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Divorce (band)
Divorce is a British four-piece alternative country band from Nottingham, consisting of vocalist and bassist Tiger Cohen-Towell, co-vocalist Felix Mackenzie-Barrow, drummer Kasper Sandstrom, and lead guitarist Adam Peter-Smith. First releasing music in 2021, the band has released two EPs, ''Get Mean'' (2022) and ''Heady Metal'' (2023), which they followed up with their debut album, ''Drive To Goldenhammer'' (2025). History All four members of the band met at age 16 through the music scene in Nottingham. Smith was initially a solo artist, whereas Towell and Barrow were a musical duo and Sandstrom was in the Nottingham band Do Nothing, a position he still holds. They decided to form a band while sitting on a hill in Nottingham, choosing to also each take up instruments different to the ones they already played. The band began releasing music in 2021. At the time, Towell frequently wore a blonde wig when performing, though they later stopped wearing it. In July 2022 they relea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everything Everything
Everything Everything are an English art rock band from Manchester that formed in late 2007. Noted for their eclectic sound and complex, avant-garde-inspired lyrics, the band has released seven albums to date '' Man Alive (2010),'' '' Arc (2013),'' '' Get to Heaven (2015),'' '' A Fever Dream (2017),'' '' Re-Animator'' (2020), '' Raw Data Feel'' (2022) and '' Mountainhead'' (2024) and has been widely critically acclaimed.BBC - 'Man Alive' by Everything Everything - Album Review by Alix Buscovic , Retrieved 7 September 2010. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lexington, Islington
The Lexington is a pub and music venue on Pentonville Road in Islington, London that opened in 2008. The bar specialises in bourbon, as well as American craft beer. The building it is in was built over 1875 to 1876 and was originally known as The Belvidere Tavern. History 18th and 19th centuries The building now housing The Lexington was erected in 1875–6. It was then known as ''The Belvidere'', and was a new construction for the earlier tavern of that name on the same site, which had been there since about 1780. It was designed by the architect W. E. Williams and built by Robert Marr. Writing about the older tavern in 1882 in Notes and Queries, Edward Spencer refers to a discussion society "held there weekly, and some of our greatest ornaments of the bar and legal profession have there tested their oratorical skill" and that "in the parlour of an evening were once seen many of the authors, painters, artists, and literary men of the period." 20th century In the 1940s th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vaccines
The Vaccines are an English indie rock band, formed in West London in 2010 by Justin Hayward-Young and Freddie Cowan. The band currently consists of Young (lead vocals, guitars), Árni Árnason (bass, vocals), Timothy Lanham (guitars, keys, vocals) and Yoann Intonti (drums). The Vaccines have toured extensively, playing with and opening up for acts such as the Rolling Stones, Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Kings of Leon, Phoenix (French band), Phoenix, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Imagine Dragons, and Muse (band), Muse. The band's debut album was the best-selling debut album of 2011 in the United Kingdom, drawing comparisons to the Ramones, the Strokes, and the Jesus and Mary Chain. The band have released six studio albums: ''What Did You Expect from the Vaccines?'' (2011), ''Come of Age'' (2012), ''English Graffiti'' (2015), ''Combat Sports (album), Combat Sports'' (2018), ''Back in Love City'' (2021), and ''Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations'' (2024). They have sold two million recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far Out (website)
''Far Out'' is an independent British online culture platform founded in 2010 and headquartered in London. The site focuses on independent and alternative culture, providing analysis of music, film, travel and the arts alongside exclusive interviews and curated playlists. History ''Far Out'' was founded in 2010 by Lee Thomas-Mason, then a student of Leeds Metropolitan University. Jack Whatley then became an editor and broadened the scope of the website. Thomas worked as a reporter for Sky Sports and Metro before starting ''Far Out''. He was then hired to start Trinity Mirror's clever web series Row Zed for the Daily Mirror. The slogan "The Independent Voice of Culture" was created since ''Far Out'' is a completely autonomous organization that does not have any outside ownership or significant corporate support. They also maintain editorial autonomy and encourage a variety of viewpoints from different creative fields. While first focusing on unsigned artists and independent musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real World Studios
Real World Studios is a residential recording studio complex founded by Peter Gabriel and situated in the old Box Mill building in the village of Box, Wiltshire, England, near to the city of Bath. It is closely associated with the Real World Records record label, Real World Publishing, and the WOMAD Festival, whose offices are also based at the complex. Destinations Its aim is to provide excellent working opportunities for many musicians, as well as the wider dissemination of world music. It is intended to serve as a springboard for musicians from all over the world to bring their music to areas and cultures they cannot tap into themselves, especially in the USA where music from Africa, Asia and Latin America is rarely broadcast on mainstream stations. The Real World music label has introduced musicians such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Papa Wemba and Youssou N'Dour to Western culture. Peter Gabriel has released all his own albums under this label since 1989, and its influe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. The magazine was first known for its coverage of rock music and political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990s, the magazine broadened and shifted its focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. It has since returned to its traditional mix of content, including music, entertainment, and politics. The first magazine was released in 1967 and featured John Lennon on the cover, and was then published every two weeks. It is known for provocative photography and its cover photos, featuring musicians, politicians, athletes, and actors. In addition to its print version in the United States, it publishes content through Rollingstone.com and numerous international editions. The magazine experienced a rapid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islington Assembly Hall
Islington Assembly Hall is a live music venue and events space on Upper Street, Islington, London. It forms part of the Islington Town Hall complex. It has a capacity of 890 for live events, including seating for 200 in its balcony. Events other than music shows, such as public meetings, also take place there. History The assembly hall, which was designed with many art deco features, including clocks, paintings and decorative panels, opened in March 1930. Owned and managed by the local authority, the building hosted events such as variety shows, tea dances and weddings. Performers in the post-war era included the singers Diana Dors, George Formby and Chris Farlowe Chris Farlowe (born John Henry Deighton, 13 October 1940) is an English rock music, rock, blues and blue-eyed soul singer. He is best known for his hit single "Out of Time (Rolling Stones song), Out of Time" written by Mick Jagger and Keith Ric .... It closed in the mid-1980s and was then used as storage space fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concert Residency
A concert residency (also known as musical residency or simply residency) is a series of concerts, similar to a concert tour, but performed at only one location. The ''Pollstar'' Awards defined a residency as a run of 10 or more shows at a single venue. An artist who performs on a concert residency is called a resident performer. Concert residencies have been the staple of the Las Vegas Strip for decades, pioneered by singer-pianist Liberace in the 1940s and Frank Sinatra with the Rat Pack in the 1950s. Celine Dion's A New Day..., from 2003 to 2007, is the most successful concert residency of all time, grossing over US$385 million ($ million in dollars) and drawing nearly three million people to 717 shows. This commercial success was credited with changing and revitalizing Las Vegas residencies, which previously had the negative perception of something that performers resorted to when their careers were in decline. Dion is further recognized as the "Queen of Las Vegas". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Marks
Catherine J Marks is an Australian record producer, mixing engineer and audio engineer. She has worked with such artists as boygenius, Foals, Manchester Orchestra, The Killers, Local Natives, Wolf Alice, Beware of Darkness, The Big Moon, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, The Amazons, Palace, Arno, Howling Bells, Sunset Sons, Alanis Morissette, Rise Against, Divorce, Oscar Lang and Eliza Shaddad. Early life Born in Melbourne, Australia. Marks was classically trained in piano from the age of four and has a master's degree in Architecture. Career Marks met the Grammy Award winning record producer Flood, at a Nick Cave concert in Dublin in 2001. After finishing her degree, she moved to London in 2005 to train as an assistant engineer under Flood at Assault and Battery studios in North West London. Marks continued to work closely with Flood on PJ Harvey records '' White Chalk'' and ''Let England Shake'', and on the Editors' '' In This Light & on This Evening''. In 2009, Marks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divorce (53472848368)
Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union. Divorce usually entails the canceling or reorganising of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state. It can be said to be a legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body. It is the legal process of ending a marriage. Divorce laws vary considerably around the world, but in most countries, divorce is a legal process that requires the sanction of a court or other authority, which may involve issues of distribution of property, child custody, alimony (spousal support), child visitation / access, parenting time, child support, and division of debt. In most countries, monogamy is required by law, so divorce allows each former partner to marry another person. Divorce is different from annulment, which declares the marria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Store Day
Record Store Day is a semi-annual event established in 2008 to "celebrate the culture of the independently owned record store". Held on one Saturday (typically the third) every April and every Black Friday in November, the day brings together fans, artists, and thousands of independent record stores around the world. A number of records are pressed specifically for Record Store Day, with a list of releases for each country, and are only distributed to shops participating in the event. The event originated in the United States and has expanded internationally, with official organizers in the United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, Mexico, Europe, Japan, and Australia. Background Originally pitched as an idea to create an event similar to Free Comic Book Day by Bull Moose Music's Chris Brown and Criminal Records' Eric Levin, the concept for Record Store Day was created during a brainstorming session at a meeting of independent record store owners in Baltimore, Maryland. Record Store ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
