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This Head I Hold
"This Head I Hold" is the first single from Electric Guest's debut album ''Mondo (album), Mondo''. It was one of the best-selling singles in France of 2012. Lyrics and composition Taccone said the song was conceived as a "constant reminder that you don’t have to follow in the steps of whatever kind of culture you’re a part of or whatever your society says you should or shouldn’t do."Gotch, Kristin (May 7, 2012)"An Interview with Electric Guest" PopMatters. Retrieved February 23, 2016. Taccone presented the demo to his friend, Brian Burton, with plans to give the song to a woman.''Rolling Stone'' staff (April 11, 2012)"Danger Mouse Reveals Why He Produced Electric Guest's Debut Album" ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved February 25, 2016. Burton, however, insisted that it was too good to give away. Music video On January 4, 2012, the band released a promotional video featuring the band playing the song live on stage.Isenberg, Daniel (April 23, 2012)'Video: Electric Guest "This Head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Guest
Electric Guest is a Los Angeles-based band formed in 2011. The group comprises Asa Taccone and Matthew "Cornbread" Compton. Luke Top plays bass and Reese Richardson plays keyboards/guitar in the touring version of the band. On April 24, 2012, the band released their debut album, '' Mondo''. They released their second album, ''Plural'', on February 17, 2017, and their third album, ''Kin'', on October 18, 2019. History Asa Taccone met Matthew Compton after renting a room, previously inhabited by Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton, in a large house of mostly musician tenants.Gotch, Kristin (May 7, 2012)"An Interview with Electric Guest" PopMatters. Retrieved February 23, 2016. Compton was a session drummer, and the two artists began to collaborate. Burton heard demos of their work and, over the span of a year, urged Taccone to make an album. Taccone recalled an older woman once calling him "an electric guest of the universe", and used the quote as an inspiration for their band name. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rory Uphold
Rory Uphold is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress. Her music was played in two movies and in the comedy series "Merri Me." Career Uphold began performing at the age of three. She has had her tracks in two movies ''The Anniversary at Shallow Creek'' and '' The Victim'' and the web comedy series ''Merri Me''. She has teamed up with other artists, including rapper E-40 and pop artist Colby O'Donis. In 2008, Uphold toured California schools to promote the importance of education. She has also performed at the Six Flags Summer Jam Tour, the Levitt Pavilion Summer Concert Series, and the Queen Mary Independence Day concert with singer Ray J. Uphold wrote and directed a short film called ''Safety,'' starring Ben York Jones. Uphold stars as the lead actress in the 2017 feature film, ''Bodied'', which premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival alongside Calum Worthy. See also * Ben York Jones Ben York Jones (born February 11, 1984) is an American scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asa Taccone
Asa Taccone (born September 20, 1983) is an American musician, songwriter, producer, and frontman of the band Electric Guest with whom he has released three albums since 2012. He is noted as a close collaborator of The Lonely Island and has contributed to their musical work on ''Saturday Night Live'' and a number of their films. He also has written music for other comedy film and television projects including '' American Dad!'' and ''Portlandia''. Early life Asa Taccone was born on September 21, 1983, the second son of Suellen Ehnebuske and Tony Taccone (a theater director) in Berkeley, California. His brother is Jorma Taccone, a former writer for ''Saturday Night Live'' and one third of the comedy music trio The Lonely Island. He is of mixed Italian and Puerto Rican ancestry on his father's side.Hurwitt, Robert (July 5, 2006)"Tony Taccone: Riding high on his recent successes, theater veteran has big plans for Berkeley Rep" ''Chronicle Theater Critic''. Retrieved February 22, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danger Mouse (musician)
Brian Joseph Burton (born July 29, 1977), known professionally as Danger Mouse, is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He came to prominence in 2004 when he released ''The Grey Album'', which combined vocal performances from Jay-Z's '' The Black Album'' with instrumentals from the Beatles' ''The Beatles'', also known as ''The White Album''. In 2008, ''Esquire'' named him one of the "75 most influential people of the 21st century". He formed Gnarls Barkley with CeeLo Green and produced its albums '' St. Elsewhere'' and ''The Odd Couple''. In 2009 he collaborated with James Mercer of the indie rock band The Shins to form the band Broken Bells. In addition, Burton worked with rapper MF Doom as Danger Doom and released the album ''The Mouse and the Mask''. As a producer Danger Mouse produced the second Gorillaz album, 2005's ''Demon Days'', as well as Beck's 2008 record ''Modern Guilt'' and four albums with The Black Keys (''Attack & Release'', ''Brothers'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mondo (album)
''Mondo'' is the debut studio album of Los Angeles-based indie pop band Electric Guest. It was released on April 24, 2012 on Downtown Records and Across The Universe labels. The single, "This Head I Hold" was featured on an episode of '' Dancing with the Stars'',(May 17, 2013), "ELECTRIC GUEST Mondo". ''Music Week''. (20):42 as well as in an ad for Crate & Barrel.HAMPP, ANDREW (September 22, 2012), "HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE". ''Billboard''. 124 (33):9 The song "Awake" is featured in the soundtrack of the 2012 video game ''Forza Horizon''. Development and release ''Mondo'' features heavy production, and draws from genres such as synth-pop, R&B, Motown-style soul, slacker California rock, psychedelia, and bubblegum pop.Drever, Andrew (July 27, 2012), "Sticks and stones a low note". ''The Age''.Pareles, Jon (May 5, 2012)"Revising Retro While Pondering Choices" ''New York Times''. 161 (55762):4Shedden, Iain (June 16, 2012), "Nice and cheesy". ''The Australian'' :10 With encourageme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Schofield
Keith Schofield is an American television director, director of music video and television commercials based in Los Angeles, California. Schofield received the "Best Rock Video" award at the 2008 UK Music Video Awards, for his direction of Supergrass's "Bad Blood (Supergrass song), Bad Blood" video. Schofield's works have been described by ''Anthem Magazine'' as "sensations that regale viewers with a joyous vitality" and by ''Wired (magazine), Wired'' as incorporating "visual gags worthy of Chuck Jones." In addition to music videos, Schofield has directed commercials for Virgin Mobile and Jennie O. The viral video Schofield directed for Diesel (clothing company), Diesel entitled "Diesel SFW XXX", comically altered archive porn footage, won a Silver at the 2009 British Television Advertising Awards and a Gold Lion at Cannes Lions 2009. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Songs
Alternative Airplay (formerly known as Modern Rock Tracks (1988–2009) and Alternative Songs (2009–2020)) is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in ''Billboard'' magazine since September 10, 1988. It ranks the 40 most-played songs on alternative and modern rock radio stations. Introduced as Modern Rock Tracks, the chart served as a companion to the Mainstream Rock chart (then called Album Rock Tracks), and its creation was prompted by the explosion of alternative music on American radio in the late 1980s. During the first several years of the chart, it regularly featured music that did not receive commercial radio airplay anywhere but on a few modern rock and college rock radio stations. This included many electronic and post-punk artists. Gradually, as alternative rock became more mainstream (spearheaded by the grunge explosion in the early 1990s), alternative and mainstream rock radio stations began playing many of the same songs. By the late 2000s, the gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized as ''billboard'') is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. Its music charts include the Hot 100, the 200, and the Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in different genres of music. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson later acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs, and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox, phonograph, and radio became commonplace. Many topics it covered were spun-off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falsetto
''Falsetto'' (, ; Italian diminutive of , "false") is the vocal register occupying the frequency range just above the modal voice register and overlapping with it by approximately one octave. It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentous edges of the vocal cords, in whole or in part. Commonly cited in the context of singing, falsetto, a characteristic of phonation by both sexes, is also one of four main spoken vocal registers recognized by speech pathology. The term ''falsetto'' is most often used in the context of singing to refer to a type of vocal phonation that enables the singer to sing notes beyond the vocal range of the normal or modal voice. The typical tone of falsetto register or M2, usually has a characteristic breathy and flute-like sound relatively free of overtones—which is more limited than its modal counterpart in both dynamic variation and tone quality. However, William Vennard points out that while most untrained people can sound comparatively "breathy" o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canberra Times
''The Canberra Times'' is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media. It was founded in 1926, and has changed ownership and format several times. History ''The Canberra Times'' was launched in 1926 by Thomas Shakespeare along with his oldest son Arthur Shakespeare and two younger sons Christopher and James. The newspaper's headquarters were originally located in the Civic retail precinct, in Cooyong Street and Mort Street, in blocks bought by Thomas Shakespeare in the first sale of Canberra leases in 1924. The newspaper's first issue was published on 3 September 1926. It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being ''The Federal Capital Pioneer''. Between September 1926 and February 1928, the newspaper was a weekly issue. The first daily issue was 28 February 1928. In June 1956, ''The Canberra Times'' converted from broadsheet to tabloid format. Arthur Shakespeare sold the paper to John Fairfax Lt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IKEA
IKEA (; ) is a Dutch multinational conglomerate based in the Netherlands that designs and sells , kitchen appliances, decoration, home accessories, and various other goods and home services. Started in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA has been the world's largest furniture retailer since 2008. The brand used by the group is derived from an acronym that consists of the founder's initials, and those of Elmtaryd, the family farm where he was born, and the nearby village Agunnaryd (his hometown in Småland, southern Sweden). The group is primarily known for its modernist designs for various types of appliances and furniture, and its interior design work is often associated with simplicity. In addition, the firm is known for its attention to cost control, operational details, and continuous product development that has allowed IKEA to lower its prices by an average of two to three percent. , there are 422 IKEA stores operating in 50 countries and in fiscal year 2018, €38.8 billion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
