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Sportsguitar
Sportsguitar is a Swiss music ensemble, band formed in Lucerne in 1993. The band is centered on singer and guitarist Oliver Obert and guitarist Roland Saum, though Saum left Sportsguitar after their third album. Little is known of the contemporary activities of the band, as they for instance have never had a working website. However, Sportsguitar has so far released five albums and made some fuzz on the Independent music, indie scene with their guitar-based, melodic, and naïve, yet profound lo-fi inspired by bands like Pavement (band), Pavement and Television (band), Television among others. When Sportsguitar themselves had released the first album on their own label, Sub Pop Records put out a Sportsguitar 7" Gramophone record, vinyl. The band was then signed by well-known independent label Matador Records which released their second and third albums. Discography Single * ''Gong Gong/Tits'' – (1995, Sub Pop Records, 7" single) Albums * ''Fade/Cliché'' – (1995, Our Ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matador Records
Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of mainly indie rock, but also punk rock, experimental rock, alternative rock, and electronic acts. History Matador was created in 1989 by Chris Lombardi in his New York City apartment. Lombardi had brought the Austrian duo H.P. Zinker into Wharton Tiers’ Fun City studio to record Matador's first release, "...and there was light". Lombardi continued to add artists to the label's roster, with bands like the Dustdevils, Railroad Jerk and Superchunk, before being joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy in 1990. Lombardi and Cosloy have continued to run Matador Records together with Patrick Amory coming on as Matador's label manager in 1994, later becoming label president as well as a partner of Lombardi and Cosloy. Matador first drew mainstream media attention and larger sales with the North American release of Teenage Fanclub’s debut record, '' A Catholic Education'' in 1990. Other early release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |