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Kanine Records
Kanine Records is an independent record label based in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York started at the end of 2002 by Lio and Kay Kanine. Their first release, ''NY: The Next Wave'', was a 20 track compilation featuring mostly unsigned and emerging acts from the area. From there, they started to sign local bands and release CD EPs, 12-inch vinyl and eventually full-length records. The label remains independent and continues to grow due to the ongoing success of artists like Grizzly Bear, Chairlift, and Surfer Blood. Recent and upcoming releases include albums by The Natvral (Kip Berman from The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart), Pearl Charles, Hoorsees, Lucid Express, and VEPS. Roster Current artists *Agent blå *Blushing *Braids *Chairlift *Diary * Eternal Summers * Fear of Men *Garden Centre *Grizzly Bear *Hockey Dad *Honey Cutt *Honey Lung *Hoorsees *Las Robertas * Living Hour *Lucid Express *Nicole Yun *Pearl Charles *Pinact *Splashh *Skywave * Surfer Blood *Tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretly Distribution
Secretly Group is a family of American independent record labels based in Bloomington, Indiana. The group is made up of Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, and Dead Oceans. Secretly Canadian, the first of the labels, was formed in 1996 by brothers Chris and Ben Swanson, Eric Weddle, and Jonathan Cargill. Their first release was a re-issue of an album by June Panic. Weddle later left to form label Family Vineyard; the remaining trio were joined by Darius Van Arman, as well as his label Jagjaguwar, in 1999. The two labels had worked closely before Jagjaguwar's offices moved to Bloomington to work alongside Secretly Canadian's.Secretly Canadian: Mythological Proportions Spacelab, August 8, 2007. Accessed September 30, 2008. In February 2007, the partners behind S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blow
The Blow is an American electro pop band, comprising Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne. Maricich and Dyne write, compose, produce and perform all the music. It was formed as a solo project by Maricich in 2002, and she was joined by Jona Bechtolt, from Yacht, from 2004 to 2007. Melissa Dyne became part of the project in 2007. The live shows often incorporate monologues and other performance elements. Melissa Dyne began collaborating with Maricich on the live Blow shows starting in 2007, gradually incorporating her background in installation, sound, and conceptual art into the live show. Dyne performs live from a location off stage. Maricich and Dyne composed and produced an eponymous album for The Blow, released in 2013. They have given a series of artist talks discussing The Blow as a mode of performance art. History Formation The Blow was formed in Olympia, Washington, United States. Maricich's solo music project had previously been called Get the Hell Out of the Way of the Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princeton (band)
Princeton is an American indie pop band from Los Angeles, California, United States. The band consists of twin brothers Jesse (guitar, vocals) and Matt Kivel ( bass, vocals), Ben Usen (keyboard) and David Kitz (drums). Princeton has received recognition for their live performances, often supporting high-profile indie acts such as Vampire Weekend, The Ruby Suns and Ra Ra Riot, as well as headlining in their own right. History Formation and early releases (2005–2007) The name of the band, Princeton, originated from band members growing up on Princeton Street in Santa Monica, California. Jesse and Matt Kivel, along with childhood friend Ben Usen, started playing music together in the late 1990s but officially formed the band in 2005, during a year long academic stay in London, which found the three reunited for the first time since parting ways for college. Due to the steep costs of shipping their instruments overseas, the group was forced to perform live with a very limited musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford Collapse
Oxford Collapse were an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York. The band’s lineup included Michael Pace on vocals and guitars, Dan Fetherston on drums, and Adam Rizer on bass and vocals. History Oxford Collapse first released a limited press self-titled EP for the HCR label in 2002. Shortly after they signed to Kanine Records, a label based in New York City/Brooklyn, where they released their first full-length album '' Some Wilderness'' in April 2004. This was followed by a remix of a track from the album titled " Melting the Ice Queen" in July of that year. In October, the band released a 7-inch vinyl EP, entitled ''Songs For The Singers Of Panthers'', on Discoloration Records before releasing their final effort from Kanine Records, ''A Good Ground''. The band then signed to indie label Sub Pop, where they released ''Remember The Night Parties'' in October 2006. The album earned a 7.9 out of 10 from Pitchfork Media, who also rated "Please Visit Your National Parks" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern State (rap Group)
Northern State is an American female hip-hop/indie rock group from New York, United States. The group consists of members Julie " Hesta Prynn" Potash, Correne "Spero" (previously "Guinea Love," due to her Italian heritage) Spero, and Robyn "Sprout" Goodmark.Morton, Pascal (2003) "Rise of the B-Girl", X-RAY, April 2003, Swinstead Publishing The group is named after the Northern State Parkway, one of the highways on Long Island, New York State. Biography Sprout, Spero and Hesta Prynn attended Half Hollow Hills High School West and graduated in the 1990s. The group was first formed as a joke; Spero stated in 2003, "It was hilarious. Could you imagine three white girls from Long Island opening up their mouths and acting like they could rap?" In 2002, the group released ''Hip Hop You Haven't Heard'', a four-song collection, the songs from which ended up in remixed form on the 2003 EP '' Dying in Stereo'', which was given a scathing review by Michael Idov in Pitchfork magazine.Ido ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixel Pixel
Mixel Pixel was a music/video project based in Brooklyn, New York, active from 1995-2009. Formed in December 1995 in rural Minnesota, Mixel Pixel soon released their first home recorded 4 track cassettes, Lez Puff, Pastelogram, and Basement Mom. Later, they relocated to Delaware where they spent the next 4 years recording their first LP called Mappyland. Upon moving to New York in 1999, they made a string of homemade cut-and-paste rock LPs; Rainbow Panda, Contact Kid, Music For Plants, Let's Be Friends, and Highschool is not Hell. In 2007 Mixel Pixel toured with Of Montreal. Through the years they've also shared the stage with Man Man, Chromatics, Extreme Animals, Chairlift, Grand Buffet, Ra Ra Riot, Grizzly Bear, We Are Wolves, They Might Be Giants, HEALTH, and Pit er Pat. Mixel Pixel have collaborated on music videos with paperrad, Noah Lyon, Ricardo Rivera, Radical Friend, and Devin Clark. Mixel Pixel have remixed bands including Professor Murder and Of Montreal. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean On Jean
Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean Pierre Polnareff, a fictional character from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' Places * Jean, Nevada, USA; a town * Jean, Oregon, USA Entertainment * Jean (dog), a female collie in silent films * "Jean" (song) (1969), by Rod McKuen, also recorded by Oliver * ''Jean Seberg'' (musical), a 1983 musical by Marvin Hamlisch Other uses * JEAN (programming language) * USS ''Jean'' (ID-1308), American cargo ship c. 1918 * Sternwheeler Jean, a 1938 paddleboat of the Willamette River See also *Jehan * * Gene (other) * Jeanne (other) * Jehanne (other) * Jeans (other) * John (other) John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Volts
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the other ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drink Up Buttercup
Drink Up Buttercup was a band from Philadelphia, PA. Band members were James Harvey (vocals), Mike Cammarata (drums), Farzad Houshiarnejad (organs, bass, guitar, percussion) and Ben Money (bass, organs, percussion). The band came together in Bucks County, PA in late 2007, making their debut performance at a cigar parlor. Drink Up Buttercup released their first 7" single, "Mr. Pie Eyes" on the UK label Make Mine Music. Following this were sets at CMJ Music Marathon and South by Southwest. The band's second single, "Farewell Captain," was released in April 2009 on Kanine Records. The song earned the band praise from Stereogum. Drink Up Buttercup's debut album ''Born and Thrown on a Hook'' was released March 23, 2010 on Yep Roc Records. The album was recorded throughout 2009 by Bill Moriarty and mixed by Rusty Santos Rusty Santos is a record producer and musician based in Los Angeles. He is known for producing, recording, mixing and/or mastering records like Animal Coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinowalrus
Dinowalrus is an American band from Brooklyn, New York, formed by Titus Andronicus guitarist Peter Feigenbaum. The band have released four albums and toured internationally. History The group was formed in 2007 by vocalist/guitarist Pete Feigenbaum and synthesizer/bass/clarinet/guitar player Kyle Warren. After working on a batch of loose krautrock-inspired improv pieces with a rotating cast of drummers including Andy Bond (aka Oliver Duncan, who would later join Friends) and Etienne DuGuay (who would later join Real Estate (band)), Feigenbaum and Warren began settled down with 18-year-old Belgian drummer Josh Da Costa and began writing and recording the album that would become ''%'' (pronounced "percent") throughout 2008, while playing gigs regularly around New York with the likes of Titus Andronicus, Parts & Labor, Aa (Big A Little a), A Place to Bury Strangers, DD/MM/YYYY and Grooms. In late 2008 they released their first 7". "Electric Car Gas Guitar" b/w "Cage Those Python ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bleeding Rainbow
Bleeding Rainbow was an American, Philadelphia-based indie rock band, originally composed of singer/bassist Sarah Everton—also the drummer when they played as Reading Rainbow— and singer/guitarist Rob Garcia, though the group was expanded to include drummer Greg Frantz and lead guitarist Al Creedon. While still performing as a duo, Everton and Garcia released two full-length albums under the name Reading Rainbow, ''Mystical Participation'', and ''Prism Eyes'' on HoZac Records. The band's third release and their first under their new moniker, ''Yeah Right'', saw the band signing to Brooklyn-based label Kanine Records Kanine Records is an independent record label based in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York started at the end of 2002 by Lio and Kay Kanine. Their first release, ''NY: The Next Wave'', was a 20 track compilation featuring mostly unsigne ... and embracing "bands from our teenage-hood." On February 25, 2014, Bleeding Rainbow released the full length title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beverly (band)
Beverly is an American, Brooklyn-based band that formed in 2013. They began recording their debut LP, ''Careers'', in 2013 and finished in early 2014. It was released on July 1, 2014 on Williamsburg-based Kanine Records. Beverly's original lineup consisted of Frankie Rose and Drew Citron, both from the Brooklyn indie music scene. Rose is a former member of Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls, and Dum Dum Girls, while Citron is a former member of Avan Lava. They released their first single, "Honey Do", on Gorilla vs. Bear on February 10, 2014, and it was quickly picked up by other notable music blogs such as Pitchfork Media. The track was featured on Kanine Records' Record Store Day compilation ''Non Violent Femmes''. Discography * ''Careers The career is an individual's metaphorical "journey" through learning, work and other aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define career and the term is used in a variety of ways. Definitions The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
