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Wildlife Pop
''Wildlife Pop'' is the debut studio album of electronic/pop group Stepdad, released in 2012. Critical reception The ''Chicago Tribune'' wrote that "the pleasures crop up enough that this electro-pop tingles with the soothing energy of running a 5K and flopping onto a bed of cotton candy." The ''Detroit Metro Times The ''Detroit Metro Times'' is a progressive alternative weekly located in Detroit, Michigan. It is the largest circulating weekly newspaper in the metro Detroit area. History and content Supported entirely by advertising, it is distributed f ...'' wrote that the band "makes some of the weirdest, most fun and interesting 8-bit electro pop around." Track listing References {{Authority control 2012 debut albums Stepdad (band) albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepdad (band)
Stepdad is an American electronic/pop band based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. History Originally a duo, Stepdad was formed in Chicago, Illinois during the summer of 2009 when Mark Tafel and Ryan McCarthy, who were roommates at the time, began writing songs together in their apartment. They initially gained exposure in early 2010 when they composed a theme song for the popular web comic "Axe Cop". The duo's song became the official theme song for the "Axe Cop" comic and motion comic. In April 2010, the band released their first EP, '' Ordinaire'', independently via Bandcamp. The EP spawned two singles, "Jungles" and "My Leather, My Fur, My Nails". In June 2012, Stepdad released their debut LP, '' Wildlife Pop'', under Black Bell Records. The album was recorded with producer Chris Zane. Use in other media *"My Leather, My Fur, My Nails" was featured in the series finale of the television show '' Weeds''. *"My Leather, My Fur, My Nails" also appears in the 2016 movie Beautif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic, art rock, disco, and particularly the Krautrock of bands like Kraftwerk. It arose as a distinct genre in Japan and the United Kingdom in the post-punk era as part of the new wave movement of the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, and the mid-1970s saw the rise of electronic art musicians. After the breakthrough of Gary Numan in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, large numbers of artists began to enjoy success with a synthesizer-based sound in the early 1980s. In Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestra introduced the TR-808 rhythm machine to popular music, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronic Music
Electronic music is a genre of music that employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments, or circuitry-based music technology in its creation. It includes both music made using electronic and electromechanical means ( electroacoustic music). Pure electronic instruments depended entirely on circuitry-based sound generation, for instance using devices such as an electronic oscillator, theremin, or synthesizer. Electromechanical instruments can have mechanical parts such as strings, hammers, and electric elements including magnetic pickups, power amplifiers and loudspeakers. Such electromechanical devices include the telharmonium, Hammond organ, electric piano and the electric guitar."The stuff of electronic music is electrically produced or modified sounds. ... two basic definitions will help put some of the historical discussion in its place: purely electronic music versus electroacoustic music" ()Electroacoustic music may also use electronic effect units to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Bell Records
Black Bell Records is an independent record label based in New York City. The label was started in 2010 and is owned by Ayad Al Adhamy, who is member of the synthpop band, Passion Pit. History The label was started to release the 8-track EP ''A Balloon Called Moaning'' by The Joy Formidable in the U.S. Jon Pareles of ''The New York Times'' praised the EP and its "cryptic lyrics that glint with urgency." The album also earned critical raves from ''Spin'' and '' Pitchfork''. Black Bell Records followed up with a one-off single with Dom that also featured Madeline from Cults and was produced by Ayad Al Adhamy. This was the first 7" single in a series that included Boston garage-pop band Girlfriends, Hardly Art alumni Pretty & Nice and duo Secret Music. In support of Record Store Day a limited run of 12" vinyl was made that included tracks by The Joy Formidable, ARMS, Normandy, and Soundcheck (a 50's rock and roll cover band started by Ayad Al Adhamy) Secret Music, Pretty & Nice a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Zane
Chris Zane is an American music producer, engineer and mixer based in London. He's worked with an array of artists such as Jack Antonoff, Passion Pit, St. Lucia, Holy Ghost!, and Friendly Fires. Discography 2017 * Chloe Howl - "Magnetic" ( s/r) * RIVRS - "The Berlin Mixtape" (Atlantic Records) *Shy Luv - "Time" ( Black Butter Records/Sony Music) * Strong Asian Mothers - Animal EP ( s/r ) *Sarah Close - "Caught Up" ( Kodiak Club/Parlophone) * VHS Collection - "Wide Awake" ( s/r) 2016 * Bat for Lashes - "Sunday Love (radio version)" (Parlophone) * St. Lucia - "Matter" (Columbia Records) * VITAMIN - "This Isn't Love" (SONY) * Sizzy Rocket - "Thrills" (Yebo Music) * JMR - "To Be Alone With You" (Republic Records) *WILLS - "WILLS" (IAMSOUND Records) * Temptress - "Guilty Pleasure" ( Machine Records) 2015 * Passion Pit - " Kindred" (Columbia Records) * FRANKIE - "Dreamstate" EP (RCA Records) * Penguin Prison - "Lost In New York" (Downtown Records) * Jack & Eliza - "Gentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordinaire EP
''Ordinaire'' is the first EP by the pop band Stepdad. It was self-released on April 24, 2010 through Bandcamp Bandcamp is an American online audio distribution platform founded in 2007 by Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker, with headquarters in Oakland, California, US. On March 2, 2022, Bandcamp ..., and re-released on September 6, 2011 by Quite Scientific Records. The entire EP was recorded and mixed in Ryan McCarthy's bedroom. The lead single, "My Leather, My Fur, My Nails", was named the seventh best song of the year by The Pop Sucker's top songs of 2010. Track listing Notes The songs, "Find Love" and "Magic Stones", only appear on the re-released version of the EP. References {{Authority control 2011 EPs Stepdad (band) albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AbsolutePunk
''AbsolutePunk'' was a website, online community, and alternative music news source founded by Jason Tate (the most recent CEO). The website mainly focused on artists who are relatively unknown to mainstream audiences, but it was known to feature artists who have eventually achieved crossover success, including Blink-182, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, New Found Glory, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, The Gaslight Anthem, Anberlin, Thrice, All Time Low, Jack's Mannequin, Yellowcard, Paramore, Relient K, and A Day to Remember. The primary musical genres of focus were emo and pop punk, but other genres were included. On March 31, 2016, it was announced that founder Jason Tate would be re-acquiring ''AbsolutePunk'' from SpinMedia (the parent company of Buzznet) and the website would be shuttered and folded into Tate's new music and social platform, Chorus.fm. The very next day on April 1, all of the domain names and social media accounts associated with ''AbsolutePunk'' w ... [...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] |
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television are named), it remains the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region. It had the sixth-highest circulation for American newspapers in 2017. In the 1850s, under Joseph Medill, the ''Chicago Tribune'' became closely associated with the Illinois politician Abraham Lincoln, and the Republican Party's progressive wing. In the 20th century under Medill's grandson, Robert R. McCormick, it achieved a reputation as a crusading paper with a decidedly more American-conservative anti-New Deal outlook, and its writing reached other markets through family and corporate relationships at the ''New York Daily News'' and the ''Washington Times-Herald.'' The 1960s saw its corporate parent owner, Tribune Company, rea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consequence Of Sound
''Consequence'' (previously ''Consequence of Sound'') is an independently owned New York-based online magazine featuring news, editorials, and reviews of music, movies, and television. In addition, the website also features the Festival Outlook micro-site, which serves as an online database for music festival news and rumors. In 2018, Consequence of Sound launched Consequence Podcast Network. The website took its original name from the Regina Spektor song " Consequence of Sounds". History ''Consequence of Sound'' was founded in September 2007 by Alex Young, then a student at Fordham University in The Bronx, New York. In January 2008, Michael Roffman became Editor-in-Chief. In October 2014, ''Consequence of Sound'' began covering film and became a part of the Chicago Film Critics Association. In 2016, ''Consequence of Sound'' was reorganized under the umbrella of Consequence Media, a digital media, advertising, and marketing firm. In 2018, ''Consequence of Sound'' launched the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Metro Times
The ''Detroit Metro Times'' is a progressive alternative weekly located in Detroit, Michigan. It is the largest circulating weekly newspaper in the metro Detroit area. History and content Supported entirely by advertising, it is distributed free of charge every Wednesday in newsstands in businesses and libraries around the city and suburbs. Compared to the two dailies, the ''Detroit Free Press'' and the ''Detroit News'', the ''Metro Times'' has a liberal orientation, like its later competitor ''Real Detroit Weekly''. Average circulation for the ''Metro Times'' is 50,000 weekly. Average readership is just over 700,000 weekly. Its annual "Best of Detroit" survey awards local businesses. The categories include "Public Square" (city life); "Spend the Night" (nightlife and bars); "Nutritional Value" (restaurants and food); and "Real Deal" (retail and other stores). Syndicated alternative comics run by the ''Metro Times'' have in the past included ''Perry Bible Fellowship'', ''This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Debut Albums
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