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Three Songs (Tall Dwarfs EP)
''Three Songs'' is an EP by New Zealand band Tall Dwarfs, released in 1981. It was the first recording released by the band. The EP was included on '' Hello Cruel World'', released in 1987. Critical reception AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databa ... called it "a mix of homemade melodic genius, lo-fi recording that has a soul, lyrics cribbed from the heart of a life-loving crank, and a basketful of unexplained noises that only happen in the middle of the night when you're alone in the house." Legacy Chris Jenkins, in ''Rock: The Rough Guide'', credited the EP with helping to introduce the practice of lo-fi home recording. Track listing #"Nothing's Going to Happen" #"Luck or Loveliness" #"All My Hollowness to You" References Tall Dwarfs albums 1981 debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tall Dwarfs
Tall Dwarfs are a New Zealand rock band formed in 1981 by Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate, who helped pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music. The duo were former members of Toy Love. The band lacked a drummer, but would use household objects and hand claps to act as percussion. Both members can play guitar, with 12 strings and bass guitar often heard on their records. Both can play organ as well, which has been utilised on some of their songs. The Casiotone is frequently used too, especially on live concerts. Their debut was the EP ''Three Songs'' (1981), and for many years they released EPs only. The album '' Weeville'' (1990) was their first full-length album. They did, however, release a number of full-length compilations of their EPs, like '' Hello Cruel World'' and ''The Short and Sick of It''. In the liner notes to their album '' 3 EPs'' (1994) (released as a single CD, or as three vinyl EPs collected in one box), they asked for listeners' rhythm tracks: "Send us your idea o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Nun Records
Flying Nun Records is a New Zealand independent record label formed in Christchurch in 1981 by music store manager Roger Shepherd. Described by ''The Guardian'' as "one of the world's great independent labels", Flying Nun is notable for bringing global attention to the Dunedin sound, a cultural and musical movement in early 1980s Dunedin, which gave rise to modern indie rock. History The label formed in the wake of a flurry of new post-punk-inspired labels appearing in New Zealand in the early 1980s, in particular Propeller Records in Auckland. Shepherd had intended to record the original local music of Christchurch, but soon the label rose to national prominence by championing the emerging music of Dunedin. "Ambivalence" by The Pin Group (the first band of Roy Montgomery) was the first release from Flying Nun, although "Tally Ho" by The Clean was the first release to draw public attention to the label, as it unexpectedly reached number nineteen in the New Zealand charts, br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Likes His Daily Dip
''Louis Like His Daily Dip'' is an EP by the New Zealand band Tall Dwarfs Tall Dwarfs are a New Zealand rock band formed in 1981 by Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate, who helped pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music. The duo were former members of Toy Love. The band lacked a drummer, but would use household objects and han ..., released in 1982. Track listing #"Louis The First" #"Maybe" #"Pictures On The Floor" #"Paul's Place" #"Clover" #"Song Of The Silents" #"Louis The Second" References Tall Dwarfs albums 1982 EPs Flying Nun Records EPs {{1980s-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide
The ''Spin Alternative Record Guide'' is a music reference book compiled by the American music magazine '' Spin'' and published in 1995 by Vintage Books. It was edited by rock critic Eric Weisbard and Craig Marks, who was the magazine's editor-in-chief at the time. The book features essays and reviews from a number of prominent critics on albums, artists, and genres considered relevant to the alternative music movement. Contributors who were consulted for the guide include Ann Powers, Rob Sheffield, Simon Reynolds, and Michael Azerrad. The book did not sell particularly well and received a mixed reaction from reviewers in 1995. The quality and relevance of the contributors' writing were praised, while the editors' concept and comprehensiveness of alternative music were seen as ill-defined. Nonetheless, it inspired a number of future music critics and helped revive the career of folk artist John Fahey, whose music was covered in the guide. Content Spanning 468 pages, the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello Cruel World (Tall Dwarfs Album)
''Hello Cruel World'' is an album by New Zealand band Tall Dwarfs, released in 1987. In 2005, the album was rereleased as an 18-track CD. The songs on the album were compiled from the band's first four EPs; '' Three Songs'', ''Louis Likes His Daily Dip'', ''Canned Music'' and ''Slugbucket Hairybreath Monster ''Slugbucket Hairybreath Monster'' is an EP by the New Zealand band Tall Dwarfs Tall Dwarfs are a New Zealand rock band formed in 1981 by Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate, who helped pioneer the lo-fi style of rock music. The duo were former memb ...''. Track listing *Original release #"Nothing's Going To Happen" #"Luck Or Loveliness" #"All My Hollowness To You" #"Louis The First" #"Maybe" #"Pictures On The Floor" #"Paul's Place" #"Clover" #"Song Of The Silents" #"Louis The Second" #"Canopener" #"Beauty" #"This Room Is Wrong" #"Walking Home" #"Turning Brown + Torn In Two" #"Woman" #"Shade For Today" #"Brain That Wouldn't Die" #"I've Left Memories Behind" #"Phil's Disease ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tall Dwarfs Albums
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1981 Debut EPs
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