|
Silkworm (band)
Silkworm was an American indie rock band active from 1987 to 2005 whose core members were Tim Midyett, Andy Cohen, and Michael Dahlquist. History Origins: 1985–1987 Founding members Tim Midyett (formerly Midgett), Joel RL Phelps, and Andy Cohen began writing and performing under the name Ein Heit in Missoula, Montana from 1985 to 1987. In 1987, they adopted the name Silkworm. Relocation: 1987–1990 They relocated to Seattle in 1990, where they met drummer Michael Dahlquist. During a radio interview on WNUR at Northwestern University, Steve Albini called in to contact the band. Albini had attended Hellgate High School, the same high school that Phelps, Midyett, and Cohen attended in Missoula, Montana. This connection led to Albini recording the band's album '' In the West''. Phelps left the band in 1994 due to mental health issues and the rigors of touring. Matt Kadane of Bedhead and The New Year played keyboards on '' Italian Platinum'' and '' It'll Be Cool''. Breaku ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missoula
Missoula ( ; fla, label=Salish language, Séliš, Nłʔay, lit=Place of the Small Bull Trout, script=Latn; kut, Tuhuⱡnana, script=Latn) is a city in the U.S. state of Montana; it is the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, Missoula County. It is located along the Clark Fork River near its confluence with the Bitterroot River, Bitterroot and Blackfoot River (Montana), Blackfoot Rivers in western Montana and at the convergence of five mountain ranges, thus it is often described as the "hub of five valleys". The 2020 United States Census shows the city's population at 73,489 and the population of the Missoula Metropolitan Area at 117,922. After Billings, Montana, Billings, Missoula is the second-largest city and metropolitan area in Montana. Missoula is home to the University of Montana, a public research university. The Missoula area began seeing settlement by people of European descent in 1858 including William Thomas Hamilton (frontiersman), William T. Hamilton, who set ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In The West
''In the West'' is the second full-length album by indie rock band Silkworm, released in 1994. It was the band's first full-length album to be produced by their long-time friend Steve Albini; the first official recording that the band recorded with him was the ''His Absence Is A Blessing'' EP. In March 2019, Comedy Minus One announced they would be pressing ''In The West'' on vinyl for the first time to celebrate the album's 25th anniversary. The reissue was released in January 2020. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' wrote that "the exquisitely spacious album's deep rhythmic caverns invite and demand casual lingering." Track listing #"Garden City Blues" - 4:13 #"Dust My Broom" - 2:40 #"Into the Woods" - 3:28 #"Punch Drunk Five" - 2:48 #"Raised by Tigers" - 5:15 #"Enough Is Enough" - 8:13 #"Parsons" - 3:45 #"Incanduce" - 3:26 #"Dremate" - 5:48 #"Pilot" - 4:18 Personnel *Andy Cohen – guitar, vocals; lead vocals on tracks 2, 3, 7 *Joel RL Phelps – guitar, vocals; lead vocal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libertine (Silkworm Album)
''Libertine'' is the third full-length studio album by indie rock band Silkworm. It was released in 1994 on El Recordo. It was their last recorded release before guitarist/vocalist Joel RL Phelps left the band. A remastered and expanded 2x12" + CD reissue of the record, including the group's ''Marco Collins Sessions'' EP and two additional tracks, was issued by Comedy Minus One in May 2014. Production The album was recorded over three days with Steve Albini. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' wrote that "although it still emphasizes snap and crackle over pop, ''Libertine'' is slightly more immediate than its predecessors." ''Magnet'' called "Couldn't You Wait?" a "lost classic" of the era; the track provided the title to the 2013 documentary film about the band. '' Paste'' called the album "a favorite with Silkworm afficionados," writing that the album is "strong" but that the "grunge-fallout muddiness sounds dated." Track listing Personnel *Steve Albini—Engineer *Andy Coh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Conley
Clinton J. Conley is an American post-punk musician and journalist from Boston, Massachusetts, best known as a co-founder, bassist, and vocalist of Mission of Burma. Early life and education Conley was born in Boston, Massachusetts and graduated from the University of Rochester in 1977. Career Mission of Burma was active from 1979 to 1983. They found only limited success when signed to Ace of Hearts Records, but they have been re-assessed as one of the more influential American post-punk groups of their era. The band was cited as an influence for Pixies, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam. When the group broke up in 1983, Conley dropped out of music almost entirely for over a decade, earning a master's degree in broadcast journalism and going to work as a producer for WCVB-TV's news magazine program, ''Chronicle''. He did, however, produce Yo La Tengo's 1986 debut album, '' Ride the Tiger''. With Mission of Burma, Conley played bass guitar and occasional guitar, and wrote and sang some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerard Cosloy
Gerard Cosloy (born 1964) is an American music industry executive. Biography Cosloy was raised in Wayland, Massachusetts, a western suburb of Boston. While he was in high school, he became involved in the local hardcore punk scene, put together many punk shows, and started Conflict, a mimeographed fanzine of underground and alternative rock and art. He continued to write and edit the fanzine during the '80s and early '90s. He never finished college thought he did briefly attend the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he contributed reviews to "Daily Collegian" the college newspaper. In 1984, Cosloy got a job at Homestead Records an independent label created by the Dutch East India Trading Co., a Long Island-based record distributor. He moved to New York for the position. Homestead put out many of the mid-80s defining alt-rock records, from Big Black, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., My Dad Is Dead, The Membranes and many others. He continued to publish Conflict during this time. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Malkmus
Stephen Joseph Malkmus (born May 30, 1966) is an American musician best known as the primary songwriter, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement. He currently performs with Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks and as a solo artist. Biography Early years Stephen Malkmus was born in Santa Monica, California, to Mary and Stephen Malkmus Sr. His father was a property and casualty insurance agent. When Stephen Jr. was 8, the family moved north to Stockton, where he attended Carpinteria's Cate School and Lodi's Tokay High School. As a teenager, Malkmus worked various jobs, including painting house numbers on street curbs and "flipping burgers or whatever" at a country club. At age 16, he spent the night in after consuming alcohol, urin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Albini
Steve Albini (pronounced ; born July 22, 1962) is an American musician, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman and Flour, and is a member of Shellac. He is the founder, owner and principal engineer of Electrical Audio, a recording studio complex in Chicago. In 2018, Albini estimated that he had worked on several thousand albums over his career. He has worked with acts such as Nirvana, Pixies, the Breeders, PJ Harvey, and former Led Zeppelin members Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. Albini is also known for his outspoken views on the music industry, having stated repeatedly that it financially exploits artists and homogenizes their sound. Nearly alone among well-known producers and musicians, Albini refuses to take ongoing royalties from other bands recording in his studio, feeling that a producer's job is to record the music to the band's desires, and that paying producers as if they had contributed artistically to an album is u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Tweedy
Jeffrey Scot Tweedy (born August 25, 1967) is an American musician, songwriter, author, and record producer best known as the singer and guitarist of the band Wilco. Tweedy, originally from Belleville, Illinois, started his music career in high school in his band The Plebes with Jay Farrar, which subsequently transitioned into the alternative country band Uncle Tupelo. After Uncle Tupelo broke up, Tweedy formed Wilco which found critical and commercial success, most notably with ''Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'' and ''A Ghost Is Born'', the latter of which received a Grammy for Best Alternative Album in 2005. Across his career Tweedy has released 20 studio albums, including four with Uncle Tupelo, twelve with Wilco, one with his son Spencer, a solo acoustic album, three solo studio albums, along with numerous collaborations with other musicians, most notably ''Mermaid Avenue'' with Billy Bragg. Early life Tweedy was born in Belleville, Illinois, on August 25, 1967, the fourth child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanette Sliwinski
Jeanette Sliwinski (born 1982) is an American former model. She was found guilty of reckless homicide for an incident on July 14, 2005 when she attempted suicide while driving, causing a crash that resulted in the deaths of three local musicians, John Glick, Douglas Meis, and Michael Dahlquist. She served three years in prison. Early life Jeanette Sliwinski was born in 1982, a daughter of Polish immigrants. She attended Niles West High School. After graduating from high school she began taking on modeling jobs to help finance her bachelor's degree in marketing. After high school she took a career as a local print model in which her pictures ended up in calendars and lingerie ads. In 2002 she moved to Los Angeles and worked as a trade show model. Murder charge On July 14, 2005 after a fight with her mother, Sliwinski burst out the door and took her car out in an alleged attempt to take her own life by speeding down Dempster Street in Skokie, Illinois. She ran a red light at high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It'll Be Cool
''It'll Be Cool'' is the ninth and last full-length album released by indie rock band Silkworm before drummer Michael Dahlquist was killed in a car wreck. Released on September 14, 2004, it was the band's fourth album on Touch and Go Records. The album was recorded by Steve Albini. Matt Kadane from Bedhead and The New Year played keyboards on the album. Track listing #Don't Look Back -- (6:25) #Insomnia -- (5:35) #Penalty Box -- (3:02) #Something Hyper -- (4:27) #Xian Undertaker -- (6:17) #Shitty Little Yacht -- (4:46) #The Operative -- (3:23) #His Mark Replies -- (2:28) Personnel *Andy Cohen—Guitar, Vocals *Michael Dahlquist—Drums, Vocals, Guitar *Tim Midyett—Bass, Baritone Guitar, Vocals *Matt Kadane—Keyboards *Steve Albini Steve Albini (pronounced ; born July 22, 1962) is an American musician, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist. He was a member of Big Black, Rapeman and Flour, and is a member of Shellac. He is the founder, owner and principal e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Platinum
''Italian Platinum'' is the eighth full-length album released by indie rock band Silkworm (band), Silkworm. It is the band's third album released on Touch and Go Records. Like their previous album ''Lifestyle (album), Lifestyle'', Steve Albini and his girlfriend Heather Whinna recorded and produced the album respectively. Matt and Bubba Kadane, Matt Kadane from Bedhead (band), Bedhead and The New Year (band), The New Year played keyboards on this album. Track listing #"(I Hope U) Don't Survive" – (3:25) #"The Third" – (2:09) #"The Old You" – (3:22) #"Is She a Sign" – (2:28) #"The Brain" – (2:59) #"Bourbon Beard" – (3:13) #"LR72" – (4:12) #"White Lightning" – (3:20) #"Dirty Air" – (2:41) #"Young" – (3:27) #"Moving" – (2:52) #"The Ram" – (2:43) #"A Cockfight of Feelings" – (3:37) Personnel *Andy Cohen—Guitar, Vocals *Michael Dahlquist—Drums, Vocals *Tim Midyett—Bass, Baritone Guitar, Vocals *Matt Kadane—Keyboards *Steve Albini—Engineer *Heather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Year (band)
The New Year is an American indie rock band that formed in 1999. The band was started by former Bedhead (band), Bedhead members Matt and Bubba Kadane. They released their first album in 2001, ''Newness Ends'', which like their following albums was recorded with Steve Albini. ''The End Is Near (The New Year Album), The End Is Near'' (2004) and ''The New Year (album), The New Year'' (2008) followed, with both being received positively by music critics at Pitchfork (website), Pitchfork Media and AllMusic. In February 2017, the band announced their first album in nine years, ''Snow (The New Year album), Snow'', which was released on April 28, 2017. History Background The band was formed in 1999, a year after the demise of the band Bedhead (band), Bedhead by former Bedhead members Matt and Bubba Kadane. The New Year was originally intended to be a two-person project made up of only the Kadane brothers. Four musicians, all longtime friends of the Kadanes, were slowly recruited for live p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
