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Matt Maginn
Matt Maginn is a musician from Omaha, Nebraska. He plays bass guitar in the indie-rock band Cursive and is a frequent contributor on a number of Bright Eyes records. He was also a founding member of Slowdown Virginia. He also helps run Team Love Records and was previously with Saddle Creek Records for 5 years. He graduated from Creighton University with a degree in Environmental Science. Album appearances With Cursive * ''Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes'' (1997, Crank! Records) * '' The Storms of Early Summer: Semantics of Song'' (1998, Saddle Creek Records) * '' Domestica'' (2000, Saddle Creek Records) * '' Burst and Bloom'' (2001, Saddle Creek Records) * '' 8 Teeth to Eat You'' (2002, Better Looking Records * ''The Ugly Organ'' (2003, Saddle Creek Records) * '' Happy Hollow'' (2006, Saddle Creek Records) * ''Mama, I'm Swollen'' (2009, Saddle Creek records) * '' I Am Gemini'' (2012, Saddle Creek records) Other * Bright Eyes - ''Letting off the Happiness'' (1998 · ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest city, Omaha's 2020 census population was 486,051. Omaha is the anchor of the eight-county, bi-state Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area. The Omaha Metropolitan Area is the 58th-largest in the United States, with a population of 967,604. The Omaha-Council Bluffs-Fremont, NE-IA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) totaled 1,004,771, according to 2020 estimates. Approximately 1.5 million people reside within the Greater Omaha area, within a radius of Downtown Omaha. It is ranked as a global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, which in 2020 gave it "sufficiency" status. Omaha's pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city was founded along th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ugly Organ
''The Ugly Organ'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Cursive, released on March4, 2003, through Saddle Creek Records. It was released both on black and translucent green 180 gram vinyl. Background and production Following a brief break-up, Cursive returned with the release of their third studio album '' Domestica'' in June 2000. It saw the introduction of new guitarist Ted Stevens, previously of Lullaby for the Working Class; he had replaced Stephen Pederson, who went to university. After this, frontman Tim Kasher formed the Good Life, who released their debut album '' Novena on a Nocturn'' in late 2000. In July 2001, Cursive released the '' Burst and Bloom'' EP, which featured the addition of cellist Gretta Cohn. The release was used to showcase a new sound for the band, which they expected to expand upon on their next album. In March and April 2002, Cursive toured across Europe with the Appleseed Cast. Cursive became exhausted while on tour, with Kasher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bushido Karaoke
''Bushido Karaoke'' is the third full-length album by Nebraska's Mayday, full of songs of death, dismemberment, drugs, greed, and devotion. It was released on June 21, 2005. The marketing for the album described it thus: "Like the teenage death ballads of the '50s, Mayday casts an odd sort of instrumentation and lyricism into romantic ballads of the afterlife. Percussive, choral, upbeat, morbid, scatological, rootsy-indie-wit. A bluesy country mythological storybook. Bushido Karaoke travels from the Old West ("Song of the Scaffold") to the modern one ("Hidden Leaves"), from Australia to Mesopotamia ("Old World New World"), to hell and back ("Standing in Line at the Gates of Hell") and into the caverns of history." This album is the 76th release of Saddle Creek Records Saddle Creek Records is an American record label based in Omaha, Nebraska. Started as a college class project on entrepreneurship, the label was founded by Mike Mogis and Justin Oberst in 1993 (as Lumberjack Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayday (American Band)
Mayday is a band from Omaha, Nebraska, on the Saddle Creek Records label, led by Ted Stevens, also of Cursive and Lullaby for the Working Class. Band members *Ted Stevens *Tiffany Kowalski * Daniel J. McCarthy *Pat Oakes Discography Albums *''Old Blood'' (2002 · Saddle Creek Records) *''I Know Your Troubles Been Long'' (2003 · Bar/None Records d Greyday Records p *''Bushido Karaoke'' (2005 · Saddle Creek Records) Compilations *Various Artists - ''Saddle Creek 50'' (2002 · Saddle Creek Records) *Various Artists - ''Lagniappe'' (2005 · Saddle Creek Records) *Various Artists - '' 20 Nights of Wine and Song'' (2005 · Greyday Productions Greyday Productions, sometimes called simply Greyday Records, is an independent record label based in Portland, Oregon, United States. Formed to release a new record from Still Life, Greyday is operated mainly by Todd Berry (who moved to Portland ...) External linksSaddle Creek Records*BarNone Records [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
''I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning'' is the sixth studio album by American band Bright Eyes, released on January 25, 2005 by Saddle Creek Records (the same day as their seventh album, ''Digital Ash in a Digital Urn''). The album will be reissued by Dead Oceans alongside a six-track companion EP on November 11, 2022. Songs The music video for " First Day of My Life" was directed by John Cameron Mitchell. This was the first Bright Eyes album to feature Nate Walcott, who is now a permanent member of the band. "Road to Joy" contains an interpolation of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". The title of the album is taken from a lyric in this song. Bright Eyes achieved success on the US charts when the singles "Lua" and "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)" (the latter from ''Digital Ash'') took the top two positions on the ''Billboard'' Hot Singles Sales chart in 2004. In 2005, the band set off on a two-part world tour to promote the album along with ''Digital Ash in a Digital Urn'', with the first h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lua (song)
"Lua" is a single by Bright Eyes released in October 2004. Appearing on the album, ''I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning'', the song deals with two people as they struggle through depression, addiction, and an interminable night. Conor Oberst appears alone on the track, on vocals and acoustic guitar. The song also appears as a duet with Gillian Welch on the album ''Dark Was the Night''. "Lua" was on number 89 of ''Rolling Stone''s "100 Best Songs of the 2000s". The song was also featured in the 2015 video game ''Life Is Strange'' and the 2021 documentary ''Can't Get You Out of My Head''. Track listing All songs by Conor Oberst, except where noted. # "Lua" - 4:32 # "Well Whiskey" - 4:11 # "I Woke Up with This Song in My Head This Morning" (Alex McManus) - 3:55 # "True Blue" - 3:30 Other appearances *''Acoustic 07'' (2007, V2 Records) *''Dark Was the Night'' (2009, Red Hot) Personnel * Conor Oberst - guitar and voice on all tracks, track 4 including keyboards and piano * Jason Boese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground
''Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground'' is the fourth studio album by Bright Eyes and the 46th release of Saddle Creek Records. The band made its national television debut in support of the album, performing "The Trees Get Wheeled Away" (a track that was not on the album) on the ''Late Show with David Letterman''. The album was reissued by Dead Oceans alongside a six-track companion EP on November 11, 2022. Critical reception ''Lifted'' received positive reviews, ranking fourth on ''Rolling Stones list of the best albums in 2002, and was lauded as a breakthrough album for Bright Eyes and Conor Oberst. ''Kludge'' included it on their list of best albums of 2002. ''Blender'' ranked the album at 52 on their list of "100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever", which appeared in the December 2007 issue. ''Lifted'' was the band's first to reach The Billboard 200, spending one week at No. 161. The set has sold 184,000 copies in the United States, according to Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
There Is No Beginning To The Story
''There Is No Beginning to the Story'' is the third EP by Bright Eyes. The songs on it are fairly varied, with "From a Balance Beam" and "Loose Leaves" having more electronic qualities, while "Messenger Bird's Song" and "We Are Free Men" are more rooted in acoustic. The 12" vinyl edition includes 2 extra songs: "Amy in the White Coat" and a Neil Young cover, "Out on the Weekend". This album is the 45th release of Saddle Creek Records. Track listing #"From a Balance Beam" #"Messenger Bird's Song" #"We Are Free Men" #"Loose Leaves" #"Amy in the White Coat" (vinyl release only) #"Out on the Weekend" (Neil Young) (vinyl release only) Personnel * Todd Baechle - voice *Kriss Brooks - piano *Stefanie Drootin - organ * Orenda Fink - trumpet, voice *Margret Fish - bassoon *Jason Flatowicz - trombone * Simon Joyner - voice, good advice *Jiha Lee - flute, voice * Andy LeMaster - electric guitars, voice *Clay Leverett - voice * Matt Maginn - bass, pylons *Roslyn Maginn - percussion *Mik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fevers And Mirrors
''Fevers and Mirrors'' is the third studio album by the Nebraska indie band Bright Eyes, recorded in 1999 and released on May 29, 2000. It was the 32nd release of the Omaha, Nebraska-based record label Saddle Creek Records. The album was released later in 2000 in the United Kingdom as the inaugural release from Wichita Recordings. The album begins with a recording of a little boy reading ''Mitchell Is Moving'', a book by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat. "An Attempt to Tip the Scales" includes what is ostensibly an interview with the band's frontman, Conor Oberst. However, Oberst has admitted that the interview was something of a joke, intended to poke fun at the dark tone of the album. Conor's voice is impersonated in the interview by Todd Fink of The Faint and Commander Venus. The man interviewing is Matt Silcock, a former member of Lullaby for the Working Class. The album was reissued alongside a six-track companion EP by Dead Oceans on May 27, 2022. Critical reception The music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Every Day And Every Night
''Every Day and Every Night'' is an EP by Nebraskan indie rock band Bright Eyes. It became the 30th release by Saddle Creek Records on November 1, 1999. Conor Oberst references this album art in another of his songs, "Waste of Paint", from the album ''Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground''. In the first verse he sings (that a friend, most likely Zack Nipper) "''Once cut one of my nightmares out of paper; oh I thought it was beautiful, I put it on a record cover...''". Track listing #"A Line Allows Progress, a Circle Does Not" – 3:25 #"A Perfect Sonnet" – 3:41 #"On My Way to Work" – 4:10 #"A New Arrangement" – 5:13 #"Neely O'Hara" – 6:22 Track information *Neely O'Hara is a character from '' Valley of the Dolls'', written by Jacqueline Susann. Personnel *Conor Oberst – guitar, vocals, sampling, keyboards, bass, lyrics * Eric Bemberger – electric guitar *Tim Kasher – backing vocals * Joe Knapp – drums, percussion, vocals *Matt Magin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letting Off The Happiness
''Letting Off the Happiness'' is the second studio album released by the indie rock band Bright Eyes. The album was released on November 2, 1998. It was the first release by Bright Eyes to feature and be produced by Mike Mogis, now a permanent member of the band. A vinyl re-release of the album was included in the Bright Eyes Vinyl Box Set in 2012. Guest musicians include members of Cursive, Tilly and the Wall, and Elephant 6 collective's Neutral Milk Hotel and of Montreal. This album is the 23rd release of Saddle Creek Records. The album was reissued alongside a six-track companion EP by Dead Oceans on May 27, 2022. Track listing Personnel *Conor Oberst – vocals; guitar (1-5, 7-10); acoustic drums, electric drums (3); keyboards (6); piano (10) *Mike Mogis – atmospheric noises (2); pedal steel (3, 5, 8, 9); melodica, air organ (3); country guitar (4); keyboards (4, 6, 9); electric drums (8); organs (9); piano, bowed chimes (10); recording (2, 3, 10); mixing, masteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am Gemini
''I Am Gemini'' is the seventh studio album by the post-hardcore band Cursive. It was released in 2012 on Saddle Creek Records in the US and Big Scary Monsters Big Scary Monsters Recording Company (often known simply as Big Scary Monsters or BSM Records) is an independent record label based in Oxford, England, UK. Its releases include La Dispute, Beach Slang, Modern Baseball, Minus The Bear, mewit ... in the UK. Track listing References External linksCursive official website 2012 albums Cursive (band) albums Saddle Creek Reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
