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Split The Country, Split The Street
''Split the Country, Split the Street'' is Kevin Devine's third studio album. It was released in 2005, being the second of two albums released on Triple Crown Records. It is the first solo record released after Kevin was no longer in Miracle of 86 (a band in which he was the lead singer). The album features more rock oriented songs with fuller band arrangements than his previous two releases, and was produced by Chris Bracco, Mike Skinner & Kevin Devine. Kevin said of the album: ''"Split the Country was done after the band iracle of 86broke up, like the hangover from that. It was more bi-polar: aggressive rock songs with fuller instrumentation, but also songs with violins and glockenspiel or just a guy with a guitar."'' Despite the break, the album features former Miracle of 86 member Mike Robertson on guitar for three songs. Early versions of "Haircut" and "Probably" feature on the Travelling the EU EP. The German record label, Defiance Records Defiance Records was a record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine (born December 19, 1979) is an American songwriter and musician from Staten Island, New York City, who is known for his introspective and political themes. He is a contemporary member of the underground indie rock and indie folk musical scenes, and his influences range from older indie artists such as Neutral Milk Hotel, Elliott Smith and Pavement to more mainstream and well known acts such as Nirvana and Bob Dylan. In 2013, Kevin Devine rejoined his previous band, Miracle of 86, for a series of reunion shows. History Beginnings Kevin Devine grew up in Brooklyn and Staten Island and has spent significant time in Manhattan and Queens. Devine graduated from Fordham University at Lincoln Center in 2001, majoring in journalism and writing for the school newspaper, ''The'' ''Fordham Observer''. He first played in the band Delusion, which later changed its name to Miracle of 86 (referring to the 1986 New York Mets). At Fordham he was able to hone his solo, acoustic s ... [...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] |
Alternative Rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstream or commercial rock or pop music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to musicians influenced by the musical style or independent, DIY ethic, DIY ethos of late-1970s punk rock.di Perna, Alan. "Brave Noise—The History of Alternative Rock Guitar". ''Guitar World''. December 1995. Traditionally, alternative rock varied in terms of its sound, social context, and regional roots. Throughout the 1980s, magazines and zines, college radio airplay, and word of mouth had increased the prominence and highlighted the diversity of alternative rock's distinct styles (and music scenes), such as noise pop, indie rock, grunge, and shoegaze. In September 1988, Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' introduced "alternative" into their charting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triple Crown Records
Triple Crown Records is a New York-based rock music record label created in 1997 by Fred Feldman. The label features such artists as The Receiving End of Sirens and The Dear Hunter, ''Artists Page'' and launched the career of Brand New in 2001.> ''Past Artists Page'' It is a part of the Eastwest family of record labels, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group, and is distributed by the Alternative Distribution Alliance. Current bands * Adjy * Caspian * Covet * Dogleg * Foxing * Free Throw * From Indian Lakes * Future Teens * Heart Attack Man * Holy Fawn * Into It. Over It. * Kississippi * Moving Mountains * Oso Oso * Shortly * Sorority Noise * O'Brother * You Blew It! Past bands * 25 Ta Life * Anterrabae * As Tall as Lions * A Will Away * Bad Books * Brand New * Brian Bonz * Cavetown * Comin' Correct * The Dear Hunter * Death Threat * E.Town Concrete * Fight Fair * Fireworks * Folly * The Gay Blades * Hit the Lights * Honor Bright * Hot Rod Circuit * Kevin Devine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defiance Records
Defiance Records was a record label based in Cologne, Germany, which was the German and European distributor of several American and international post-hardcore and punk bands. The label was founded in 1994 and closed down in 2013. Artists List of artists that signed with Defiance Records * Alesana * Alexisonfire * Ambrose * As Friends Rust * The Cable Car Theory * Clarity Process * The Coalfield * The Copperpot Journals * The Data Break * Delorean * Down In Frustration * Engrave * Face the Enemy * Gameface * Hot Water Music * Haste * Hopeful * It's Not Not * Joshua * Jude the Obscure * Kevin Devine * Limbeck * Miracle of 86 * The National Anthems * Never Surrender * New End Original * One Man and His Droid * Pale * Portugal. The Man * Piebald * Reno Kid * River City High * Solea * Standstill * The Stereo * Three Minute Poetry * Wedekind Discography *1999: Pale ''Another Smart Move (with Soda Records)'' *2001: Pale ''Razzmatazz (The Arts at the Sands)'' *2002: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Make The Clocks Move
''Make the Clocks Move'' is Kevin Devine's second studio album. It was released in 2003, making it the first of two albums released on Triple Crown Records. The German record label, Defiance Records, released a double LP set which bundled the album with Kevin's following album, ''Split the Country, Split the Street''. After it had been out of print for a period of time, the album was re-issued by Triple Crown Records on October 12, 2010. The re-issue features new artwork, Kevin's own extensive liner notes and an introductory note by Brand New vocalist Jesse Lacey. The re-issue was also released on vinyl and features two previously unreleased demo tracks from the album's sessions: "''Funerals and Carnivals''" and "''You Knock Me Out''". It is the first of his albums produced by Chris Bracco and Mike Skinner, both of whom would later produce a number of Kevin's recordings, including the albums ''Split the Country, Split the Street ''Split the Country, Split the Street'' is Kevi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio 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] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travelling The EU
''Travelling the EU'' is a European EP released by Kevin Devine. It was initially released in 2003 through Defiance Records as a limited CD and 7" and later became available through digital retailers. Both physical versions are now out of print. The EP features early versions of "Haircut" and "Probably", which would later be featured on Kevin's third album, Split the Country, Split the Street ''Split the Country, Split the Street'' is Kevin Devine's third studio album. It was released in 2005, being the second of two albums released on Triple Crown Records. It is the first solo record released after Kevin was no longer in Miracle of 86 .... The version of "Probably" featured on this EP was also released on the Beer: The Movie soundtrack. Track listing # "Haircut" # "You Are My Sunshine" # "Probably" References {{DEFAULTSORT:Travelling the EU Kevin Devine EPs 2003 EPs Defiance Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Pinfield
Matthew Pinfield (born May 28, 1961) is an American television host, disc jockey, and music executive. He first reached national prominence as VJ on MTV. He served two stints as the host of the alternative music program '' 120 Minutes'', from 1995 to 1999 on MTV and from 2011 to 2013 on MTV2.MTV Brings Back "120 Minutes" '''' July 28, 2011 Starting in the early 1980s, he began working as both a radio and club DJ in the |
Jesse Lacey
Jesse Thomas Lacey (born July 10, 1978) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who is best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the American alternative rock band Brand New. He is known for his enigmatic and private nature, rarely giving interviews and describing himself as a perfectionist. Lacey was the founding bassist of fellow Long Island rock band Taking Back Sunday but left the band after a personal incident involving guitarist John Nolan (musician), John Nolan. Along with members of the Rookie Lot, Lacey formed Brand New in 2000. With Brand New, Lacey earned a number-one album in the United States due to the commercial success of 2017's Science Fiction (Brand New album), ''Science Fiction''. As well as fronting Brand New, Lacey has performed as a solo artist since 2004, although has not yet released any solo material, and instead performs material by Brand New, as well as covering other bands. Lacey has produced and co-produced a nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
