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Slow Club
Slow Club were an English duo formed in Sheffield in 2006. The band consisted of multi-instrumentalists Charles Watson and Rebecca Lucy Taylor, with Watson contributing piano, Taylor contributing drums, and both performing guitar and vocals. The band split in 2017 following an extensive tour to support their last album, with both members moving on to solo projects. History Slow Club formed in 2006 following the dissolution of the indie-rock band The Lonely Hearts The band released two 7" singles in 2007, "Because We're Dead" and "Me and You", on Moshi Moshi Records. On 1 September 2008, their first extended play, ''Let's Fall Back in Love'', was released. A Christmas single, titled "Christmas TV", was released in December 2008. Their debut album, '' Yeah So'', was recorded by Mike Timm at Axis Studio in Sheffield and released in July 2009, followed by the release of their second EP ''Christmas, Thanks For Nothing'' in December 2009. The band's second album, ''Paradise'', p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise (Slow Club Album)
''Paradise'' is the second studio album by English folk pop duo Slow Club. It was released on 12 September 2011, on independent record label Moshi Moshi Records. The record was produced by Luke Smith, former member of Clor and producer of Foals (band), Foals' Mercury Prize, Mercury-nominated ''Total Life Forever''. The album received "universal acclaim" according to review aggregator Metacritic, and peaked at number 70 on the UK Albums Chart, United Kingdom Albums Chart. The songs "Two Cousins" and "Where I'm Waking" were released as singles leading up to the album's release. The next single to be released was "Beginners", whose video features ''Harry Potter (film series), Harry Potter'' film star Daniel Radcliffe. The video for "Beginners" was filmed in the Faltering Fullback, a pub in Finsbury Park in London, and was shot in a single take. Track listing *The track "Horses Jumping" has a hidden track on the end called "Paradise". Reception Critical response The album has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its southern suburbs were transferred from Derbyshire to the city council. It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire and the third largest of Northern England. The city is in the North Midlands, in the eastern foothills of the Pennines and the valleys of the River Don with its four tributaries: the Loxley, the Porter Brook, the Rivelin and the Sheaf. Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield's entire area is green space and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park and is the fifth-largest city in England. There are more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, which is estimated to contain around 4.5 million trees. Sheffield played a crucial role in the Industrial Revolution, developing many signifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English actor. Radcliffe rose to fame at age twelve for portraying the title character in the ''Harry Potter'' film series. He starred in all eight films in the series, from '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (2001) to '' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' (2011). Radcliffe branched out to stage acting in 2007, starring in the West End and Broadway productions of '' Equus''. He returned to Broadway in the musical '' How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' (2011), earning a Grammy Award nomination. His other Broadway roles include Martin McDonagh's drama '' The Cripple of Inishmaan'' (2014) and Stephen Sondheim's musical '' Merrily We Roll Along'' (2023), the latter of which earned him a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical and another Grammy Award nomination. He also starred in the London revivals of Tom Stoppard's '' Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' (2017) and Samuel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clash (magazine)
''Clash'' is a music and fashion magazine and website based in the United Kingdom. It is published four times a year by Music Republic Ltd, whose predecessor Clash Music Ltd went into liquidation. The magazine won awards including the Best New Magazine award in 2004 at the PPA Magazine Awards, Magazine of the Year at the 2011 Record of the Day Awards, and others in England and Scotland. History ''Clash'' was founded by John O'Rourke, Simon Harper, Iain Carnegie and Jon-Paul Kitching. It emerged from the long-running Dundee, Scotland-based free-listings magazine ''Vibe''. Re-launching as ''Clash Magazine'' in 2004, it won Best New Magazine award at the PPA Magazine Awards and Music Magazine of the Year at the Record of the Day Awards in 2005 and 2011 respectively. At the turn of 2011, ''Clash'' took on an entirely new look, ditching its previous glossy feel and music-led design for an altogether more artistically-led approach. In 2013, it launched a Smartphone channel, the iOS A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro (British Newspaper)
''Metro'' is a British freesheet tabloid newspaper published by DMG Media. The newspaper is distributed from Monday to Friday mornings on public places in areas of England, Wales and Scotland (excluding public holidays and the period between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day inclusive). Copies are also handed out to pedestrians. In 2018, Metro overtook ''The Sun'' to become the most circulated newspaper in the United Kingdom. ''Metro'' is owned by Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT), part of the same media group as the ''Daily Mail'' and ''The Mail on Sunday'', but in some areas ''Metro'' operates as a franchise with a local newspaper publisher, rather than as a wholly owned concern. While being a sister paper to the conservative ''Daily Mail'', the newspaper has never endorsed any political party or candidate, and says it takes a neutral political stance in its reporting. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Self Esteem (band)
Rebecca Lucy Taylor (born 15 October 1986), also known by her stage name Self Esteem, is a British musician, songwriter and actress. First known as one half of the band Slow Club, she launched a solo career as Self Esteem with the single "Your Wife" in 2017, followed by the studio albums '' Compliments Please'' in 2019, ''Prioritise Pleasure'' in 2021 and ''A Complicated Woman'' in 2025. A multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter and theatre composer, she won the 2021 ''BBC Music Introducing'' Artist of the Year Award and achieved a nomination for the Mercury Prize in 2022 with ''Prioritise Pleasure''. From September 2023 to March 2024 she performed the lead role of Sally Bowles in the West End production of ''Cabaret''. Early life Taylor was born and grew up in Rotherham, England. Her father was a steelworker and an amateur musician in a band, and her mother was a secretary. She attended Wales High School in Rotherham where she credits music teacher Antony Wright with teach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyfe Dangerfield
Fyfe Antony Dangerfield Hutchins (born 7 July 1980) is an English musician and songwriter, best known as the founding member of the indie rock band Guillemots (band), Guillemots. Early life Born in Moseley, Birmingham, in 1980, he moved to Bromsgrove at the age of eight. He studied at Bromsgrove School where he was also the singer in the band Their Senseless Prayer. He was also a music teacher at Cranbrook College for a brief period. Career Compositions Dangerfield composed a choral piece performed at The Lichfield Festival in 2000 – a setting of Christina Rossetti's "A Better Resurrection". This led to a commission from Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir to write a choral setting of one of the 'O Antiphons' for Ex Cathedra's Christmas Music by Candlelight concert in 2000. This has been performed many times since, was included on Ex Cathedra's Christmas Music by Candlelight CD which received some glowing reviews, and has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM (UK), Classic FM. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Voluntary Butler Scheme
The Voluntary Butler Scheme (VBS) is the stage name for one-man band Rob Jones, based in Stourbridge near Birmingham. Jones records and produces the majority of his material by himself in a home studio in his bedroom. The VBS uses the technique of live looping at gigs, playing in parts on various instruments, such as a guitar, a guitar synthesizer, drums, a kazoo and a ukulele. The debut album, ''At Breakfast, Dinner, Tea,'' was released on 7 September 2009 on Split Records. Singles from the album have been championed by the ''NME'', BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6 and ''XFM.'' The VBS has played sessions for Huw Stephens, Marc Riley, Dermot O'Leary and Jon Kennedy. Declared "one to watch" in publications as diverse as '' Q'' and ''The Sun'', and Suggs declared himself a fan, stating in an interview that "they are a very good band". Biography The Voluntary Butler Scheme came about in 2008, when a chance spotting on MySpace led to Rob Jones being asked to play a gig in Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hawley
Richard Willis Hawley (born 17 January 1967) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. After his first band Treebound Story (formed while he was still at school) broke up, Hawley found success as a member of Britpop band Longpigs in the 1990s. He played with Pulp, led by his friend Jarvis Cocker, as a touring musician for a short time. As a solo musician, Hawley has released eight studio albums. He has been nominated for a Mercury prize twice and once for a Brit Award. He has collaborated with Lisa Marie Presley, Shakespears Sister, Arctic Monkeys, Manic Street Preachers, Elbow, Duane Eddy and Paul Weller. Early life Born in Sheffield, Hawley grew up with two sisters in a working-class area of the city. He was born with a cleft palate, which required numerous operations. Both of his parents were musicians; his father Dave Hawley was a guitarist with a number of local bands (on his death, the ''Sheffield Star'' called him a "Sheffield music legend"), an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Baboo
Stephen Black (born 1982), also known by his stage name Sweet Baboo, is a Welsh musician. Before becoming a solo artist, he played with the band JT MOuse. Alongside his solo work, he has also played with many other artists, including Gruff Rhys, Cate Le Bon, Euros Childs, Piney Gir and Slow Club. He is bilingual in Welsh and English but usually sings in English. Career Sweet Baboo's earliest musical influences were fellow Welsh musicians such as Super Furry Animals and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. Later influences have included The Beach Boys, Dire Straits, Squeeze and Jonathan Richman. His musical style has been described as a mix of country and psychedelic – idiosyncratic, with a skill for writing darkly funny to piercingly tender lyrics. Sweet Baboo has performed extensively at festivals such as Glastonbury, Festival N°6 and Latitude; he's been a regular performer at the Green Man Festival. He has worked with Cate Le Bon, Slow Club, Aldous Harding and H. Hawkline, and has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumford And Sons
Mumford may refer to: Places ;In the United States *Mumford, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Mumford, New York, a hamlet in the town of Wheatland, New York *Mumford, Texas, an unincorporated community *Mumford High School in Detroit, Michigan ;Elsewhere *Mumford, Ghana *Mount Mumford, a mountain in Antarctica Music and film * ''Mumford'' (film), a 1999 American comedy-drama film *Mumford & Sons, a British folk rock band Other uses *Mumford (surname), people with the surname Mumford *Amazing Mumford The Sesame Street Muppets are a group of puppet characters created by Jim Henson, many for the purpose of appearing on the children's television program ''Sesame Street''. Henson's involvement in ''Sesame Street'' began when he and Joan Ganz Co ..., a Muppet character on ''Sesame Street'' * Mumford procedure, an orthopedic surgical procedure used in shoulder surgery {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence And The Machine
Florence and the Machine (stylised as Florence + the Machine) are an English indie rock band formed in London in 2007 by lead vocalist Florence Welch, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd, drummer Christopher Lloyd Hayden and harpist Tom Monger. The BBC played a large part in their rise to prominence by promoting Florence and the Machine as part of ''BBC Music Introducing''. At the 2009 Brit Awards, they received the Brit Awards "Critics' Choice" award. The band's debut studio album, ''Lungs (album), Lungs'', was released on 3 July 2009, and held the number-two position for its first five weeks on the UK Albums Chart. On 17 January 2010, the album reached the top position, after being on the chart for twenty-eight consecutive weeks. As of October 2010, the album had been in the top forty in the United Kingdom for sixty-five consecutive weeks, making it one of the best-selling albums of 2009 and 2010. The group's second studio album, ''Ceremonials'', released in Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
