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Chad VanGaalen
Chad VanGaalen (born 1977) is a Canadian musician, animator, and artist from Calgary, Alberta. Career ''Infiniheart'' Following a few scattered independent releases, done mostly on homemade CDs with hand-drawn art, VanGaalen released '' Infiniheart'' (2004) on Canadian independent label Flemish Eye. ''Infiniheart'', a collection of songs selected from recordings made in his bedroom/makeshift studio, was picked up in 2005 by indie label Sub Pop. In late 2005, the album was re-released with a bonus six-song EP entitled ''Green Beans''. ''Skelliconnection'' On 22 August 2006, VanGaalen's second album, '' Skelliconnection'', was released in the U.S. on Sub Pop and in Canada on Flemish Eye. The album is composed of new songs as well as tracks previously released on his earlier independent recordings and features exclusive artwork and videos made by VanGaalen. ''ChartAttack'' reported on 17 January 2007 that ''Skelliconnection'' was #31 and had been on the chart for 19 weeks. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infiniheart
''Infiniheart'' is an album by Canadian artist Chad VanGaalen. It was originally released in 2004 on Flemish Eye and was rereleased in 2005 on Sub Pop. The album was recorded in a makeshift studio in VanGaalen's basement, and uses a diverse array of instruments and equipment, almost all played by VanGaalen and some handmade by the artist. Overall, ''Infiniheart'' received favorable reviews and drew comparisons to The Flaming Lips and Neil Young. Track listing #"Clinically Dead" – 2:18 #"After the Afterlife" – 3:38 #"Kill Me in My Sleep" – 5:58 #"The Warp Zone/Hidden Bridge" – 4:13 #"J.C.'s Head on the Cross" – 3:18 #"Somewhere I Know There Is Nothing" – 4:14 #"Blood Machine" – 4:25 #"Echo Train" – 3:19 #"Build a Home Like a Bee" – 2:13 #"I Miss You Like I Miss You" – 2:59 #"Human Totem" – 2:56 #"Red Blood" – 4:02 #"1000 Pound Eyelids" – 3:29 #"Graduated Assassin" – 2:53 #"Chronograph #1" – 3:23 #"Sunshine Snare Hits" – 3:58 #"Liquid + Light" – 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skelliconnection
''Skelliconnection'' is the second album by Canadian musician Chad VanGaalen. It was released on August 22, 2006 on Flemish Eye (Canadian distribution) and Sub Pop (U.S. distribution). In addition to writing and recording the album, VanGaalen performed almost all of the instruments and drew the album artwork. Like VanGaalen's debut album, '' Infiniheart'' (2004), ''Skelliconnection'' comprises material from hundreds of homemade recordings. On July 10, 2007, ''Skelliconnection'' was announced as a finalist for the Polaris Music Prize, alongside such other acts as The Dears, Julie Doiron, and Miracle Fortress. The winner, announced on September 24, 2007, was ''Close to Paradise'' by Patrick Watson. Many fans believe that the lyrics in the track "Red Hot Drops" are pertaining to intravenous drug use. The song "Gubbbish" was used on the hit television show ''The O.C. ''The O.C. '' is an American teen drama television series created by Josh Schwartz that originally aired on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Miguel Primavera Sound
Primavera Sound (commonly referred to as Primavera) is an annual music festival held at the Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona, Spain, during late May and early June. It was founded in 2001 by Pablo Soler as "a showcase for Spanish Noise rock, noise bands", originally held at the Poble Espanyol before moving to the Parc del Fòrum, a much larger site on the seafront, in 2005. It is one of the largest and most-attended music festivals in Europe and the biggest in the Mediterranean Europe, Mediterranean. The festival's image was originally oriented around indie rock, but in recent years has seen a larger presence of genres such as Hip hop music, hip hop, electronic dance music and Pop music, pop. In contrast to most other European festivals, traditionally the first bands go on at 4:00 pm, the headliners begin at midnight, and the latest acts play until 6:00 a.m. Beginning in 2019, Primavera Sound became the world's first major music festival to achieve gender-equal lineups under the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly ''Exclaim!'' print magazine publishes seven issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. In addition to music, the magazine also covers film and comedy. History ''Exclaim!'' began as a discussion among campus and community radio programmers at Ryerson's CKLN-FM in 1991. It was started by then-CKLN programmer Ian Danzig, together with other programmers and Toronto musicians. The goal of the publication was to support great Canadian music that was otherwise going unheralded. The group worked through 1991 to produce their first issue in April 1992, with monthly issues being produced since. Ian Danzig has been the publisher of the magazine since its start. The magazine had no official name for its first year of operations, with only th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shout Out Out Out Out
Shout Out Out Out Out was a Canadians, Canadian dance-punk/electro (music), electro group from Edmonton, Alberta. The band's lineup is unusual in that it includes multiple drummers and bassists, as well as vintage synthesizer equipment. History Shout Out Out Out Out was formed in 2004. The band's debut album ''Not Saying/Just Saying'', released in 2006, garnered significant airplay on Canadian campus radio and on CBC Radio 3. The album debuted at No. 11 on Canada's national campus radio chart, ''Exclaim!, !earshot'', in August 2006, and moved up to No. 5 in the September chart. In February 2007, ''Not Saying/Just Saying'' was nominated for the Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year, but lost to City and Colour's ''Sometimes (City and Colour album), Sometimes''.. ''Vue Weekly'', March 9, 2016 In 2008, the band released a split single with San Serac, "Friends"/"In the End It's Your Friends". Their second album, ''Reintegration Time'', was released on March 3, 2009. That ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World's Most Stressed Out Gardener
''World's Most Stressed Out Gardener'' is the ninth studio album by Canadian musician Chad VanGaalen. It was released on March 19, 2021, by Sub Pop worldwide and Flemish Eye in Canada. Background All the tracks on the album were written and recorded by Chad VanGaalen at his Yoko Eno Studio in Calgary, Alberta, and mastered by Ryan Morey in Montreal, Quebec. Promotion Chad VanGaalen is scheduled to do a livestream of the album from his studio through the livestreaming platform NoonChorus on April 8, 2021. Release On January 28, 2021, VanGaalen announced he was releasing his ninth studio album, along with the single "Samurai Sword". The animated music video for the single was released the same day, and featured a variety of hidden easter eggs for the viewer to find and enter on VanGaalen's website. Of the single, VanGaalen said: "I had just ripped a bunch of old leaking copper pipe out of my basement in a reno job that I jumped into willy nilly. Realizing how magical the pipes soun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prism Prize
The Prism Prize is a national juried award recognizing the artistry of the modern music video in Canada."Prism Prize reveals its shortlist for best Canadian music video" . '''', February 15, 2013. A jury of over 120 Canadian music and film industry professionals, including members of the print and web media, broadcasting, film, radio, and video art communities, nominate the 10 best videos of the year to comprise the Prism Prize shortlist. The winning video receives a cash prize of $20,000. This is the richest cash prize for music videos in North America. Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timber Timbre
Timber Timbre is a Canadian band featuring Taylor Kirk. The moniker refers to an early series of recordings made in a timber-framed cabin set in the wooded outskirts of Bobcaygeon, Ontario. History Timber Timbre released two albums independently before releasing their self-titled album on Out of This Spark in January 2009. They were subsequently signed to Arts & Crafts, who re-released the album on June 30 in Canada and July 28 internationally. The album was named as a longlist nominee for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize on June 15, 2009,"CBC Radio3 Announces Polaris Prize Longlist" |
Love As Laughter
Love as Laughter was an American indie rock band from Olympia, Washington. The band was formed in 1994 by vocalist and guitarist Sam Jayne as a solo project following the break-up of his previous band, Lync. In 2008, the band signed with Isaac Brock's label Glacial Pace Isaac Kristofer Brock (born July 9, 1975) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, principal songwriter, guitarist and only constant member of the indie rock band Modest Mouse, as well as his side project band, Ug ... and released the album ''Holy''. At the time, the band featured Jayne, Ivan Berko on bass, Zeke Howard on drums, Andy Macleod on guitar and Robbie Lee on keyboards. Jayne was found dead on December 15, 2020, at the age of 46. Sam Jayne's Death Sam Jayne was found unresponsive lying in the back of his car by New York City Police Department about a week after he was reported missing. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Preliminary research from NYPD showed no � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video games. Animation is closely related to filmmaking and like filmmaking is extremely labor-intensive, which means that most significant works require the collaboration of several animators. The methods of creating the images or frames for an animation piece depend on the animators' artistic styles and their field. Other artists who contribute to animated cartoons, but who are not animators, include Page layout, layout artists (who design the backgrounds, lighting, and camera angles), storyboard artists (who draw panels of the action from the script), and background artists (who paint the "scenery"). Animated films share some film crew positions with regular live action films, such as director, producer, sound engineer, and editor, but differ radically i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illustrator
An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicated concepts or objects that are difficult to describe textually, which is the reason illustrations are often found in children's books. Illustration is the art of making images that work with something and add to it without needing direct attention and without distracting from what they illustrate. The other thing is the focus of the attention, and the illustration's role is to add personality and character without competing with that other thing. Illustrations have been used in advertisements, architectural rendering, greeting cards, posters, books, graphic novels, storyboards, business, technical communications, magazines, shirts, video games, tutorials, and newspapers. A cartoon illustration can add humour to certain stories o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Preoccupations
Preoccupations is a Canadian post-punk band from Calgary, Alberta, formed in 2012 under the name Viet Cong. The band consists of Matt Flegel (vocals, bass), Scott Munro (guitar, synth), Daniel Christiansen (guitar) and Mike Wallace (drums). Flegel and Wallace had previously been members of the band Women, which broke up in 2010. The group's musical style has been described as "labyrinthine post-punk". To date, the band has released five studio albums: ''Viet Cong'' (2015), '' Preoccupations'' (2016), '' New Material'' (2018) ''Arrangements'' (2022), and '' Ill At Ease'' (2025) History Formation and ''Viet Cong'' (2012–2015) In 2010, the band Women entered an indefinite hiatus after an onstage fight. That band's guitarist, Christopher Reimer, died in 2012. Following Reimer's death and the disbanding of Women, ex-Women bassist Flegel decided to form a new band with guitarist Munro (formerly of Lab Coast); the two had recently toured together as live musicians for Chad VanGaalen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
