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Changephobia
''Changephobia'' is the third full-length solo album by American indie rock musician Rostam Batmanglij. The album has received positive reception from critics and appeared on several best-of lists for the year. It was followed by two volumes of remixes later in the year. Reception Editors at ''AnyDecentMusic?'' scored this album a 7.3 out of 10, based on 15 reviews. At ''The A.V. Club'', Tatiana Tenreyro scored this album a B+, calling it "a fitting record for sunny summer days, leaning into a stripped-down sound that combines pop with jazz". Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Heather Phares writing "on ''Changephobia'', atmanglij'sapproach is a little more concise and considered" than 2017's '' Half-Light'' "but just as evocative", continuing that his music is "more artful and heartfelt than ever". '' DIY''s Sean Kerwick scored ''Changephobia'' 4 out of 5 stars, characterizing it as "beautifully constructed, surprising and brimming with inventi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rostam Batmanglij
Rostam Batmanglij (, ; born November 28, 1983), known mononymously as Rostam, is an American musician, producer and songwriter. He was a founding member of the band Vampire Weekend, whose first three albums he produced. He has been described by Stereogum as one of the greatest pop and indie-rock producers of his generation. Rostam also works as a solo artist and is a member of electro-soul group Discovery. He produced his first number-one album, Vampire Weekend's '' Contra'', when he was 27 years old. Batmanglij has been nominated for three Grammy Awards: twice for Best Alternative Music Album with Vampire Weekend (winning for '' Modern Vampires of the City'') and once for Album of the Year as producer of Haim's '' Women in Music Pt. III''. Early life Batmanglij was born to Iranian parents, and grew up in Washington, D.C. His mother is cookbook author Najmieh Batmanglij, while his father is a publisher. His parents arrived in D.C. in 1983. His brother is independent filmmake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half-Light (album)
''Half-Light'' is the debut solo studio album by American musician Rostam, released on September 15, 2017. The album peaked at #6 on the ''Billboard'' Heatseekers chart, and received generally favorable reviews. Background ''Half-Light'' was released a year after his departure from his acclaimed indie-pop band, Vampire Weekend, and his successful collaboration with the former The Walkmen singer, Hamilton Leithauser, '' I Had a Dream That You Were Mine''. The album contains several tracks that were written many years before the release of ''Half-Light'', with one song being written ten years prior to the album's release. Track listing All tracks written and produced by Rostam Batmanglij, except where noted. ;Notes * signifies a lyricist. ;Sample credits * "Sumer" contains samples from "Sumer Is Icumen In" performed by The Revels Chorus. * "Never Going To Catch Me" contains an interpolation of "Ndini Baba" by Dumisani Maraire. * "Don't Let It Get To You" contains a sample ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tess Brown-Lavoie
Tess or TESS may refer to: Film and theatre * ''Tess'' (1979 film), a 1979 film adaptation of ''Tess of the d'Urbervilles'' * ''Tess'' (2016 film), a South African production Music * Tess (band), a Spanish pop band active from 2000 to 2005 * Tess (musician), a UK musician * Tess Mattisson, a Swedish musician born 1978 Science and technology * Trademark Electronic Search System, a service of the United States Patent and Trademark Office * Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, a space telescope designed to search for extra-solar planets * Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate, a birth control pill * Telescopic Sighting System, a tank/fighter aircraft sight Other uses * Tess (given name) * Various storms named Tess * Nikolay Tess (1921–2006), member of the Soviet Ministry for State Security, convicted in Latvia of mass deportations of Latvians in the 1940s See also * TES (other) Tes or TES may refer to: Places * Tés, a village in Hungary * Tes River, a river in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Hakim
Nicolas Hakim is an American musician based in Queens, New York, United States. His first EP, ''Where Will We Go Part 1 & 2'', was self-released in 2014. He released three albums with ATO: ''Green Twins'' (2017), '' Will This Make Me Good'' (2020), and ''Cometa'' (2022). Career Nick Hakim was born and raised in Washington, D.C. by his parents, a Chilean mother and Peruvian father, where he was surrounded by a diverse array of musical influences. At 17, a friend invited him to sing with her church choir, where Hakim taught himself to play piano. Soon after, he was accepted to Boston's Berklee College of Music, and whilst there, he released 2014's two-part EPs ''Where Will We Go''. In 2017, Hakim released ''Green Twins'' through ATO Records and toured internationally. The album went on to earn critical acclaim by media outlets including ''Pitchfork'' and ''The Guardian'', and was named one of the Ten Best R&B Albums of 2017 by NPR. ''Vice'' called it a "soulful, psychedelic expe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Gayl Williams (born January 26, 1953) is an American singer-songwriter and a solo guitarist. She recorded her first two albums, ''Ramblin' on My Mind (Lucinda Williams album), Ramblin' on My Mind'' (1979) and ''Happy Woman Blues'' (1980), in a traditional country and blues style that received critical praise but little public or radio attention. In 1988, she released her third album, Lucinda Williams (album), ''Lucinda Williams'', to widespread critical acclaim. Regarded as "an Americana classic", the album also features "Passionate Kisses", a song later recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter for her 1992 album ''Come On Come On'', which garnered Williams her first Grammy Award for Best Country Song in 36th Annual Grammy Awards, 1994. Known for working slowly, Williams released her fourth album, ''Sweet Old World'', four years later in 1992. ''Sweet Old World'' was met with further critical acclaim and was voted the 11th best album of 1992 in ''The Village Voice''s Pazz & Jop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Without Tears
''World Without Tears'' is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, released on April 8, 2003, by Lost Highway Records. The album debuted at No. 18 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 54,000 copies in its first week. By 2008, it had sold 415,000 copies in the U.S. The album was a widespread critical and commercial success, and earned Williams two Grammy Award nominations in 2004: Best Contemporary Folk Album and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the track " Righteously". Critical reception ''World Without Tears'' was met with widespread critical acclaim. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 87, based on 18 reviews. '' Spin'' magazine's Robert Levine believed Williams had returned to "the painful sensuality of the specific" on ''World Without Tears'', while Will Hermes from ''Entertainment Weekly'' said the "profoundly carnal" recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor (21 August 1952 – 22 December 2002), known professionally as Joe Strummer, was a British musician. He was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist, and lead vocalist of punk rock band the Clash, formed in 1976. The Clash's second studio album, ''Give 'Em Enough Rope'' (1978), reached No. 2 on the UK charts. Soon after, they achieved success in the US, starting with ''London Calling'' (1979) and peaking with ''Combat Rock'' (1982), which reached No. 7 on the US charts and was certified 2× platinum there. The Clash's explosive political lyrics, musical experimentation, and rebellious attitude greatly influenced rock music in general, especially alternative rock. Their music incorporated punk with reggae, ska, Dub music, dub, funk, Hip hop music, rap and rockabilly. Strummer's other career highlights included stints with the 101ers, the Latino Rockabilly War, the Mescaleros and the Pogues, as well as solo music. His work as a musician allowed him to explore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Jones (The Clash Guitarist)
Michael Geoffrey Jones (born 26 June 1955) is a British musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer best known as co-founder and lead guitarist of punk rock band the Clash, until his dismissal by frontman Joe Strummer in 1983. In 1984, he formed Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts. Jones has played with the band Carbon/Silicon along with Tony James (formerly of Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik) since 2002 and was part of the Gorillaz live band for a world tour in 2010. In late 2011, Jones collaborated with Pete Wylie and members of the Farm to form the Justice Tonight Band. Early life Michael Geoffrey Jones was born on 26 June 1955 in Wandsworth, London, England, to a Welsh father, Tommy Jones, and a Russian Jewish mother, Renee Zegansky. He spent much of his early life living with his maternal grandmother, Stella Class, who was born in 1899 to Jewish parents in Russia and escaped the Russian pogroms by migrating to the United Kingdom. Jones' cousin is Grant Shapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Train In Vain (Stand By Me)
"Train in Vain" is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash. It was released as the third and final single from their third studio album, ''London Calling'' (1979). The song was not originally listed on the album's track listing, appearing as a hidden track at the end of the album. This was because the track was added to the record at the last minute, when the sleeve was already in production. Some editions include the song in the track listing. It was the first Clash song to reach the United States Top 30 charts and in 2010, the song was ranked number 298 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In the US and Canada, the song's title is expanded to "Train in Vain (Stand by Me)", as the words "stand by me" dominate the chorus. It was titled "Train in Vain" in part to avoid confusion with Ben E. King's signature song " Stand by Me". Origins "Train in Vain" was added after the deal for the band to write a song for an ''NME'' flexi disc fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Parker
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz Saxophone, saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading figure in the development of bebop, a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos, Virtuoso, virtuosic technique, and advanced harmonies. He was a virtuoso and introduced revolutionary rhythmic and harmonic ideas into jazz, including rapid Passing chord, passing chords, new variants of Altered chord, altered chords, and Chord substitution, chord substitutions. Parker was primarily a player of the alto saxophone. Parker was an icon for the hipster (1940s subculture), hipster subculture and later the Beat Generation, personifying the jazz musician as an uncompromising artist and intellectual rather than just an entertainer. Early life Charles Parker Jr. was born in Kansas City, Kansas, to Charles Parker Sr. and Adelaide "Addie" Bailey, who was of mixed Choctaw and African-A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
