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Western Vinyl
Western Vinyl is an independent record label founded in 1998 and based in Austin, Texas. The imprint was formed by Brian Sampson and Ryan Murphy originally to release their lo-fi indie rock projects as Win Foster and Havergal. Artists *Abram Shook *Air Waves * Aisha Burns * Alexander Turnquist *Anomoanon *Appendix Out *Ava Luna * Balmorhea *Bexar Bexar *Bonnie Prince Billy *Botany *Callers * Caroline Says *Carter Tanton *Chas. Mtn. * Christopher Tignor *Dawn Landes * Diane Coffee *Dirty Projectors *Early Day Miners * Elephant Micah *Et Ret * Gary Wilson * Glass Ghost * Goldmund *Grooms * Heather Woods Broderick *Here We Go Magic *In Tall Buildings *JBM *J. Tillman *Joseph Shabason *Julie Sokolow *Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith * Köhn *Lightning Dust *Luke Temple *Logan Farmer *Lushlife * Luxury Liners *Lymbyc Systym *Madagascar *Mint Julep *Moon Bros. *Nat Baldwin *Nightlands * Ola Podrida *Oren Ambarchi *Papa M * Peter Broderick *Peter Oren *Pierre Bastien *Rob Burger *Robert Lippok *Ro ...
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Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the county seat, seat and largest city of Travis County, Texas, Travis County, with portions extending into Hays County, Texas, Hays and Williamson County, Texas, Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the List of United States cities by population, 11th-most-populous city in the United States, the List of cities in Texas by population, fourth-most-populous city in Texas, the List of capitals in the United States, second-most-populous state capital city, and the most populous state capital that is not also the most populous city in its state. It has been one of the fastest growing large cities in the United States since 2010. Downtown Austin and Downtown San Antonio are approximately apart, and both fall along the Interstate 35 corridor. Some observers believe that the two regions may some day form a new "metroplex" similar to Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, Dallas and Fort Worth. Austin i ...
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Glass Ghost (band)
Glass Ghost may refer to: * Glass Ghost (band), known for releasing ''Idol Omen'' in 2009 *Glass Ghost (musician), guitarist for Astrovamps *Glass Ghost (company), a video game development company known for ''Tank Racer A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and good battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engi ...'' and '' Eagle One: Harrier Attack'' See also *'' The Glass Ghost'', an EP by Phildel {{disambiguation ...
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Madagascar (band)
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel. At Madagascar is the world's second-largest island country, after Indonesia. The nation is home to around 30 million inhabitants and consists of the island of Madagascar (the fourth-largest island in the world), along with numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian subcontinent around 90 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of its wildlife is endemic. Human settlement of Madagascar occurred during or before the mid first millennium AD by Austronesian peoples, presumably arriving on outrigger canoes f ...
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Lymbyc Systym
Lymbyc Systym is an American instrumental band from Tempe, Arizona, United States, which formed in 2001, consisting of brothers Jared and Michael Bell. Their sound combines elements of instrumental rock and electronic music. Lymbyc Systym have toured with Broken Social Scene, The Books, Crystal Castles, The Album Leaf, Her Space Holiday, Buckethead, This Will Destroy You, Foxing and The One AM Radio. The duo have released records with Mush Records, Magic Bullet Records, Hobbledehoy Record Co, Western Vinyl and & Records (Japan). Michael Bell died on November 10, 2016, under undisclosed circumstances, leaving the future of Lymbyc Systym uncertain. Background Jared Bell says the intentional misspelling of the Limbic System was to own it, lamenting comparisons to Lynyrd Skynyrd. For much of the recording of their 2012 album, '' Symbolyst'' the brothers were not in the same state. "Our first full length when we lived in the same house in south Scottsdale, we were treating it l ...
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Carter Tanton
Carter(s), or Carter's, Tha Carter, or The Carter(s), may refer to: Geography United States * Carter, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Carter, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Carter, Montana, a census-designated place * Carter, Oklahoma, a town * Carter, South Dakota, an unincorporated community * Carter, Texas, a census-designated place * Carter, Forest County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Carter, Iron County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Carter, Wyoming, a census-designated place * Carters, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Carter County (other) Elsewhere * Carter Islands, in Nunavut, Canada * Carter Road Promenade, former name of Sangeet Samrat Naushad Ali Marg in Mubai, India People and fictional characters * Carter (name), a surname and a given name, including a list of people and fictional characters * Carter (artist), American artist and film director John Carter (born 1970) * Carter, someone whose occupation is ...
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Lushlife
Raj Haldar (born August 1, 1981), better known by his stage name Lushlife, is an American rapper and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is the co-author of '' P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever''. He is one half of The Skull Eclipses. Early life Born on August 1, 1981, Haldar grew up in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. He is the son of a school teacher and an electrical engineer who emigrated from Bengal. As a child, he had 12 years of classical piano lessons. He played drums and wrote arrangements in a high school jazz band. After living in London and New York City, he settled in South Philadelphia circa 2005. Career In 2005, Lushlife released a Kanye West/The Beach Boys mashup album, titled ''West Sounds''. In 2009, he released ''Cassette City'' on Rapster Records. It included vocal contributions from Camp Lo and Elzhi. In 2010, he was hired by Connectify, where he would serve as the marketing director. In 2011, he released ''No More Golden Days''. In 2 ...
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Luke Temple
Luke Temple, also known under the alias Art Feynman, is an American singer-songwriter. He records under his own name and with New York-based band Here We Go Magic. Temple was born in Salem, Massachusetts. After spending time in Northern California, he studied painting at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. After struggling to make a living as a visual artist, including painting murals in upscale New York City apartments, Temple moved into songwriting and recording. After recording a four song EP himself on a four-track recorder, Temple was signed to Mill Pond Records of Seattle. He would go on to record two full-length albums with Mill Pond, ''Hold a Match for a Gasoline World'' (2005) and ''Snow Beast'' (2007), before signing with label Secretly Canadian in 2010 for ''Good Mood Fool''. On November 11, 2016, Temple released ''A Hand Through the Cellar Door''. Temple's vocal styles are noted for their use of falsetto, and have been compared to Paul Simon, Jeff Buckley, and Nick ...
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Lightning Dust
Lightning Dust is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2007 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band is a side project of Amber Webber and Joshua Wells, both members of Black Mountain."Lightning Dust Cool Down"
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Wells and Webber formed Lightning Dust and began creating a sound that was softer and more melodic than Black Mountain's , with haunting, minimalist instrumentation and spooky, goth-like lyrics written by Webber. The band release ...
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Köhn (band)
Köhn is a municipality in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... References Municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein Plön (district) {{Plön-geo-stub ...
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Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith is an American composer, performer and producer, originally from the Pacific Northwest and currently based in Los Angeles. Her work prominently employs Buchla modular synthesizers. She received acclaim for her albums ''Ears'' (2016) and ''The Kid'' (2017). She has collaborated with Suzanne Ciani and Emile Mosseri. Early life and education Smith grew up and was home-educated on Orcas Island, Northwestern Washington. She left the island to study composition and sound engineering at Berklee College of Music in Boston, before returning to the island after her graduation. Smith performed in the indie folk duo Ever Isles while still at Berklee. It was after returning home that Smith discovered synthesizers, when a neighbor who shared her interest in Terry Riley introduced her to the Buchla 100 Synthesizer. Having originally intended to use her voice as her primary instrument, and then moving to classical guitar and piano, Smith switched to the use of synthesiz ...
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Julie Sokolow
Julie Sokolow (born April 3, 1987) is an American film director, musician, and writer. Her body of work includes documentary films, personal essays, and musical compositions. She directed the films ''Woman on Fire'' (2016), ''Aspie Seeks Love'' (2015), and the ''Healthy Artists'' series (2012-4). She first came to public attention with her music album ''Something About Violins'' (2006). Biography Julie Sokolow was raised in Holmdel Township, New Jersey. While in high school, she took philosophy courses at NYU and would often see independent films at the IFC Center and the Angelika Film Center. After graduating, she attended the University of Pittsburgh Honors College on a full scholarship where she studied film, writing, and psychology while composing music. At 19, she released an indie music album ''Something About Violins'' through Western Vinyl that gained acclaim from ''Pitchfork'', ''Wire'', and the ''Washington Post''. Often drawing comparisons to Cat Power and Mirah, Sok ...
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Joseph Shabason
Joseph Shabason is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and composer. He is best known for playing the saxophone. As a band member and session musician, Shabason has contributed to bands such as DIANA, Destroyer and The War on Drugs. As a solo project, he has released experimental ambient jazz albums under his own name. Life and education Shabason grew up in Brampton, Ontario. He began playing jazz music at 10 years old. After first learning to play the guitar, he took an interest in the saxophone when he enrolled in a jazz program at Humber College as a child. His father was a jazz pianist. In 2006, he graduated from University of Toronto in jazz performance. His musical focus shifted from jazz to pop in his twenties. Collaborations DIANA Shabason is one of three members of DIANA, a Toronto synth-pop band. It formed after another project fell through involving Shabason and Kieran Adams, who met during university. Its first album, ''Perpetual Surrender'' (2013) was ...
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