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GrapeFestival
Grape Festival is an open-air summer music festival in Slovakia, first organized in 2010. The current venue is Trenčín Airport. The festival features alternative music, rock, pop, dance music, world music, house, techno, drum and bass, hip hop. History 2010 The first festival took place on 13 and 14 August 2010 at Piešťany Airport. Notable artist included Röyksopp, The Subways, Parov Stelar, Robots In Disguise. About 7,000 people attended the festival. 2011 In 2011, the festival took place from 12 to 13 August 2011 at Piešťany Airport. Notable artist included Interpol, Hurts, The Wombats, Marina & The Diamonds, The Qemists, The Sounds, N.O.H.A, Kormac´s Big Band. About 9,000 people attended the festival. 2012 On the 2012 festival, which took place from 10 to 11 August 2012, performed Example, Morcheeba, The Subways, Modestep, The Bloody Beetroots, Wolf Gang, Blood Red Shoes, New Ivory, The Twilight Sad, and Tata Bojs. Almost 10,000 people attended that yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piešťany
Piešťany (; german: Pistyan, hu, Pöstyén, pl, Pieszczany , cs, Píšťany ) is a town in Slovakia. It is located in the western part of the country within the Trnava Region and is the seat of its own district. It is the biggest and best known spa town in Slovakia and has around 28,000 inhabitants. Etymology The name Piešťany comes from Slovak ''Piesok'' (sand), referring to local sandbanks. The etymology is straightforward – ''Piešťanci'' – people who live on the sandy site and ''Piešťany'' – their settlement. History The first human settlement in the area is dated to the prehistoric times, about 80,000 years ago. People were attracted to the site by abundance of game in the vicinity of the thermal springs that did not freeze in winter. A small female statue called Venus of Moravany was found in the nearby village Moravany nad Váhom. It is made of mammoth ivory and is dated to 22,800 BC. It currently resides in the Bratislava Castle museum. In another nearb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morcheeba
Morcheeba is an English electronic band formed in the mid-1990s with founding members vocalist Skye Edwards and the brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey. They mix influences from trip hop, rock music, rock, folk rock and downtempo, and have produced ten regular studio albums since 1995, two of which reached the UK top ten. Edwards left the band in 2003, after which the brothers used a number of singers before she rejoined in 2009. They recruit additional members for their live performances and have toured internationally. In 2014 Paul Godfrey resigned from the band. Edwards and Ross Godfrey later formed Skye & Ross and released a self-titled album in September 2016. Their latest studio album as Morcheeba, ''Blackest Blue'', was released in May 2021 and was preceded by singles "Sounds of Blue", "Oh Oh Yeah" and "The Moon". It features collaborations with Brad Barr from The Barr Brothers, and Duke Garwood, whom Edwards described as "a diamond geezer". Biography 1995–2001: Beginnings a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Republic
Royal Republic is a Swedish rock band from Malmö. The band is currently signed to Universal Music and managed by Odyssey Music Network. History 2007–2012: Foundation and ''We Are the Royal'' Royal Republic was founded in 2007. Their first album, ''We Are the Royal'', was recorded under the supervision of Swedish producer Anders Hallbäck in Malmö. The album was mixed at ToyTown Studios and completed with the help of Stefan Glaumann. On 6 August 2009, the record was released in Sweden and received wide acclaim from critics, fans and radio stations. All three singles reached number 1 on Bandit Rock's Most-Wanted-List. Three of the album's songs, ''Full Steam Spacemachine'', ''I Must Be Out of My Mind'', and ''21st Century Gentleman'', were featured on the soundtrack of F1 2011. ''Tommy-Gun'' also reached first place on the MTV Rocks charts. Royal Republic gained success in Germany through a collective tour with the Donots. 2012–2014: ''Save the Nation'' On 24 August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Pink
The Big Pink are an English electronic rock band from London, consisting of multi-instrumentalists Robertson "Robbie" Furze, Akiko Matsuura and Charlie Barker. Initially a duo, they signed to independent record label 4AD in 2009 and won the ''NME'' Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act. To date, they have released five singles, with their debut album '' A Brief History of Love'' released in September 2009 and its follow-up, ''Future This'' released in January 2012. History Beginnings and early singles Robertson "Robbie" Furze and Milo Cordell started working together as The Big Pink in 2008, taking their name from the debut album by The Band. Furze used to play guitar for Alec Empire and run the record label Hate Channel with Cordell. Cordell (son of Denny Cordell and brother of Tarka Cordell) had also been releasing records through his own label Merok Records, which featured early noise rock releases by Klaxons, Titus Andronicus, and Crystal Castles. After joining for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Drums
The Drums are an American indie pop band from New York City. Formation Founding members Jonathan (Jonny) Pierce and Jacob Graham became friends as children, having met at Bible camp at age 11 or 12. Some years later, they formed a short-lived electro-pop group initially named Goat Explosion, eventually renamed Elkland. They released one album, ''Golden'', in 2005 and garnered interest with the single "Apart". In 2008, Pierce and Graham came up with the concept for The Drums, and Pierce moved to Kissimmee, Florida, where Graham resided at the time, so that they could more readily collaborate. They then moved to Brooklyn, in the spring of 2009, where drummer Connor Hanwick and former Elkland guitarist Adam Kessler joined the band to complete their live sound. The band had their first gig within a week of arriving in Brooklyn at Cake Shop NYC as part of the NYC Pop Fest. In October 2009, the band released their first EP, '' Summertime!''. Career In December 2009 the band was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Joy Formidable
The Joy Formidable is a Welsh people, Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 2007 in Mold, Flintshire, and currently based in London, England. The band consists of Rhiannon "Ritzy" Bryan (lead vocals, guitar), Rhydian Dafydd (bass guitar, bass, vocals) and Matthew James Thomas (drums, percussion). History 2007–2009: Beginnings and ''A Balloon Called Moaning'' Childhood friends and then couple Ritzy Bryan and bassist Rhydian Dafydd originally played together as part of Manchester band Tricky Nixon, which later reformed into Sidecar Kisses. After Sidecar Kisses split up in 2007, they regrouped, returning to their Welsh home town of Mold, Flintshire, Mold, and formed the Joy Formidable with Justin Stahley on drums. In July 2008, they released their first official single, "Austere (song), Austere". It was followed by a Christmas single, "My Beerdrunk Soul Is Sadder than a Hundred Dead Christmas Trees", issued as a 2008 digital download, and the "Cradle (The Joy Formidable song), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tata Bojs
Tata Bojs is a Czech Republic, Czech pop rock band, formed in 1988 by bass-player Mardoša and drummer/singer Milan Cais. The band plays Synthpop, electronic pop music. The band is famous for its creative lyrics and word play. The current line-up of the band includes guitarist Vladimír Bár, producer Dušan Neuwerth on guitar and Jiří Hradil (musician), Jiří Hradil on piano and keyboards. The band won the award for Best Group at the 2004 Anděl Awards. Discography Albums *1991 Šagali Šagáli *1995 Ladovo album *1997 Jaro/Divnosti *1997 Ukončete nás *1998 Nekonečná stanice *2000 Futuretro *2001 Termixes *2002 Biorytmy *2002 Attention! (Tata Bojs album), Attention! *2003 Šagalí léta 89-97 *2004 Nanoalbum *2007 Kluci kde ste? *2008 Smetana (Tata Bojs / Ahn Trio album), smetana (with Ahn Trio) *2011 Ležatá osmička (∞) *2013 Hity a city *2015 A/B (Tata Bojs album), A/B *2017 Tata Bojs & SOČR Live *2020 Jedna nula DVD *2005 Nanotour *2012 Ležatá Letná Boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twilight Sad
The Twilight Sad are a Scottish post-punk/indie rock band, comprising James Graham (vocals), Andy MacFarlane (guitar), Johnny Docherty (bass), Brendan Smith (keyboards) and Grant Hutchison (drums). They have released five studio albums, as well as several EPs, live recordings and singles. Their 2007 debut album, '' Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters'', drew widespread acclaim from critics, who noted Graham's thick Scottish accent and MacFarlane's dense sonic walls of shoegazing guitar and wheezing accordion. The Twilight Sad's notoriously loud live performances have been described as "completely ear-splitting", and the band toured for the album across Europe and the United States throughout 2007 and 2008. Sessions inspired by stripped-down and reworked live performances yielded the 2008 mini-album, '' Here, It Never Snowed. Afterwards It Did''. The band's second album, ''Forget the Night Ahead'', marked a shift in their direction; lyrically more personal and musically darker and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Ivory
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created. New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz Albums and EPs * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 Songs * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1999 *"new", by Loona from '' Yves'', 2017 *"The New", by Interpol from ''Turn On the Bright Lights'', 2002 Acronyms * Net economic welfare, a proposed macroeconomic indicator * Net explosive weight, also known as net explosive quantity * Network of enlightened Women, a conservative university women's organization * Next Entertainment World, a South Korean film distribution company Identification codes * Nepal Bhasa language ISO 639 language code * New Century Financial Corporation (NYSE stock abbreviation) * Northeast Wrestling, a professional wrestling promotion in the northeastern United States Transport * New Orleans Lakefront Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blood Red Shoes
Blood Red Shoes are an English alternative rock duo from Brighton consisting of Laura-Mary Carter and Steven Ansell. They have released six full-length albums, '' Box of Secrets'' (2008), '' Fire Like This'' (2010), '' In Time to Voices'' (2012), ''Blood Red Shoes'' (2014), ''Get Tragic'' (2019) and '' Ghosts On Tape'' (2022) as well as several EPs and a number of singles. In 2014, they founded their own label, Jazz Life. Overview Formation Blood Red Shoes formed in late 2004, after Steven Ansell and Laura-Mary Carter's previous bands (Cat on Form and Lady Muck respectively) broke up and they decided to "have a jam". In an interview in Berlin, Carter explained that the band's name was taken from a Ginger Rogers/Fred Astaire musical, in which Rogers had turned a pair of white dancing shoes red with blood due to the amount of dancing she had done practising for the role. Early singles Blood Red Shoes released their debut single "Victory for the Magpie" on 18 July 2005, followed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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