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Episoda
''Episoda'' is the debut album by South African rock band the Parlotones. It was produced by Andrew Lester, and was released on 8 December 2003 on Sovereign Entertainment. The album was recorded during September–October 2003 at Andrew Lester's home studio in Johannesburg; the band paid (). ''Episoda'' includes The Parlotones's first radio single, "Long Way Home". The album's release was followed by the group's first regional tour of South Africa. Track listing Personnel *Kahn Morbee The Parlotones are a South African indie rock band from Johannesburg. Formed in 1998, the group consists of Kahn Morbee (vocals and rhythm guitar), Paul Hodgson (lead guitar), Glen Hodgson (bass guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals), and Neil ... – lead vocals, rhythm guitar * Paul Hodgson – lead guitar * Glen Hodgson – bass guitar, backing vocals * Neil Pauw – drums * John Boyd – synth References {{Authority control 2003 debut albums The Parlotones albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Parlotones
The Parlotones are a South African indie rock band from Johannesburg. Formed in 1998, the group consists of Kahn Morbee (vocals and rhythm guitar), Paul Hodgson (lead guitar), Glen Hodgson (bass guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals), and Neil Pauw (drums and percussion). The Parlotones' early sound was rooted in Britpop, but eventually grew to incorporate a wider spectrum of musical genres. The lyrics focus on personal themes, of love and everyday life, paired with catchy melodies that engage their audience. Within four years, the band signed with Sovereign Entertainment and released their debut album ''Episoda''. The Parlotones have released ten studio albums and are one of South Africa's best-selling music artists of all time, enjoying multi-platinum success. They have won nine South African Music Awards, and, in 2009, were the first South African band to headline at the Coca-Cola Dome. With their success, the band have championed many philanthropic causes, including The Lit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radiocontrolledrobot
''Radiocontrolledrobot'' is the second studio album released by Johannesburg-based South African Indie rock band The Parlotones under its Sovereign Entertainment label. It was produced by Dave Birch at Tropical Sweat Studios in Durban, South Africa. A shorter version of the album (comprising 12 tracks instead of 18) was released internationally in 2007, making it the first international album released by the band. The album also won the best album of the year at the 2006 South Africa Music Awards. The first single from the album is "Colourful". The single "Overexposed" was used as the theme song for FHM World's Hottest Woman short film. A TV commercial for Fujifilm in Ireland featured the track "Beautiful". Track listing International release Music videos * Dragonflies & Astronauts is the second video made by the band. It was made with the help of Claudio Pavan and Fiction Factory Fiction Factory were a Scottish New wave music, new wave band from Perth, Scotland, Per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannesburg
Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a Megacity#List of megacities, megacity, and is List of urban areas by population, one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demographia, the Johannesburg–Pretoria urban area (combined because of strong transport links that make commuting feasible) is the 26th-largest in the world in terms of population, with 14,167,000 inhabitants. It is the provinces of South Africa, provincial capital and largest city of Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa. Johannesburg is the seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa. Most of the major South African companies and banks have their head offices in Johannesburg. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post-Britpop
Post-Britpop is an alternative rock subgenre and is the period in the late 1990s and early 2000s, following Britpop, when the media were identifying a "new generation" or "second wave" of guitar bands influenced by acts like Oasis and Blur, but with less overt British concerns in their lyrics and making more use of American rock and indie influences, as well as experimental music. Bands in the post-Britpop era that had been established acts, but gained greater prominence after the decline of Britpop, such as Radiohead and the Verve, and new acts such as Travis, Keane, Snow Patrol, Stereophonics, Feeder, Toploader and particularly Coldplay, achieved much wider international success than most of the Britpop groups that had preceded them, and were some of the most commercially successful acts of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Characteristics Many bands in the post-Britpop era avoided the Britpop label while still producing music derived from it.J. Harris, ''Britpop!: Cool B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature using ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Way Home (The Parlotones Song)
Long Way Home may refer to: Film and television * ''A Long Way Home'' (1981 film), an American television film directed by Robert Markowitz * ''The Long Way Home'' (1985 film), starring Richard Moir *''The Long Way Home'', a 1989 documentary directed by Michael Apted *''The Long Way Home'', a 1995 Irish drama film directed by Paddy Breathnach * ''The Long Way Home'' (1997 film), a documentary directed by Mark Jonathan Harris *''The Long Way Home'', a 1998 television film directed by Glenn Jordan and starring Jack Lemmon * ''The Long Way Home'' (2013 film), a Turkish drama film * ''The Long Way Home'' (2015 film), a South Korean war film * ''Long Way Home'' (2018 film), a Brazilian drama film Literature * ''A Long Way Home'' (book), a 2013 autobiography by Saroo Brierley * ''The Long Way Home'' (novel) or ''Keepers of the House'', a 1982 novel by Lisa St Aubin de Terán * ''The Long Way Home'' (Buffy comic), a ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' comic book series *''The Long Way Home'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hodgson (musician)
Paul Hodgson may refer to: * Paul Hodgson (rugby union) Paul Hodgson (born 25 April 1982) is an English former rugby union player and coach. Hodgson played as a Scrum-half and his most recent professional position was attack coach for London Irish. He has since moved on to become director of sport ... (born 1982), English rugby union player and coach * Paul Hodgson (baseball) (born 1960), Canadian-born Major League Baseball outfielder * Paul Hodgson (Australian footballer) (born 1944), Australian rules footballer * Paul A. Hodgson (1891–1955), United States Army officer {{hndis, Hodgson, Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Hodgson (musician)
This is a list of nominated candidates for the Green Party of Canada in the 40th Canadian federal election. Candidates ran in all but five ridings: Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte (NL), Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley (NS), Jonquière—Alma (QC), Saint-Laurent—Cartierville (QC), Sherbrooke (QC). Newfoundland and Labrador - 7 seats Prince Edward Island - 4 seats Nova Scotia - 11 seats New Brunswick - 10 seats Quebec - 75 seats Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Patrick Rancour Abitibi—Témiscamingue Bruno Côt� Ahuntsic (electoral district), Ahuntsic Lynette Trembla Alfred-Pellan (electoral district), Alfred-Pellan Tristan Desjardins Droui Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Pierre Audett Beauce (electoral district), Beauce Nicolas Rochett Beauharnois—Salaberry David Smit Beauport—Limoilou Luc Côt� Berthier—Maskinongé Denis Lefebvr Bourassa (electoral district), Bourassa François Bouche Brossard—La Prairie Sonia Ziad� Chamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Pauw
Neil is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish '' Niall'' which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".. As a surname, Neil is traced back to Niall of the Nine Hostages who was an Irish king and eponymous ancestor of the Uí Néill and MacNeil kindred. Most authorities cite the meaning of Neil in the context of a surname as meaning "champion". Origins The Gaelic name was adopted by the Vikings and taken to Iceland as ''Njáll'' (see Nigel). From Iceland it went via Norway, Denmark, and Normandy to England. The name also entered Northern England and Yorkshire directly from Ireland, and from Norwegian settlers. ''Neal'' or ''Neall'' is the Middle English form of ''Nigel''. As a first name, during the Middle Ages, the Gaelic name of Irish origins was popular in Ireland and later Scotland. During the 20th century ''Neil'' began to be used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Boyd (musician)
John Boyd may refer to: Politicians British * Sir John Boyd, 1st Baronet (1718–1800), English sugar merchant * Sir John Boyd, 2nd Baronet (1750–1815), son of the first baronet Boyd *Sir John Boyd (diplomat) (1936–2019), British ambassador and former master of Churchill College, Cambridge * John Boyd (Irish politician) (1789–1862), UK MP for the Irish constituency of Coleraine, 1842–1852 and 1857–1862 *Sir John Boyd of Maxpoffle (1826–1895), Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1888 to 1891 American *John Boyd (Wisconsin assemblyman) (1824–1882), English-born American politician in Wisconsin and Kansas * John Boyd (Connecticut politician) (1799–1881), Connecticut state legislator and Secretary of State *John Boyd (Texas politician) (1796–1873), American early settler in Texas and state senator *John Frank Boyd (1853–1945), Nebraska judge and representative *John H. Boyd (politician) (1799–1868), U.S. Representative from New York * John W. Boyd (Tennessee politician) ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
