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Finch (EP)
''Finch'' is the self-titled second EP by American post-hardcore band Finch. It is the first release since the band's hiatus in 2006. Background and recording Following a one-off date in November 2007, the band embarked on a West Coast reunion tour in January 2008. That same month, the band began recording new material. East Coast dates were added, extending the tour through to February 2008. In April 2008, the band performed at the Bamboozle Left festival, before playing the Give it a Name festival in the UK and the Groezrock festival in Belgium the following month. The band recorded an EP at Safe and Sound in Hollywood, California with them and Jason Cupp acting as producers. They were assisted by Alex Pablid; Cupp mixed the songs, which were then mastered by Fred Kavorkian at Avatar Studios in New York City. The opening track to the EP, "Daylight", begins with a scream from Barcalow in the vein of "What It Is to Burn". "Famine or Disease" evokes the material on ''Say Hello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finch (American Band)
Finch is an American rock band from Temecula, California. The band is best known for their single " What It Is to Burn" from the album of the same name (2002). Their second album, '' Say Hello to Sunshine'' (2005), peaked within the top 30 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Following setbacks within the group, they released the album '' Back to Oblivion'' (2014). History Early history (1999–2001) Finch originally formed under the name Numb with Nate Barcalow on vocals, Alex Linares on guitar, Derek Doherty on bass and Alex Pappas on drums, although it is unknown until when they performed with this name, but it is known that they changed their name to Finch shortly after Randy Strohmeyer joined the band. This original formation was described by Nate Barcalow as a "Deftones ripoff band". Guitarist Strohmeyer was invited to join Finch (then called Numb) after they witnessed him play with his band Evitca Fresh. Around this time, Strohmeyer became friends with Drive-Thru Records owner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tickle Me Pink
Tickle Me Pink was an American rock music, rock band from Fort Collins, Colorado, signed to Wind-Up Records. The band was made up of Sean Kennedy (lead vocals, bass guitar), Stefan Runstrom (drums), Joey Barba (guitar) and Steven Beck (guitar, vocals). After independently releasing their first two EPs, ''If Only We Were Twenty One and Up'' (2005) and ''Half Seas Over'' (2006), the band released its first album, ''Madeline (album), Madeline'', on July 1, 2008. The album's release coincided with the death of bassist Johnny Schou, reportedly due to a heroin overdose. Schou was replaced by Joey Barba, a longtime friend of the band. Tickle Me Pink officially played their last show together on March 5, 2011. The band left a Twitter message to their fans the following day saying, "Farewell all. We love you and will never forget you. -TMP". Kennedy then assembled a new band, Talisker Skye, and both Beck and Runstrom have played in the Wiredogs. The band announced two reunion shows in Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finch (American Band) Albums
The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches generally have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts and often have colourful plumage. They occupy a great range of habitats where they are usually resident and do not migrate. They have a worldwide native distribution except for Australia and the polar regions. The family Fringillidae contains more than two hundred species divided into fifty genera. It includes the canaries, siskins, redpolls, serins, grosbeaks and euphonias, as well as the morphologically divergent Hawaiian honeycreepers. Many birds in other families are also commonly called "finches". These groups include the estrildid finches (Estrildidae) of the Old World tropics and Australia; some members of the Old World bunting family (Emberizidae) and the New World sparrow family (Passerellidae); and the Darwin's finches of the Galapagos islands, now considered members of the tanager family (Thraupidae).New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 EPs
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. Etymology English ''eight'', from Old English '', æhta'', Proto-Germanic ''*ahto'' is a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European '' *oḱtṓ(w)-'', and as such cognate with Greek and Latin , both of which stems are reflected by the English prefix oct(o)-, as in the ordinal adjective ''octaval'' or ''octavary'', the distributive adjective is '' octonary''. The adjective ''octuple'' (Latin ) may also be used as a noun, meaning "a set of eight items"; the diminutive '' octuplet'' is mostly used to refer to eight siblings delivered in one birth. The Semitic numeral is based on a root ''*θmn-'', whence Akkadian ''smn-'', Arabic ''ṯmn-'', Hebrew ''šmn-'' etc. The Chinese numeral, written ( Mandarin: ''bā''; Cantonese: ''baat''), is from Old Chinese ''*priāt-'', ultimately from Sino-Tibetan ''b-r-gyat'' or ''b-g-ryat'' which also yielded Tibetan '' brgyat''. It has been argued that, as the cardinal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Press (music Magazine)
''Alternative Press'' is an American entertainment magazine primarily focused on music and culture. It generally provides readers with band interviews, photos, and relevant news. It was founded in 1985 by Mike Shea in Cleveland, OH. The company is now managed by MDDN, and based in Los Angeles, CA. History The first issue of ''Alternative Press'' was distributed at concerts in Cleveland, Ohio beginning in June 1985 by ''APs founder, Mike Shea to advocate for bands playing underground music. The name of the magazine, ''Alternative Press'', was not a reference to the alternative rock genre, but referred to this fanzine being an alternative to the local press. Shea began working on his first issue in his mother's house in Aurora, Ohio. Shea and a friend, Jimmy Kosicki, targeted the Cleveland neighborhood of Coventry. Financial problems plagued ''AP'' in its early years, and by the end of 1986, publication had paused due to its financial problems, only resuming until the spring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Junkee Media
Junkee Media, formerly known as Sound Alliance, is a digital media company based in Australia. History Junkee Media was founded in 2000 when Matt Callander, Libby Clark, and Andre Lackmann launched their dance music website ''inthemix''. The website began as a part-time hobby for the three, who were soon joined by Neil Ackland. Ackland discovered the site online and got in touch with its creators. Sound Alliance acquired ''Mess+Noise'' in October 2008 from failed media group Destra Corporation. ''Mess+Noise'' has been operating since 2005 when it began as a bimonthly print publication. In 2006, Tim Duggan co-founded the national LGBT site ''Same Same'' with Sound Alliance. Sound Alliance launched ''Junkee'' in March 2013, an online title aimed at an audience aged 18 to 29 years. The publisher told its audience that Junkee would be built on principles uncovered in a comprehensive youth survey of a few thousand 18- to 29-year-olds. Sound Alliance used ''Junkee'' to trial native ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soundwave (Australian Music Festival)
Soundwave was an annual music festival held in major cities around Australia, run and promoted by Soundwave Touring. The festival originated in Perth, Western Australia, and began travelling to the other List of Australian capital cities, Australian capital cities in 2007. It featured a number of international and Australian music acts from various genres, including rock music, rock, metal (music), metal and punk rock, punk. The festival has been headlined by Deftones, the Offspring, Incubus (band), Incubus, Alice in Chains, Bloodhound Gang, Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More, Jimmy Eat World, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Iron Maiden, Queens of the Stone Age, the Smashing Pumpkins, System of a Down, Slipknot (band), Slipknot, Green Day, Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park, Blink-182 and Metallica. Soundwave Festival occurred annually until 2015. A 2016 iteration of the festival was planned, but its cancellation was announced on 17 December 2015 by founder AJ Maddah due to poor ticket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freakshow (The Cure Song)
"Freakshow" is a single (music), single by English Rock music, rock band the Cure which was released on 13 June 2008 on Geffen Records in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the single was released three days early, on 10 June because of the tradition of releasing songs on a Tuesday. It is the second single from the band's thirteenth album ''4:13 Dream'' (2008). The song debuted in Mexico City on 22 October 2007 under the title "Don't Say Anything". Reception ''NME'' described the song as a "Psychedelic rock, psychedelic Funk rock, funk-rocker" comparing it to Arctic Monkeys, Arctic Monkeys' second album ''Favourite Worst Nightmare'' (2007), saying "its barely restrained mania" was "both stripped-back and bold." Fliss Collier of ''God Is in the TV'' was less enthusiastic and dismissed it as ''"''jazzy and funky in the worst notions of those words.", while ''Uncut (magazine), Uncut's'' April Long said with its "modish, syncopated menace."and that it is "excellent enough t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cure
The Cure are an English Rock music, rock band formed in Crawley in 1976 by Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith (vocals, guitar) and Lol Tolhurst (drums). The band's current line-up comprises Smith, Perry Bamonte (guitar and keyboards), Reeves Gabrels (guitar), Simon Gallup (bass), Roger O'Donnell (keyboards), and Jason Cooper (drums). Smith has remained the only constant member throughout numerous line-up changes since the band's formation, though Gallup has been present for all but two of the band's studio albums. The Cure's debut album ''Three Imaginary Boys'' (1979), along with several early singles, placed the band at the forefront of the emerging post-punk and New wave music, new wave movements that were gaining prominence in the United Kingdom. The band adopted a new, increasingly dark and tormented style beginning with their second album ''Seventeen Seconds'' (1980), which, together with Smith's fashion sense, had a strong influence on the emerging genre of gothic roc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Give It 2 Me (Madonna Song)
"Give It 2 Me" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna from her eleventh studio album, ''Hard Candy (Madonna album), Hard Candy'' (2008). It was written by Madonna and Pharrell Williams, and produced by Madonna and recording duo The Neptunes, made up of Williams and Chad Hugo. Noted a manifesto dance-pop song with Trance music, trance, hip-hop, Electronic dance music, EDM, Eurodance, and Industrial music, industrial elements, its lyrics are ambiguous. They appear to be about sex and dancing, but are actually about success, survival, and focusing on the present. "Give It 2 Me" and its remixes were made available for Music download, digital download on June 24. In Australia and most European countries, it was released on July 11. Upon release "Give It 2 Me" received positive reviews from contemporary critics. They compared it to Madonna's past work and deemed it one of the best tracks from the album. A moderate commercial success, in the United States, the song debuted and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna Louise Ciccone ( ; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Referred to as the "Queen of Pop", she has been recognized for her continual reinvention and versatility in music production, songwriting and visual presentation. Madonna's works, which incorporate social, political, sexual, and religious themes, have generated both controversy and critical acclaim. A cultural icon spanning both the 20th and 21st centuries, Madonna has become the subject of various scholarly, literary and artistic works, as well as a mini academic sub-discipline called Madonna studies. Madonna moved to New York City in 1978 to pursue a career in dance. After performing as a drummer, guitarist, and vocalist in the rock bands Breakfast Club and Emmy & the Emmys, she rose to solo stardom with her 1983 eponymous debut album. Madonna has earned a total of 18 multi-platinum albums, including '' Like a Virgin'' (1984), '' True Blue'' (1986), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot 100 Singles Sales
The Hot Singles Sales, also known as the Hot 100 Singles Sales and the POS chart, was a music chart released weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine listing each week's best-selling physical singles in the United States, such as CD singles, vinyl singles, and cassette singles. Along with the Hot 100 Airplay, Hot Digital Songs, and Streaming Songs charts, it was a component chart used to compile the main ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart. The chart was first published on October 20, 1984, with Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called to Say I Love You reaching number one. The Hot Singles Sales was a very important component chart during the 1980s and the 1990s. In the late 1990s, airplay-only singles were allowed to enter the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and by the mid-2000s, digital downloads had overtaken physical singles as the main sales metric. At this time if a physical single had an equivalent digital download release with the same track listing as the physical single and all of the b-sides we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
