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The Darkest Of Discos
''The Darkest of Discos'' is the fifth studio album by Slowcoaster Slowcoaster is a Canadian indie rock band from Sydney, Nova Scotia. The band's sound is rock-based, with strong influences of reggae, ska, folk and jazz. History Slowcoaster was formed in November 1999 by guitarist Steven MacDougall, drummer Dev .... Track list # "Darkest of Discos" # "Fragilest Thing" # "B.Y.O. Life" # "Is This Stuff Working" # "Light Years" # "In Front of the Speaker" # "Town on the Edge" # "Mexican Guitar" # "War on War" # "Vapor" # "Porno" # "Fuck Last Night" # "Burning Alive" Awards References External links * * 2010 albums Slowcoaster albums {{2010s-indie-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slowcoaster
Slowcoaster is a Canadian indie rock band from Sydney, Nova Scotia. The band's sound is rock-based, with strong influences of reggae, ska, folk and jazz. History Slowcoaster was formed in November 1999 by guitarist Steven MacDougall, drummer Devon Strang, and bassist Mike LeLievre. To promote themselves, they founded their own management company, House of Rock, which has since become influential in promoting a number of acts from Cape Breton Island. The band performed locally and toured the Maritimes, releasing two EPs, ''Jody's Garden'' and ''Volume II''. Slowcoaster added percussionist Darren Gallop to the lineup in 2002 and released ''Leaves'', with ''Accidents & Excuses'' following in 2003. The band began touring nationally and their debut album, ''Where Are They Going?'' was released in 2004.Sandy MacDonald, "Slowcoaster on the fast track". ''Halifax Daily News'', December 23, 2004. Steven MacDougall's song "Spanish Bay" placed second in the 16th Annual National Songwritin ... [...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] |
Brian Talbot
Brian Ernest Talbot (born 21 July 1953) is an English former football player and manager. He was capped six times for the England national team. Talbot played in midfield for Ipswich Town, Arsenal, Watford, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Fulham and Aldershot of the Football League, for non-league club Sudbury Town, and for the Toronto Metros of the North American Soccer League. He then went into management with West Bromwich Albion, Aldershot, Rushden & Diamonds, Oldham Athletic, Oxford United, and two Maltese clubs, Hibernians and Marsaxlokk. Between 1984 and 1988, Talbot was chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association. Club career A midfielder, Talbot began his football apprenticeship with Ipswich Town in 1968, during which he spent two seasons on loan with Canadian club Toronto Metros of the North American Soccer League, turning professional in 1972. He made 227 appearances for Ipswich, and won the 1977–78 FA Cup with the club. In the semi-final against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Future Radio (album)
Slowcoaster is a Canadian indie rock band from Sydney, Nova Scotia. The band's sound is rock-based, with strong influences of reggae, ska, folk and jazz. History Slowcoaster was formed in November 1999 by guitarist Steven MacDougall, drummer Devon Strang, and bassist Mike LeLievre. To promote themselves, they founded their own management company, House of Rock, which has since become influential in promoting a number of acts from Cape Breton Island. The band performed locally and toured the Maritimes, releasing two EPs, ''Jody's Garden'' and ''Volume II''. Slowcoaster added percussionist Darren Gallop to the lineup in 2002 and released ''Leaves'', with ''Accidents & Excuses'' following in 2003. The band began touring nationally and their debut album, ''Where Are They Going?'' was released in 2004.Sandy MacDonald, "Slowcoaster on the fast track". '' Halifax Daily News'', December 23, 2004. Steven MacDougall's song "Spanish Bay" placed second in the 16th Annual National Song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
