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Junior Boys
Junior Boys are a Canadian electronic pop group, founded in 1999 in Hamilton, Ontario by Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark. Dark left the project shortly after, and was replaced by engineer Matt Didemus. The duo initially gained critical praise for their 2003 single "Birthday" and 2004 debut album '' Last Exit''. Their work incorporates disparate influences from 1980s synthpop, UK garage, techno, and R&B. History Origins–2007: ''Last Exit'' and ''So This Is Goodbye'' Junior Boys formed in 1999 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada as a duo of Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark. Years of collaboration followed and a demo was produced, but after many rejections and near-misses, they were resigned to being bedroom beat constructors. Soon after, Johnny Dark left the band to pursue other interests. Eventually, KIN Records heard their demo at the end of 2002 and commissioned more work from remaining member Greenspan. Hooking up with his engineer, Matt Didemus, he began again, writing more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of Toronto in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, the town of Hamilton became the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe. On January 1, 2001, the current boundaries of Hamilton were created through the amalgamation of the original city with other municipalities of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton–Wentworth. Residents of the city are known as Hamiltonians. Traditionally, the local economy has been led by the steel and heavy manufacturing industries. During the 2010s, a shift toward the service sector occurred, such as health and sciences. Hamilton is ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobius Band (music Group)
Mobius Band was an electronic rock trio from Brooklyn, New York consisting of Noam Schatz (drums), Peter Sax (bass/vocals/keyboards), and Ben Sterling (guitar/vocals/keyboards). History The band began when members Schatz, Sterling and Sax met as students at Wesleyan University. After graduation, they moved to Shutesbury, Massachusetts to hone their sound. Following the self-produced, self-released (on their own Prescription Rails label) and mostly instrumental EPs ''One'', ''Two'', and ''Three'', Mobius Band were signed to Ann Arbor, Michigan's Ghostly International in 2004, becoming the electronic label's first rock-based act. Their first Ghostly release was the ''City Vs. Country'' EP in March 2005, which earned critical acclaim for its fusion of pop songs with electronic flourishes, paralleling the work of contemporaries like The Notwist and The Postal Service. The first Mobius Band full-length album is August 2005's ''The Loving Sounds of Static'', which took the ideas of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessy Lanza
Jessy Lanza is a Canadian electronic songwriter, producer, and vocalist from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She has released three albums, '' Pull My Hair Back'' (2013), '' Oh No'' (2016) and '' All the Time'' (2020), to critical praise on UK label Hyperdub. Life and career Lanza grew up playing piano and clarinet before going to Concordia University to study jazz. Before starting her career as a singer and music producer, she worked as a music teacher. Lanza was listed as one of the best new artists of 2013 by XLR8R. In a review of her debut album, '' Pull My Hair Back'', she was described by ''The Guardian'' as "the latest and possibly greatest of the new ethereal soul girls" and ranked No. 4 on ''Resident Advisors Top 20 Albums of 2013. ''Pull My Hair Back'' was co-written and co-produced with Jeremy Greenspan of Junior Boys and released on the UK's Hyperdub record label. The album ''Pull My Hair Back'' was a shortlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize. In 2014, Lanza co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Tomorrow's Parties (music Festival)
All Tomorrow's Parties was an organisation based in London that promoted music festivals, concerts and records throughout the world for over ten years. It was founded by Barry Hogan in 2001 in preparation for the first All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, the line-up of which was picked by Mogwai and took place at Pontins, Camber Sands, England. Named after the song "All Tomorrow's Parties" by the Velvet Underground, the festival exhibited a tendency towards post-rock, indie rock, avant-garde music, and underground hip hop, along with more traditional rock fare presented in smaller venues than typical stadium performances. It was at first a sponsorship-free festival where the organisers and artists stay in the same accommodation as the fans. It claimed to set itself apart from festivals like Reading or Glastonbury by staying intimate, non-corporate and fan-friendly. Another difference was the line-ups being chosen by significant bands or artists, resulting in unorthodox events wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's All True (Junior Boys Album)
''It's All True'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian electronic music duo Junior Boys. The album was released on June 13, 2011."New Junior Boys Album: It’s All True (+ MP3)" '''', March 11, 2011. Release On March 11, 2011, Junior Boys announced they were releasing their fourth studio album.Critical reception ''It's All True'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At , which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from m ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman McLaren
William Norman McLaren, LL. D. (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish Canadian animator, director and producer known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).Rosenthal, Alan. ''The new documentary in action: a casebook in film making''. University of California Press, 1972. 267-8. Print. He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including hand-drawn animation, drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. McLaren was also an artist and printmaker, and explored his interest in dance in his films. His awards included an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject in 1952 for ''Neighbours'', a Silver Bear for best short documentary at the 1956 Berlin International Film Festival for '' Rythmetic'' and a 1969 BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film for ''Pas de deux''. Early life Norman McLaren was born in Stirling, Scotland, on 11 April 1914. He had two older siblings, one brother, Jack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Begone Dull Care (album)
''Begone Dull Care'' is the third studio album by Canadian electronic music group Junior Boys. The album was released on March 24, 2009 in Canada and on April 7, 2009 in the United States."Junior Boys to Release ''Begone Dull Care'' in April" '' Paste'', January 20, 2009. The album is named for '''', a short film by animator |
Morgan Geist
Morgan may refer to: People and fictional characters * Morgan (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Morgan le Fay, a powerful witch in Arthurian legend * Morgan (surname), a surname of Welsh origin * Morgan (singer), Italian musician Marco Castoldi (born 1972) * Moken, also spelled "Morgan", a seafaring ethnic group in the Andaman Sea Places United States * Morgan, Georgia * Morgan, Iowa * Morgan, Minnesota * Morgan, Missouri * Morgan, Montana * Morgan, New Jersey * Morgan, Oregon * Morgan, Pennsylvania * Morgan, Texas * Morgan, Utah * Morgan, Vermont * Morgan, West Virginia * Morgan, Wisconsin, a town * Morgan, Oconto County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Morgan, Shawano County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Morgan Mountain, Tehama County, California * Mount Morgan (Inyo County, California) * Mount Morgan (Mono County, California) * Mount Morgan (Montana) * Morgan Farm Area, Texas Elsewhere * Mount Morgan (Antarctica), Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polaris Music Prize
The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian album based on artistic merit, regardless of genre, sales, or record label. The award was established in 2006 with a $20,000 cash prize; the prize was increased to $30,000 for the 2011 award."2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List announced" . Aux (TV channel), aux.tv, June 16, 2011. In May 2015, the Polaris Music Prize was increased to $50,000, an additional $20,000, sponsored by Slaight Music. Additionally, second place prizes for the nine other acts on the Short List increased from $2,000 to $3,000. Polaris officials also announced The Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize, an award that "will annually honour five albums from the five decades before Polaris launched in 2006." Details ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dead Horse EP
''The Dead Horse EP'' is a remix EP by Junior Boys containing remixes of tracks from their 2006 album ''So This Is Goodbye''. It was released on April 10, 2007, and includes remixes by Hot Chip, Tensnake, Carl Craig, Kode9 and Marsen Jules. Track listing #"In the Morning (Hot Chip remix)" (Junior Boys, Andi Toma) – 9:45 #"FM (Tensnake remix)" (Junior Boys) – 7:18 #"Like a Child (Carl Craig remix)" (Junior Boys) – 10:39 #"Double Shadow (Kode 9 Steve Goodman, known as Kode9 (born 1973) is a Scottish electronic music artist, DJ, and founder of the Hyperdub record label. He was one of the founding members of the early dubstep scene with his late collaborator The Spaceape. He has release ... remix)" (Junior Boys) – 6:29 #"FM (Marsen Jules remix)" (Junior Boys) – 5:16 References 2007 debut EPs Junior Boys albums Domino Recording Company EPs Remix EPs {{2000s-electronic-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So This Is Goodbye
''So This is Goodbye'' is the second studio album by Canadian electronic music group Junior Boys. It was first released by Domino Recording Company on August 22, 2006 in Canada, and on September 11, 2006 in other territories. Junior Boys, now solely comprising the duo of Jeremy Greenspan and Matthew Didemus following the departure of founding member Johnny Dark, recorded the album in Hamilton, Ontario and wrote much of the album's material, with the exception of a cover of the Frank Sinatra song "When No One Cares". ''So This Is Goodbye'' was shortlisted for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize. On June 5, 2007, Junior Boys released ''So This Is Goodbye'' as a special edition featuring the original album along with a bonus CD. Reception ''So This Is Goodbye'' was released to positive reviews from music critics, holding a score of 79 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Noel Murray of ''The A.V. Club'' wrote that Junior Boys "ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
See You On The Moon!
''See You on the Moon!: Songs for Kids of All Ages'' is a compilation album, released in 2006 on Paper Bag Records. The album features a number of indie rock artists, mostly but not exclusively from Canada, performing songs written in the style of children's songs. Most tracks are original songs written by the artists themselves, although Sufjan Stevens and Broken Social Scene contributed covers of famous children's songs The album's title track, by Great Lake Swimmers, was named one of the best Canadian songs of 2006 on the CBC Radio 3 podcast. Track listing # Alan Sparhawk, "Be Nice to People with Lice" # Great Lake Swimmers, "See You on the Moon!" # Sufjan Stevens, "The Friendly Beasts" # Montag, "Kiddo 1" # Apostle of Hustle, "24 Robbers" # Junior Boys, "Max" # Broken Social Scene, "Puff the Magic Dragon" # The FemBots, "Under the Bed" # Montag, "Kiddo 3" # Glissandro 70, "Voices Are Your Best Friend"Elliot, Matthew"Various Artists, See You On The Moon! Songs for Kids of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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