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Nick Thorburn
Nicholas Thorburn (born 27 November 1981), also known by his stage name Nick Diamonds, is a Canadian musician originally from Campbell River. He has fronted numerous bands such as The Unicorns, Th' Corn Gangg, Islands, Reefer, and Human Highway. History Thorburn was born in 1981 in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada, which he says has influenced his songwriting. Nature, in particular whales, are a subject of interest; his lyrics include references to rivers, swans and frogs. He also had a formative experience in a visit, along with his father, to see the killer whale Luna; his memories of the visit became an influential part of Islands' debut album ''Return to the Sea''. Thorburn has fronted The Unicorns, Th' Corn Gangg, Islands, Reefer, and Human Highway. Thorburn has gone by the stage name "Nick Diamonds." His vocals have been noted as a distinguishing feature of The Unicorns and Islands. His production technique involves dark personification over enjoyable music, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campbell River, British Columbia
Campbell River, or Wiwek̓a̱m, is a city in British Columbia on the east coast of Vancouver Island at the south end of Discovery Passage, which lies along the 50th parallel north along the important Inside Passage shipping route. Campbell River has a population (2016 census) of 35,138 and has long been touted as the "salmon capital of the world." Campbell River and Region are near the communities of Quadra and the Discovery Islands, Sayward, Oyster River, Gold River, Tahsis and Zeballos. Campbell River is served by the coast-spanning Island Highway, the nearby but now defunct Island Rail Corridor, and a local airport. History The first settlers known in the area were members of the Island Comox and related Coast Salish peoples. During the 18th century, a migration of Kwakwaka'wakw ( Kwak'wala-speaking) people of the Wakashan cultural and linguistic group migrated south from the area of Fort Rupert. Establishing themselves in the Campbell River area, they enslaved and later a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Highway (band)
Human Highway is a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario. It is composed of singer-songwriter Jim Guthrie and Nicholas Thorburn of the band Islands."Human Highway (Nick Thorburn and Jim Guthrie) Moody Motorcycle" ''Tiny Mixtapes'', 2008 By Josh Constine Their style is influenced by 1960s and 1970s pop music. History The band started in the early 2000s; the pair had previously worked together in the band Islands, and Thorburn asked Guthrie for help with a song called "My Beach".[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Plummer
Joseph E. Plummer is an American drummer from Portland, Oregon. From 2004 to 2012 Plummer was a percussionist and drummer for the indie rock band Modest Mouse and performed on their album, '' We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank''. Before joining Modest Mouse, Plummer played with the indie rock bands The Black Heart Procession and The Magic Magicians. Plummer was one of the 88 drummers who participated in Japanese noise rock pioneers Boredoms 88 Boadrum performance on August 8, 2008. In May 2009, Plummer replaced Jesse Sandoval as the drummer for The Shins. He is also a member of Mister Heavenly, a collaboration with Honus Honus of Man Man and Nicholas Thorburn of Islands and The Unicorns, experimenting with a new genre entitled "doom wop." Plummer also works as a freelance composer. He contributed music for the episodic comedy '' Antarctic...huh?'', directed by Matt Hoyt with art direction and design by Jason Sherry. An early version premiered at the Museum of Cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man Man
Man Man is an American experimental rock band from Philadelphia currently based in Los Angeles. Their multi-instrumental style is centered on the piano playing of lead singer, songwriter, and lyricist Honus (Ryan Kattner). Honus is accompanied by a group of multi-instrumentalist musicians and vocalists. Instruments played by the band include clavinet, Moog Little Phatty, sousaphone, saxophone, trumpet, French horn, flute, bass clarinet, drum set, euphonium, Fender Jazz Bass, Danelectro baritone guitar, xylophone, marimba, melodica and various percussive instruments including pots and pans, toy noisemakers, Chinese funeral horns, spoons, smashing plates, and fireworks. History Man Man released their debut '' The Man in a Blue Turban with a Face'' in October 2004 on Ace Fu Records, but did not begin to tour extensively until the 2006 release of their second album ''Six Demon Bag''. In 2007, the band opened for Modest Mouse on several U.S. tours, gaining them further public atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stranger (newspaper)
''The Stranger'' is an alternative biweekly newspaper in Seattle, Washington, U.S. The paper's principal competitor is '' The Seattle Weekly'', owned by Sound Publishing, Inc. History ''The Stranger'' was founded in July 1991 by Tim Keck, who had previously co-founded the satirical newspaper ''The Onion'', and cartoonist James Sturm. Its first issue was produced out of a home in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood and was released on September 23, 1991.Wilma, David''The Stranger'' begins publication in Seattle on September 23, 1991. HistoryLink.org, essay 3506, August 22, 2001. Web page also includes a facsimile of the front page of ''The Stranger's'' first issue. Accessed October 19, 2006. In 1993, ''The Stranger'' relocated to Seattle's Capitol Hill district, where its offices remained until 2020. ''The Stranger's'' tagline is "Seattle's Only Newspaper". It was chosen to express the newspaper's disdain for Seattle's then two dailies (the '' Seattle Times'' and the now-defun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpha Pup Records
Alpha Pup Records is an American independent record label and digital distributor based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded by Daddy Kev and Danyell Jariel in 2004. ''LA Weekly'' placed it at number 2 on the "Top 10 Most Exciting L.A. Indie Labels of 2010" list. History BBC One DJ Mary Anne Hobbs has supported Alpha Pup Records from its inception and comments that "the artists involved with Low End Theory, with the Brainfeeder label, with Alpha Pup, with Leaving Records all have close ties with the UK". In 2014, Chris Ziegler of ''LA Weekly'' described the label as "a big part of the reason why" "Los Angeles is one of the most vital cities in the world for electronic music right now". It has released music from edIT, Daedelus, Reefer, Nosaj Thing, Nocando, Free the Robots, Take, Dibiase, Jonwayne, Young Montana?, Kone, Virtual Boy, Dot, Nobody, Mike Gao, Astronautica, Elusive, Invisibl Skratch Piklz The Invisibl Skratch Piklz are an American group of turntablist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daddy Kev
Kevin Marques Moo (born 1974), better known by his stage name Daddy Kev, is an American DJ, Grammy Award-winning audio engineer, record producer and executive from Los Angeles, California. He is the owner of Alpha Pup Records and the founder of Low End Theory. As an audio engineer, Daddy Kev has mixed and mastered albums by Flying Lotus, Thundercat, Kamasi Washington, and Leon Bridges. Early life Daddy Kev was born and raised in the Harbor City neighborhood of Los Angeles. As a child, he played piano and trumpet. At the age of 13, he started playing turntables. He graduated from Narbonne High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from University of California, San Diego. Career In 2001, Daddy Kev released an EP, ''Lost Angels'', on Celestial Recordings. It featured guest appearances from the rappers Myka 9, P.E.A.C.E., Busdriver, Awol One, and Circus. In that year, he also released ''Souldoubt'', a collaborative album with Awol One, on Meanstreet Records. Another co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reefer (album)
Reefer may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * Reefer (band), a hip-hop duo consisting of Nicholas Thorburn and Daddy Kev * Reefer, a newspaper's front-page paragraph referring to a story on an inside page Type of pursuit * Reefer, an aquarium hobbyist who keeps corals, sea anemones, and other invertebrates associated with coral reefs * Reefer, a midshipman engaged in sail reefing Transportation * Reefer ship, a refrigerated ship * Refrigerated container, used for intermodal cargo * Refrigerated van, a refrigerated railway wagon (European practice) * Refrigerator car, a refrigerated railroad boxcar (US practice) * Refrigerator truck, a temperature-controlled van, truck or semi-trailer *, a pilot schooner purchased by the United States Navy for a dispatch boat during the Mexican–American War Other uses * Reefer, a slang term for cannabis * Reefer jacket A pea coat (or peacoat, pea jacket, pilot jacket, reefer jacket) is an outer coat, generally of a navy-coloured he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Stay Friends
''Let's Stay Friends'' is the fourth full-length album by Les Savy Fav. It was released on September 18, 2007. The album was #5 in ''NME'' albums of the year list, #16 on ''Rolling Stone''s list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007, and #44 on ''Pitchfork''s list. The song "Raging in the Plague Age" is featured in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto IV''. Track listing # "Pots & Pans" – 2:38 # "The Equestrian" – 3:27 # "The Year Before the Year 2000" – 2:26 # "Patty Lee" – 3:51 # "What Would Wolves Do?" – 2:56 # "Brace Yourself" – 4:13 # "Raging in the Plague Age" – 2:43 # "Slugs in the Shrubs" – 2:40 # "Kiss Kiss Is Getting Old" – 3:18 # "Comes & Goes" – 3:01 # "Scotchgard the Credit Card" – 3:06 # "The Lowest Bitter" – 4:20 Credits ;Les Savy Fav * Tim Harrington – vocals * Seth Jabour – guitar * Andrew Reuland – guitar * Syd Butler – bass * Harrison Haynes – drums ;Additional personnel * Toko Yasuda (vocals) – track: 8, 9 * John Schmersal (vocals) â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Savy Fav
Les Savy Fav ( ) is an American indie rock band based in New York City. Their style is influenced by art punk and post-hardcore. The group is known for the stage presence of lead singer Tim Harrington. The band is signed to Frenchkiss Records, which is owned by the band's bassist, Syd Butler. History The group's original 1995 line-up all met while attending the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. Some of its members were classmates of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. Live shows are punctuated by the antics of frontman Harrington, including interacting with audience members and on-stage wardrobe changes. The rest of the band continues to play as if nothing out of the ordinary is happening. Guitar player Gibb Slife left the band after their second LP. Drummer Mahoney was replaced by Harrison Haynes. The band started a planned hiatus in mid-2005, which led to speculation that they might have broken up, but Harrington confirmed that Les Savy Fav would r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?
"Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" is a charity record inspired by "Do They Know It's Christmas?". It was released on October 11, 2005, in Canada on Vice Records by a cast of rock artists and other performers under the name "North American Halloween Prevention Initiative" (NAHPI). It reached number four on the Canada pop chart. It was written by Nick Diamonds and Adam Gollner. Like its inspiration, it is a charity song, with all proceeds being donated to UNICEF. According to the official press release, the song "stems from a frustration with other benefit songs' misguided, somewhat patronizing attitude, and Western-centric worldview." Contributors *Win Butler & Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire * Beck *Buck 65 *David Cross *Liane Balaban of Dessert * Devendra Banhart (with Noah Georgeson, Jona Bechtolt & Luckey Remington) * Elvira, Mistress of the Dark * Feist *Gino Washington * Syd Butler of Les Savy Fav * J'aime Tambeur of Islands * Malcolm McLaren *Nardwuar the Human Serviett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Personification
Personification occurs when a thing or abstraction is represented as a person, in literature or art, as a type of anthropomorphic metaphor. The type of personification discussed here excludes passing literary effects such as "Shadows hold their breath", and covers cases where a personification appears as a character in literature, or a human figure in art. The technical term for this, since ancient Greece, is prosopopoeia. In the arts many things are commonly personified. These include numerous types of places, especially cities, countries and the four continents, elements of the natural world such as the months or Four Seasons, Four Elements, Four Winds, Five Senses, and abstractions such as virtues, especially the four cardinal virtues and seven deadly sins, the nine Muses, or death. In many polytheistic early religions, deities had a strong element of personification, suggested by descriptions such as "god of". In ancient Greek religion, and the related ancient Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
