Alaska! is an

indie rock Indie rock is a 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 produc ...

trio from the

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. The band was formed in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

Russell Pollard Russell "Russ" Pollard (born 1975)Park, Linda (2010)The LP Questionnaire/Pick Three - Russ Pollard of Everest", sxsw.com, March 14, 2010, retrieved 2011-11-20 is an American rock musician, who has been a member of Sebadoh, The Folk Implosion, Alas ...

(formerly of

Sebadoh Sebadoh () is an American indie rock band formed in 1986 in Northampton, Massachusetts, by Eric Gaffney and Lou Barlow, with multi-instrumentalist Jason Loewenstein completing the line-up in 1989. Barlow co-created Sebadoh as an outlet for hi ...

and later of the

Folk Implosion The Folk Implosion is an American band founded in the early 1990s by Lou Barlow and John Davis. It was initially a side-project started by Barlow to explore different territory than that being canvassed with his primary band at the time, Sebadoh. ...

Imaad Wasif Imaad Wasif is an Indian singer, guitarist and songwriter whose music combines elements of psychedelic folk and rock. Wasif’s music has been described as "unbelievably intense with sparkling, raga-influenced guitar and a mystic bent." In 2006, ...

(also later of Folk Implosion), with Lesley Ishino (formerly of the

Red Aunts The Red Aunts were an American all-female punk band that formed in 1991 in Long Beach, California, United States, when Terri Wahl (a.k.a. Angel, or Louise Lee Outlaw) recruited friends Kerry Davis (a.k.a. Sapphire, or Taffy Davis) and Debi Mart ...

) later joining as drummer.Wilson, MacKenzie
Alaska! Biography
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, August 4, 2005, retrieved 2011-11-20

Discography

The band released their debut album, ''Emotions'', in 2003, and a second, ''Rescue Through Tomahawk'' in 2005.Cramer, Stephen
''Emotions'' Review
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, retrieved 2011-11-20Prato, Greg
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Emotions Emotions are mental states brought on by neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure. There is currently no scientific consensus on a definition. ...

'' ( B-Girl Records, February, 2003) *'' Rescue Through Tomahawk'' (Altitude Records, 2005) *" Kiss You" (Single) (Altitude Records, 2005)

Discography

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