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X Ambassadors
X Ambassadors (also stylized XA) is an American pop rock band from Ithaca, New York, that consists of lead vocalist Sam Harris, keyboardist Casey Harris, and drummer Adam Levin. Russ Flynn is a touring member who plays guitar and bass. Their most notable songs include "Jungle", " Renegades", and " Unsteady". The band's debut full-length album, ''VHS'', was released on June 30, 2015. Their second album, ''Orion'', came out on June 14, 2019. Their third album, '' The Beautiful Liar'', was issued on September 24, 2021. Their fourth album, '' Townie'', came out on April 5, 2024. History 2009–12: ''Ambassadors'' and ''Litost'' X Ambassadors began playing under the name Ambassadors, touring with artists such as LIGHTS. During this time, they self-released their debut EP, ''Ambassadors'', creating a music video for its lead single, "Tropisms." Shortly after, they self-released their second EP, ''Litost'', which included the eponymous song, later to be used in the soundtrack for '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ithaca, New York
Ithaca () is a city in and the county seat of Tompkins County, New York, United States. Situated on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York (state), New York, Ithaca is the largest community in the Ithaca metropolitan statistical area. It is named after the Greek island of Ithaca (island), Ithaca. As of 2020, the city's population was 32,108. A college town, Ithaca is home to Cornell University, an Ivy League university, and Ithaca College. Nearby is Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3), located in Dryden, New York, Dryden. History 17th century Native Americans lived in this area for thousands of years. When reached by Europeans, this area was controlled by the Cayuga people, Cayuga tribe of Indians, one of the five tribes comprising the Iroquois, Iroquois Confederacy. Society of Jesus, Jesuit missionaries from New France in present-day Quebec had a mission to convert the Cayuga as early as 1657. 18th century Saponi and Tutelo peoples ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lights (musician)
Lights Valerie Anne Poxleitner-Bokan (born Valerie Anne Poxleitner; April 11, 1987), known Mononymous person, mononymously as Lights (previously stylized in all caps), is a Canadian musician, singer, comic book author and artist, and songwriter. Her debut album, ''The Listening (Lights album), The Listening'' (2009), included the singles "Drive My Soul" and "Saviour (Lights song), Saviour". Her second album, ''Siberia (Lights album), Siberia'', which featured the single "Toes (Lights song), Toes", was released in 2011. Her work has earned multiple Canadian Independent Music Awards, and Juno Awards including Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year, Pop Album of the Year for her third album ''Little Machines'', which included the single "Up We Go", and fourth album ''Skin & Earth'', in 2015 and 2018, respectively. Lights' fifth studio album, ''Pep (album), Pep'', was released in 2022. Her newest record ''A6'' was released May 2, 2025. Biography 1987–2007: early years Lights was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
55 (album)
''55'' is the debut studio album written and produced by New York City-based electronic music duo the Knocks and was released via Neon Gold and Big Beat on March 4, 2016. It features vocals and collaborations from the likes of Fetty Wap, Cam'ron, Wyclef Jean, Carly Rae Jepsen, Matthew Koma, Magic Man, Alex Newell, POWERS, Phoebe Ryan, Justin Tranter, Walk the Moon, and X Ambassadors. Reception ''Spin'' rated the album 8 out of 10. 55.5 (The Knocks VIP Mix) 55.5 (The Knocks VIP Mix) is the fourth extended play produced by New York City based electronic music duo the Knocks, which was released on 8 July 2016. The extended play is set as a remixed spin-off to the duo's debut album ''55'', containing remixes of five songs from the album. Around the time the duo embarked on their American tour, they began to record the remixed versions of the songs and began teasing the extended play. The EP was initially planned to be released on 29 April 2016, but was ultimately pus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Knocks
The Knocks is an American electronic music duo consisting of Ben "B-Roc" Ruttner and James "JPatt" Patterson. They have released 3 full length albums (''HISTORY, New York Narcotic, 55'') and 5 EPs (''Melody & Silence, Summer Series: 2019, TESTIFY, So Classic, Magic'') on record labels Big Beat Records, Neon Gold, Atlantic Records, and their label HeavyRoc Music. They are known for their singles "Classic" ft. Powers, "Ride or Die" ft. Foster the People, and "Bodies" ft. MUNA; their collaborations with Sofi Tukker ("Best Friend"), Purple Disco Machine ("Fireworks"), and ODESZA ("Love Letter"); and their remixes. History The duo's name, "The Knocks", refers to the early days in their career when neighbors would knock on their door for playing music too loudly. They posted a"Origins"video on YouTube explaining in more detail. Before focusing on their own music and remixes, they produced beats and remixes for Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Mobb Deep, Nicki Minaj, Marina, Flo Rida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie N Commons
James Nicholas Commons (born 22 October 1988) is a British singer and songwriter, based in New Cross, London. Early life and education Commons was born in Bristol, England, but was raised, in part, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. At age six, Commons' family moved to Chicago, which would lead to his appreciation of American blues, folk and swamp rock music, and of artists, notable among which are The Allman Brothers Band. Commons returned to the English West Country at the age of 16. Aged 18, Commons relocated to London and commenced reading classical music at Goldsmiths College, alongside contemporaries including James Blake and Katy B. Career His second EP, ''Rumble and Sway'', was released in March 2013 with Interscope, produced by Alex da Kid, who early signed him to his label KIDinaKORNER. The title song would later be used in the trailer for the Coen Brothers film Hail, Caesar!, season three of American supernatural teen drama television series '' Teen Wolf'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panic! At The Disco
Panic! at the Disco was an American pop rock band formed in Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2004 by high school friends Ryan Ross (guitar) and Spencer Smith (musician), Spencer Smith (drums), who recruited classmates Brendon Urie (vocals and guitar) and Brent Wilson (bass). Following several lineup changes, Panic! at the Disco operated as the solo project of frontman Urie from 2015 until its discontinuation in 2023. The band recorded their first demos while they were in high school. Shortly after, they recorded and released their debut studio album, ''A Fever You Can't Sweat Out'' (2005). Popularized by the second single, "I Write Sins Not Tragedies", the album was certified RIAA certification, triple platinum in the US. In 2006, Wilson was fired from the band during an extensive world tour and subsequently replaced by Jon Walker. The band's second album, ''Pretty. Odd.'' (2008), was preceded by the single "Nine in the Afternoon". The album marked a significant departure from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reason (EP)
''The Reason'' is the fourth EP by American rock band X Ambassadors, released on January 27, 2014. It spawned the single "Jungle" and also includes the track " Unsteady". Composition Musically, ''The Reason'' has been described as an album with elements of trap music and indie pop, with "a country vibe to it". X Ambassadors member Sam Harris cited rock singer Bruce Springsteen as a big influence on the album. In an interview with '' The Emory Wheel'', the band commented on their inspirations: "We've always tried to write songs for anyone who feels marginalized, underrepresented: eoplewho feel like they're different or are unable to speak up for themselves. A lot of the songs off of '' VHS'' and our previous EP, ''The Reason'', were written with that in mind." According to Craig D. Lindsey of ''The News & Observer'', the running theme through the EP is Sam Harris' struggling with self-doubt. On January 30, 2014, X Ambassadors posted a message on their Facebook Face ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mowgli's
The Mowgli's are an American alternative rock band from Calabasas, California, most known for their alternative radio hit single "San Francisco." Background and formation Most of The Mowgli's grew up together outside of Los Angeles in Calabasas, CA. Dieden grew up in Kansas City and Hogan grew up in Oklahoma City. In late 2009, Michael Vincze met Colin Dieden, who had recently moved from Kansas City, at a party. Later, the two wrote one of the group's first songs by combining elements of pieces they were both developing. This would become the track "The Great Divide". It was during an impromptu trip to San Francisco that Vincze and Dieden wrote the track "San Francisco" one night at a cheap motel room the bandmates were staying in. Hogan joined after sitting in with the band on a jam session one evening. They are named after a former band member's dog Mowgli, itself named after the character from Rudyard Kipling's novel ''The Jungle Book''. The apostrophe in their name is mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Mesa, Arizona, in 1993. The band is composed of lead vocalist and lead guitarist Jim Adkins, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch, and drummer Zach Lind. They have released ten studio albums, all but the first featuring the current line-up. The four-piece's commercial breakthrough came with the release of several singles from their album ''Bleed American'' (2001), four of which charted within the top 20 positions of the Hot Modern Rock Tracks, Alternative Songs chart, with "The Middle (Jimmy Eat World song), The Middle" reaching No. 1. Their follow-up album, ''Futures (album), Futures'' (2004), featured the No. 1 song "Pain (Jimmy Eat World song), Pain". The Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA-certified ''Bleed American'' platinum and ''Futures'' gold, rewarding the two albums for selling over 1.5 million records between them. The band's sixth LP, ''Chase This Light'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Songs Drug Songs
''Love Songs Drug Songs'' is the third and major-label debut EP by American rock band X Ambassadors, released on May 7, 2013. The EP is the band's first release under the X Ambassadors name following their signing onto Interscope Records. It spawned one single: "Unconsolable". Composition Shannon Carlin of Radio.com described the style of ''Love Songs Drug Songs'' as being "in the vein of old '60s soul, '90s R&B, and funk". Matt Collar of AllMusic stated, "Musically, X Ambassadors build a percussive mix of synthesizers, booming drums, and atmospheric guitar lines around vocalist Sam Harris' yearning, robust cry" while revealing "their love for mixing contemporary R&B inflections with a sweeping, '80s new wave sensibility". According to X Ambassadors frontman Sam Harris, the album is inspired by the "bizarre" and "dreary" town of Ithaca that is "rainy and cold for 80 percent of the time". Nadia Noir of KROQ-FM noted the "sly irreverence and naughty hip-hop style sexual referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WROX-FM
WROX-FM (96.1 MHz) is an alternative rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Exmore, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads and the Eastern Shore of Virginia. WROX-FM is owned and operated by Sinclair Telecable, Inc. WROX's studios are located on Waterside Drive in Downtown Norfolk, and its transmitter is located in Cape Charles. History The station signed on in May 1986. Though it initially was planned to be a classical music station as WWGH, it instead signed on as WIAV, "Wave 96", with a top 40/ CHR format. It had been constructed by Elleck Seymour of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, who conceived a network of stations serving mid-Atlantic beach communities. After already dealing with technical problems, a lightning strike caused the station to leave the air in October 1987. The parent company, Resort Broadcasting, then filed for bankruptcy organization in March 1988. It was then co-owned with WVAB (1550 AM). Bishop L.E. Willis later bought the two stations and then bough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Reynolds (musician)
Daniel Coulter Reynolds (born July 14, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is the lead vocalist and a founding member of the pop rock band Imagine Dragons, which formed in 2008. He is a recipient of the Songwriters Hall of Fame Hal David Starlight Award. Early life Reynolds was born in Las Vegas, the seventh of nine children (eight boys and one girl) of Christene M. (née Callister) and Ronald Reynolds, a lawyer and author. Both are natives of Nevada, and Reynolds is a 4th generation Nevadan. As a Boy Scout he earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 2005. Reynolds was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). When he was 19 years old he volunteered full-time as a missionary in Nebraska for two years. As of 2024, Reynolds was no longer a practicing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
