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X Ambassadors
X Ambassadors (also stylized XA) are an American pop rock band from Ithaca, New York. Its members currently include lead vocalist Sam Harris, keyboardist Casey Harris, and drummer Adam Levin. Russ Flynn is a touring member that plays guitar and bass. Their most notable songs include "Jungle", " Renegades", and " Unsteady". The band's debut full-length album, '' VHS'', was released on June 30, 2015. Their second album, '' Orion'', was released on June 14, 2019. Their third album, ''The Beautiful Liar'', was released on September 24, 2021. History 2009–12: ''Ambassadors'' and ''Litost'' X Ambassadors began as a band titled Ambassadors, touring with artists such as LIGHTS. During this time, they self-released their debut EP, ''Ambassadors EP'', creating a music video for its lead single, "Tropisms", shot and directed by Rodrigo Zedillo. Shortly after, the band self-released its debut LP, ''Litost'', which included the song "Litost", which would later be used on the soundtrack for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renegades (X Ambassadors Song)
"Renegades" is a song by American rock band X Ambassadors. It was released as the second single from the band's debut studio album '' VHS'' on March 3, 2015. It peaked inside the top ten in ten countries, including France, Germany, Canada and Poland, where it reached number one. In the United States, the song peaked at number 17 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. The song was nominated for the "Top Rock Song" award at the 2016 ''Billboard'' Music Awards. Background The song was leveraged as a commercial tie-in with the release of the Jeep Renegade. It was delivered very quickly, just a few days after the request was sent in to Interscope Records as the song was nearly complete when Jeep first approached Interscope. It has been the band's most successful song so far. "We're trying not to get too caught up in everything," X Ambassadors vocalist Sam Harris said. "We're just glad people like Renegades'and that it's having a positive effect on them. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orion (X Ambassadors Album)
''Orion'' (stylized in all caps) is the second studio album by American rock band X Ambassadors. It was released on June 14, 2019, by record labels KIDinaKORNER and Interscope Records. The album follows X Ambassadors' first studio album, '' VHS'' (2015), and is the first album to feature the band as a trio since Noah Fledshuh took a personal break from X Ambassadors in 2016. Three singles have been released from ''Orion'': "Boom", " Hey Child", and "Hold You Down". The album features production from musicians such as Ricky Reed and Malay. Background X Ambassadors released their debut album, ''VHS'', on June 30, 2015. The band went on tour to support the album, where they wrote several songs that became singles. On January 26, 2018, the song "Joyful" was released. Later that day, an album of the same name was announced. The album was originally slated for an April 2018 release. On February 2, 2018, a second single titled "Don't Stay" was released. On April 19, 2019, roughly a y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ithaca, New York
Ithaca is a city in the Finger Lakes region of New York, United States. Situated on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, Ithaca is the seat of Tompkins County and the largest community in the Ithaca metropolitan statistical area. It is named after the Greek island of Ithaca. A college town, Ithaca is home to Cornell University and Ithaca College. Nearby is Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3). These three colleges bring thousands of students to the area, who increase Ithaca's seasonal population during the school year. As of 2020, the city's population was 32,108. History Early history Native Americans lived in this area for thousands of years. When reached by Europeans, this area was controlled by the Cayuga tribe of Indians, one of the Five Nations of the ''Haudenosaunee'' or Iroquois League. Jesuit missionaries from New France (Quebec) are said to have had a mission to convert the Cayuga as early as 1657. Saponi and Tutelo peoples, Siouan-speaking tribes, lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie N Commons
James Nicholas Commons (born 22 October 1988) is a British singer and songwriter, based in New Cross, London. Early life and education Commons was born in Bristol, England, but was raised, in part, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. At age six, Commons' family moved to Chicago, which would lead to his appreciation of American blues, folk and swamp rock music, and of artists, notable among which are The Allman Brothers Band. Commons returned to the English West Country at the age of 16. Aged 18, Commons relocated to London and commenced reading classical music at Goldsmiths College, alongside contemporaries including James Blake and Katy B. Career His second EP, ''Rumble and Sway'', was released in March 2013 with Interscope, produced by Alex da Kid, who early signed him to his label KIDinaKORNER. The title song would later be used in the trailer for the Coen Brothers film Hail, Caesar!, season three of American supernatural teen drama television series ''Teen Wolf'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WROX-FM
WROX-FM (96.1 Hertz, MHz) is an alternative rock formatted Broadcasting, broadcast radio station licensed to Exmore, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore of Virginia. WROX-FM is owned and operated by Sinclair Telecable, Inc. WROX's studios are located on Waterside Drive in Downtown Norfolk, and its transmitter is located in Cape Charles, Virginia, Cape Charles. History The station signed on in 1986. Though it initially was planned to be a classical music station as WWGH, it instead signed on as WIAV, "Wave 96", with a Top 40/Contemporary hit radio, CHR format. It was then co-owned with WVAB (1550 AM). Bishop L.E. Willis later bought the two stations and then bought 92.1, later spinning off WVAB. It then shifted to a dance-leaning CHR as WKSV, "Kiss 96", in December 1988. Six months later, in May 1989, it flipped to Contemporary Christian music, Christian after WNOH, WXRI was sold. On June 21, 1991, WKSV adopted WNOB, WMYK's urban format as 'Touch 96' and adop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Reynolds (musician)
Daniel Coulter Reynolds (born July 14, 1987) is an American singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist of the pop rock band Imagine Dragons. Reynolds also released an EP in 2011, titled ''Egyptian – EP,'' as a duo with his former wife Aja Volkman under the moniker Egyptian (band), Egyptian. He is a recipient of the Songwriters Hall of Fame#Hal David Starlight Award recipients, Songwriters Hall of Fame Hal David Starlight Award. Early life Reynolds was born in Las Vegas, the seventh of nine children (eight boys and one girl) of Christene M. (née Callister) and Ronald Reynolds, a lawyer and author. Both are natives of Nevada, and Reynolds is a 4th generation Nevadan. As a Boy Scouts of America, Boy Scout he earned the rank of Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America), Eagle Scout in 2005. Reynolds was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). When he was 19 years old he volunteered full-time as a missionary in Nebraska for two years. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kickstarter
Kickstarter is an American public benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of July 2021, Kickstarter has received $6.6 billion in pledges from 21 million backers to fund 222,000 projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, board games, technology, publishing, and food-related projects. People who back Kickstarter projects are offered tangible rewards or experiences in exchange for their pledges. This model traces its roots to subscription model of arts patronage, where artists would go directly to their audiences to fund their work. History Kickstarter launched on April 28, 2009, by Perry Chen, Yancey Strickler, and Charles Adler. ''The New York Times'' called Kickstarter "the people's NEA". ''Time'' named it one of the "Best Inventions of 2010" and "Best Websites of 2011". Kickstarter repo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Host (2013 Film)
''The Host'' is a 2013 American romantic science fiction thriller film written for the screen and directed by Andrew Niccol based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. The film stars Saoirse Ronan, Jake Abel, Max Irons, Frances Fisher, Chandler Canterbury, Diane Kruger, and William Hurt. It tells the story of a young woman, Melanie, who is captured after the human race has been taken over by parasitic aliens called "Souls". After Melanie is infused with a "Soul" called "Wanderer", Melanie and the alien "Soul" vie for control of her body. ''The Host'' was released theatrically in the United States on March 29, 2013, by Open Road Films. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics and grossed $63.3 million worldwide against a budget of $40 million. Plot Small parasitic aliens called "Souls", who travel to planets inserting themselves into a host body of that planet's dominant species while suppressing the host's consciousness, have taken over the human ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lights (musician)
Lights Poxleitner-Bokan (born Valerie Anne Poxleitner; April 11, 1987), known mononymously as Lights (previously stylized as LIGHTS), is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. She is known for singles "Drive My Soul", "February Air", "Ice", "Second Go", "Toes", "My Boots" and "Up We Go", which have charted within the top ninety on the Canadian Hot 100. Her work has earned multiple Juno Awards and Canadian Independent Music Awards. Her debut EP ''Lights'' was released in July 2008 and achieved commercial success which enabled the release of her first full-length album, '' The Listening'', on September 22, 2009. Her second album, ''Siberia'', was released on October 4, 2011. Both albums have been certified gold in Canada. Lights released her third studio album, '' Little Machines'', on September 19, 2014, which debuted on the Canadian Albums Chart at number five. Her fourth album, '' Skin&Earth,'' which featured "Giants", was released in September 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VHS (album)
''VHS'' is the debut studio album by American rock band X Ambassadors, released on June 30, 2015 by KIDinaKORNER and Interscope Records. The album has spawned three singles, " Renegades", " Unsteady", and "Low Life". A special edition The terms special edition, limited edition, and variants such as deluxe edition, or collector's edition, are used as a marketing incentive for various kinds of products, originally published products related to the arts, such as books, prints, r ... titled ''VHS 2.0'' was released on June 10, 2016 with five additional tracks and the interludes removed. It is the only album to feature Noah Feldshuh before he took an indefinite hiatus in 2016. Track listing Personnel X Ambassadors * Sam Harris – lead and backing vocals, acoustic, bass and electric guitars, saxophone, additional percussion * Casey Harris – piano, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizers * Adam Levin – drums, percussion * Noah Feldshuh – bass and electric guitars, bac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unsteady (X Ambassadors Song)
"Unsteady" is a song by American rock band X Ambassadors. It was originally part of the band's second EP '' The Reason'' and was later released as the third single from the band's debut studio album, '' VHS'', on October 13, 2015. The song has a remix version entitled "Unsteady (Erich Lee Gravity Remix)", a single for the motion picture soundtrack for the film ''Me Before You. Composition According to the sheet music published at MusicNotes.com, the song is written in the key of B minor, with a tempo of 58 beats per minute. Accolades "Unsteady" was nominated for Top Rock Song at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards The 2017 ''Billboard'' Music Awards ceremony was held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 21, 2017. The list of nominees was announced on April 10, 2017. Non-televised awards were announced on ''Billboard'' website the same day as .... Music video Influenced by the song’s theme of divorce, the music video follows a couple at two points in their relat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jungle (X Ambassadors And Jamie N Commons Song)
"Jungle" is a song by American rock band X Ambassadors and British blues rock singer Jamie N Commons. It was released as a single on 18 December 2013 by KIDinaKORNER and Interscope. The track appeared on X Ambassadors' 2014 EP '' The Reason'' and their 2015 studio album '' VHS''. Composition "Jungle" has been described as an "amped up" alternative rock and electronic song, as well as a "rock-heavy, upbeat track". The song features "a drum-beat reminiscent of Queen's 'We Will Rock You. Jeff Benjamin of Fuse compared it to an Imagine Dragons track, stating it "is full of Alex a Kids booming electronic-rock percussion, but with soulful humming and bluesy belting in place of Dragons singer Dan Reynolds' signature shouty approach." "Jungle" was co-written by X Ambassadors, Jamie N Commons, Alex da Kid and Mike Del Rio. Alex da Kid and Mike Del Rio also produced the song. Speaking about the goal of the song in a ''Billboard'' interview, Alex da Kid stated, "It was my goal to write and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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