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James Bertram (musician)
James Bertram is an American musician who has played with many indie rock bands from the Pacific Northwest. Career overview In 1992, Bertram joined the indie rock band Lync, in which he played bass and sang. The band went on to release singles on Magic Pail, Candy Ass, Landspeed and K Records, and one full-length album on K Records, ''These Are Not Fall Colors'', before disbanding in 1994. In 1997, Troubleman Unlimited and K Records collected the band's singles and unreleased tracks and released them on one compact disc, Remembering The Fireballs (Part 8). In early 1995, Bertram formed the band Red Stars Theory with Tonie Palmasani, Jeremiah Green and Jason Talley. Red Stars Theory never officially disbanded, but have not released a record since 2000's Touch and Go release ''Life in a Bubble Can Be Beautiful.'' Suicide Squeeze Records released a compilation CD combining the band's out-of-print Rx Remedy 7-inch and Deluxe Records 10-inch. In 2000 Suicide Squeeze released the ...
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Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ...
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John Coltrane
John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pro ..., bandleader and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the Jazz#Post-war jazz, history of jazz and 20th-century music. Born and raised in North Carolina, Coltrane moved to Philadelphia after graduating high school, where he studied music. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of Modal jazz, modes and was one of the players at the forefront of free jazz. He led at least fifty recording sessions and appeared on many albums by other musicians, including trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk. Over the course of his career, Coltrane's music t ...
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Ultimate Alternative Wavers
''Ultimate Alternative Wavers'' is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Built to Spill. The line-up consisted of Doug Martsch on guitar and vocals, Brett Netson on guitar and bass, and Ralf Youtz on drums, although there was some variation in instrumentation on a few tracks. The album was recorded at Audio Lab in Boise, Idaho, in the fall of 1992, and released in 1993 on C/Z Records. It was re-released in late 2006. The song title "Nowhere Nothin' Fuckup" is the title of a song by the main character, Jason Taverner, in Philip K. Dick's ''Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said''. The song's lyrics, also, are in large part borrowed from The Velvet Underground's "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'". Personnel Built to Spill * Doug Martsch – lead and backing vocals, lead and rhythm guitars * Brett Netson – bass, guitar, backing vocals * Ralf Youtz – drums, percussion Additional Personnel *Todd Dunnigan - organ, keyboards on "The First Song," "Shameful Dread," "Hazy," and "Buil ...
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Beck
Beck David Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his Experimental music, experimental and Lo-fi music, lo-fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide-ranging genres. He has musically encompassed Folk music, folk, funk, Soul music, soul, Hip hop music, hip hop, Electronic music, electronic, alternative rock, Country music, country, and Psychedelic music, psychedelia. He has released 14 studio albums (three of which were released on indie labels), as well as several non-album singles and a book of sheet music. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Beck grew towards hip-hop and folk in his teens and began to perform locally at coffeehouses and clubs. He moved to New York City in 1989 and became involved in the city's anti-folk movement. Returning to Los Angeles in the early 1990s, he cut his breakthrough single "Loser (Beck song), Loser", which became ...
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One Foot In The Grave (album)
''One Foot in the Grave'' is the third independent studio album and fourth overall by American alternative rock musician Beck, released in June 1994 on K Records, an independent label. It was recorded prior to the release of ''Mellow Gold'', but was not released until after that album had met critical and commercial success. ''One Foot in the Grave'' shows a strong lo-fi and folk influence, and features several songs that are interpolations or covers of songs popularized by artists like Skip James and The Carter Family. ''One Foot in the Grave'' features production, songwriting, and backing vocal assistance by Calvin Johnson, founder of K Records and Beat Happening. It also features performances by Built to Spill members James Bertram and Scott Plouf, Love as Laughter's Sam Jayne, as well as The Presidents of the United States of America frontman Chris Ballew. The album was recorded at Dub Narcotic Studio, which at the time was housed in Johnson's basement. Like '' Stereopa ...
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Seattle, Washington
Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the U.S. state, state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 15th-largest in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 makes it one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canada–United States border, Canadian border. A major gateway for trade with East Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area was inhabited by Nat ...
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Modest Mouse
Modest Mouse is an American rock band formed in 1992 in Issaquah, Washington, and currently based in Portland, Oregon. The founding members are lead singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy. Strongly influenced by Pavement, Pixies, XTC, and Talking Heads, they rehearsed, rearranged, and recorded demos for almost two years before finally signing with small-town indie label K Records and releasing numerous singles. Since their 1996 debut album, ''This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About'', the band's lineup has mostly centered on Brock and Green, undergoing multiple changes. The band achieved mainstream success with their fourth album, ''Good News for People Who Love Bad News'' (2004), and its singles " Float On" and " Ocean Breathes Salty". Judy performed on every Modest Mouse album until his departure in 2012. Guitarist Johnny Marr (formerly of the Smiths) joined the band in 2006, shortly following percussionist Joe Plummer ( ...
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Polly Johnson
Polly is a given name, most often feminine, which originated as a variant of Molly (a diminutive of Mary). Polly may also be a short form of names such as Polina, Polona, Paula or Paulina. People named or nicknamed Polly Female *Caresse Crosby (1891–1970), American patron of the arts, poet, publisher, peace activist and inventor of the first modern brassiere to receive a patent and gain wide acceptance, who was also known as Polly Jacob and Polly Peabody *Mary Jefferson Eppes (1778–1804), a daughter of Thomas Jefferson, known as Polly during her childhood * Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols (1845–1888), a victim of the Whitechapel murders attributed to Jack the Ripper *PJ Harvey (born 1969), English singer/songwriter *Polly Adams (born 1939), English actress *Polly Adler (1900–1962), Russian-born American madam and author *Polly Apfelbaum (born 1955), American contemporary visual artist *Polly Arnold (born 1972), British academic *Polly Baca (born 1941), American politician *Pol ...
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John Atkins (musician)
John Atkins may refer to: * John Atkins (American football) (born 1992), NFL defensive end * John Atkins (cyclist) (born 1942), English cyclist * John Atkins (MP) (1754–1838), English politician * John Atkins (naval surgeon) (1685–1757), English doctor and author * John Atkins (writer) (1916–2009), British writer * John Black Atkins (1871–1954), British journalist * John C. Atkins (born 1970), American politician from Delaware * John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (1825–1908), American politician * John F. Atkins (born 1944), Irish scientist See also * John Tracy Atkyns John Tracy Atkyns (died 1773) was an English barrister-at-law and compiler of the Atkyns' Reports. Biography Atkyns was the third son of John Tracy, of Stanway, Gloucestershire, and great-grandson of the third Viscount Tracy, of Toddington. His m ... (died 1773), English barrister-at-law * John Adkins (other) {{hndis, name=Atkins, John ...
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The Normal Years
''The Normal Years'' is a compilation album of singles, live songs, songs on other compilations, and previously unreleased recordings by indie rock band Built to Spill. The album consists of songs that were recorded between 1993 and 1995 by various incarnations of the band, although most feature the ''There's Nothing Wrong with Love'' lineup. Doug Martsch is the only person present on all the recordings. ''The Normal Years'' was released in 1996 on K Records. Track listing :All songs by Doug Martsch, except track 4 by Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair, some lyrics on track 5 by James Christenson :Guitar and vocals by Doug Martsch on all tracks # "So & So So & So from Wherever Wherever" #*Originally appeared on a 1995 Saturnine single, recorded by Calvin Johnson. #*Andy Capps – drums #* Brett Nelson – bass # "Shortcut" #*Originally appeared on ''Rotating Tongues'', recorded by Todd Dunnigan in late 1992 at Audio Lab in Boise, Idaho. #* Ralph Youtz - drums # "Car" #*Originall ...
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Doug Martsch
Doug Martsch (born September 16, 1969) is an American singer and musician. He is best known for his distinctive vocals and guitar playing style in the band Built to Spill. Career Martsch's first band was Farm Days, with Andy Capps and Brett Nelson in the early 1980s. His second band was Treepeople, with whom he released three albums and two EPs. He has been the lead singer and guitarist of Built to Spill since 1992. With Built to Spill, he developed a reputation as a preeminent indie rock guitarist; his guitar playing style blends rock, pop, blues, and folk. His influences include J Mascis, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Caustic Resin, Mississippi Fred McDowell, David Bowie, and Neil Young. In 1994, Martsch formed The Halo Benders with Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening and released three albums. In 2002, Martsch released his first solo album, '' Now You Know'', to critical acclaim. In 2011, he contributed to a tribute album to The Smiths entitled ''Please, please, please...'' with ...
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