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Talitres
Talitres, formerly known as Talitres Records, is a French independent record label based in Bordeaux, founded in 2000 and specializing in indie pop and folk music. It began as a way to release music from indie rock bands that were not distributed in France and Europe, and has expanded to include various artists from all around the world. The label has released notable records by The National, Motorama, Destroyer, François & the Atlas Mountains, Emily Jane White, and many others. Talitres' first release was Elk City's debut album in March 2001 and has gone on to release between 5 and 8 albums each year since then. History Talitres was founded in 2000 by Sean Bouchard and his friend Xavier Simon (who left shortly after to start his own record label Drunk Dog). Inspired by the likes of Matador Records, Secretly Canadian or Bella Union, Bouchard, a former agronomist, wanted to start a label that championed indie albums and artists that were virtually unknown to the general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elk City (band)
Elk City is an American art-pop Art pop (also typeset art-pop or artpop) is a loosely defined style of pop music influenced by art theories as well as ideas from other art mediums, such as fashion, fine art, cinema, and avant-garde literature. The genre draws on pop art's ... band from New York City, New York (state), New York, formed in 1997 as a spin-off of Melting Hopefuls. The original lineup consisted of Renee LoBue, Ray Ketchem and Peter Langland-Hassan. The band released two albums, ''Status'' and ''Hold Tight the Ropes'', in 2000 and 2002, respectively. After the second album, Langland-Hassan left the band, which led to the inclusion of Sean Eden and Barbara Endes. They released ''New Believers'' in 2007 under the new lineup, and it was followed by ''House of Tongues'' in 2010. In 2018 Elk City signed with Bar/None Records and released "Everybody's Insecure" and the adjoining EP, ''Souls in Space'', before shuffling their line-up again for 2020. History The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |