DeerhunterDeerhunter is an American indie rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, that was formed in 2001 by vocalist-guitarist Bradford Cox and drummer Moses Archuleta. Its most recent lineup comprised Cox, Archuleta, guitarist-keyboardist Lockett Pundt, bassist Josh McKay, and keyboardist-saxophonist Javier Morales.
Weird Era Cont.Weird Era Cont. is the fourth studio album by Deerhunter released concurrently with Microcastle. After Microcastle had leaked months in advance of its planned release date, the band recorded a new album in an attempt to reward those who awaited its street release date although like Microcastle, it also leaked in advance. Weird Era Cont. was officially made available as a bonus disc/12", depending on format, with both the 4AD and Kranky releases.
Halcyon DigestSingles from Halcyon Digest "Revival"Released: July 21, 2010"Memory Boy"Released: April 16, 2011Halcyon Digest is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band Deerhunter. It was released September 27, 2010, to universal critical acclaim.
Bascom Lamar LunsfordBascom Lamar Lunsford (March 21, 1882 – September 4, 1973) was a folklorist, performer of traditional Appalachian music, and lawyer from western North Carolina. He was often known by the nickname "Minstrel of the Appalachians". BiographyBascom Lamar Lunsford was born at Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina in 1882, into the world of traditional Appalachian folk music.I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground"I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground" (Roud 4957, sometimes titled "Mole in the Ground" or "Kimbie") is a traditional American folk song. It was most famously recorded by Bascom Lamar Lunsford in 1928 for Brunswick Records in Ashland, Kentucky. Harry Smith included "I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground" on his Anthology of American Folk Music released by Folkways Records in 1952.
Pitchfork (website)Pitchfork (formerly Pitchfork Media) is an American online music magazine founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber in Minneapolis. It originally covered alternative and independent music, and expanded to cover genres including pop, hip-hop and metal. Pitchfork is one of the most influential music publications to have emerged in the internet age.John DivolaJohn Divola (born 6 June 1949) is an American contemporary visual artist and educator, living in Riverside, California. He works in photography, describing himself as exploring the landscape by looking for the edge between the abstract and the specific. He is a professor in the art department at University of California Riverside. Divola's books include Continuity, Isolated Houses, Dogs Chasing My Car In The Desert, and Three Acts.MetacriticMetacritic is an American website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999, and was acquired by Fandom, Inc. in 2022. Metacritic turns each critic and user review into a respective percentage score.
Indie rockGenre of rock musicIndie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent record labels, by the 1990s it became more widely associated with the music such bands produced.
The GuardianBritish national daily newspaperThe Guardian is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as The Manchester Guardian and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, The Guardian Weekly, The Guardian is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited.
4AD4AD is a British record label owned by Beggars Group. It was founded in London under the name Axis Records by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in November 1979 as an imprint of Beggars Banquet Records. The name was changed to 4AD in early 1980, shortly after the release of the label's first four singles. Later that year, Watts-Russell and Kent purchased the label from Beggars Banquet to become an independent record label, and Kent sold his share to Watts-Russell a year later.
NMENew Musical Express (NME) is a British music, film, gaming and culture website, and bimonthly magazine. Founded as a newspaper in 1952, with the publication being referred to as a "rock inkie", the NME would become a magazine that ended up as a free publication as well as a webzine, and the brand has also been used for their NME Awards show, the NME Tours and the former NME Radio station.Exclaim!Exclaim! is a music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, Canada, which features coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes seven issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. In addition to music, the magazine also covers film and comedy.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.