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Steve McGraw
Lydia is an American indie rock band from Gilbert, Arizona, formed in 2003. History Leighton Antelman, William Bradford, Evan Arambul, and Steve McGraw started writing music and booking shows when they were in seventh grade. The band really got their start as ''Rolo 15'' while attending Greenfield Jr. High. They then went on to change the name to ''Nextabest''. After that the band broke up, Antelman and McGraw continued to write and play music. They then soon added drummer Loren Briton and bassist Dustin Forsgren. They won a contest and were able to get a song on the '' Atticus: ...Dragging the Lake, Vol. 3'' compilation CD. Lydia was signed to the Arizona-based record label HourZero, through which they released their debut album '' This December; It's One More and I'm Free''. Since then, they have toured extensively throughout the country and participated in the Zumiez Couch Tour, Vans Warped Tour, and The Bamboozle festival. They also played on the first annual Bamboozle Road ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert, Arizona
Gilbert is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located southeast of Phoenix within the city's metropolitan area. Incorporated on July 6, 1920, Gilbert was once known as the "Hay Shipping Capital of the World". It is the fifth-largest municipality in Arizona, and the fourth-largest in the Phoenix metro area. It covers an area of nearly . Gilbert has made a rapid transformation from an agriculture-based community to an economically diverse suburban center located in the southeastern valley of the Greater Phoenix area. It has grown at an extremely high rate over the last three decades, increasing in population from 5,717 in 1980 to 267,918 as of the 2020 census. The town grew at an average annual rate of over 10% during this 40-year period. It is the largest incorporated town in the United States. History Gilbert was established by William "Bobby" Gilbert, who provided land to the Arizona Eastern Railway in 1902 to construct a rail line between Phoenix and Florence, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AbsolutePunk
''AbsolutePunk'' was a website, online community, and alternative music news source founded by Jason Tate (the most recent CEO). The website mainly focused on artists who are relatively unknown to mainstream audiences, but it was known to feature artists who have eventually achieved crossover success, including Blink-182, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, New Found Glory, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, The Gaslight Anthem, Anberlin, Thrice, All Time Low, Jack's Mannequin, Yellowcard, Paramore, Relient K, and A Day to Remember. The primary musical genres of focus were emo and pop punk, but other genres were included. On March 31, 2016, it was announced that founder Jason Tate would be re-acquiring ''AbsolutePunk'' from SpinMedia (the parent company of Buzznet) and the website would be shuttered and folded into Tate's new music and social platform, Chorus.fm. The very next day on April 1, all of the domain names and social media accounts associated with ''AbsolutePunk'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Maine (band)
The Maine is an American rock band from Tempe, Arizona. Formed in 2007, the group consists of lead vocalist, guitarist and pianist John O'Callaghan, lead guitarist Jared Monaco, bass guitarist Garrett Nickelsen, drummer Patrick Kirch, and rhythm guitarist Kennedy Brock. The band is joined by touring member Adam Simons, as of 2018, who plays keys, rhythm and lead guitar as well as percussion. Their first release, the '' Stay Up, Get Down'' extended play, was released in 2007, followed by the five-song EP, '' The Way We Talk'', on December 11, 2007. The band's first full-length studio album, '' Can't Stop Won't Stop'', was released July 8, 2008, while their second full-length album, '' Black & White'', was released on July 13, 2010. Since then, the band has independently released six albums including ''Pioneer'' (2011), ''Forever Halloween'' (2013), '' American Candy'' (2015), ''Lovely Little Lonely'' (2017), '' You Are OK'' (2019), and '' XOXO: From Love and Anxiety in Real Time'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical ''Meet Me in St. Louis''. Frank Sinatra later recorded a version with modified lyrics. In 2007, ASCAP ranked it the third most performed Christmas song during the preceding five years that had been written by ASCAP members. In 2004 it finished at No. 76 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs rankings of the top tunes in American cinema. ''Meet Me in St. Louis'' The song was written in 1943 for the then-upcoming film ''Meet Me in St. Louis'', for which MGM had hired Martin and Blane to write several songs. Martin was vacationing in a house in the neighborhood of Southside in Birmingham, Alabama that his father Hugh Martin had designed for his mother as a honeymoon cottage, located just down the street from his birthplace, and which later became the home of Martin and his family in 1923. The song first appeared in a scene in which a fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paint It Golden (Lydia Album)
''Paint It Golden'' is the third album by Lydia Lydia (Lydian language, Lydian: 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the mod .... It is their first album after coming back from hiatus and was released on October 4, 2011. History On May 17, 2011 it was announced that after a year long hiatus, Leighton and Craig would bring back the band to record a new album under the same name. They released the song and music video for "Dragging Your Feet in the Mud" on September 26, 2011. The music video for "Best Nights" was released on July 7, 2012. Track listing Notes * The title of the album was taken from a line in the song "Eat Your Heart Out". * Tracks 1, 4, and 5 were acoustically re-recorded and released on the band's 2012 ''Acoustics EP''. References External links Paint it Golden Preorder {{DEFAULTSORT: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assailants (Lydia Album)
''Assailants'', originally slated to be the third album by Lydia, is the band's first official EP. It was released on July 20, 2010. The record was self released by the band after their record label passed on releasing it. History It was announced on March 10, 2010 that Mindy White had decided to leave the band. On May 11, 2010 a new unmastered song was posted on their MySpace called "We Clean Up So Well" with a note announcing that the band will break up after a nationwide tour in July. The tour was titled "The Lydia Finale: A Goodbye & Farewell Tour". Guitarist Steve McGraw Lydia is an American indie rock band from Gilbert, Arizona, formed in 2003. History Leighton Antelman, William Bradford, Evan Arambul, and Steve McGraw started writing music and booking shows when they were in seventh grade. The band really got ... announced on July 12, 2010 that he had decided to leave the band and would not be playing on their final tour. Two mini videos were released for "Assailant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Sessions (Lydia EP)
''Hotel Sessions'' is an unofficial limited edition tour EP released by Lydia Lydia (Lydian language, Lydian: 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age Monarchy, kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the mod .... It features 4 songs acoustically re-recorded from their first album '' This December; It's One More and I'm Free''. The EP was handmade and sold at shows. There is no official cover art, as it was merely a CD-R demo. Release Singer Mindy White posted a blog detailing the making of the EP: "I know you guys are eager to hear it…. & we are excited as well. But some are more stoked to find it online to download it. I know it’s hard to get it if we aren’t playing your city ..but here’s the story behind the “Hotel Sessions”. We had over $1200 dollars stolen from us on this tour. It’s been a struggle with trying to make gas to each show & all. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Woke Up Near The Sea
''Illuminate'' is the second studio album by Lydia. It was released on March 18, 2008, and reissued by October 21, 2008 on Low Altitude Records. Track listing Notes * The album was streamed entirely on AbsolutePunk.net on March 17, 2008. * The artwork for the album was designed by and drawn by artist Becky Fili * There were only 5,000 copies printed on Linc Star Records. * Punk76.com was the first international magazine from Germany that reviewed their music. * AbsolutePunk.net named ''Illuminate'' their "Best of 2008" in a combined end of the year staff list. Personnel ;Band *Leighton Antelman - vocals, piano *Steve McGraw - guitar *Craig Taylor - drums *Ethan Koozer - guitar *Mindy White - vocals, piano *Evan Aranbul - bass ;Additional musicians *Aaron Marsh - Vocals on "Hospital" and trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lights (singer)
Lights Poxleitner-Bokan (born Valerie Anne Poxleitner; April 11, 1987), known mononymously as Lights (previously stylized as LIGHTS), is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. She is known for singles "Drive My Soul", "February Air", "Ice", "Second Go", "Toes", "My Boots" and "Up We Go", which have charted within the top ninety on the Canadian Hot 100. Her work has earned multiple Juno Awards and Canadian Independent Music Awards. Her debut EP ''Lights'' was released in July 2008 and achieved commercial success which enabled the release of her first full-length album, '' The Listening'', on September 22, 2009. Her second album, ''Siberia'', was released on October 4, 2011. Both albums have been certified gold in Canada. Lights released her third studio album, '' Little Machines'', on September 19, 2014, which debuted on the Canadian Albums Chart at number five. Her fourth album, '' Skin&Earth,'' which featured "Giants", was released in September 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovedrug
Lovedrug is an American alternative/indie rock band formed in Alliance, Ohio, United States, in 2002 by singer/guitarist Michael Shepard. History Lovedrug released their first EP, the ''Lovedrug'' EP, with the follow-up EP, the ''Rocknroll'' EP, coming in mid-2004. After signing to The Militia Group, an indie-rock label, the band released their first full-length ''Pretend You're Alive'' on July 27, 2004. The album was produced by Tim Patalan, and featured dark, guitar-driven art rock. The album became the label's fastest selling debut ever, selling close to 20,000 copies in the first few months of release. The record and band were thus up-streamed to major label parent Columbia Records at the end of 2005, though the re-release of ''Pretend You're Alive'', and accompanying radio single for "Spiders", were undercut by tremendous corporate purging that plagued Columbia Records throughout 2005 and 2006. Lovedrug toured heavily from 2004 through early 2007, including support dates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copeland (band)
Copeland is an American rock band formed in 2001 by the singer, pianist Aaron Marsh (who also plays guitar) with his friend, the bass guitarist and backing vocalist James Likeness, in Lakeland, Florida. History Inception Aaron Marsh and Bryan Laurenson signed a record deal with the independent label The Militia Group in 2002 and released their first album, ''Beneath Medicine Tree'', a year later. In 2004, 2005 and 2006, they performed at the annual Cornerstone Florida Festival in Orlando, Florida. '' In Motion'', Copeland's second full-length album, was released on March 22, 2005. It was produced by Matt Goldman and Aaron Marsh, and mixed by Ken Andrews. The early copies of ''In Motion'' included a four-song acoustic EP (a compilation of lo-fi versions of songs from ''In Motion'' itself), as well as "Beneath Medicine Tree". 2006 to 2008 ''Beneath Medicine Tree'' has a heavy medical theme. Aaron Marsh stated that the lyrics in this album were inspired by the hospitalizat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
