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2025 Libera Awards
The 14th Libera Awards, also named 2025 Libera Awards, are set to be held on June 9, 2025, 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 2024. The nominations were announced on March 19, 2025. American musician MJ Lenderman led the nominations with six, followed by Waxahatchee with five, and Jessica Pratt and MF DOOM, both with four nods each. The ceremony was hosted by ''Billboards content producer Delisa Shannon, and included performanced by Swamp Dogg, serpentwithfeet, Ekko Astral, and Reyna Tropical. German music executive producer Horst Weidenmüller received the Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously. Jessica Pratt and MF DOOM were the most awarded artists with three wins each, followed by MJ Lenderman and Fontaines D.C. with two awards apiece. Winners and nominees The nominees were announced on March 19, 2025. Winners are listed first and in bold. ... [...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] |
Fontaines D
Fontaines may refer to the following places in France: *Fontaines, Saône-et-Loire, in the Saône-et-Loire ''département'' * Fontaines, Vendée, in the Vendée ''département'' * Fontaines, Yonne, in the Yonne ''département'' * Fontaines-d'Ozillac, in the Charente-Maritime ''département'' * Fontaines-en-Duesmois, in the Côte-d'Or ''département'' * Fontaines-en-Sologne, in the Loir-et-Cher ''département'' * Fontaines-les-Sèches, in the Côte-d'Or ''département'' * Fontaines-Saint-Clair, in the Meuse ''département'' * Fontaines-Saint-Martin, in the Rhône ''département'' * Fontaines-sur-Marne, in the Haute-Marne ''département'' *Fontaines-sur-Saône, in the Rhône ''département'' * Grandchamps-des-Fontaines, in the Loire-Atlantique ''département'' *Nouans-les-Fontaines, in the Indre-et-Loire ''département'' *Pernes-les-Fontaines Pernes-les-Fontaines (; officially Pernes until 1936; Occitan: ''Pèrnas dei Fònts'' or simply ''Pèrnas'') is a commune in the southeast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalena Bay
Magdalena Bay () is a long bay in Comondú Municipality along the western coast of the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, state of Baja California Sur. It is protected from the Pacific Ocean by the unpopulated sandy barrier islands of Isla Magdalena and Isla Santa Margarita. Ecology This bay is particularly noted for the seasonal migration of the California gray whales that come here during winter to calve. The bay is also popular for commercial and sports fishing. Nearby mangrove swamps provide sanctuaries for sea birds. The bay includes the small fishing port of San Carlos, Baja California Sur, San Carlos, as well as Puerto López Mateos, which provides a good place to observe the whales. Islands Sandy barrier islands Isla Magdalena and Isla Santa Margarita separate the bay from the Pacific Ocean. Magdalena, mostly to the north and facing northwest, is a long, slender, segmented island that parallels the coast a few miles north. There is a small settlement, Puerto Magdal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigers Blood
''Tigers Blood'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Waxahatchee. It was released on March 22, 2024, through Anti-. It was preceded by the release of three singles, " Right Back to It", "Bored", and "365". The album received acclaim from critics, and garnered Waxahatchee a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, her first nomination at the awards. Background Following the release of '' Saint Cloud'' (2020), which posed "an obvious pivot" in sound to the singer, Crutchfield and her producer Brad Cook were unsure as to how to follow-up the record as due to a vast positive reception. The singer started writing material for the album during a "hot hand spell" while on tour towards the end of 2022. The track "365" with prominent "pop sound, pop production" was created during early recording sessions at Sonic Ranch, Texas. Guitarist MJ Lenderman was later invited by the duo and would eventually be featured on all of the songs playing electric guita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rockman (song)
"Rockman" is a song by American singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gordon, known professionally as Mk.gee. Released on October 18, 2024, through R&R, it serves as Gordon's second standalone single, after "Lonely Fight", following the release of his debut album '' Two Star & the Dream Police'' (2024). The song became Gordon's first charting single, appearing on ''Billboard'''s Adult Alternative Airplay, Rock & Alternative Airplay, and Alternative Airplay charts. It was nominated for Record of the Year at the 2025 Libera Awards. Composition "Rockman" is composed in the key of D-sharp major with a time signature of , and has a tempo around 134 beats per minute. Live performance On November 9, 2024, Gordon appeared as a musical guest on ''Saturday Night Live'' where he performed "Rockman" along with "Alesis", a non-single track from '' Two Star & the Dream Police''. Commercial performance "Rockman" marked Gordon's first charting song, debuting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti- (record Label)
Anti- is an American record label founded in 1999 as a sister label to Epitaph Records. Founded by Andy Kaulkin, Anti- first gained attention by releasing Tom Waits's Grammy Award–winning '' Mule Variations'' in 1999. Other veteran recording artists such as rhythm and blues singers Solomon Burke, Bettye LaVette and Marianne Faithfull have signed to Anti- after leaving other labels. Andy Kaulkin Kaulkin began working for the Epitaph label. His role was looking after the label's data management system.''Utne'' - Mar.-Apr. 2008 Good Karma in Stereo, At the Anti- label, it's all about the music by Marc Weingarten Page 2/ref> In 1995, he was head of marketing. He eventually worked his way up to become the president for the label, and worked there until 1998. Later he founded Anti-. Under Kaulkin's stewardship, the label began with the release of ''Mule Variations'' by Tom Waits which was met with success. Other artists signed by Kaulkin include Mavis Staples, who came to the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manning Fireworks
''Manning Fireworks'' is the fourth solo album by American musician MJ Lenderman. The album was released on September 6, 2024, through Anti- and Epitaph Records. Produced by Lenderman and Alex Farrar, the album features contributions from Lenderman's Wednesday bandmates Karly Hartzman, Xandy Chelmis and Ethan Baechtold. Background ''Manning Fireworks'' was announced on June 24, 2024, accompanied by the single release of " She's Leaving You". Lenderman recorded the album at Drop of Sun Studios in his home town of Asheville, North Carolina. A press release refers to the record as an insight into Lenderman's "frank observations on the intersection of wit and sadness" that transfers "punchlines" and "rusted-wire guitar solos" from previous works and presents a "new sincerity" and perspective through "his warped lens". Critical reception In a review for AllMusic, Mark Deming declared that, "coupled with his scrappy guitar and the satisfyingly loose report of his band, endermanmak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matador Records
Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of mainly indie rock, but also punk rock, experimental rock, alternative rock, and electronic acts. History Matador was created in 1989 by Chris Lombardi in his New York City apartment. Lombardi had brought the Austrian duo H.P. Zinker into Wharton Tiers’ Fun City studio to record Matador's first release, "...and there was light". Lombardi continued to add artists to the label's roster, with bands like the Dustdevils, Railroad Jerk and Superchunk, before being joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy in 1990. Lombardi and Cosloy have continued to run Matador Records together with Patrick Amory coming on as Matador's label manager in 1994, later becoming label president as well as a partner of Lombardi and Cosloy. Matador first drew mainstream media attention and larger sales with the North American release of Teenage Fanclub’s debut record, '' A Catholic Education'' in 1990. Other earl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Gordon
Kim Althea Gordon (born April 28, 1953) is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth. Born in Rochester, New York, she was raised in Los Angeles, California, where her father was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. After graduating from Los Angeles's Otis College of Art and Design, she moved to New York City to begin an art career. There, she formed Sonic Youth with Thurston Moore in 1981. She and Moore married in 1984, and the band released a total of six albums on independent labels before the end of the 1980s. It then released nine studio albums on the label DGC Records, beginning with ''Goo (album), Goo'' in 1990. Gordon was also a founding member of the musical project Free Kitten, which she formed with Julia Cafritz in 1993. Sonic Youth released its 15th and final studio album, ''The Eternal (album), The Eternal'' (2009), on Matador Records before disbanding in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Collective (Kim Gordon Album)
''The Collective'' is the second solo studio album by the American musician Kim Gordon, released on March 8, 2024, by Matador Records. It received acclaim from critics. It also received two nominations at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards: Best Alternative Music Album and Best Alternative Music Performance (for "Bye Bye"). Background and recording The album was inspired in part by Jennifer Egan's 2022 novel '' The Candy House''. Producer Justin Raisen sent Gordon several instrumental tracks, over which Gordon sang vocals and added distortion effects. Gordon also said that she wanted the album to be "more beat-oriented" than her last album, 2019's ''No Home Record''. Critical reception ''The Collective'' received a score of 84 out of 100 on review aggregator Metacritic based on 16 critics' reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". ''The Wire'' felt that "hard edged synths and massive, crunchy beats lend righteous swagger to Gordon's bleary guitar squalls and jetlagged sprechstimme", ... [...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] |
Here In The Pitch
''Here in the Pitch'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt. It was released on May 3, 2024, through Mexican Summer and City Slang. The album received critical acclaim from music critics. Background ''Here in the Pitch'' was inspired by the "hippie era" of Los Angeles and encapsulates the singer's obsessions with "figures emblematic of the dark side of the Californian dream". Pratt created the record alongside long-time collaborator Al Carlson, as well as keyboardist Matt McDermott, bassist Spencer Zahn, and percussionist Mauro Refosco. It also features contributions from Ryley Walker, Peter Mudge, and Alex Goldberg. Critical reception Editors at review aggregator AnyDecentMusic? scored this album an 8.6 out of 10, based on 16 critics' scores. Concluding the review for AllMusic, Fred Thomas claimed that, "the expanded instrumentation gives them a prismatic glow and makes for one of the most fascinating and repeatable sets from an artist who w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
