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SRSQ
SRSQ (pronounced "seer-skew") is the solo musical project of American singer and keyboardist Kennedy Ashlyn. Ashlyn started making music under the name Them Are Us Too in high school, later expanding the group to a duo after meeting Cash Askew in college. After releasing one album together, Askew died in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire in 2016. Ashlyn retired their shared name and started working as SRSQ the following year. Under the name, Ashlyn has released two albums, ''Unreality'' (2018) and ''Ever Crashing'' (2022). SRSQ's dream pop-centric sound has drawn comparisons to bands such as Cocteau Twins. Early life Ashlyn, full name Kennedy Ashlyn Wenning, started off in music singing in a choir at age 5. She performed in musical theater and show choir in school and took a year of opera training in college. She started making noise pop music solo under the Them Are Us Too name in high school. Growing up, Ashlyn's favorite band was the B-52's, and she also grew up listening to ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unreality (album)
''Unreality'' is the debut solo album by Kennedy Ashlyn under the alias SRSQ. The album was released on October 26, 2018, by Dais Records. The project came after Ashlyn retired Them Are Us Too, her duo with Cash Askew, after Askew died in 2016. It was preceded by one single, "The Martyr". The album was received positively by critics, who compared its ethereal dark wave sound to bands such as Cocteau Twins and called its lyrics uplifting and celebratory. Background Prior to SRSQ, Ashlyn was one half of the dream pop and dark wave duo Them Are Us Too with Cash Askew. The duo formed in 2012 and released one EP and one album together in 2015. Askew died in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire in 2016. Ashlyn subsequently completed Them Are Us Too's second album, ''Amends'', which was released in June 2018. With Them Are Us Too officially disbanded after ''Amends'', Ashlyn moved on to her solo career as SRSQ, which had started with her first live performance under the name in May 2017. As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Them Are Us Too
Them Are Us Too was an American dream pop and darkwave band, consisting of Kennedy Ashlyn and Cash Askew. The duo formed in 2012 while both were students at University of California, Santa Cruz. After signing to Dais Records, they released their debut album ''Remain''. Askew died in the Ghost Ship warehouse fire in 2016, after which Ashlyn finished their second album ''Amends'', retired the Them Are Us Too, and began releasing solo music as SRSQ. Band development Them Are Us Too (TAUT) was formed as a "solo high school bedroom noise pop project" by Kennedy Ashlyn. She had grown up listening to 1980s music, such as the B-52s, Cocteau Twins, and Dead Can Dance. At five years old, she began singing in a choir, and she also participated in musical theater. She did opera training in college. In 2012, Ashlyn and Askew met at University of California, Santa Cruz at Askew's 19th birthday party. The party had a " goth" theme, and attendants listened to music such as Cocteau Twins, The Sist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad is a regional shortline railroad utilizing a stretch of the 271 mile mainline between Schellville and Windsor with freight and Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) commuter trains. Formerly, it was a regional railroad primarily used for logging that served the entire North Coast of California, with a main line running from Schellville to Eureka, along with an additional portion of the line running from the Ignacio Wye to the edge of San Rafael. The "Southern End" of the line, including Schellville to Willits and from Ignacio to San Rafael is owned by SMART, while the "Northern End" was formally owned and managed by the now-dissolved North Coast Railroad Authority but is now saved for use in California's 2018 Great Redwood Trail Act, which repurposes the unused railroad right-of-way from Eureka to Willits for future use as the Great Redwood Trail. History In the late 1800s both the Southern Pacific Railroad (“SP”) and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dais Records
Dais Records is an American independent record label founded in August 2007 by musicians Gibby Miller and Ryan Martin, based in Los Angeles, California, and Brooklyn, New York. The label has released recordings from artists including Drab Majesty, Cold Cave, Iceage, King Dude, High Functioning Flesh, Genesis P-Orridge, Tor Lundvall, Youth Code, William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cultur ... and Cold Showers. Label roster Reissues References External links Official websiteFacebook {{Authority control American record labels Experimental music record labels Indie rock record labels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noise Music
Noise music is a genre of music that is characterised by the expressive use of noise within a Noise in music, musical context. This type of music tends to challenge the distinction that is made in conventional musical practices between musical and non-musical sound. Noise music includes a wide range of music genre, musical styles and sound art, sound-based creative practices that feature noise as a primary aspect of music, aspect. Noise music can feature acoustically or electronically generated noise, and both traditional and unconventional musical instruments. It may incorporate live machine sounds, non-musical Vocals#Vocal technique, vocal techniques, physically manipulated audio media, Sound effect, processed sound recordings, field recording, Computer music, computer-generated noise, stochastic process, and other randomly produced electronic signals such as Distortion (music), distortion, Audio feedback, feedback, Noise (radio), static, hiss and hum. There may also be emphasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Eat World is an American rock band formed in 1993 in Mesa, Arizona. The band is composed of lead vocalist and lead guitarist Jim Adkins, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Tom Linton, bassist Rick Burch, and drummer Zach Lind. They have released ten studio albums, the last nine featuring the current lineup. The four-piece's commercial breakthrough came with the release of several singles from their album '' Bleed American'' (2001), four of which charted within the top 20 positions of the Alternative Songs chart, with " The Middle" reaching No. 1. Their follow-up album, ''Futures'' (2004), featured the No. 1 song "Pain". The RIAA certified ''Bleed American'' platinum and ''Futures'' gold, rewarding the two albums for selling over 1.5 million records between them. The band's sixth LP, '' Chase This Light'' (2007), became their highest-charting album and peaked at No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The band released their tenth album, ''Surviving'', in October 2019. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweetness (Jimmy Eat World Song)
"Sweetness" is a song by American rock band Jimmy Eat World. It was released in June 2002 as the third single from their 2001 album, ''Bleed American''. It was originally written soon after the band finished recording ''Clarity'' but before the label had finally decided to release the album. However, "Lucky Denver Mint" became a surprise radio hit off of ''Clarity'' before the album was even released, driving the label to release ''Clarity'' before "Sweetness" could ever be added to its tracklisting. The band also played the song live many times during the ''Clarity'' tour, and a demo recording of it was included on the 2007 re-issue of ''Clarity''. Critical reception Like the rest of ''Bleed American'', "Sweetness" was generally well received by critics. Punknews.org stated that "'Sweetness' is so unbelievably catchy, I'm having trouble coming up with an analogy to get it across." Music video The video for "Sweetness", directed by Tim Hope, depicts the band performing the song ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SFist
Gothamist LLC is the operator, or in some cases franchisor, of eight city-centric websites that focused on news, events, food, culture, and other local coverage. It was founded in 2003 by Jake Dobkin and Jen Chung. In March 2017, Joe Ricketts, owner of DNAinfo, acquired the company and, in November 2017, the websites were temporarily shut down after the newsroom staff voted to unionize. In February 2018, it was announced that New York Public Radio, KPCC and WAMU had acquired Gothamist, LAist and DCist, respectively. Chicagoist was purchased by Chicago-born rapper Chance the Rapper in July 2018. History Early history and other blogs The namesake blog, Gothamist, focused on New York City, was founded in 2003, by publisher Jake Dobkin and editor Jen Chung. other blogs operated by the company include LAist (for Los Angeles), DCist for Washington, D.C., Chicagoist, and SFist (for San Francisco) in the United States, as well as Shanghaiist internationally. Canadian blog Torontois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom. The terms ''popular music'' and ''pop music'' are often used interchangeably, although the former describes all music that is popular and includes many disparate styles. During the 1950s and 1960s, pop music encompassed rock and roll and the youth-oriented styles it influenced. '' Rock'' and ''pop'' music remained roughly synonymous until the late 1960s, after which ''pop'' became associated with music that was more commercial, ephemeral, and accessible. Although much of the music that appears on record charts is considered to be pop music, the genre is distinguished from chart music. Identifying factors usually include repeated choruses and hooks, short to medium-length songs written in a basic format (often the verse-chorus structure), and rhythms or tempos that can be easily danced to. Much pop music also borrows elements from other st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uniform (band)
Uniform is an American industrial metal band, formed in 2013 in New York by vocalist Michael Berdan and guitarist Ben Greenberg. The current line-up of the band features Mike Sharp on drums. History Greenberg previously played with The Men and Pygmy Shrews whereas Berdan sang for Drunkdriver and York Factory Complaint. The band came together after Greenberg and Berdan, who played in bands 3 years prior, started living on the same street. The duo recorded their eponymous 12" single, which was released in 2014. Their debut studio album, 2015's '' Perfect World'', was issued on Alter Records. For the release of 2016's ''Ghosthouse'' EP, the band signed to Sacred Bones Records. 2017 saw the release of the band's second album, ''Wake in Fright''. Following the tour with experimental metal band The Body, Berdan contributed to their 2018 album ''I Have Fought Against It, But I Can't Any Longer.'', and the bands released a collaborative record ''Mental Wounds Not Healing''. The band als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice (magazine)
''Vice'' (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. Founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, the founders later launched the youth media company Vice Media, which consists of divisions including the printed magazine as well as a website, broadcast news unit, a film production company, a record label, and a publishing imprint. As of February 2015, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Ellis Jones. History Founded by Suroosh Alvi, Gavin McInnes, and Shane Smith (the latter two being childhood friends), the magazine was launched in 1994 as the ''Voice of Montreal'' with government funding. The intention of the founders was to provide work and a community service. When the editors later sought to dissolve their commitments with the original publisher, Alix Laurent, they bought him out and changed the name to ''Vice'' in 1996. Richard Szalwinski, a Canadian software millionaire, acquired the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PopMatters
''PopMatters'' is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture. ''PopMatters'' publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater, visual arts, travel, and the Internet. History ''PopMatters'' was founded by Sarah Zupko, who had previously established the cultural studies academic resource site PopCultures. ''PopMatters'' launched in late 1999 as a sister site providing original essays, reviews and criticism of various media products. Over time, the site went from a weekly publication schedule to a five-day-a-week magazine format, expanding into regular reviews, features, and columns. In the fall of 2005, monthly readership exceeded one million. From 2006 onward, ''PopMatters'' produced several syndicated newspaper columns for McClatchy-Tribune News Service. By 2009 there were four different pop culture relate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
