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Tenement Halls is the name used by artist Chris Lopez for his solo work. Lopez was formerly the frontman and lead vocalist for indie rock band The Rock*A*Teens. To date, Lopez has released one album under the Tenement Halls moniker, 2005's '' Knitting Needles and Bicycle Bells''. It is unclear whether Lopez is still creating music, or if he intends to use the Tenement Halls name in the future. Tenement Halls is currently signed to Merge Records. Discography Albums * '' Knitting Needles and Bicycle Bells'' (August 23, 2005) Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded ... External links Tenement Halls American indie rock groups ...
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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 " ...
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Merge Records
Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world, with records reaching the top of the ''Billboard'' music charts. History After releasing a number of 7" records and cassettes, the first Merge Records full-length CD release came on April 1, 1992, with MRG020 Superchunk—'' Tossing Seeds'', the band's first collection of singles. Merge's early successes included Neutral Milk Hotel's ''In the Aeroplane over the Sea'', The Magnetic Fields's '' 69 Love Songs'', and Spoon's '' Kill the Moonlight''. The label's first album to reach the ''Billboard'' 200 was Arcade Fire's ''Funeral'', a 2004 release. Arcade Fire gave the label its then highest-charting release with their follow-up, 2007's '' Neon Bible'', which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, ...
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The Rock*A*Teens
The Rock*A*Teens is an American indie rock band from Cabbagetown, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, who were active during most of the 1990s and reformed in 2014. History The Rock*A*Teens began work on April 1, 1994 in Cabbagetown. The lineup consisted of Chris Lopez (lead vocals, guitar, keyboard), Justin Davis Hughes (guitar, piano, organ, backing vocals), Kelly Hogan (guitar, backing vocals) and Chris Verene (drums). They were later signed to Daemon Records and released two records, the self-titled debut and ''Cry''. Kelly Hogan and Chris Verene quit in the summer of 1997 and were replaced by Jeff Patch and Brandon Smith. The band signed to Merge Records, and two singles were released, one on Merge and the other on Kill Rock Stars. (All four songs were re-recorded for the first Merge full length ''Baby A Little Rain Must Fall'' by the trio of Lopez, Smith and Hughes. The two separate versions of "Ether Sunday", when played simultaneously, sync up perfectly). Jeff Patch ...
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Knitting Needles And Bicycle Bells
Tenement Halls is the name used by artist Chris Lopez for his solo work. Lopez was formerly the frontman and lead vocalist for indie rock band The Rock*A*Teens. To date, Lopez has released one album under the Tenement Halls moniker, 2005's '' Knitting Needles and Bicycle Bells''. It is unclear whether Lopez is still creating music, or if he intends to use the Tenement Halls name in the future. Tenement Halls is currently signed to Merge Records. Discography Albums * '' Knitting Needles and Bicycle Bells'' (August 23, 2005) Merge Records Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded ... External links Tenement Halls American indie rock groups ...
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