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Cult Records
Cult Records is an independent record label founded by Julian Casablancas (of The Strokes) in 2009. Initially used as an imprint for Casablancas' solo releases, Cult later became a standalone label, and in June 2014 entered a label services agreement with Kobalt as well as a digital distribution agreement with ONErpm. The label's first release (with RCA) was Casablancas' debut solo album Phrazes for the Young. ''Cult Records'' have since put out records for a number of major artists, mostly from the New York area including Casablancas' own bands The Strokes and The Voidz, as well acts like The Growlers, Karen O, Albert Hammond Jnr and The Virgins. Casablancas lamented the label missing out on Phoenix's breakout album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix and said they were close to signing Haim. Artists signed to Cult Current * Promiseland * The Strokes * The Voidz Catalog Cult artists * Albert Hammond, Jr. * Cerebral Ballzy * C O L O R * Everything Everything * Excla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Casablancas
Julian Fernando Casablancas (born August 23, 1978) is an American musician. He is the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the Rock music, rock band the Strokes, with whom he has released six studio albums since their founding in 1998. Casablancas released a solo studio album, ''Phrazes for the Young'', in 2009, and has released three albums with the experimental rock band the Voidz. A native New York City, New Yorker, he was born to businessman John Casablancas. His mother, Jeanette Christiansen, married a man who introduced him to the music of the band the Doors, introducing him to rock music. He met bassist Nikolai Fraiture at the age of six, and attended a Swiss boarding school where he met guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. He did not complete high school, but received a GED. After meeting guitarist Nick Valensi and drummer Fab Moretti at Dwight School in Manhattan, Manhattan, New York the group began experimenting with music together. After adding Hammond Jr., the Strokes wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Hammond, Jr
Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s * Albert Czech Republic, a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Music, an Australian music company now known as Alberts ** Albert Productions, a record label * Albert (organisation), an environmental organisation concerning film and television productions Entertainment * ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by Karsten Kiilerich * ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * ''Albert'' (album), by Ed Hall, 1988 * "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy * Albert (comics), a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series * Albert, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film ''Suspiria'' People * Albert (given name) * Albert (surname) * Princ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songhoy Blues
Songhoy Blues is a desert blues music group from Timbuktu, Mali. The band was formed in Bamako after being forced to leave their homes during the civil conflict and the imposition of Sharia law. The band released its debut album, ''Music in Exile'', via Transgressive Records on February 23, 2015, while Julian Casablancas' Cult Records partnered with Atlantic Records to release the album in North America in March 2015. The group is one of the principal subjects of the documentary film ''They Will Have To Kill Us First''. Origins In 2012, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) took control of the north of Mali. In turn, they were pushed out by Ansar Dine, a jihadist group which banned cigarettes, alcohol and music. Garba Touré, a guitarist from Diré, near Timbuktu, was forced to leave, and moved to Bamako, the country's capital, in the south. Together with Aliou Touré and Oumar Touré, they formed a band "... to recreate that lost ambience of the north and ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice Magazine
''Vice'' (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. It was founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, and its founders later launched the youth media company Vice Media, which consists of divisions including the printed magazine as well as a website, broadcast news unit, a film production company, a record label, and a publishing imprint. As of February 2015, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Ellis Jones. On 15 May 2023, Vice Media formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as part of a possible sale to a consortium of lenders including Fortress Investment Group, which will, alongside Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital, invest $225 million as a credit bid for nearly all of its assets. In February 2024, CEO Bruce Dixon announced additional layoffs and that the website Vice.com will no longer publish content. The print magazine returned in September 2024. History The precursor to ''Vice'' m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rey Pila
Rey Pila is a Mexican rock band formed in Mexico City in 2010. The band consists of Diego Solórzano, Andrés Velasco, Rodrigo Blanco and Miguel Hernández, though it started as Solórzano's solo project. The name "Rey Pila" is Spanish for "King Battery", a phrase Diego saw in a painting by the late graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. History Formation and debut album Rey Pila was created as the solo project of Diego Solórzano, former frontman for Los Dynamite. After splitting from Los Dynamite in 2008, Diego immediately began work on material for his solo project. Rey Pila released their first self-titled album in 2010, which was recorded in New York and co-produced by Diego and Paul Mahajan. The album contains songs in both English and Spanish. ''Vice'' magazine said, "The record belongs in the long and storied lineage of Mexican garage bands, from the garden path acid rock of Los Ovnis to the Beatles-esque jams of Los Locos." Solórzano enlisted long-time friends Andrés ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jehnny Beth
Jehnny Beth (born Camille Berthomier, 24 December 1984) is a French musician and actress originally from Poitiers and based in London, England since 2006. She came to notability within Europe as one half of the indie rock duo John & Jehn, and globally as frontwoman of the English post-punk band Savages. Her debut solo album '' To Love Is to Live'' was released to critical acclaim in June 2020. She has also collaborated with other artists such as Trentemøller, Julian Casablancas, Tindersticks, Gorillaz, Noel Gallagher, Romy Madley Croft of the xx, Idles and Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream. In 2021, she released a duet album with Gillespie titled ''Utopian Ashes'' which received favourable reviews. In addition to her music career, Beth has played in several films including '' An Impossible Love'' in 2018, for which she received a nomination for the Best Female Newcomer at the 2019 Cesar Awards, and the 2023 film ''Anatomy of a Fall''. Early life Jehnny Beth was born in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Har Mar Superstar
Sean Tillmann-Hauser (born February 6, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He has performed and released studio albums as Sean Na Na and as a member of hardcore band Calvin Krime, but is best known for his work under the name Har Mar Superstar. Early life Tillmann was born in Marshall, Minnesota, on February 6, 1978, at Weiner Memorial Hospital. In 1987, his family moved to Owatonna, Minnesota, Owatonna, Minnesota. He graduated from the Perpich Center for Arts Education in Golden Valley, Minnesota. His family is still based in Owatonna, where his mother and father are retired educators. Career Tillmann is known in the U.S. independent music community as a singer-songwriter. He is best known by his alter ego Har Mar Superstar, a character whose sweaty, energetic live performances were once infamous for often concluding with a perspiring, de-layered Tillmann disrobed down to a pair of briefs. His primary musical genres are contemporary R&B and pop music. He origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cribs
The Cribs are a British indie rock band originally from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, that formed in 2001. The band consists of twins Gary Jarman, Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross Jarman. They were subsequently joined by ex-The Smiths, Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, who was an official member of the group from 2008 until 2011. The band, who first became active on the concert circuit in 2002, were initially tied to other like-minded UK bands of that time, most notably the Libertines, by a British music press that were looking for a 'British rearguard' to the wave of popular US alternative rock bands of the time. They had outgrown this tag by the time of the commercial success of their third LP. In 2008, ''Q (magazine), Q'' magazine described the band as "the biggest cult band in the UK". In 2012, the band's 10th anniversary year, they were honoured with the Spirit of Independence award at the annual Q Awards. Several months later, they received the Outstanding Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Jarman
Ryan James Jarman is a British musician who is the guitarist and one of the vocalists of the indie rock band The Cribs. The Cribs Jarman formed The Cribs in 2001 with his twin brother, Gary, and younger brother, Ross. The band has released six albums on the Wichita label, the first two being ''The Cribs'' (produced by Ed Deegan and Bobby Conn), and '' The New Fellas'' (produced by Edwyn Collins, singer in influential indie band Orange Juice). The Cribs' third album, '' Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever'' was released in May 2007; the record was produced by Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand. Their fourth studio album '' Ignore the Ignorant'', released in September 2009 included ex- Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr; '' Ignore the Ignorant'' was produced by Nick Launay in Los Angeles. The Cribs' fifth album, '' In the Belly of the Brazen Bull'' produced by Dave Fridmann and Steve Albini was released in May 2012. On 12 March 2013, The Cribs released ''Payola, a'' 22-track co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Here We Go Magic
Here We Go Magic was an American indie rock band based in Brooklyn, New York. It was formed by core members Luke Temple, Michael Bloch and Peter Hale, in late 2008. The band signed to Western Vinyl in 2008, followed by the five-piece group's signing to Secretly Canadian in 2009. History ''Here We Go Magic'' (2009) After previously releasing two folk albums under his own name in the mid-2000s,Barteldes, Ernest (2010)Here We Go Magic", ''Phoenix New Times'', April 15, 2010, retrieved 2010-05-02 Luke Temple released the self-titled album '' Here We Go Magic'' in February 2009 on Western Vinyl, described by ''Pitchfork'' as "hazy electronic textures, endlessly-spiraling lyrical loops, occasional forays into extended sections of ambience and noise".Harvey, Eric (2009)Here We Go Magic ''Here We Go Magic'', Pitchfork, March 2, 2009, retrieved 2010-05-02 Temple recorded the album at home on a 4-track recorder, describing the recording: "I just had one tom, one microphone, a synth and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Turner (musician)
Jennifer Turner is an American singer-songwriter, musician and producer. Career 1991–1997: session and touring guitar player Turner first became popular for her work writing and touring with Natalie Merchant on her multi-platinum album '' Tigerlily'' as guitarist and backing vocalist alongside Peter Yanowitz on drums and Barrie Maguire on bass guitar. She then went on to play acoustic guitar on the Mary J Blige album '' Share My World''. In 1997, Turner was invited by Miles Copeland III to join Soraya's live band on guitar. 1997–2007: lead singer In 1997, Turner formed the band Furslide alongside bassist Jason Lader, and drummer Adam MacDougall and released their album ''Adventure'' on Virgin Records, recorded at London's Metropolis, Olympic and Abbey Road studios. Turner broke from Virgin to form an independent record label, Caboose Music, a subsidiary of the Virgin group. In 2001, using Inner as an alias, she released two records on her own independent record labe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
