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Too Much To Do
"Too Much to Do" is the second single taken from Sparkadia's debut album, ''Postcards''. "Too Much to Do" brought Sparkadia recognition after large amounts of airplay and the 'Too Much to Do Tour'. The single was a commercial success and in Australia and the UK. It was the first single to be released physically. Track listing # "Too Much to Do" # "The Plague" Chart positions Australia - No. 99 (Physical Release) Music video Music video was shot in Sydney, Australia. It was directed by Daniel Reisinger and Max Brown and choreographed by Richard James Allen Richard James Allen (born 1960) is a contemporary Australian poet, dancer, actor and filmmaker. The former artistic director of the Poets Union Inc, and founding director of the Australian Poetry Festival, Allen was co-artistic director with Kar .... It features some trick photography with the band playing along with people moving in fast motion. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Too Much To Do 2008 singles 2008 songs Song re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparkadia
Sparkadia is an Australian band, formed in Sydney in 2004. They were originally known as The Spark. The band is brainchild of Alexander Burnett (vocals, guitar) and Dave Hall (drums), the band became a reality with the addition of Nick Rabone (bass) and Josephine Ayling (keyboards, guitar, vocals) in 2006. In 2008 Ayling was replaced by Tiffany Preece on guitars and vocals. By 2009 Sparkadia was Burnett's solo project. Sparkadia has released two studio albums, ''Postcards'' (31 May 2008) and ''The Great Impression'' (18 March 2011). Band history 2004–2007: Formation and ''Things Behind the Sun'' Sparkadia formed as a duo in 2004 in Sydney by Alexander Burnett on lead vocals and David Hall on drums. On 17 February 2007 Sparkadia released their debut extended play titled, ''Things Behind the Sun'', on Boundary Sounds through Inertia Records, which peaked in the ARIA Singles Chart top 100 for four weeks in March–April. In 2007, Sparkadia supported Elbow on their tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postcards (Sparkadia Album)
''Postcards'' is the debut album by Australian alternative rock band Sparkadia. The album was recorded in 2007 in London. Sparkadia worked with producer Ben Hillier who has previously worked with famous acts such as; U2, Blur, Doves, Suede and Depeche Mode. Frontman Alexander Burnett stated that "Postcards is a grower, once you listen to it a few times you begin to appreciate it". At the J Awards of 2008, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. Track listing #"Too Much to Do" – 3:10 #"Kiss of Death" – 3:15 #" Morning Light" – 3:43 #"Help Yourself" – 3:10 #"Connected" – 4:48 #"Our Own Way" – 3:49 #"Animals" – 3:01 #"Up in the Air" – 3:19 #"The Last Thing You Need" – 3:45 #"Jealousy Jealousy generally refers to the thoughts or feelings of insecurity, fear, and concern over a relative lack of possessions or safety. Jealousy can consist of one or more emotions such as anger, resentment, inadequacy, helplessness or disgust. ..." – 4:36 #"Sp ... [...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] |
Ark Recordings
Ark Recordings is a London-based independent record label, run by Jamie Davis (of Transcopic Records) and Russell Warby (VP of WME Agency UK, Music Power 1001). The label was launched in 2005 after Transcopic Records went on a hiatus, and Davis joined forces with Warby to create a cross-Atlantic signings imprint. It has since had releases by UK and international acts including Jamaican reggae artist Little Roy, New York based Alberta Cross, Turbo Fruits (feat. Be Your Own Pet's Jonas Stein), Josephine, Sparkadia, Tacks The Boy Disaster, Magic Wands and Liverpool's The 747s. Releases such as Josphine's "A Freak A" and Little Roy's Nirvana cover of "Sliver" enjoyed extensive UK radio coverageBBC Radio 2: Steve Lamacq – 04/12/2010 Bbc.co.uk and press and online coverage. The label has also had mentions on [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivy League Records
Ivy League Records is a record label based in Sydney, Australia. History Ivy League Records is an Australian-based record label established in 1997 by three ex-musician friends: Pete Lusty (John Reed Club) (RIP), Andy Cassell (Youth Group) and Andy Kelly (Glide), who also founded Winterman & Goldstein Management. Ivy League albums have won the prestigious Australian Music Prize (AMP Award) twice via The Mess Hall and Cloud Control. The label has achieved gold/platinum albums via The Rubens, Josh Pyke and Lanie Lane. Other artists on the label include Alpine, Hatchie, The Teskey Brothers, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Tiny Little Houses, Bad Dreems, Sparkadia, Youth Group, 78 Saab, The City Lights, The Vines, Hoolahan. Rise to prominence Ivy League experienced its first significant success with the Sydney band, Youth Group. Ivy League subsequently reached prominence through the label with Josh Pyke and Cloud Control; management success was experienced with The Vines, Jet an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Hillier
Ben Hillier is an English songwriter and pop-rock record producer who is part of the creative team 140 dB. He produced the notable albums ''Playing the Angel'', ''Sounds of the Universe'' and ''Delta Machine'' by Depeche Mode, ''Think Tank'' by Blur, ''Some Cities'' by Doves and ''Cast of Thousands'' by Elbow. " ''Manchester Evening News Arena Event Listing''. Retrieved on 21 April 2007. Discography Production * 2022 Melt Yourself Down - ''Pray For Me I Don't Fit In'' album (producer) * 2020 – '' |
Animals (Sparkadia Song)
"Animals" is the debut single taken from Sparkadia's debut album Postcards. The single was released digitally in the UK and in Australia. The single brought recognition to the band and made it onto the Triple J's Hottest 100 playlist of 2007. Track list The single was digitally released. Chart positions The single was not eligible to chart in either UK or Australia. Although the single was on high rotation on Australian radio program 'Triple J Triple J (stylised in all lowercase) is a government-funded, national Australian Radio in Australia, radio station intended to appeal to listeners of alternative music, which began broadcasting in January 1975. The station also places a greate ...'. Music video The music video appears to be a high budget shot video. It is partly animated and features the band performing with mystique backgrounds. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Animals (Sparkadia Song) 2007 singles 2007 songs Song recordings produced by Ben Hillier Ivy League Record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jealousy (Sparkadia Song)
"Jealousy" is the third single and tenth track taken from Sparkadia's debut album ''Postcards (Sparkadia album), Postcards''. The song got 'Premier Pick of the Week' which is a future prediction on the Australian Music Report site which is the official site for Australian radio. "Jealousy" was released at the time Sparkadia went on their national 'Postcards' tour around Australia and received massive amounts of airplay on mainstream stations. Jealousy also managed to score a place at #79 on Australia's Triple J Hottest 100, 2008. Music video The music video features the band members celebrating a wedding shot on a low budget camera. In the video, lead singer Alex and guitarist Tiffany play newlyweds celebrating their marriage at a ceremony and after celebrations, Nick (bassist) plays the best man and Dave (drummer) a groomsman. Following the wedding the group head to the reception, during which Dave gets up and dances on a chair and the video shows the group dancing and celebrati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard James Allen
Richard James Allen (born 1960) is a contemporary Australian poet, dancer, actor and filmmaker. The former artistic director of the Poets Union Inc, and founding director of the Australian Poetry Festival, Allen was co-artistic director with Karen Pearlman of That Was Fast (New York City) and Tasdance (Launceston), and now at The Physical TV Company (Sydney). Allen has published twelve books of poetry, fiction or performance texts, most recently ''More Lies'' (2021), ''The short story of you and I'' (2019), ''Fixing the Broken Nightingale'' (2014), ''The Kamikaze Mind'' (2006), and ''Performing the Unnameable: An Anthology of Australian Performance Texts'' (1999), co-edited with Karen Pearlman. He received the 2005 University of Technology, Sydney, Chancellor's Award for Best Doctoral Thesis. A multi-award-winning film adaptation of his Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry-nominated book, ''Thursday's Fictions'' (1999), was first broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Singles
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form , being an integer greater than 1. * the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime. * the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called an octet. * a Fibonacci number, being plus . The next Fibonacci number is . 8 is the only positive Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. * the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's Theorem. * the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal. * the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division algebra. * the first number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Songs
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of the form , being an integer greater than 1. * the first number which is neither prime nor semiprime. * the base of the octal number system, which is mostly used with computers. In octal, one digit represents three bits. In modern computers, a byte is a grouping of eight bits, also called an octet. * a Fibonacci number, being plus . The next Fibonacci number is . 8 is the only positive Fibonacci number, aside from 1, that is a perfect cube. * the only nonzero perfect power that is one less than another perfect power, by Mihăilescu's Theorem. * the order of the smallest non-abelian group all of whose subgroups are normal. * the dimension of the octonions and is the highest possible dimension of a normed division algebra. * the first number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
