fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PopMatters
''PopMatters'' is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture. ''PopMatters'' publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater, visual arts, travel, and the Internet. History ''PopMatters'' was founded by Sarah Zupko, who had previously established the cultural studies academic resource site PopCultures. ''PopMatters'' launched in late 1999 as a sister site providing original essays, reviews and criticism of various media products. Over time, the site went from a weekly publication schedule to a five-day-a-week magazine format, expanding into regular reviews, features, and columns. In the fall of 2005, monthly readership exceeded one million. From 2006 onward, ''PopMatters'' produced several syndicated newspaper columns for McClatchy-Tribune News Service. By 2009 there were four different pop culture related col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naytronix (band)
Naytronix is the solo musical project of Nate Brenner, an American multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer who is also a member of the band tune-yards. History Brenner released the self-titled ''Naytronix'' EP May 7, 2012 followed by his debut album ''Dirty Glow'' on October 9, 2012. Both releases were on the Los Angeles record label Plug Research. During the fall of 2012 Naytronix went on a tour supporting the band Why? in the US as well as playing a few shows in Europe. A second album, ''Mister Divine'', was released October 15, 2015. Upcoming album ''Other Possibilities'' will be released October 29, 2021. Members *Nate Brenner - bass, vocals, synths, sampler, vocoder. Touring Members *Sam Ospovat - drums, vocals (Dirty Glow tour) *Emery Barter - guitar, vocals, minitaur (Dirty Glow tour) *Merrill Garbus Tune-Yards (stylized as tUnE-yArDs) is the American, Oakland, California–based music project of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner. Garbus's music draws from an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mice Parade
Mice Parade is an American shoegaze band from New York City, led by percussionist Adam Pierce. ''Mice Parade'' is an anagram of Pierce's name. Biography Adam Pierce started Mice Parade as a solo project while he also played in groups including The Philistines Jr., Boston indie band Swirlies, and post-rock group HiM. Mice Parade's albums were initially released on Pierce's own Bubble Core Records, with subsequent records being released on FatCat. Earlier albums such as ''The True Meaning of Boodleybaye'' and ''Ramda'' were instrumental based, blending Pierce's complex percussion with electronica. For 2001's ''Mokoondi'' Pierce formed a loose recording and touring band, adding harmonic influences from Africa and the Far East. Vocals were added to 2004's ''Obrigado Saudade'' and subsequent albums have featured guest vocalists such as Somi, Lætitia Sadier, and Caroline Lufkin alongside Pierce. From 2007's self-titled ''Mice Parade'' album the songs took on a more accessible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex (band)
Rex is an American indie rock band formed in 1994 (though an early version of the band was formed in 1991). Rex was considered one of the most important and influential slowcore bands and released three albums and one EP on Southern Records, as well as a collaboration with Red Red Meat (under the name Loftus) on Perishable Records. Members included Doug Scharin (who was also a member of Codeine, HiM, and June of 44), Curtis Harvey ( Pullman), and Phil Spirito (Orso). Discography Albums *''rex'' (1995) *rex C (1996) *''3'' (1997) EPs *''Waltz'' (1996) Collaborations *''Loftus'' (with Red Red Meat Red Red Meat was a 1990s Chicago-area blues-influenced alternative rock band. After their break-up, frontman Tim Rutili went on to form Califone, for which many of Red Red Meat's former members, including percussionist Ben Massarella, often re ...) (1999) References External linksrex* Rex at Allmusicbr>Loftus at Perishable Records Indie rock musical groups from New York ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Of 44
June of 44 is an American rock band which was formed in 1994 from ex-members of Rodan, Lungfish, Rex, and Hoover. The band's name refers to the period during which writers Henry Miller Henry Valentine Miller (December 26, 1891 – June 7, 1980) was an American novelist. He broke with existing literary forms and developed a new type of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical ref ... and Anaïs Nin corresponded. The band toured extensively, reaching as far as Australia. They were a collective from 1994 to 2000, and reunited in 2018. Their style consists of a post-hardcore and math rock base, while their later releases delve into experimental jazz, ambient dub music, dub and angular post-punk. Their debut album ''Engine Takes to the Water'' (1995) drew comparisons with both Slint and Will Oldham. The following year's ''Tropics and Meridians'' saw the band compared to Tortoise (band), Tortoise and The For Carnation. Drummer Doug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HiM (American Band)
HiM is a dub influenced post-rock group formed in 1995 by Doug Scharin, drummer for the bands Codeine, Rex (band), Rex and June of 44. Their first album, ''Egg'', was their most dub-based effort. Each successive album has gone more in a quasi-world music direction. After some recording for ''Crooklyn Dub Consortium'' and Wordsound, ''Interpretive Belief System'', HiM settled on a lineup of Scharin with Bundy K. Brown, Rob Mazurek and Jeff Parker (musician), Jeff Parker, members or occasional members of Tortoise (band), Tortoise and Isotope 217. Their first album was the underground hit ''Sworn Eyes'', record producer, produced by Doug Scharin Douglas Arthur Scharin is an American drummer and percussionist. He has served as a member of a multitude of bands, including Codeine, Rex, HiM, Enablers, June of 44, Loftus and Mice Parade. He currently resides in San Diego, California. .... A few personnel changes followed, and the revamped lineup including members of June of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Codeine (band)
Codeine was an American indie rock band formed in 1989 in New York City. They released two full-length albums—''Frigid Stars LP'' in 1990 and ''The White Birch'' in 1994. The band broke up in 1994 shortly after the release of ''The White Birch'', but reunited to play a handful of shows in 2012. The band will be reuniting for a show in Los Angeles in 2023. Due to the band's slow and depressing musical style, they are credited as a pioneering act of what is known as "slowcore" or "sadcore". History Codeine was formed by members Stephen Immerwahr (vocal, bass), Chris Brokaw (drums), and John Engle (guitar).Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate, , p. 679-680 Codeine pioneered the slowcore and sadcore subgenres of indie rock,Mason, StewartCodeine Biography, AllMusic, Retrieved 26 June 2011 Retrieved 21 July 2012 but with a more experimental attitude than other bands in the genre, such as Low, Idaho and Red House Painters. The band's original tone, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
