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Lullaby For The Working Class
Lullaby for the Working Class was an indie folk rock band from Lincoln, Nebraska, active from the mid-to-late 1990s. Fronted by Omaha, Nebraska singer-songwriter Ted Stevens (of the bands Mayday and Cursive), the group also featured multi-instrumentalist and producer Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes, his brother, producer A.J. Mogis, and drummer Shane Aspegren. Members * Ted Stevens – vocals, guitars * Mike Mogis – guitars, banjo, mandolin, strings * A.J. Mogis – bass * Shane Aspegren – drums, glockenspiel, percussion Discography Albums *'' Blanket Warm'' (1996 · Bar/None Records) *'' I Never Even Asked for Light'' (1997 · Bar/None Records) *''Song'' (1999 · Bar/None Records) Singles *''Consolation'' (1996) *''In Honor of My Stumbling'' (1997) *''The Hypnotist'' (1997) (released on Rykodisc Europe) *''The Ebb & Flow, The Come & Go, The To & Fro'' (1998) See also *Mayday Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The city covers and had a population of 291,082 as of the 2020 census. It is the state's List of cities in Nebraska, second-most populous city and the List of United States cities by population, 72nd-most populous in the United States. The county seat of Lancaster County, Nebraska, Lancaster County, Lincoln is the economic and cultural anchor of the Lincoln, Nebraska metropolitan area, home to approximately 345,000 people. Lincoln was founded in 1856 as the village of Lancaster on the wild inland salt marsh, salt marshes and arroyos of what became Lancaster County. Renamed after President Abraham Lincoln, it became Nebraska's state capital in 1869. The Bertram G. Goodhue–designed Nebraska State Capitol, state capitol building was completed in 1932, and is the nation's second-tallest capitol. As the city is the seat of government for the state of Nebraska, the state and the U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Mogis
Mike Mogis is an American producer/mixer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who owns ARC Studios (Another Recording Company) in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha. Mike, along with his brother A. J. Mogis, A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios (previously known as Dead Space Recording and, earlier, Whoopass Recording). Mogis has produced, mixed, engineered and performed on many of the releases on Saddle Creek Records, Saddle Creek, the label he co-founded, including records by Bright Eyes (band), Bright Eyes, The Faint, Rilo Kiley, Cursive (band), Cursive, The Good Life (band), The Good Life, Lullaby for the Working Class, Jenny Lewis and Tilly and the Wall. He is a permanent member of Bright Eyes (band), Bright Eyes and was also a member of both Lullaby for the Working Class and We'd Rather Be Flying, generally playing guitar, although he also plays mandolin, banjo, pedal steel guitar, pedal steel, glockenspiel, and hammered dulcimer, among other instruments. He is also a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song (Lullaby For The Working Class Album)
''Song'' is the third and final studio album by Lullaby for the Working Class. It was released in 1999 on Bar/None Records. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' wrote: "Both playful indie-poppers and studious chamber ensemble, Lullaby maps a course through ten songs, establishing and contrasting melodies, building acoustic walls of sound more akin to My Bloody Valentine than Mazzy Star." ''Exclaim!'' thought that Lullaby for the Working Class "have fully descended into over-orchestrated meaninglessness." Track listing # "Expand, Contract" # "Inherent Song" # "Asleep on the Subway" # "Seizures" # "Non Serviam" # "Sketchings on a Bar Room Napkin" # "Kitchen Song" # "Ghosts" # "Still Life" Personnel ;Lullaby for the Working Class *Matt Silcock – accordion *Katie Swoboda, Liz Schueller – cello *Eric Medley – clarinet * A.J. Mogis – bass, piano *Shane Aspegren – drums, percussion *Mike Mogis – guitar, pedal steel, hammered dulcimer, banjo, vibraphone *Eri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Never Even Asked For Light
''I Never Even Asked for Light'' is the second studio album by Lullaby for the Working Class. It was released October 21, 1997 on Bar/None Records. Track listing # "Untitled" # "Show Me How the Robots Dance" # "Irish Wake" # "Jester's Siren" # "Hypnotist (Song for Daniel H.)" # "In Honor of My Stumbling" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blanket Warm
''Blanket Warm'' is the debut studio album of Lullaby for the Working Class. It was released in 1996 on Bar/None Records. Critical reception The ''Hartford Courant'' wrote that "the rough-hewn rural sound here is authentic; you can hear the spaces between notes like the big gaping sky hovering over the Great Plains." ''The Virginian-Pilot'' listed ''Blanket Warm'' as the fourth best album of 1996. Track listing # "Good Morning" - 4:01 # "Honey, Drop the Knife" - 3:16 # "Turpentine" - 3:44 # "Spreading the Evening Sky with Crows" - 3:13 # "Boar's Nest" - 3:52 # "Eskimo Song Duel" - 1:46 # "Three Peas in a Pod" - 4:00 # "Rye" - 3:50 # "Queen of the Long-Legged Insects" - 3:09 # "The Drama of Your Life" - 3:52 # "February North 24th St." - 2:49 # "The Wounded Spider" - 3:45 # "Good Night" - 10:22 Personnel ;Lullaby for the Working Class * A.J. Mogis - bass *Anil Seth - cello *Nathan Putens - clarinet *Clint Schnase, Shane Aspegren - drums *Mike Mogis - guitar, banjo, mandolin, glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trouser Press
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who, Dave Schulps, and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference to a song by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and an acronymic play on the British TV show ''Top of the Pops)''. Publication of the magazine ceased in 1984. The unexpired portion of mail subscriptions was completed by ''Rolling Stone'' sister publication ''Record'', which itself folded in 1985. ''Trouser Press'' has continued to exist in various formats. History The magazine's original scope was British bands and artists (early issues featured the slogan "America's Only British Rock Magazine"). Initial issues contained occasional interviews with major artists like Brian Eno and Robert Fripp and extensive record reviews. After 14 issues, the title was shortened to simply ''Trouser Press'', and it gradually transformed into a professional magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the List of cities in Nebraska, most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's List of United States cities by population, 41st-most-populous city, Omaha had a population of 486,051 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The eight-county Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area, which extends into Iowa, has approximately 1 million residents and is the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, 55th-largest metro area in the United States. Omaha is the county seat of Douglas County, Nebraska, Douglas County. Omaha's pioneer period began in 1854, when the city was founded by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The city was founded along the Missouri River, and a crossing called Lone Tree Ferry earned the city its nickname, the "Gateway to the West". Omaha introduced this new West to the world in 1898, when it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Rock
Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music. It arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers such as Bob Dylan and the Byrds—several of whose members had earlier played in folk ensembles—attempted to blend the sounds of rock with their pre-existing folk repertoire, adopting the use of electric instrumentation and drums in a way previously discouraged in the U.S. folk community. The term "folk rock" was initially used in the U.S. music press in June 1965 to describe the Byrds' music. The commercial success of the Byrds' cover version of Dylan's " Mr. Tambourine Man" and their debut album of the same name, along with Dylan's own recordings with rock instrumentation—on the albums '' Bringing It All Back Home'' (1965), '' Highway 61 Revisited'' (1965), and '' Blonde on Blonde'' (1966)—encouraged other folk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Music
Independent music (also commonly known as indie music, or simply indie) is a broad style of music characterized by creative freedoms, low-budgets, and a do-it-yourself approach to music creation, which originated from the liberties afforded by independent record labels. Indie music describes a number of related styles, but generally describes guitar-oriented music straying away from mainstream conventions. There are a number of subgenres of independent music which combine its characteristics with other genres, such as indie pop, indie rock, indie folk, and indie electronic. Additionally, in certain circles, the term indie has taken a definition entirely defined by the "typical" sound of independent music in the 1980s, losing the meaning connected with the style of production. The origins of independent music lie in British independent record labels, such as Rough Trade and Mute. In the 1970s, these labels contributed to the emergence of a distinct sound, influenced by post-punk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Stevens (musician)
Ted Stevens (born July 4, 1975) is an American rock musician from Omaha, Nebraska, best known as the guitarist and backup singer for the band Cursive, as well as fronting Mayday. He previously fronted the indie folk band Lullaby for the Working Class. Release history With Lullaby for the Working Class *'' Blanket Warm'' (1996 · Bar/None Records) *'' I Never Even Asked for Light'' (1997 · Bar/None Records) *''Song'' (1999 · Bar/None Records) With Cursive *''Domestica'' (2000, Saddle Creek Records) *'' Burst and Bloom'' (2001, Saddle Creek Records) *'' 8 Teeth to Eat You'' (2002, Better Looking Records) *''The Ugly Organ'' (2003, Saddle Creek Records) *'' Happy Hollow'' (2006, Saddle Creek Records) *'' Mama, I'm Swollen'' (2009, Saddle Creek Records) *'' I Am Gemini'' (2012, Saddle Creek Records) *'' Vitrola'' (2018, 15 Passenger) *'' Get Fixed'' (2019, 15 Passenger) *''Devourer'' (2024, 15 Passenger) With Mayday *'' Old Blood'' (2002 · Saddle Creek Records) *'' I Know Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Folk
Indie folk (also called alternative folk) is an alternative genre of music that arose in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes influenced by folk music. Characteristics The staff of '' Paste Magazine'' said in 2020: "No music genre is particularly easy to define, but “indie folk” is about as nebulous as they come." Indie folk hybridizes the acoustic guitar melodies of traditional folk music with contemporary instrumentation. The lyrical style commonly includes raw emotional experiences, social commentary and an introspective lens. The genre blends the ethos and experimental nature of indie music with the storytelling of folk music. Instruments frequently used in the genre include guitars, banjos, mandolins, and ukuleles. History The genre has its earliest origins in 1990s folk artists who displayed alternative rock influences in their music, such as Ani DiFranco and Dan Bern, and acoustic artists such as Elliott Smith and Will Oldham. In the following deca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Criteria (band)
Criteria is an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska, formed in 2003 when ex-Cursive founding member Steve Pedersen returned to his hometown after graduating from the Duke University School of Law. He spent six months in a friend's basement where he wrote all ten songs for his new project's debut album. He recruited the help of some old friends, A.J. Mogis (of Presto! Recording Studios and Lullaby for the Working Class) on bass guitar, Aaron Druery on guitar, and Mike Sweeney of Beep Beep on drums. Their first album, '' En Garde'', was released on his previous band's label, Initial Records. Steve Pedersen worked as a lawyer, making it hard for the band to promote their album. Initial Records went bankrupt about a year after, leaving Criteria without a label. Saddle Creek Records took their longtime friend in and put out three releases in 2005. The first was a re-release of the LP '' En Garde'', their new single, "Prevent the World," and their second full-length, '' When W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
