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Pillar Point (band)
Pillar Point is an American indie pop, synthpop band based out of Seattle, Washington, United States. Biography Pillar Point is the solo recording project of Scott Reitherman (also of Throw Me The Statue). In June 2013, the band signed with Polyvinyl Record Co. and unveiled the first single, “Diamond Mine,” which was later released as a 7" on September 3, 2013. The self-titled full-length album, ''Pillar Point'', was released the following year on February 25, 2014 on Polyvinyl. The album went on to receive press accolades with features in Stereogum, SPIN, and others. Following the album's release, Pillar Point embarked on national tours with of Montreal and Soft Swells. The band has been remixed by Generationals, Ruby Suns, and Music Go Music. The band's music video for “Dreamin’” was featured on Vimeo’s Staff Picks VICE premiered the video for "Dove" starring Kia Labeija. Musicians who have performed with Pillar Point include Lena Simon, Trent Moorman, and Teren ...
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Generationals
Generationals is an American indie pop duo formed in New Orleans, Louisiana. The duo, consisting of Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer, released their debut album, ''Con Law'', in July 2009. An Extended play, EP, ''Trust'', followed in November 2010. Their second full-length album, ''Actor-Caster'', was released on March 29, 2011.Generationals
Facebook. Retrieved on 2013-04-08. The band's third album, ''Heza'', was released April 2, 2013 (their debut for Polyvinyl Records).


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Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer were co-founders of The Eames Era, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Baton Rouge-based indie rock band whose song "Could Be Anything" was featured on the ''Grey's Anatomy (soundtrack), Grey's Anatomy'' soundtrack. The band broke up when three members decided they no longer wanted to pursue careers as musicians.
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Kia LaBeija
Kia LaBeija (born Kia Michelle Benow; March 18, 1990) is an American fine artist. Her most well known series, ''24,'' is a sociopolitical commentary on the effects of growing up as a young woman of color with HIV. She is a former Mother of the Royal House of LaBeija. Biography Kia LaBeija was born and raised in Hell's Kitchen, New York. Her mother, Kwan Bennet, was born in Subic Bay, Philippines and is Filipino American. Her father, drummer Warren Benbow, was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York and is African American. She grew up in Manhattan Plaza and was in the dance program at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Alvin Ailey. In 1993, LaBeija was diagnosed with HIV at the age of three, having contracted the virus through perinatal (mother-to-child) transmission. Her mother, Kwan, passed away of HIV/AIDS, AIDS-related illness when LaBeija was 14. LaBeija studied the arts at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School in Manhattan. At the age of 19, while at The ...
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Vice (magazine)
''Vice'' (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. Founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, the founders later launched the youth media company Vice Media, which consists of divisions including the printed magazine as well as a website, broadcast news unit, a film production company, a record label, and a publishing imprint. As of February 2015, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Ellis Jones. History Founded by Suroosh Alvi, Gavin McInnes, and Shane Smith (the latter two being childhood friends), the magazine was launched in 1994 as the ''Voice of Montreal'' with government funding. The intention of the founders was to provide work and a community service. When the editors later sought to dissolve their commitments with the original publisher, Alix Laurent, they bought him out and changed the name to ''Vice'' in 1996. Richard Szalwinski, a Canadian software millionaire, acquired the magazi ...
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Vimeo
Vimeo, Inc. () is an American video hosting, sharing, and services platform provider headquartered in New York City. Vimeo focuses on the delivery of high-definition video across a range of devices. Vimeo's business model is through software as a service (SaaS). They derive revenue by providing subscription plans for businesses and video content producers. Vimeo provides its subscribers with tools for video creation, editing, and broadcasting, enterprise software solutions, as well as the means for video professionals to connect with clients and other professionals. , the site has 260 million users, with around 1.6 million subscribers to its services. The site was initially built by Jake Lodwick and Zach Klein in 2004 as a spin-off of CollegeHumor to share humor videos among colleagues, though put to the side to support the growing popularity of CollegeHumor. IAC acquired CollegeHumor and Vimeo in 2006, and after Google had acquired YouTube for over , IAC directed more effort i ...
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Music Go Music
Music Go Music are an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California, United States, signed to the independent record label Secretly Canadian. The band members use the pseudonyms Kamar Maza, Gala Bell, and Torg, who are David Metcalf, Meredith Metcalf, and Adam Siegel, respectively, of the indie-rock band Bodies of Water. Their sound has been compared to ABBA and Electric Light Orchestra, ELO. The band first appeared in 2008 with a series of 12-inch single, 12-inch vinyl releases, each featuring three songs. The songs on the EPs were later collected into their debut full-length album ''Expressions''. On September 24, 2013, the band released their first single, "Love Is All I Can Hear," from their second album, ''Impressions''. Discography Albums *''Expressions'' (2009) *''Impressions'' (2014) EPs *''Light of Love'' (2008) *''Reach out'' (2008) *''Warm in the Shadows'' (2009) Singles *"Love Is All I Can Hear" (2013) References

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Ruby Suns
The Ruby Suns are an indie pop group from New Zealand. They formed in 2004 when Californian Ryan McPhun moved to Auckland and started playing in several bands such as The Brunettes, The Tokey Tones, and The Reduction Agents. Biography The Ruby Suns are signed to Lil' Chief Records in New Zealand and Memphis Industries in Britain. In early 2007, the band embarked on their first European tour in support of their self-titled debut album, and in addition to that they did a Take-Away Show video session shot by Vincent Moon. In the latter half of 2007, the band toured with The Shins extensively throughout Australia. In 2007, The Ruby Suns signed to American record label Sub Pop for the US and Asia. The band released their second album, ''Sea Lion'', in January 2008. Later that year, the band recorded the song "Don't Touch the Dusty Fruit" to the Survival International charity album, ''Songs for Survival'', and the song "Oh, Mojave" was used in the Windows Vista commercial for the M ...
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Soft Swells
Soft Swells is a Los Angeles band composed primarily of singer/songwriter Tim Williams, formerly signed to the Modern Outsider Modern Outsider is a management company and independent record label founded by husband and wife team, Chip and Erin Adams, in October 2010 in Austin, Texas. Collectively, they have well over two decades of experience in various facets of the mus ... record label. References Musical groups from Los Angeles Musical duos from California {{US-band-stub ...
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Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-largest in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 makes it one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canadian border. A major gateway for trade with East Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area was inhabited by Native Americans for at least 4,000 years before the first permanent European settlers. Arthur A. Denny and his group of travelers, subsequ ...
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