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Paint Brain
''Paint Brain'' is the debut studio album from the American rock band Toy Cars. Content The twelve-track album was self-released on compact disc and digital download, on 12 January 2018. It was produced and engineered by Erik Kase Romero, at Lakehouse Recording Studios in Asbury Park, New Jersey, mixed by Tim Pannella at Cedar Sound Studios, and mastered by Drew Lavyne at All Digital Mastering. The album artwork is by Lora Ann Poulin. In an interview with ''The Pop Break'', Matt DeBenedetti explains ''Paint Brain'' is a "slightly different artistic direction ndwe experimented with some newer stuff we have never touched upon previously and the result was a few songs on this record that we think stand out artistically more than the others." The song "Iron Me Out" is about "learning to get through the feeling of complicity and not get caught up with getting too comfortable." "Iron Me Out" and "Erie" were featured in the January 2018 editions of '' Alternative Press'' Songs You Need t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toy Cars (band)
Toy Cars was an American rock band from Asbury Park, New Jersey. History Toy Cars was a four-piece indie punk rock band from Asbury Park, New Jersey, that formed in 2014. Prior to Toy Cars, Chris Beninato and Matteo DeBenedetti played in the band Monterey, Caponegro played in Hodera, and Linardi played in Deal Casino. Their music is described as "middle ground between the New Brunswick basement dwelling punk rock they were born out of and emotionally exposed folk music," and they draw comparison to the music of Kevin Devine, early Brand New, Desaparecidos and Against Me!. Their first release was the song "Luck," which is described as "raspy, pop-punk eschewing vocals and understated, troubadour strumming," on 11 September 2014, followed the four-track EP ''Red Hands'', on 28 September 2014. Toy Cars second EP, entitled ''Letters'', was released on 11 August 2015. Their third EP, entitled '' Sleeping Patterns'', was released in September 2016 with Counter Intuitive Records and Snif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Kase Romero
Erik Kase Romero is an American record producer, recording engineer and session instrumentalist. Work As a producer and engineer, Kase Romero began working primarily at the Lake House Recording in Asbury Park, New Jersey, in the early 2010s, and is noted for his work with Lorde and the Bouncing Souls. He has also produced every album by Deal Casino, since their EP ''Heck''. In addition to studio production, Kase Romero does arrangements, such as playing a Hammond B3 for the Jackson Pines' album ''Gas Station Blues & Diamond Rings''. Music journalist Bob Makin describes some of Kase Romero's signature production nuances as "bouncy bass lines and sweet gang vocals." Kase Romero played with Jeff Lane and Natalie Newbold in the groups Green Paper and the Humboldts, before forming dollys in 2013. They describe their music as "poppy, harmony filled music that's fun to listen to," and they released three albums, and one EP. He also played in Allison Strong's studio band, who released ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstream or commercial rock or pop music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to musicians influenced by the musical style or independent, DIY ethic, DIY ethos of late-1970s punk rock.di Perna, Alan. "Brave Noise—The History of Alternative Rock Guitar". ''Guitar World''. December 1995. Traditionally, alternative rock varied in terms of its sound, social context, and regional roots. Throughout the 1980s, magazines and zines, college radio airplay, and word of mouth had increased the prominence and highlighted the diversity of alternative rock's distinct styles (and music scenes), such as noise pop, indie rock, grunge, and shoegaze. In September 1988, Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' introduced "alternative" into their charting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Self-released
Self-publishing is the publication of media by its author at their own cost, without the involvement of a publisher. The term usually refers to written media, such as books and magazines, either as an ebook or as a physical copy using POD (print on demand) technology. It may also apply to albums, pamphlets, brochures, games, video content, artwork, and zines. Web fiction is also a major medium for self-publishing. Definitions Although self-publishing is not a new phenomenon, dating back to the 18th century, it has transformed during the internet age with new technologies and services providing increasing alternatives to traditional publishing, becoming a $1 billion market.Jennifer Alsever, Fortune magazine, 30 December 2016The Kindle Effect Retrieved 9 November 2017, "...has become a $1 billion industry..." However, with the increased ease of publishing and the range of services available, confusion has arisen as to what constitutes self-publishing. In 2022, the Society ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleeping Patterns (EP)
''Sleeping Patterns'' is the third studio EP from the American rock band Toy Cars. Content The five-track EP was released on 16 November 2016 on compact disc, tape and vinyl with Sniffling Indie Kids and Counter Intuitive Records. It was engineered and produced by Erik Kase Romero, at Lakehouse Recording Studios in Asbury Park, New Jersey, mixed by Tim Pannella and Kase Romero, and mastered by Pannella. Album artwork is by Alex Brown Creative. A ''Pirate!'' press release describes ''Sleeping Patterns'' as "music that makes you feel alive because the only way to feel sadness in such depths is to have known a joy in equal measure," and the EP draws comparison to the music of Preoccupations, Titus Andronicus, Desaparecidos, and Against Me!. The opening track and lead single "Bjork" is a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Icelandic alt-rock icon. For the fourth song "Stone," Toy Cars explains that it was "originally a track that we didn't think would end up on this record utit ended up be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Press (magazine)
''Alternative Press'' is an American entertainment magazine primarily focused on music and culture, now based in Los Angeles, CA. It generally provides readers with band interviews, photos, and relevant news. It was founded in 1985 by Mike Shea in Cleveland, OH. The company is now looked after by MDDN. Beginnings The first issue of ''Alternative Press'' was distributed at concerts in Cleveland, Ohio beginning in June 1985 by ''APs founder, Mike Shea to advocate bands playing underground music. The name for the magazine, ''Alternative Press'', was not a reference to the alternative rock genre, but referred to the fanzine being an alternative to the local press. Shea began working on his first issue in his mother's house in Aurora, Ohio. Shea and a friend, Jimmy Kosicki, targeted the Cleveland neighborhood of Coventry. Financial problems plagued ''AP'' in its early years and by the end of 1986, publication had ceased due to its financial problems, not resuming until the spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Targum
''The Daily Targum'' is the official student newspaper of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Founded in 1869, it is the second-oldest collegiate newspaper in the United States. The ''Daily Targum'' is student written and managed, and boasts a circulation of 5,000 in 2017. In its current form, it exists as a bi-fold tabloid-style paper featuring international, national, local, and university news, as well as editorials, columns, comics, classifieds, sports, and other amusements. In 1980, the paper achieved independence from the University, establishing a non-profit organization, the Targum Publishing Company, which now oversees all areas of the paper. The ''Daily Targum'' is published Monday through Friday while classes are in session, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 2006, publishing of ''The Newark Targum'' began, serving the Rutgers–Newark campus. CNBC personality Rebecca Quick served as the newspaper's editor-in-chief for a period, before joining ''The Wall S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Spill Magazine
''The Spill Magazine'' is a Canadian online magazine based in Mississauga, Ontario. It publishes music news, band interviews, album reviews, and live concert reviews from independent and mainstream artists across diverse genres and localities. It also offers select film and book reviews. The webzine was established in April 1994, by Arvin Kashyap who was at the time a disc jockey for the University of Toronto Mississauga's radio station, CFRE 91.9 FM. ''The Spill Magazine'' launched its first issue on May 20, 1994, digitally via the bulletin board system and through Usenet; it was also distributed through electronic mailing list, as well as physically through fax and floppy disk. It continued as a monthly digital publication, until it moved to its own .com domain name A domain name is a string that identifies a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet. Domain names are often used to identify services provided through the Internet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impose (magazine)
''Impose'' is an American Kansas-based website covering independent music Independent music (also commonly known as indie music or simply indie) is music that is produced independently from commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, a process that may include an autonomous, do-it-yourself approach to recording a ... and related culture. It was founded in 2002 as a magazine by Brooklyn, New York-based Derek Evers as a print-only magazine, and has since expanded to include a website and an affiliated record label. Since 2008, it has stopped printing a magazine. In April 2016, the brand and website was sold to Kansas-based company Answer Media. References External links *Impose Magazine Tenth Anniversary ''the New Yorker'' Defunct magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 2002 Magazines disestablished in 2008 Magazines published in Kansas Music magazines published in the United States Online magazines with defunct print editions Online mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalie Newbold
Well Wisher is an American indie pop group from New Jersey. History Well Wisher is a four-piece from Asbury Park, New Jersey, that formed in 2016. Natalie Newbold and Erik Kase Romero of dollys were rehearsing songs, along with Michael Linardi, and after the disbandment of dollys in 2017, they formed Well Wisher. Newbold explains in an interview with ''The Pop Break'' that following the breakup of dollys, "I started each day by writing for an hour" for Well Wisher. They are described as "mak ngvery catchy indie-punk sound nglike the middle ground between Joyce Manor and Julien Baker" by ''BrooklynVegan''. Phil Shepard of Speak Into My Good Eye says of a 2017 performance, Well Wisher is a "prime trio hatrepresents all that is good in the world." Newbold cites musical influences for Well Wisher from the Beatles, Brian Wilson, Elliott Smith, Built to Spill, Superchunk and the Pixies. They released the single "i'll go" with "rumours," on 13 November 2016. ''This is Fine'' In anticipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Debut Albums
Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number), the natural number following 17 and preceding 19 * one of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the short story ''God's Dice'' * ''Eighteen'' (film), a 2005 Canadian dramatic feature film * 18 (British Board of Film Classification), a film rating in the United Kingdom, also used in Ireland by the Irish Film Classification Office * 18 (''Dragon Ball''), a character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise * "Eighteen", a 2006 episode of the animated television series ''12 oz. Mouse'' Music Albums * ''18'' (Moby album), 2002 * ''18'' (Nana Kitade album), 2005 * '' 18...'', 2009 debut album by G.E.M. Songs * "18" (5 Seconds of Summer song), from their 2014 eponymous debut album * "18" (One Direction song), from their 2014 studio album ''Four'' * "18", by Anarbor from their 2013 studio album '' Burnout'' * "I'm Eighteen", by Alice Cooper commonly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
