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The Blackheart Procession
The Black Heart Procession (occasionally spelled The Blackheart Procession) is an American indie rock band from San Diego, California. History Early years The band was formed in 1997 by Pall Jenkins (Mr. Tube and the Flying Objects, Palllap, Ugly Casanova and Three Mile Pilot) and Tobias Nathaniel from Three Mile Pilot. The group is often augmented with the contributions of Matt Resovich, Mario Rubalcaba, Jason Crane, Joe Plummer, Dmitri Dziensuwski, Jimmy LaValle and Matthew Parker. Jenkins has also produced The Drowning Men. Hiatus Blackheart Procession’s last release, the ''Blood Bunny / Black Rabbit'' EP in 2010, the band went on hiatus. Jenkins told ''San Diego City Beat'' that after "years of touring and traveling and focusing on music, we decided just to kind of put an end to it for a while". In 2011, Jenkins played optigan, piano, and sang on J Mascis's album ''Several Shades of Why'' and returned to play guitar and sing on Mascis's 2014 album ''Tied to a Star''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Touch And Go Records
Touch and Go Records is an American independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois. After its genesis as a handmade fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s underground and alternative rock scenes. Touch and Go carved out a reputation for releasing adventurous noise rock by the likes of Big Black, the Butthole Surfers, and The Jesus Lizard. Touch and Go helped to spearhead the nationwide network of underground bands that formed the pre-Nirvana indie rock scene, and helped preside over the shift from the hardcore punk that then dominated the American underground scene to the more diverse styles of alternative rock emerging at the time. History The zine was formed in 1979 in East Lansing, Michigan as Touch and Go magazine, a self-printed fanzine written and produced by Tesco Vee and Dave Stimson. It wasn't until 1981 that it grew into an independent record label. Vee (later front man of The Meatmen) was bored with the punk sounds of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jimmy LaValle
The Album Leaf is an American musical project founded in San Diego, California, in 1998 by Jimmy LaValle. He is known for his use of electronics, synthesizer, and Rhodes piano. His performances often feature projected visual art. History Inception The Album Leaf officially began in 1998 as the solo project of Jimmy LaValle, guitarist for San Diego, California-based post-rock instrumental band Tristeza. LaValle has also performed in several other San Diego-area bands, including The Crimson Curse, The Locust, Swing Kids, and GoGoGo Airheart. ''An Orchestrated Rise to Fall'' During downtime in the fall of 1998, LaValle began playing drums for San Diego band GoGoGo Airheart. Their singer and guitarist, Mike Vermillion (who later inspired the song name "Vermillion" on ''One Day I'll Be on Time''), recorded LaValle doing improvised material on a Rhodes piano to a vintage Roland drum machine. This would become his first full-length album, the 10-track ''An Orchestrated Rise to Fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Three (The Black Heart Procession Album)
''Three'' is the third studio album by the American indie rock band The Black Heart Procession. It was released on September 5, 2000, on Touch and Go Records Touch and Go Records is an American independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois. After its genesis as a handmade fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s underground and alternative rock scenes. To .... Track listing # "We Always Knew" - 5:26 # "Guess I'll Forget You" - 4:39 # "Once Said at the Fires" - 4:13 # "Waterfront (The Sinking Road)" - 5:45 # "Till We Have to Say Goodbye" - 2:49 # "I Know Your Ways" - 4:11 # "Never from This Heart" - 4:46 # "A Heart Like Mine" - 3:25 # "The War Is Over" - 3:51 # "On Ships of Gold" - 7:17 References 2000 albums The Black Heart Procession albums Touch and Go Records albums {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2 (The Black Heart Procession Album)
''2'' is the second studio album by the American indie rock band The Black Heart Procession. It was released on May 18, 1999, by Touch and Go Records Touch and Go Records is an American independent record label based in Chicago, Illinois. After its genesis as a handmade fanzine in 1979, it grew into one of the key record labels in the American 1980s underground and alternative rock scenes. To .... Track listing References 1999 albums Touch and Go Records albums The Black Heart Procession albums Albums recorded at Bear Creek Studio {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1 (The Black Heart Procession Album)
''1'' is the debut studio album by the American indie band The Black Heart Procession. It was released on January 1, 1998, by Headhunter Records. Reception Ned Raggett from ''AllMusic'' rated the album 3.5 stars out of 5 and called the album "a lovely melancholia that avoids self-pity for deliberate reflection and consideration." Track listing All tracks by Pall Jenkins Pall Jenkins is an American vocalist, guitarist and music producer. He is the front man for the bands Three Mile Pilot and The Black Heart Procession, as well as his collaborations with Vampire Rodents and Ugly Casanova. Biography Pall Jenk ... # "The Waiter" – 4:15 # "The Old Kind of Summer" – 4:12 # "Release My Heart" – 4:20 # "Even Thieves Couldn't Lie" – 4:47 # "Blue Water-Black Heart" – 3:47 # "Heart Without a Home" – 4:57 # "The Winter My Heart Froze" – 0:54 # "Stitched to My Heart" – 5:28 # "Square Heart" – 3:46 # "In a Tin Flask"&nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
KEXP-FM
KEXP-FM (90.3 FM) is a non-commercial radio station in Seattle, Washington, United States, specializing in indie music programmed by its disc jockeys. KEXP's studios are located at the Seattle Center, and the transmitter is in the city's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The station is operated by the non-profit entity Friends of KEXP, an affiliate of the University of Washington. Since March 19, 2024, KEXP-FM's programming has been rebroadcast over Alameda, California–licensed KEXC, which serves the San Francisco Bay Area. As well as daily variety mix shows featuring mostly alternative rock music, KEXP hosts weekly programs dedicated to other musical genres, such as hip hop, Afrobeat, punk, ambient, alternative country, Latin music, and world music. The station also regularly hosts live, in-studio performances by artists. Alongside its analog transmitters serving Seattle and San Francisco, the station offers an online live stream, a real-time playlist with DJ notes, and an act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tied To A Star
''Tied to a Star'' is the second solo studio album by Dinosaur Jr. frontman J Mascis. It was released on August 24, 2014, under Sub Pop Records. Funny Or Die produced an official music video for the track "Every Morning", featuring comic actor/ musician Fred Armisen. The track "Wide Awake" features guest vocals from Cat Power. Track listing Personnel * J Mascis - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums * Ken Maiuri - piano on tracks 1, 4, 6, 8, 10 * Pall Jenkins - guitar on tracks 1, 4, vocals on tracks 2, 8 * Mark Mulcahy - vocals on tracks 2, 6 * Chan Marshall - vocals on track 4 References {{Authority control 2014 albums Albums produced by J Mascis J Mascis albums Sub Pop albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Guitar
The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or Plucked string instrument, plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strings against frets with the fingers of the opposite hand. A guitar pick may also be used to strike the strings. The sound of the guitar is projected either Acoustics, acoustically, by means of a resonant hollow chamber on the guitar, or Amplified music, amplified by an electronic Pickup (music technology), pickup and an guitar amplifier, amplifier. The guitar is classified as a chordophone, meaning the sound is produced by a vibrating string stretched between two fixed points. Historically, a guitar was constructed from wood, with its strings made of catgut. Steel guitar strings were introduced near the end of the nineteen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Several Shades Of Why
''Several Shades of Why'' is the debut solo studio album by American musician J Mascis, best known as the frontman of the group Dinosaur Jr. The album was released March 15, 2011 on Sub Pop Records. Track listing Bonus tracks Personnel *J Mascis – vocals, guitar *Kurt Vile – vocals, dobro, guitar, optigan, piano, saw, slide guitar *Pall Jenkins – vocals, lap steel, optigan, piano, saw *Kevin Drew – vocals, clarinet *Ben Bridwell Benjamin Bridwell (born April 25, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and only continuous member of the American rock band Band of Horses, as well as a former member of the ba ... – vocal * Suzanne Thorpe – flute * Sophie Trudeau – violin *Kurt Fedora – guitar *Matt Valentine – guitar References {{Authority control 2011 albums Albums produced by J Mascis J Mascis albums Sub Pop albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
J Mascis
Joseph Donald Mascis Jr. (born December 10, 1965), better known as J Mascis, is an American musician who is the singer, guitarist and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. He has also released several albums as a solo artist and played drums and guitar on other projects. He was ranked number 74 in a ''Rolling Stone'' list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists", and number 5 in a similar list for ''Spin (magazine), Spin'' magazine in 2012. Biography Mascis was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, the son of a dentist, and grew up in the same area together with his sister Patty and older brother Mike. His mother, Theresa (an avid golfer), died in 1985 while his father, Joseph Sr., died in 1993. Mascis became a music fan and drumming enthusiast at the age of 9. He later joined the jazz ensemble in school as a drummer. At 17, Mascis joined the short-lived hardcore punk, hardcore group Deep Wound with Lou Barlow, Scott Helland, and Charlie Nakajima in the early 1980s. He we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Piano
A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a chromatic scale in equal temperament. A musician who specializes in piano is called a pianist. There are two main types of piano: the #Grand, grand piano and the #Upupright piano. The grand piano offers better sound and more precise key control, making it the preferred choice when space and budget allow. The grand piano is also considered a necessity in venues hosting skilled pianists. The upright piano is more commonly used because of its smaller size and lower cost. When a key is depressed, the strings inside are struck by felt-coated wooden hammers. The vibrations are transmitted through a Bridge (instrument), bridge to a Soundboard (music), soundboard that amplifies the sound by Coupling (physics), coupling the Sound, acoustic energy t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
