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I Break Horses
I Break Horses are a Swedish indie rock band made up of Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck. The band took its name from a song of the same name by Bill Callahan. History I Break Horses' debut studio album '' Hearts'' was released on 22 August 2011 on Bella Union . The album has garnered favorable reviews. I Break Horses accompanied M83 on an American tour. It accompanied Sigur Rós on tour in 2013. ''Chiaroscuro'', the band's second album, was released 20 January 2014, followed by an intimate gig at the Village Underground in Shoreditch, London, UK, to a sell out crowd, ahead of their Stateside tour that spring. Their third album, Warnings, released in 2020 was described as Woozy Synthscapes by Phil Mongredien in the Observer. Critical reception ''The Guardian'' music critic Hermione Hoby described their music as "heady, sumptuously textured soundscapes", while ''Pitchfork'' music critic Ian Cohen comments that they "immerse themselves in homemade shoegaze, the kind that's made b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Break Horses (at Room 205) - Fish Bowl
I Break Horses are a Swedish indie rock band made up of Maria Lindén and Fredrik Balck. The band took its name from a song of the same name by Bill Callahan. History I Break Horses' debut studio album '' Hearts'' was released on 22 August 2011 on Bella Union . The album has garnered favorable reviews. I Break Horses accompanied M83 on an American tour. It accompanied Sigur Rós on tour in 2013. ''Chiaroscuro'', the band's second album, was released 20 January 2014, followed by an intimate gig at the Village Underground in Shoreditch, London, UK, to a sell out crowd, ahead of their Stateside tour that spring. Their third album, Warnings, released in 2020 was described as Woozy Synthscapes by Phil Mongredien in the Observer. Critical reception ''The Guardian'' music critic Hermione Hoby described their music as "heady, sumptuously textured soundscapes", while ''Pitchfork'' music critic Ian Cohen comments that they "immerse themselves in homemade shoegaze, the kind that's made by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Indie Rock Groups
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Ritualize
''Ritualize'' is a collaborative studio album by Lushlife and CSLSX. It was released on Western Vinyl on February 19, 2016. Production Philadelphia rapper and record producer Lushlife contacted local record production trio CSLSX to see if they wanted to perform live with him. The trio did not do any live shows at that time, but instead sent demos to him. After that, Lushlife and CSLSX started making the album. The album featured guest appearances from I Break Horses, Ariel Pink, Deniro Farrar, RJD2, Nightlands, Yikes the Zero, Freeway, Killer Mike, and Marissa Nadler. It took three years to finish the album. The album's cover art was drawn by Eric Petersen. Critical reception Mehan Jayasuriya of ''Pitchfork'' stated that "While there is no shortage of interesting ideas or capable musicians on ''Ritualize'', in the absence of a compelling vision, it doesn't add up to much." Meanwhile, Ken Capobianco of ''The Boston Globe'' commented that "The cerebral MC collaborates with producti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lushlife
Raj Haldar (born August 1, 1981), better known by his stage name Lushlife, is an American rapper and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the co-author of '' P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever''. He is one half of The Skull Eclipses. Early life Born on August 1, 1981, Haldar grew up in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. He is the son of a school teacher and an electrical engineer who emigrated from Bengal. As a child, he had 12 years of classical piano lessons. He played drums and wrote arrangements in a high school jazz band. After living in London and New York City, he settled in South Philadelphia circa 2005. Career In 2005, Lushlife released a Kanye West/The Beach Boys mashup album, titled ''West Sounds''. In 2009, he released ''Cassette City'' on Rapster Records. It included vocal contributions from Camp Lo and Elzhi. In 2010, he was hired by Connectify, where he would serve as the marketing director. In 2011, he released ''No More Golden Days''. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warnings (I Break Horses Album)
''Warnings'' is the third studio album by Swedish indie rock band I Break Horses. It was released on 8 May 2020 under Bella Union Bella Union is a British independent record label founded in 1997 by Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins. It is now run solely by Raymonde. History After releasing records with 4AD for a large part of their career, Cocteau Twi .... Critical reception ''Warnings'' was met with universal acclaim reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 81, based on 11 reviews. Accolades Track listing References 2020 albums Bella Union albums I Break Horses albums {{2020s-indie-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiaroscuro (I Break Horses Album)
''Chiaroscuro'' is the second studio album by Swedish duo I Break Horses. It was released in January 2014 under Bella Union Bella Union is a British independent record label founded in 1997 by Simon Raymonde and Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins. It is now run solely by Raymonde. History After releasing records with 4AD for a large part of their career, Cocteau Twi .... Track list References {{Authority control 2014 albums Bella Union albums I Break Horses albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts (I Break Horses Album)
''Hearts'' is the debut studio album by Swedish duo I Break Horses. It was released in August 2011 by Bella Union. Track listing All songs written by Maria Lindén (music) and Fredrik Balck (lyrics). Credits ;Musicians *Maria Lindén – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, piano *Fredrik Balck – drums, percussion *Jukka Rintamäki – bass, vocals, additional keyboards, guitars, percussion *Patrik Johansson Bay – additional guitars *Patrick Alvarsson – additional guitars, treatments, percussion *Anders Gustafsson – drums (tracks 1 and 5) *Sebastian Forslund – drums (track 6) *Simon Raymonde – treatments (track 9) ;Technical *Produced by Maria Lindén *Additional production by Jukka Rintamäki (tracks 1, 3, 5 and 7) and Patrick Alvarsson (tracks 6 and 8) *Mixed and mastered by Hans Olsson Brookes ;Visual *Art direction by Vaughan Oliver Vaughan Oliver (12 September 1957 – 29 December 2019) was a British graphic designer based in Epsom, Surrey. Oliver was best kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loveless (My Bloody Valentine Album)
''Loveless'' (stylized as loveless) is the second studio album by the Anglo-Irish rock band My Bloody Valentine. It was released on 4 November 1991 in the United Kingdom by Creation Records and in the United States by Sire Records. The album was recorded between February 1989 and September 1991, with vocalist and guitarist Kevin Shields leading sessions and experimenting with guitar vibrato, nonstandard tunings, digital samplers, and meticulous production methods. The band hired nineteen different studios and several engineers during the album's prolonged recording, with its final production cost rumoured to have reached £250,000 (equivalent to £480,000 in 2021). Preceded by the EPs ''Glider'' (1990) and '' Tremolo'' (1991), ''Loveless'' reached number 24 on the UK Albums Chart and was widely praised by critics for its sonic innovations and Shields' "virtual reinvention of the guitar". However, after its release, Creation owner Alan McGee dropped the band from the label as he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchfork Media
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music publication (currently owned by Condé Nast) that was launched in 1995 by writer Ryan Schreiber as an independent music blog. Schreiber started Pitchfork while working at a record store in suburban Minneapolis, and the website earned a reputation for its extensive coverage of indie rock music. It has since expanded and covers all kinds of music, including pop. Pitchfork was sold to Condé Nast in 2015, although Schreiber remained its editor-in-chief until he left the website in 2019. Initially based in Minneapolis, Pitchfork later moved to Chicago, and then Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Its offices are currently located in One World Trade Center alongside other Condé Nast publications. The site is best known for its daily output of music reviews but also regularly reviews reissues and box sets. Since 2016, it has published retrospective reviews of classics, and other albums that it had not previously reviewed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermione Hoby
Hermione Hoby is a British author, journalist, and cultural critic. She is the author of the 2018 novel ''Neon in Daylight''. Early and personal life Hoby was born and raised in South London. She is named for the character Hermione from Shakespeare's ''The Winter's Tale''. She studied at Cambridge University and graduated in English literature. Career Hoby worked at ''The Guardian'' until moving to New York City in 2010 to become a freelance culture writer. She has profiled writers, actors, musicians, and other public figures, including Toni Morrison, Naomi Campbell, Meryl Streep, and others. In 2016, Hoby began writing "Stranger of the Week", a column for ''The Awl'', in which she observed the wider state of culture, life, and politics based on character studies culled from real-life encounters. ''Neon in Daylight'' Published on 1 January 2018 by Catapult, Hoby's debut novel, ''Neon in Daylight'', is set in New York during the months leading up to Hurricane Sandy. The book fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
