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Predatory Headlights
''Predatory Headlights'' is a double album by Appleton, Wisconsin-based rock group Tenement. It was released in June 2015 by New York-based record label Don Giovanni Records. Perhaps due to its length and frequent genre cross-over, it was initially ignored by many established music publications but eventually ended up on ''Rolling Stone's'' "15 Great Albums You Didn't Hear In 2015" list and '' Spin'' magazine's "2015 Overlooked Albums Report". According to ''The New Yorker'', the album "Highlights the strongest aspects of the group's songwriting". It was ranked #100 by ''The Village Voice'' on their 2015 Pazz & Jop critics poll. The album's lyrical themes were largely influenced by Amos Pitsch's observations, musings, and experiences as he traversed America in the summer of 2012, playing drums for a reunion tour of 1970s power pop group, The Nerves. The song lyrics and accompanying album art draw on prominent motifs of Americana in an effort to reflect the darker aspects of Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenement (band)
Tenement is an American three piece rock band from Appleton, Wisconsin, United States, formed in 2006. They are often associated with the American hardcore punk scene. Their recorded output has been described as everything from "noise pop" to "fuzz punk", while in a live setting they are often known for experimentation, improvisation, and high-energy performance. The visual art of singer/guitarist Amos Pitsch is associated with most of their records, as well as several records by other notable punk and hardcore bands. In January 2013, ''NME'' included Tenement in their "rising stars of 2013". ''CMJ'' called Tenement a "breakout artist to watch" in 2014. In 2015, Tenement was included in '' Spin'' 's "The 50 Best Rock Bands Right Now". In 2016, they were included in ''Rolling Stone'' 's "10 Great Modern Punk Bands". Tenement and their relation to contemporary punk, hardcore, and DIY was the subject of ''The New York Times'' ' June 2015 Popcast; which was hosted by author Ben Ratli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WYMS
WYMS (88.9 FM) is a non-commercial radio station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The station currently airs an eclectic adult album alternative music format, branded as "88Nine Radio Milwaukee". The station's license is owned by Milwaukee Public Schools, though it is managed and programmed by an outside group, also named Radio Milwaukee. In addition, WYMS airs weekly school board meetings on the over-the-air signal as a condition of MPS leasing the signal to Radio Milwaukee. The station broadcast in the HD Radio (digital hybrid) format, with its second subchannel carrying a locally-based automated AAA format. WYMS transmits from the WITI TV Tower in Shorewood and has their studios at 220 E. Pittsburgh Avenue in the Walker's Point area, with backup facilities maintained at the former main studios in the MPS administration building on W. Vliet Street in the Washington Park neighborhood. The Vliet studios continue to be maintained for school board meetings and for FCC correspondence, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Weekly
''Orlando Weekly'' is a liberal progressive alternative newsweekly distributed in the Greater Orlando area of Florida. Every Thursday, 40,000 issues of the paper are distributed to more than 1,100 locations across Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties. ''Orlando Weekly'' organizes an annual feature Best of Orlando issue that features the best Orlando has to offer in dining, music and nightlife, arts and culture, goods and services. Each year readers vote in the paper's poll to vote for their favorite Orlando restaurants, bars, boutiques, museums, local celebs and more. The paper also publishes an annual dining guide called ''BITE'', which features capsule reviews of hundreds of area restaurants, and an ''Annual Manual'', an insider's guide to the region. History The paper was founded in the 1980s as the ''Orange Shopper''. It was purchased by the ''Toronto Sun'', which changed its name to the ''Weekly'' and transformed it into a tabloid publication. The ''Weekly'' was later sold t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Reader
The ''Chicago Reader'', or ''Reader'' (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative weekly newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater. It was founded by a group of friends from Carleton College. The ''Reader'' is recognized as a pioneer among alternative weeklies for both its creative nonfiction and its commercial scheme. Richard Karpel, then-executive director of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, wrote: e most significant historical event in the creation of the modern alt-weekly occurred in Chicago in 1971, when the ''Chicago Reader'' pioneered the practice of free circulation, a cornerstone of today's alternative papers. The ''Reader'' also developed a new kind of journalism, ignoring the news and focusing on everyday life and ordinary people. After being owned by same four founders since 1971, by the early 2000s profits and readership of the ''Reader'' were dropping, and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Direct Hit (band)
Direct Hit! is a Milwaukee-based punk rock band formed in 2007 by singer/guitarist Nick Woods. Its current lineup consists of Nick Woods, Devon Kay, Maura Weaver, Joram Zbichorski, and Logan Stang. History In 2007, while playing with indie rock group The Box Social, Nick Woods had the idea to start a pop punk band that would release music "like comic books," favoring the rapid and consistent release of short EPs over the slow and sporadic traditional approach of full-length records. From 2008-2010, Direct Hit! released a series of five EPs for free online in addition to a split 7-inch with the band Mixtapes before signing to Kind of Like Records. In 2011, Direct Hit! released ''Domesplitter'', their debut full-length which collected ten re-recorded fan favorites from their previous releases. From 2011 to 2013, the band released five more splits before returning to the studio to record their second full-length record, a concept album titled ''Brainless God'', released by Red S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheer Mag
Sheer Mag is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, formed in 2014. A combination of 1970s rock and punk ethos, the band continued to gather attention, releasing three 7-inch EPs before March 2016.Richards, Chris (4 September 2015)Sheer Mag built this city on rock-and-roll ''Washington Post''Long, Molly (September 2, 2015)Sheer Mag Are Straight Out Of The Nuthouse ''The Fader'' In January 2015, ''Rolling Stone'' featured the band as one of "10 New Artists You Need To Know", describing them as "a gang of punks with a not-so-secret love of Seventies classic rock."Dunlea, Reed (23 March 2015)Sheer Mag's American Invasion, One Basement Show at a Time ''Vice (magazine), Noisey''Young, Rachel (31 January 2015)Mattituck native’s band Sheer Mag featured in Rolling Stone ''North Forker''(Jan 2015)10 New Artists You Need to Know: January 2015 ''Rolling Stone'' Four of five band members attended the State University of New York at Purchase. In 2016, the band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Bradley (singer)
Charles Edward Bradley (November 5, 1948 – September 23, 2017) was an American singer. After years of obscurity and a part-time music career, Bradley came to prominence in his early 50s. His performances and recording style were consistent with the revivalist approach of his main label Daptone Records, celebrating the feel of funk and soul music from the 1960s and 1970s. One review said he "echoes the evocative delivery of Otis Redding". Called "The Screaming Eagle of Soul", Bradley was the subject of the documentary ''Soul of America'' which premiered at South by Southwest in 2012. Early life Abandoned by his mother at eight months of age, Bradley was raised by his maternal grandmother in Gainesville, Florida. At age eight, his mother returned, and took him to live with her in Brooklyn, New York. In 1962, his sister took him to the Apollo Theater to see James Brown perform. Bradley was so inspired by the performance that he began to practice mimicking Brown's style o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Minnette
Dylan Christopher Minnette (born December 29, 1996) is an American actor, musician and singer. He is known for his role as Clay Jensen in the Netflix drama series '' 13 Reasons Why''. He has made guest appearances in several television series, such as ''Lost'', ''Awake'', ''Scandal,'' ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Supernatural'', ''Prison Break'' and '' Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''. He is also the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the American alternative rock band Wallows. In films, Minnette has appeared in the horror film '' Let Me In'' (2010), the thriller film ''Prisoners'' (2013), the family comedy film ''Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'' (2014), the family fantasy film ''Goosebumps'' (2015), and the horror films ''Don't Breathe'' (2016), '' The Open House'' (2018) and ''Scream '' (2022). Early life Minnette was born in Evansville, Indiana, the only child of Robyn and Craig Minnette. The family moved to Champaign, Illinois, where they lived for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Yorkey
Brian Yorkey is an American playwright and lyricist. His works often explore dark and controversial subject matter such as mental illness, grief, the underbelly of suburbia, and ethics in both psychiatry and public education. Early life Yorkey was born in Omaha, Nebraska, where he was raised, before his family moved to Issaquah, Washington. He graduated from Columbia University in 1993, where he served as the Artistic Director of the Varsity Show. He is an alumnus of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. Career Early work Prior to bringing ''Next to Normal'' to Broadway, Yorkey was affiliated with Village Theatre in Issaquah, where he began as a KidStage student and eventually progressed to a seven-year tenure as Associate Artistic Director. Four musicals written by Yorkey—''Funny Pages'' (1993), ''Making Tracks'' (2002), ''The Wedding Banquet'' (2003), and ''Play it by Heart'' (2005)—were staged there. While at Village Theatre, Yorkey founded the KidStage Company c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Rant
''Screen Rant'' is an entertainment website that offers news in the fields of television, films, video games, and film theories. ''Screen Rant'' was launched by Vic Holtreman in 2003, and originally had its primary office in Ogden, Utah. ''Screen Rant'' has expanded its coverage with red-carpet events in Los Angeles, New York film festivals and San Diego Comic-Con panels. The associated YouTube channel was created on August 18, 2008, and has over 8.36 million subscribers and over 4,000 videos. In February 2015, ''Screen Rant'' was acquired by Valnet Inc., an online media company based in Montreal, Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee .... ''Pitch Meeting'' The channel previously hosted a video series called ''Pitch Meeting'' by Ryan George that debuted in 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clay Jensen
Clay Jason Jensen is a fictional character created by author Jay Asher. He is the protagonist in ''Thirteen Reasons Why'', a novel written for teenagers where a girl, Hannah Baker, commits suicide. Clay is also the main character in the Netflix television series adaption of Asher's story, ''13 Reasons Why'', where he is portrayed by Dylan Minnette. Clay is one of the major protagonists in the series and his major storylines have included his friendships with Hannah Baker and Tony Padilla. Other major storylines have included his reactions to the tapes and the targeting of him by those who do not want the tapes to get out. While the series has earned a divided and polarized reception from critics, readers and audiences praised it, and Minnette's performance was widely acclaimed. Storylines In the Netflix series, Clay is an American high school student who is both a friend and brief love interest of Hannah, one of Clay's schoolmates. Both in the Netflix series, the story of Hannah's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13 Reasons Why
''13 Reasons Why'' is an American teen drama television series developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey and based on the 2007 novel ''Thirteen Reasons Why'' by author Jay Asher. The series revolves around high school student Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) and the aftermath of the suicide of fellow high school student Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford). Before her death, she leaves behind a box of cassette tapes in which she details the reasons why she chose to end her life as well as the people she believes are responsible for her death. Through its various storylines, the show explores and depicts a wide range of social issues affecting modern youth. The series was produced by July Moon Productions, Kicked to the Curb Productions, That Kid Ed Productions, Anonymous Content and Paramount Television, with Yorkey and Diana Son serving as showrunners for the first season, and Yorkey for the rest of the series. Dylan Minnette and Katherine Langford star as Clay Jensen and Hannah Baker, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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