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Smog (band)
Bill Callahan (born June 3, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who has also recorded and performed under the band name Smog. Callahan began working in the lo-fi genre, with home-made tape-albums recorded on four-track tape recorders. Later he began releasing albums with the label Drag City, to which he remains signed today. His work, in addition to lo-fi music, has encompassed apocalyptic folk and gothic country. Career Callahan started out as a highly experimental artist, using substandard instruments and recording equipment. His early songs lacked melodic structure and were clumsily played on poorly tuned guitars, resulting in the dissonant sounds on his self-released cassettes and debut album '' Sewn to the Sky''. Much of his early output was instrumental, a stark contrast to the lyrical focus of his later work. His use of lo-fi techniques was not primarily an aesthetic preference, but stemmed from his lack of resources to make and record music. Once he sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver Spring, Maryland
Silver Spring is a census-designated place (CDP) in southeastern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, near Washington, D.C. Although officially unincorporated, in practice it is an edge city, with a population of 81,015 at the 2020 census, making it the fifth-most populous place in Maryland after Baltimore, Columbia, Germantown, and Waldorf. Downtown, next to the northern tip of Washington, D.C., is the oldest and most urbanized part of the community, surrounded by several inner suburban residential neighborhoods inside the Capital Beltway. Many mixed-use developments combining retail, residential, and office space have been built since 2004. Silver Spring takes its name from a mica-flecked spring discovered there in 1840 by Francis Preston Blair, who subsequently bought much of the surrounding land. Acorn Park, south of downtown, is believed to be the site of the original spring. Geography As an unincorporated CDP, Silver Spring's boundaries are not consistently de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rain On Lens
''Rain on Lens'' is the ninth studio album by Smog. It was released on September 17, 2001, in Europe by Domino Recording Company and a day later in North America by Drag City. Critical reception At Metacritic Metacritic is a website that review aggregator, aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted arithmetic mean, weighted average). M ..., which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews. Track listing Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes. * Bill Callahan – vocals, guitar, production, etc. * Rick Rizzo – guitar * Geoff Greenberg – bass guitar * Jessica Billey – violin, backing vocals * Kyle Bruckmann – English horn, oboe * Nate Lepine – alto saxophone, flute * Pat Samson – drums * Rob Bochnik – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kath Bloom
Katherine Bloom is an American folk songwriter based in Litchfield, Connecticut. Biography The daughter of oboist Robert Bloom, Bloom grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, where she studied the cello as a child and started playing the guitar when she was a teenager. Bloom collaborated with Bruce Neumann in the early 1970s, and started to record music with avant-garde guitarist Loren MazzaCane Connors in 1976. Bloom and Connors recorded multiple albums of fragile, simple folk and blues melodies, the majority of which were written by Bloom. She cites Robert Johnson and Lightnin' Hopkins as inspiration in this period. Their collaboration ended in 1984 with the release of their final album ''Moonlight'', of which only 300 copies were pressed. Bloom stopped recording new material soon after her collaboration with Connors ended, and a period of financial hardship followed. A single mother, Bloom focused on raising her children, rarely playing shows outside of New Haven. She began writin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judee Sill
Judith Lynne Sill (October 7, 1944 – November 23, 1979) was an American singer and songwriter. The first artist signed to David Geffen's Asylum label, she released two albums on Asylum and partially completed a third album before dying of a drug overdose in 1979. Her eponymous debut album was released in late 1971 and was followed about 18 months later by ''Heart Food''. In 1974, she recorded demos for a third album, which never was completed. The demos were released posthumously with other rarities on the 2005 two-disc collection '' Dreams Come True''. Sill was influenced by Bach, while lyrically her work drew substantially on Christian themes of rapture and redemption. Biography Early life Judith Lynne Sill was born in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, on October 7, 1944, and spent her early childhood in the Oakland, California area. Her father, Milford "Bun" Sill, an importer of exotic animals for use in films, owned a bar in Oakland, in which Sill learned to pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle
''Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle'' is the second solo album by American musician Bill Callahan under his own name, released on April 14, 2009 via Drag City. Recording ''Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle'' was recorded by John Congleton and arranged by Brian Beattie. In an interview with ''Uncut'', Callahan described the recording of the album: Reception ''Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle'' received very positive reviews from music critics and made several publications' year-end best album lists, notably being named the second best album of 2009 by ''Mojo'' magazine. In 2013, ''NME'' listed the album at number 443 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Track listing All songs were written by Bill Callahan. # "Jim Cain" – 4:39 # "Eid Ma Clack Shaw" – 4:19 # "The Wind and the Dove" – 4:34 # "Rococo Zephyr" – 5:42 # "Too Many Birds" – 5:27 # "My Friend" – 5:12 # "All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast" – 5:52 # "Invocation of Ratiocination" – 2:4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woke On A Whaleheart
''Woke on a Whaleheart'' is the first record released by Bill Callahan under his own name instead of his ''nom de plume'' Smog. It was released by Drag City on April 24, 2007, and released a week earlier in Callahan's home state of Texas. A single, "Diamond Dancer," preceded the release of the album on March 20, 2007. The arrangements of labelmate and former Royal Trux vocalist and guitarist Neil Michael Hagerty are featured on the album, and Callahan's band consists of vocalist Deani Pugh-Flemmings, guitarist Pete Denton, violinist Elizabeth Warren, percussionist Thor Harris, bassist Steve Bernal, and keyboard/lap steel player Howard Draper. The album was recorded by Jeremy Lemos, who previously recorded the Smog albums '' Rain on Lens'' and ''Supper''. ''Woke on a Whalehearts sound, according to Callahan, touches upon "gospel, tough pop and American Light Opera." Joe Grillo of the art collective Dearraindrop Dearraindrop is an artist collective based in Virginia Beach, Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Covers Record
''The Covers Record'' is the fifth album by Cat Power, the stage name and eponymous band of American singer-songwriter Chan Marshall. It was released in 2000 on Matador Records. The album consists entirely of cover songs, with the exception of a new version of Marshall's song "In this Hole," which initially appeared on Cat Power's 1996 album ''What Would the Community Think''. Background The success of Cat Power's fourth album, ''Moon Pix'' (1998), led to high expectations for her follow-up, and made it difficult for her to live what she called “a normal life.” She elected to release an album of covers in part because she felt more comfortable playing covers than her own material. Between ''Moon Pix'' and what became ''The Covers Record'', she scheduled a number of solo shows during which she played only covers. In order to take attention away from herself, she projected the 1928 French silent film ''The Passion of Joan of Arc'' behind her onstage. Marshall's decision to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Would The Community Think
''What Would the Community Think'' is the third album by Cat Power, the stage name and eponymous band of American singer-songwriter Chan Marshall. Recorded at Easley Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, the album was released in 1996 on Matador Records, and was her first release on the label. The album was produced by Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley, who also provided drums during the recording sessions. ''What Would the Community Think'' has been noted for its variety of musical styles, ranging from alternative rock to folk and blues. Though not a commercial hit, the album received unanimous critical acclaim. Recording ''What Would the Community Think'' was recorded in February 1996 at Easley Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The sessions marked the first time Marshall had recorded in a professional recording space, as her previous two releases had been recorded in a makeshift studio in New York City. During the recording sessions, Marshall was reportedly ill with a cold, which re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathysphere (song)
''Wild Love'' is the fourth album by Bill Callahan (also known as Smog), released on March 27, 1995, on Drag City and re-released in Europe on Domino in 2001. Jim O'Rourke appeared as cellist on this album, his first collaboration with Smog. Drag City's producer Rian Murphy helped to develop a wider musical palette than its predecessor ''Julius Caesar''. Cat Power later covered "Bathysphere" on her 1996 album ''What Would the Community Think''. Track listing # "Bathysphere" – 4:50 # "Wild Love" – 1:35 # "Sweet Smog Children" – 1:41 # "Bathroom Floor" – 1:55 # "The Emperor" – 1:11 # "Limited Capacity" – 1:18 # "It's Rough" – 4:45 # "Sleepy Joe" – 3:53 # "The Candle" – 2:26 # "Be Hit" – 2:23 # "Prince Alone in the Studio" – 7:15 # "Goldfish Bowl" – 2:00 Personnel * Bill Callahan – vocals, guitar, keyboards * Cynthia Dall – guitar on tracks 8 and 11; vocals on track 11 * Jason Dezember – drums on track 10 * Ron Burns – drums on tracks 8, 11 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat Power
Charlyn Marie "Chan" Marshall ( ; born January 21, 1972), better known by her stage name Cat Power, is an American singer-songwriter, musician and model. Cat Power was originally the name of her first band, but has become her stage name as a solo artist. Born in Atlanta, Marshall was raised throughout the southern United States, and began performing in local bands in Atlanta in the early 1990s. After opening for Liz Phair in 1993, she worked with Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar, with whom she recorded her first two albums, '' Dear Sir'' (1995) and '' Myra Lee'' (1996), on the same day in 1994. In 1996, she signed with Matador Records, and released a third album of new material with Shelley and Foljahn, '' What Would the Community Think''. Following this, she released the critically acclaimed ''Moon Pix'' (1998), recorded with members of Dirty Three, and ''The Covers Record'' (2000), a collection of sparsely arranged cover songs. After a bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BOMB Magazine
''Bomb'' (stylized in all caps as ''BOMB'') is an American arts magazine edited by artists and writers, published quarterly in print and daily online. It is composed primarily of interviews between creative people working in a variety of disciplines—visual art, literature, film, music, theater, architecture, and dance. In addition to interviews, ''Bomb'' publishes reviews of literature, film, and music, as well as new poetry and fiction. ''Bomb'' is published by New Art Publications, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. History ''Bomb'' was launched in 1981 by a group of New York City-based artists, including Betsy Sussler, Sarah Charlesworth, Glenn O'Brien, Michael McClard, and Liza Béar, who sought to record and promote public conversations between artists without mediation by critics or journalists.McClister, Nell"Bomb Magazine: Celebrating 25 Years" ''Bomb'', Retrieved October 13, 2014. The name ''Bomb'' is a reference to both Wyndham Lewis' ''Blast'' and the fact t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baritone
A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C (i.e. F2–F4) in choral music, and from the second A below middle C to the A above middle C (A2 to A4) in operatic music, but the range can extend at either end. Subtypes of baritone include the baryton-Martin baritone (light baritone), lyric baritone, ''Kavalierbariton'', Verdi baritone, dramatic baritone, ''baryton-noble'' baritone, and the bass-baritone. History The first use of the term "baritone" emerged as ''baritonans'', late in the 15th century, usually in French sacred polyphonic music. At this early stage it was frequently used as the lowest of the voices (including the bass), but in 17th-century Italy the term was all-encompassing and used to describe the averag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
