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Population (album)
''Population'' is the second studio album by Canadian indie rock band The Most Serene Republic. It was recorded and mixed by Ryan Mills, Mike Kuehn and Ryan Lenssen at Sleepytown Sound in Toronto. The album was released on October 2, 2007, through Arts & Crafts. This is the first album to feature the band's new rhythm section of Tony Nesbitt-Larking and Simon Lukasewich. The album artwork features the Muji (), or is a Japanese retail company which sells a wide variety of household and consumer goods. Muji's design philosophy is minimalist, and it places an emphasis on recycling, reducing production and packaging waste, and a no-logo or "no-bran ... toy "suburbia in a bag". Track listing # "Humble Peasants" # "Compliance" # "The Men Who Live Upstairs" # "Present of Future End" # "A Mix of Sun and Cloud" # "Battle Hymn of the Republic" # "Why So Looking Back" # "Sherry and Her Butterfly Net" # "Agenbite of Inwit" # "Career in Shaping Clay" # "Solipsism Millionaires" # "Multip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Most Serene Republic
The Most Serene Republic is a Canadian indie rock music group formed in 2003 in Milton, Ontario. The band takes its name from the sobriquet of Venice under the Doges, which was regarded as " The Most Serene Republic of Venice". Members Current *Adrian Jewett – vocals, trombone (2003–present) *Ryan Lenssen – piano, backup vocals (2003–present) *Nick Greaves – guitar, EBow, banjo (2003–present) *Sean Woolven – guitar, backup vocals, (drums '04) (2004, 2006–present) *Simon Lukasewich – bass, violin (2006–present) Past *Peter Van Helvoort – guitar (2004) *Andrew McArthur – bass (2004–2006) *Tony Nesbitt-Larking – drums (2006–2008) *Adam Nimmo – drums (2004–2006), (2008) *Emma Ditchburn – guitar, vocals (2004–2009) *Adam Balsam – drums (2009–2021; died 2021) History The roots of the band were planted in 2003 when Ryan Lenssen and Adrian Jewett formed Thee Oneironauts (O-nye-rawn-nauts). The pair recorded ... [...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] |
Arts & Crafts (record Label)
Arts & Crafts Productions is a music-focused media and artist services company that offers information as an independent record label, management firm, merchandiser, and publisher worldwide. It has earned 21 Juno Awards. Arts & Crafts has been called one of Canada's most important record labels. History Founding Arts & Crafts (also referred to as "A&C") was launched as a music company in 2003 by friends Jeffrey Remedios & Daniel Cutler both former Virgin Records executives as well as Kevin Drew, who co-founded flagship group Broken Social Scene (BSS) with Brendan Canning. The partnership was originally intended as a vehicle for self-release and artist management of Broken Social Scene's breakthrough album '' You Forgot It in People'', and the structure quickly formed as a platform to release albums and manage the careers of artists directly affiliated with members of Broken Social Scene. In addition to BSS albums the labels first releases were by Stars, Jason Collett, Feist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phages (EP)
''Phages'' is a 2006 EP by The Most Serene Republic. The artwork depicts downtown Toronto's Yonge and College intersection looking north from the southwest corner in the winter. ''Phages'' has been described as a "transitional record that points the way towards 2007's even more opulent ''Population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ...'', ''Phages'' is an important point in The Most Serene Republic catalog on its own merits". Track listing #"Emergency Performance Art Piece" - 2:40 #"You're Not an Astronaut" - 4:15 #"Phages" - 5:03 #"Shopping Cart People" - 2:45 #"Jazz Ordinaire" - 4:29 #"Threehead" - 5:09 #"Anhoi Polloi" - 4:46 #"Stay Ups" - 3:57 Personnel Adrian Jewitt - vocals Ryan Lenssen - piano, vocals Nick Greaves - guitar Andrew McArthur - bass Emma Ditchbur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
And The Ever Expanding Universe
or AND may refer to: Logic, grammar, and computing * Conjunction (grammar), connecting two words, phrases, or clauses * Logical conjunction in mathematical logic, notated as "∧", "⋅", "&", or simple juxtaposition * Bitwise AND, a boolean operation in programming, typically notated as "and" or "&" * Short-circuit ''and'', a short-circuit operator, notated "&&", "and", "and then", etc. * Ampersand, the symbol "&", representing "and" * AND gate, in electronics Music albums * ''And'' (John Martyn album), 1996 * ''And'' (Koda Kumi album), 2018 * ''A N D'', a 2015 album by Tricot * ''And'', a 2007 album by Jonah Matranga Businesses and organizations * Alberta New Democrats, now Alberta New Democratic Party *Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, US * Automotive Navigation Data, digital map supplier * AND Corporation, biometrics * AND CO, software subsidiary of Fiverr Transportation * Anderson Regional Airport, South Carolina, US, IATA airport code * Anderston rail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitchfork Media
''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music publication (currently owned by Condé Nast) that was launched in 1995 by writer Ryan Schreiber as an independent music blog. Schreiber started Pitchfork while working at a record store in suburban Minneapolis, and the website earned a reputation for its extensive coverage of indie rock music. It has since expanded and covers all kinds of music, including pop. Pitchfork was sold to Condé Nast in 2015, although Schreiber remained its editor-in-chief until he left the website in 2019. Initially based in Minneapolis, Pitchfork later moved to Chicago, and then Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Its offices are currently located in One World Trade Center alongside other Condé Nast publications. The site is best known for its daily output of music reviews but also regularly reviews reissues and box sets. Since 2016, it has published retrospective reviews of classics, and other albums that it had not previously reviewed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Mills
Ryan Mills (born 30 May 1992) is an English professional rugby union player. He can play at both Centre (rugby union), inside centre and at Fly-half (rugby union), fly-half. Mills previously played for Gloucester Rugby, Gloucester and Worcester Warriors in Premiership Rugby. He made his first appearance for Gloucester in the 2010–11 English Premiership (rugby union), 2010/11 season coming off the bench in an away match to Saracens F.C., Saracens where he kicked a conversion in a 35-12 defeat. His most memorable moment for Gloucester Rugby, Gloucester came in an away match to rivals Bath Rugby, Bath the following season where he successfully kicked a late penalty to gain a 14-11 win. On 28 January 2014 it was announced that Mills would be moving to Worcester Warriors for the 2014-15 season. In May 2017 he was invited to a training camp with the senior England squad by Eddie Jones (rugby union), Eddie Jones. On 4 March 2020, it was announced that Mills have signed for Premiers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muji
(), or is a Japanese retail company which sells a wide variety of household and consumer goods. Muji's design philosophy is minimalist, and it places an emphasis on recycling, reducing production and packaging waste, and a no-logo or "no-brand" policy. The name Muji is derived from the first part of ''Mujirushi Ryōhin'', translated as ''No-Brand Quality Goods'' on Muji's European website.MUJI Online - ABOUT MUJI retrieved on 2009-10-02. Products and businesses 
Muji started with only 40 products in the 1980s. Some of their products include pens, pencils, notebooks, storage units ...
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