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Lights (singer)
Lights Poxleitner-Bokan (born Valerie Anne Poxleitner; April 11, 1987), known mononymously as Lights (previously stylized as LIGHTS), is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. She is known for singles "Drive My Soul", "February Air", "Ice", "Second Go", "Toes", "My Boots" and "Up We Go", which have charted within the top ninety on the Canadian Hot 100. Her work has earned multiple Juno Awards and Canadian Independent Music Awards. Her debut EP ''Lights'' was released in July 2008 and achieved commercial success which enabled the release of her first full-length album, '' The Listening'', on September 22, 2009. Her second album, ''Siberia'', was released on October 4, 2011. Both albums have been certified gold in Canada. Lights released her third studio album, '' Little Machines'', on September 19, 2014, which debuted on the Canadian Albums Chart at number five. Her fourth album, '' Skin&Earth,'' which featured "Giants", was released in September 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timmins
Timmins ( ) is a city in northeastern Ontario, Canada, located on the Mattagami River. The city is the fourth-largest city in the Northeastern Ontario region with a population of 41,145 (2021). The city's economy is based on natural resource extraction, and is supported by industries related to lumbering, and to the mining of gold, zinc, copper, nickel and silver. Timmins serves as a regional service and distribution centre. The city has a large Francophone community, with more than 50% bilingual in French and English. History Research performed by archaeologists indicate that human settlement in the area is at least 6,000 years old; it's believed the oldest traces found are from a nomadic people of the Shield Archaic culture. Up until contact with settlers, the land belonged to the Mattagami First Nation peoples. Treaty Number Nine of 1906 pushed this tribe to the north side of the Mattagami Lake, the site of a Hudson's Bay trading post first established in 1794. In the 195 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I O (musician)
Garrett Falls Lockhart (May 16, 1990 – November 23, 2020), known professionally by his stage name i_o, was an American electronic dance music DJ and record producer. Early life Garret Falls Lockhart was born on May 16, 1990, in Richmond, Virginia, and attended St. Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas. After graduating high school he attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C. While in college he began learning to DJ and had his first gig sophomore year. During college he built up a following performing under the name 'Glock' (a portmanteau of his name) at local clubs like Lima and the Sweet Spot. In 2013 Lockhart moved to Los Angeles to attend the Icon Collective music production school in Burbank, California. In this post Icon Collective time he was using the alias 'Fawks'. Over time Lockhart gained some notoriety and gigs through compromising online accounts for various artists, labels, and venues. Given the nature of these events its difficult to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Independent Music Awards
The Canadian Independent Music Awards, also known as the Independent Music Awards or Indies, are national awards presented annually to musicians to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. They were first inaugurated in 2000, and are awarded in Toronto as part of Canada Music Week. References External links Official website{{Canmusicawards Awards established in 2000 Canadian music awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Awards
The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies. The Juno Awards are often referred to as the Canadian equivalent of the Brit Awards in the United Kingdom or the Grammy Awards given in the United States. Members of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS), or a panel of experts, depending on the award, choose the award winners. However, sales figures are the sole basis for determining the winners of nine of the forty-two categories like Album of the Year or Artist of the Year. CARAS members determine the nominees for Single of the Year, Artist and Group of the Year. A judge vote by experts in the relevant genre, determines the nominees for the remaining categories. The names of the judges remain confidential. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Hot 100
The Canadian Hot 100 is a music industry record chart in Canada for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. The Canadian Hot 100 was launched on the issue dated March 31, 2007, and is currently the standard record chart in Canada; a new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by ''Billboard'' on Tuesdays but post-dated to the following Saturday. The chart is similar to ''Billboard''s US-based Hot 100 in that it combines physical and digital sales as measured by Nielsen SoundScan, streaming activity data provided by online music sources, and radio airplay as measured by Broadcast Data Systems. Canada's radio airplay is the result of monitoring more than 100 stations representing rock, country, adult contemporary and Top 40 genres. The first number-one song of the Canadian Hot 100 was "Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne on March 31, 2007. As of the issue for the week ending December 24, 2022, the Canadian Hot 100 has had 187 different number-one songs. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up We Go
"Up We Go" is a song recorded by Canadian electropop artist Lights for her third studio album, '' Little Machines'' (2014). Written by Lights in collaboration with songwriter-producer Tawgs Salter, the song was released July 22, 2014 via LIGHTS Music as the lead single from the album. In the United States, it was released to modern rock radio through Warner Bros. Records on September 9, 2014. The song has enjoyed commercial success - it reached number 31 on the ''Billboard'' Canadian Hot 100 and the top ten on multiple airplay formats, and was certified Gold by Music Canada in January 2015 - and was also met with positive reviews from contemporary music critics, being described as "impossibly catchy." Composition "Up We Go" is a synthpop song that combines Lights' signature electro-influenced pop production style with "lush" guitars. Jeff Benjamin of ''fuse'' described the style as a compromise between the lighter synths of her debut and the grittier electropop territory ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Boots
"My Boots" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Lights. It was released on October 11, 2010 digitally in Canada, and was released on October 19, 2010 in the US and the UK. It is a song about Lights' love of winter. "My Boots" was supposed to be included in Lights' second studio album ''Siberia'', but was later cut out from the final track listing. Background On October 12, 2010, Lights Tweeted, "It'll be on the new record, but I'm not done it yet lol. Needs... More... Time..." Lights said in an interview that the second full-length album was supposed to "come out in August, but I'm not supposed to tell you that." Quoted from Jess Kotanen, Lights Light is an electromagnetic radiation, part of which stimulates the sense of vision. Light or Lights may also refer to: Illumination * Light bulb * Traffic light Arts and entertainment Music * Lights (musician) (born 1987), Canadian singer-son ...' sister on the Official Lights Message Boards: Critical reception "My Boots" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toes (Lights Song)
"Toes" is a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Lights for her second studio album, ''Siberia'' (2011). The song made its radio premiere on 104.5 CHUM-FM on August 5, 2011 and was released digitally on August 16, 2011 as the official lead single for the album. It debuted and peaked at number 62 on the Canadian Hot 100. "Toes" was released to the UK in July 2012. Composition "Toes" is written in the key of F minor and set to an approximate tempo of 124 BPM. Critical reception In a review of ''Siberia'', James Murray of '' musicOMH'' wrote that "Toes" had a "contagious" pop chorus and exemplified "some of the best songwriting Lights has to offer." Matt Collar of AllMusic labelled "Toes" an "album pick" and described it as a "sparkling, anthemic" song that brings to mind popular contemporaries. Music video The music video for "Toes" premiered September 14, 2011. The video features Lights' hometown, Toronto, mostly in Dufferin Station Dufferin is a subway station on Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Go
"Second Go" is the third single from Canadian singer-songwriter Lights debut album '' The Listening''. It was released on February 16, 2010 in the United States. Music video The video follows Lights Light is an electromagnetic radiation, part of which stimulates the sense of vision. Light or Lights may also refer to: Illumination * Light bulb * Traffic light Arts and entertainment Music * Lights (musician) (born 1987), Canadian singer-son ... going through a plain white house, painting it throughout the video with various colours. This is the first video since the release of her EP that she has not gone with a space theme. The video was shot in only one take. The video premiered on MuchMusic on May 13, 2010. Track listing Charts References 2010 singles Lights (musician) songs 2009 songs Songs written by Lights (musician) {{2000s-electronic-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice (Lights Song)
"Ice" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Lights from her debut self-titled EP and debut album '' The Listening''. It was originally released in April as a single for her EP. A remastered version of the song was featured on her debut album, and later released as a single on October 12, 2009. Background "Ice" is driven by a new wave synth line and includes a keyboard solo. Music videos First version The beginning portion of the video was done by Lights herself. She worked on all the props herself at her house for a week. The monsters are played by Maurie Kaufmann and Adam Weaver, her two live musicians. The video for "Ice" consists mostly of two scenes. The first features a 2D cutout figured of Lights and two monsters. It shows Lights walking along a street texting her boyfriend sad faces and sorry notes. The monsters, one purple and one yellow, jump out of several cardboard boxes and begin chasing Lights who flees to her house. Her house is actually a mini-replica of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
February Air
"February Air" is the second single by Canadian singer-songwriter Lights from her debut self-titled EP. It was released on December 9, 2008 in Canada. The song reached #90 on the Canadian Hot 100 Billboard magazine chart. An acoustic version of the song was released on her EP, '' Acoustic''. Music video The video is the sequel to "Drive My Soul "Drive My Soul" is the debut single by Canadian singer-songwriter Lights from her debut self-titled EP. It was released as the EP's lead single on March 11, 2008, in Canada and July 24, 2008, in the United States. The song reached number 18 on th ...". The video opens with a shot of Lights sleeping on her futuristic bed, while the astronaut hangs his head in sorrow and leaves the house. Lights is all alone. She then wakes up, and sees that there is a message waiting for her. When she checks the message, she smiles for it is a shot of her and her beloved astronaut from the Drive My Soul video. Missing him again, she packs up her things, ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drive My Soul
"Drive My Soul" is the debut single by Canadian singer-songwriter Lights from her debut self-titled EP. It was released as the EP's lead single on March 11, 2008, in Canada and July 24, 2008, in the United States. The song reached number 18 on the ''Billboard'' Canadian Hot 100 and was certified gold by Music Canada for digital sales of over 40,000. It was later included on her debut album, '' The Listening''. Background "Drive My Soul" is about the element in your life that you cannot live without and without it you feel lost and lose control. Lights said that this element could be anything you feel drives your soul and keeps you in the right path: your parents, a friend, or even something supernatural or a religious element. Lights has stated that "Drive My Soul" was actually a song where she had the title first before she even wrote the lyrics. She's said it all started when she was listening to an indie radio station, and heard a song which she thought had the lyrics "Driv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
