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The Green And The Grey
''The Green and the Grey'' is the seventh studio album by British singer-songwriter Darren Hayman. It was released on Hayman's own Belka label in 2011 as a companion piece to his ''Essex Arms ''Essex Arms'' is the fourth studio album by British singer-songwriter Darren Hayman, his third with his regular backing band the Secondary Modern. It was released by Fortuna Pop! Fortuna POP! was an English independent record label based i ...'' album. It is his fourth album with his backing band the Secondary Modern. Track listing # "The Green and the Grey" – 4:53 # "Essex Arms" – 2:19 # "Nothing You Can Do About It (Alternate Version)" – 3:57 # "No Undo" – 2:36 # "Cocoa Butter (Demo Version)" – 4:22 # "Until We Got Bored" – 3:30 # "Beach Head" – 2:52 # "Sleep Through the Afternoon" – 2:57 # "Horror Video Nights" – 5:01 # "She Can Cook" – 3:03 # "The Winter Makes You Want Me More (Alternate Version)" – 5:00 # "Spiderman Beats Ironman (Alternate Version)" †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Hayman
Darren Hayman (born 1 December 1970) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the writer, lead singer, and guitarist in Hefner. Since Hefner disbanded in 2002, Hayman has embarked on a prolific solo career releasing twelve albums under his own name and appearing on albums by Papernut Cambridge, Rotifer and The Great Electric. He has regularly worked with The Wave Pictures, producing an album for them, directing three of their music videos and briefly employing them as his backing band. In January 2011 Hayman recorded and released a song every day in the month of January, working with many collaborators. Hayman also paints and has exhibited his work at exhibitions about animals in space and racing dogs. Career Hayman first made a name for himself as the lead singer and main songwriter in UK indie rock band Hefner, who were big favourites of the late John Peel. The band split in 2002, their discography numbering four studio albums as well as a number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Rock
Folk rock is a hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers such as Bob Dylan and the Byrds—several of whose members had earlier played in folk ensembles—attempted to blend the sounds of rock with their pre-existing folk repertoire, adopting the use of electric instrumentation and drums in a way previously discouraged in the U.S. folk community. The term "folk rock" was initially used in the U.S. music press in June 1965 to describe the Byrds' music. The commercial success of the Byrds' cover version of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" and their debut album of the same name, along with Dylan's own recordings with rock instrumentation—on the albums ''Bringing It All Back Home'' (1965), ''Highway 61 Revisited'' (1965), and '' Blonde on Blonde'' (1966)—encouraged other folk acts, such as Simon & Ga ... [...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] |
The Ship's Piano
''The Ship's Piano'' is a studio album by British singer-songwriter Darren Hayman. It was released by Fortuna Pop! in 2011. A French piano built in 1933 is the only instrument employed on the album. Critical reception ''Drowned in Sound'' wrote that "if ayman Ayman ( ar, أيمن, also spelled as Aiman, Aimen, Aymen, or Eymen in the Latin alphabet) is an Arabic masculine given name. It is derived from the Arabic Semitic root () for ''right'', and literally means ''righteous'', ''he who is on the right'' ...s not yet unanimously considered the greatest cardigan-stylee speccy-sporting dweeby loser type songwriter-man of recent decades, he's surely on his miserable, merry way. Track listing # "I Taught You How To Dance" – 3:23 # "Old House" – 4:44 # "Cuckoo" – 3:59 # "It's Easy to Hang With You" – 5:43 # "Know Your Place" – 1:06 # "Take a Breather" – 5:53 # "Clown Sky" – 3:31 # "No Children" – 4:31 # "Oh Josephine" – 6:39 # "Think It Through" – 3:44 # "The Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lido (Darren Hayman Album)
''Lido'' is a studio album by British singer and songwriter Darren Hayman. It was released through Where It's at Is Where You Are in 2012. The album is about public swimming pools. Critical reception Stuart Huggett of ''The Quietus'' wrote that "even as a diversion from his lyrically focussed work, ''Lido'' adds to the developing picture of Hayman as a great chronicler of British life, present and past." Clay Pipe of ''Record Collector ''Record Collector'' is a British monthly music magazine. It was founded in 1980 and distributes worldwide. History The early years The first standalone issue of ''Record Collector'' was published in March 1980, though its history stretches ba ...'' wrote that "while navigating the stylistic gamut from pop-reggae to piano études, by way of uke strums and jelly-like slide guitar, Hayman forsakes ambient drift for recurring tunefulness, thus providing some continuity with his song-based work." Track listing References 2012 album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essex Arms
''Essex Arms'' is the fourth studio album by British singer-songwriter Darren Hayman, his third with his regular backing band the Secondary Modern. It was released by Fortuna Pop! Fortuna POP! was an English independent record label based in London, started in 1995 by Sean Price. It specialised in indie pop music. Fortuna POP! previously promoted gigs under the banner of The Beat Hotel and then Basement Scam at the Buffal ... in 2010. It is the second part of his "Essex Trilogy". Track listing # "Be Lonely" – 4:05 # "Calling Out Your Name Again" – 4:17 (with Emma-Lee Moss) # "Two Tree Island" – 7:08 # "Winter Makes You Want Me More" – 4:36 # "Super Kings" – 3:06 # "Cocoa Butter" – 3:24 # "Dagenham Ford" – 4:08 # "I'll Be Your Alibi" – 5:54 # "Spiderman Beats Ironman" – 4:13 # "Drive Too Fast" – 3:35 # "Plastic and Steel" – 2:52 # "Nothing You Can Do About It" – 3:30 2010 albums Darren Hayman albums Fortuna Pop! Records albums {{2010s- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern
Darren Hayman (born 1 December 1970) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as the writer, lead singer, and guitarist in Hefner. Since Hefner disbanded in 2002, Hayman has embarked on a prolific solo career releasing twelve albums under his own name and appearing on albums by Papernut Cambridge, Rotifer and The Great Electric. He has regularly worked with The Wave Pictures, producing an album for them, directing three of their music videos and briefly employing them as his backing band. In January 2011 Hayman recorded and released a song every day in the month of January, working with many collaborators. Hayman also paints and has exhibited his work at exhibitions about animals in space and racing dogs. Career Hayman first made a name for himself as the lead singer and main songwriter in UK indie rock band Hefner, who were big favourites of the late John Peel. The band split in 2002, their discography numbering four studio albums as well as a number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2011. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information for deaths of musicians and for links to other music lists, see 2011 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 albums Albums An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records col ... 2011 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
