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2024 Libera Awards
The 13th Libera Awards, also named 2024 Libera Awards, were held on June 10, 2024, at Gotham Hall in New York City, United States, presented by the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) to recognize achievements in independent music on 2023. The nominations were announced on March 20, 2024. American rock musician Blondshell led the nominations with five, followed by Mitski and De La Soul (both with four), and Killer Mike, Indigo De Souza, Jerry Garcia, Caroline Polachek and Wednesday, all with three each. Three categories were introduced: Publisher of the Year, Distributor of the Year, and Best Record from Games and Interactive Media; increasing the number of competitive categories from thirty-seven to forty. Louis Posen, American record producer and founder of Hopeless Records Hopeless Records is an American independent record label in Van Nuys, California. History Hopeless Records was founded in 1993 by Louis Posen. The label's artists are generally considered to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gotham Hall
The Greenwich Savings Bank Building, also known as the Haier Building and 1356 Broadway, is an office building at 1352–1362 Broadway in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Constructed as the headquarters of the Greenwich Savings Bank from 1922 to 1924, it occupies a trapezoidal parcel bounded by 36th Street to the south, Sixth Avenue to the east, and Broadway to the west. The Greenwich Savings Bank Building was designed in the Classical Revival style by York and Sawyer. The exterior, wrapping around the three sides of the building, consists of a base of rusticated stone blocks, atop which are Corinthian-style colonnades. Structurally, the building consists of a steel frame. Inside is an elliptical banking room with limestone Corinthian columns, granite walls, a marble floor, and a coffered, domed ceiling with a large skylight. The bronze tellers' screens contain sculptures of Minerva (symbolizing wisdom) and Mercury (representing commerce). The Greenwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rat Saw God (album)
''Rat Saw God'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Wednesday, released by Dead Oceans on April 7, 2023. It was preceded by the singles "Bull Believer" and "Chosen to Deserve". The album received high praise from critics, praising it as "stunningly powerful" and "riveting". It was noted by critics for its depiction of life in the American South. Background Wednesday released their cover album, ''Mowing the Leaves Instead of Piling 'Em Up'', through Ordinal Records in March 2022. It received positive reviews from ''Pitchfork'' and ''Under the Radar''. The album's sound ranged from country, to Americana, to alternative rock. The band recorded the album after getting an opportunity to record in a studio in Durham, North Carolina with Alli Rogers; the band's singer and guitarist Karly Hartzman said the band recorded a cover album because "Wednesday owes so much to heirmusical influences" and the members' favorite music "is a big part of what brought hemtogether". Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desire, I Want To Turn Into You
''Desire, I Want to Turn Into You'' is the fourth overall studio album by American singer-songwriter and producer Caroline Polachek, and her second to be under her own name. It was released on February 14, 2023, by Polachek's imprint Perpetual Novice. Polachek produced most of the album alongside Danny L Harle. The album received widespread acclaim from critics, with several calling it Polachek's best work and acclaiming its experimentation. It charted in Belgium, New Zealand, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. It received a nomination for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical at the 66th Grammy Awards. It was supported by the singles " Bunny Is a Rider", " Billions", "Sunset", " Welcome to My Island", "Blood and Butter" and "Smoke". A reissue of the album, subtitled ''Everasking Edition'', was released on February 14, 2024, the standard edition's first anniversary. It was supported by the singles " Dang" and a new version of " Butterfly Net" featuring Weyes Blood. Backg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loma Vista Recordings
Loma Vista Recordings is a record label founded by Tom Whalley, former chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records and Executive of A&R at Interscope Records. The label was initially a joint venture with Republic Records and is based in Beverly Hills and Brooklyn. In July 2014, the label announced it had changed strategic partners and was now part of Concord Music Group. ''Loma vista'' is a Spanish phrase that roughly translates to ''hill view'' in English. Label roster Current artists *Action Bronson *Andrew Bird *Common *Chelsea Wolfe *Denzel Curry * DJDS *Ghost * Grey Daze *Health *Iggy Pop *Killer Mike *Korn *Local Natives *Manchester Orchestra *Mastodon *Margo Price * Meechy Darko * Militarie Gun *Miloe * Overcoats * PlayThatBoiZay * The Revivalists *Rhye *Rise Against *Robert Glasper * Sampa the Great * Show Me the Body * Skegss *Sleater-Kinney *Soccer Mommy *Sylvan Esso * Vundabar Former artists *Alice Glass *Cut Copy *Damian Marley *Injury Reserve *Little Dragon *Marily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael (Killer Mike Album)
''Michael'' (stylized in all caps) is the sixth studio album by American rapper Killer Mike, released through VLNS and Loma Vista Recordings on June 16, 2023. It marks Killer Mike's first solo studio record in 11 years, following 2012's '' R.A.P. Music'', and includes collaborations with CeeLo Green, Mozzy, Young Thug, 6lack, Eryn Allen Kane, Jagged Edge, André 3000, Future, Currensy, 2 Chainz, Kaash Paige, Blxst, Fabo, El-P and Ty Dolla Sign. It received positive critic reviews and won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 2024. Background In an interview with Zane Lowe, Killer Mike called the album both his "come home moment musically", due to it being influenced by gospel, soul, funk and hip hop, and his "submission to God, like, 'Okay, you got me.'" He also characterized it as his way of honoring "the civil rights movement, the abolitionist movement, which gave us some of the most beautiful music ever". Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Summer
Mexican Summer is an independent record label founded in 2009 by Keith Abrahamsson and Andres Santo Domingo. Based in Brooklyn, the label has released recordings from artists including Best Coast, Kurt Vile, Ariel Pink, Allah-Las, Weyes Blood, Connan Mockasin, Jessica Pratt, and Cate Le Bon. The label is named after the song "Mexican Summer" by Marissa Nadler. In 2013, '' T: The New York Times Style Magazine'' described the label as "a bastion for experimental pop, not to mention a model for successful music publishing in the 21st century." History Mexican Summer began in fall 2008 as a subscription service for limited edition, ornately packaged vinyl pieces. On September 2, 2008, they released their first 12" vinyl single ''Sätt Att Se'', from the Swedish rock band, Dungen. “I think the whole idea of Mexican Summer really just came because I wanted to try to develop artists in a different way,” said Abrahamsson. The label continued to add bands to its roster, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Rain
Taja Cheek, known professionally as L'Rain, is an American experimentalist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and curator known primarily as the lead vocalist and songwriter of her eponymous band. L'Rain has been recognized for experimental music that draws on a vast number of traditions and genres in a practice and aesthetic Cheek calls "approaching songness". Her self-titled debut, '' L'Rain'', was included in best-of-year lists by publications including ''Pitchfork'' and ''Bandcamp Daily''. Her second and third albums met with wide acclaim from dozens of outlets: for 2021's ''Fatigue'', accolades included best of '' The Needle Drop'' and ''The Wire'' album of the year; '' I Killed Your Dog'' was named among the best of 2023 by ''The New York Times'', ''Rolling Stone'', and ''Pitchfork''. She has collaborated with artists including Vagabon, Helado Negro, and Naama Tsabar, and performed with Kevin Beasley at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Early life and education Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Killed Your Dog
''I Killed Your Dog'' is the third studio album by Brooklyn-based experimental musician L'Rain. It was released on October 13, 2023, through Mexican Summer. Background and composition Cheek announced the album on August 23, 2023, as a self-professed "anti-break-up" record. A press release introduced it as her "boldest statement to date" and a disclosure of the musician's signature blend of "indie dad rock and experimental electronics". Cheek intends to show "a bolder, brattier, more diabolical side" of her alias with the record, a "dip into darkness". The album explores her own idea of "a world of contradictions", described as "sensual" but "terrifying, and strange". When talking about the album title, Cheek clarified that it sounds "horrible" but evokes numerous things she thinks about "all at once". She concluded that the title was chosen to simply "evoke a feeling" out of the listener and that feeling is intended to "represent everything" Cheek is talking about in her lyrics. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Oceans
Dead Oceans, Inc., is an American independent record label founded in 2006 and based in Bloomington, Indiana. History On June 30, 2006, Phil Waldorf founded Dead Oceans with Chris Swanson. Swanson suggested the name Dead Oceans, which came from the lyrics of Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" (1963). Chris' brother Ben Swanson, Darius Van Arman, and Jonathan Cargill of Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar also helped to found the label.Dave Maher"Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar Birth Dead Oceans" ''Pitchfork Media'', February 19, 2007. The label was launched in 2007, and is part of Secretly Group. In 2017, the label released shoegaze band Slowdive's first album in 22 years. In 2018, Dead Oceans was listed as #7 on ''Paste'' magazine's top-10 record labels of 2018. Artists * A Place to Bury Strangers * Akron/Family * Alex Lahey * Bear in Heaven * Better Oblivion Community Center * Bill Fay * Bishop Allen * Bleached * Bowerbirds * Brazos * Bright Eyes * Cali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We
''The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We'' is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Mitski, released on September 15, 2023, through Dead Oceans. Produced by Patrick Hyland, it was recorded at the Bomb Shelter studio in Nashville and Sunset Sound in Los Angeles. The album was promoted by the release of the singles "Bug Like an Angel", "Star" / "Heaven" and "My Love Mine All Mine" through July to October 2023, the last being one of Mitski's most successful songs to date. An Americana, country, folk, and orchestral pop record, ''The Land Is Inhospitable'' was received with universal praise by critics, who focused on the emotional rawness of Mitski's lyrics as well as the stripped-down nature of the music. Background and recording Mitski recorded ''The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We'' with producer Patrick Hyland at Bomb Shelter in Nashville and Sunset Sound in Los Angeles. A 17-person choir arranged by Mitski, as well as an orchestra, conducted and arranged by D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libera Award For Best Breakthrough Artist
The Libera Award for Best Breakthrough Artist is an award presented by the American Association of Independent Music at the annual Libera Award which recognizes "independent artist whose release exceeded a certain total of streams or equivalent sales" since 2012. The category was previously called Up & Comer Award in 2012 to 2014. For the first two years of the awards, the category had two winners, one voted by A2IM members and the other voted by eMusic members. Indie pop band The Dø and Indie soul Indie is a short form of "independence" or "independent"; it may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media *Independent media, media free of influence by government or corporate interests * Indie art, fine arts made by artists independent of comme ... band JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound were the inaugural recipients of the award. Since 2013, a set of nominees is annually presented, with the nomination sometimes being credited for a specific release. Winners and nominees Notes Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
