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Pity Sex
Pity Sex are an American alternative rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The band formed in 2011, and released two studio albums – ''Feast of Love'' (2013) and ''White Hot Moon'' (2016) – prior to their split. The band combined elements of indie rock, shoegaze, dream pop and noise rock in their music, and were described by ''Pitchfork'' as "post-coital pop-punk". The band announced its reunion in 2022, as part of the Sound & Fury festival line-up. Pity Sex has cited several bands as influences, including My Bloody Valentine (band), My Bloody Valentine, Pixies (band), Pixies, Pavement (band), Pavement, Dinosaur Jr., Kevin Gates, and Yo La Tengo. History Formation, split demo, and debut EP (2011–2012) Having formed and recorded a demo in 2011, eventually releasing it as a split cassette with Brave Bird, Pity Sex would go on to release their debut Extended play, EP, Dark World (EP), Dark World a year later on Forward Records to positive reviews. ''Feas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in Washtenaw County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded its population to be 123,851, making it the List of municipalities in Michigan, fifth-most populous city in Michigan. Located on the Huron River, Ann Arbor is the principal city of its Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Washtenaw County and had 372,258 residents in 2020. Ann Arbor is included in the Metro Detroit, Detroit–Warren–Ann Arbor combined statistical area and the Great Lakes megalopolis. Ann Arbor was founded in 1824 by John Allen (pioneer), John Allen and Elisha Rumsey. It was named after the wives of the village's founders, both named Ann, and the stands of Quercus macrocarpa, bur oak trees they found at the site of the town. The University of Michigan was established in Ann Arbor in 1837, and the city's population grew at a rapid rate in the early to mid-20th century. A college town, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark World (EP)
''Dark World'' is the debut release from Ann Arbor, Michigan based indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ... band Pity Sex released in March 2012. Track listing Personnel ;Pity Sex * Sean St. Charles - drums * Brennan Greaves - guitar/vocals * Britty Drake - guitar/vocals * Brandan Pierce - bass References {{Reflist 2012 debut EPs Pity Sex albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Coast
Best Coast is an American rock duo formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009, currently on hiatus. The band consisted of songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Bethany Cosentino and guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno. Cosentino, a former child actress, began writing music as a teenager and was formerly a member of the experimentalist drone group Pocahaunted. After a brief stint at college in New York City, Cosentino returned to the West Coast and began recording lo-fi demos with Bruno, whom she met in the Los Angeles music scene. After a string of 7-inch and cassette-only singles, the band signed to Mexican Summer, who issued the band's debut, '' Crazy for You'', in 2010. It became an unexpected commercial success following Internet buzz surrounding the duo. Lewis Pesacov of Fool's Gold and Foreign Born produced, engineered and mixed the album. Best Coast added a touring drummer, Ali Koehler of Vivian Girls, and spent much of 2011 on the road for festival app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Public Radio
National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more than List of NPR stations, 1,000 public radio stations in the United States. Funding for NPR comes from dues and fees paid by member stations, Underwriting spot, underwriting from corporate sponsors, and annual grants from the publicly funded Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Most of its member stations are owned by non-profit organizations, including public school districts, colleges, and universities. NPR operates independently of any government or corporation, and has full control of its content. NPR produces and distributes both news and cultural programming. The organization's flagship shows are two drive time, drive-time news broadcasts: ''Morning Edition'' and the afternoon ''All Things Considered'', both carried by most NPR me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceremony (punk Band)
Ceremony is an American punk rock band from Rohnert Park, California. The band's current line-up features Ross Farrar (vocals), Anthony Anzaldo (guitar), Jasmine Watson (bass), Andy Nelson (guitar), and Jake Casarotti (drums). Ryan Mattos (guitar) left before the group's Matador Records signing in 2011, being replaced by Nelson. The band have released six studio albums to date, and have changed their sound considerably across their discography – ranging from elements of powerviolence, grindcore, hardcore punk, punk rock, garage rock, post-punk, indie rock and new wave. ''Pitchfork'' once wrote that "Ceremony are hell-bent on not making the same record twice", while ''Stereogum'' described the band as "a very good punk band executing old punk tricks to massive effectiveness". History Ceremony formed in Rohnert Park, California, and recorded their first demo in December 2004. The band was originally named Violent World, before later changing to Ceremony. The name was chosen fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures / Pity Sex
''Adventures / Pity Sex'' is a split EP between the American rock bands Adventures and Pity Sex, released on October 7, 2014, through Run for Cover Records Run for Cover Records is an American independent record label based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2004 by Jeff Casazza at the age of 17 with a $1,000 loan, the label functioned as a small one-person bedroom operation in Brighton, until Casa .... It features one original track and one cover by each band. Track listing Personnel ;Adventures * Dominic Landolina – guitar * Jami Morgan – drums * Joe Goldman – vocals, bass * Kimi Hanauer – keyboard * Reba Meyers – vocals, guitar ;Pity Sex * Sean St. Charles – drums * Brennan Greaves – guitar, vocals * Brandan Pierce – bass * Britty Drake – guitar, vocals References {{Reflist 2014 EPs Split EPs Adventures (band) albums Pity Sex albums Run for Cover Records EPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tigers Jaw
Tigers Jaw is an American Rock music, rock band from Scranton, Pennsylvania, that formed in 2005. The group was co-founded by Wicca Phase Springs Eternal, Adam McIlwee and Ben Walsh, with Walsh serving as the only consistent member throughout. The band's current lineup consists of Walsh, keyboardist/vocalist Brianna Collins, drummer Teddy Roberts, bassist Colin Gorman, and guitarist Mark Lebiecki. Their first album, ''Belongs to the Dead'', was released in 2006. They issued two more albums before announcing a hiatus in March 2013. However, their record label, Run for Cover Records, Run for Cover, stated in August 2013 that the band's breakup was not official. Their fourth album, ''Charmer (Tigers Jaw album), Charmer'', came out in June 2014, and their fifth, ''Spin (Tigers Jaw album), Spin'', in 2017. Their most recent album, ''I Won't Care How You Remember Me'', was released in 2021. ''Pitchfork (website), Pitchfork'' has described the band's sound as possessing "the jangle of o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Paul
Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques (born 9 January 1973) is a Jamaican dancehall musician. Paul's first album, ''Stage One'', was released in 2000. He gained international fame with his second album, ''Dutty Rock'', in 2002. Its single "Get Busy" topped the US Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the United States, as did "Temperature (song), Temperature", off his third album, ''The Trinity (album), The Trinity'' (2005). Paul frequently invokes the nickname "Chanderpaul", originating from the similarity between his first two names and cricketer Shivnarine Chanderpaul. In the Vice documentary ''The Story of 'Get Busy' by Sean Paul'', when asked "How did you become 'Sean Da Paul'", Paul recalls how others would call him Chan-der-paul, and the name stuck. He then started saying it in shows and recordings. Most of his albums have been nominated for Grammy Awards for Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album, Best Reggae Album, with ''Dutty Rock'' winning the award. Paul has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basement (band)
Basement are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Ipswich, Ipswich, Suffolk, in 2009. Their debut studio album, ''I Wish I Could Stay Here'', was released in 2011. The next year, ''Colourmeinkindness'' was released, charting on the US ''Billboard'' Top 200. After touring in support of ''Colourmeinkindness'', the band went on hiatus in 2012. In 2014, they reunited to release the EP ''Further Sky''. The next album, ''Promise Everything'', charted in 2016 in Australia, the UK and the US. The band's fourth album, ''Beside Myself (Basement album), Beside Myself'', was released in October 2018. History Basement formed in September 2009 in Ipswich, England, following the break-up of pop punk band In This for Fun. In This for Fun released ''The Away from Home EP'' before they broke-up. The band picked Basement as a name simply because they "wanted a short name that didn't mean much." On 17 May 2010, the band released their debut Extended play, EP ''Songs About the Weather'' and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures (American Band)
Adventures was an American rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was formed in 2012 by three members of the hardcore punk band Code Orange – Joe Goldman, Reba Meyers and Jami Morgan – with their friends Kimi Hanauer and Dominic Landolina (now also a member of Code Orange). They were initially signed to No Sleep Records, but later transferred to Run for Cover Records. Adventures have released four EPs, followed by the 2015 studio album ''Supersonic Home''. History In May 2014, the band embarked on a tour with Seahaven and Foxing. On March 5, 2015, the band played Hostage Calm's final show at Toad's Place in New Haven, CT alongside TWIABP, Superheaven, and Sorority Noise. In April, the band embarked on a US tour supporting Whirr. On April 7, 2015, the band played their Supersonic Home record release show at Roboto in Pittsburgh, PA with support from Whirr, Give, Run Forever, and Swingers Club. In August, the band played Wrecking Ball Fest in Atlanta, GA. Follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Run For Cover Records
Run for Cover Records is an American independent record label based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 2004 by Jeff Casazza at the age of 17 with a $1,000 loan, the label functioned as a small one-person bedroom operation in Brighton, until Casazza graduated from Suffolk University in 2010. Known for working with undiscovered young bands from all over the world, RFC can be credited for helping launch the careers of Tigers Jaw, Modern Baseball, Title Fight, Citizen, Turnover, Pinegrove, Basement, and many more, as well as working with already notable acts like Alex G, Camp Cope, mewithoutYou, Teen Suicide, and Nothing. Their YouTube channel, which features songs and videos from artists on their roster, has 180,000 subscribers and over 154 million views (as of January, 2025). The label has released two RIAA Gold Certified singles. History 2004–2010 RFC was largely operated out of multiple apartments while Casazza attended Suffolk University. Releasing only 7-inch EPs an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
