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Wavves
Wavves is an American rock band based in San Diego, California. Formed in 2008 by singer-songwriter Nathan Williams (born June 12, 1986), the band also features Alex Gates (guitar, backing vocals), Stephen Pope (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Ross Traver (drums and backing vocals). History Early years, early releases, aborted third album (2008–2009) Wavves started in 2008 as the recording project of Nathan Williams. Wavves released several 7"s as well as a cassette leading up to the first release, '' Wavves''. After gaining recognition, Ryan Ulsh was enlisted as a touring drummer and Wavves embarked on their first US and European tours. Wavves released their self-titled debut album in 2008, subsequently drawing the attention of Pitchfork Media. At the time, the band consisted of Williams on guitar and vocals and Ulsh on drums. Their second full-length album, ''Wavvves'', was released on February 3, 2009, and was well received by outlets such as ''Spin'', The A.V. Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wavves (album)
''Wavves'' is the debut studio album by the American band Wavves Wavves is an American rock band based in San Diego, California. Formed in 2008 by singer-songwriter Nathan Williams (born June 12, 1986), the band also features Alex Gates (guitar, backing vocals), Stephen Pope (bass guitar, backing vocals) an .... It was originally released on cassette format before being re-released on LP/ CD formats. Track listing References 2008 debut albums Wavves albums Woodsist albums {{2000s-punk-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Cooper
Jacob Alonzo Cooper, also known as Jacob Safari, is an American musician, remixer, record producer, songwriter, and occasional DJ. Cooper has been a drummer of the bands Wavves, The Mae Shi, Cold Showers, Har Mar Superstar, and previously had a band called Bark Bark Bark. He currently has a project called Heaven, which first appeared in 2012. History Bark Bark Bark (2003-2013) Bark Bark Bark is an experimental, cut and paste electronic punk project formed by Cooper using the alias Jacob Safari. The project consists of Safari and guest artists and producers. Bark Bark Bark was discovered by Los Angeles-based Retard Disco after Safari played a show at The Smell and gave the label a cassette tape that later turned up to be completely blank. They have so far released one full-length studio album, several remixes, and a mixtape, ''Tour Girlfriends'', released both digitally and as a limited physical release in early 2009 on Retard Disco. The studio album, ''Haunts'', was describe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Hayes (musician)
Billy Hayes (born August 7, 1985) is an American musician and former drummer and back-up vocalist for Wavves and Jay Reatard. Hayes first performed in the Memphis hardcore punk band, That Was Then. Later he started playing in psychedelic pop bands MÜTZ, the Barbaras and the Boston Chinks, all based in Memphis, Tennessee. Hayes played drums in Jay Reatard's band from 2005 to 2009. While in Reatard's band, Hayes drummed on the Matador Singles Collection, Watch Me Fall, and a split 7-inch with Sonic Youth. Hayes and bandmate Stephen Pope quit in October 2009 before joining Wavves. In Wavves, he drummed, sang back-up vocals and wrote two songs on their third album '' King of the Beach'': "Convertible Balloon" and "Baby Say Goodbye", the album's closing track. Hayes left Wavves in November 2010. Hayes' song "Stained Glass (Won't You Let Me into Your Heart)" was released on the Wavves EP "Summer is Forever" in January 2011. Hayes has a new band called Cretin Stompers, along with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodsist
Woodsist is an American independent record label founded in 2006 by Jeremy Earl of the band Woods and based in Stone Ridge, New York. Artists * Alex Bleeker and the Freaks * Art Museums * The Babies * Blank Dogs * Blues Control * The Christian Family Underground * Cian Nugent * Crystal Stilts * The Doozer * Ducktails * Eat Skull * Excepter * Fergus & Geronimo * The Folk Spectre * The Fresh & Onlys * Ganglians * Golden Calves * Hand Habits * Herbcraft * Idle Times * Jana Hunter * John Andrews & the Yawns * Jonathan Rado * Kevin Morby * Kurt Vile * Little Wings * Loosers * Mac Demarco * Magic Lantern * Matt Kivel * Matt "MV" Valentine * The Mayfair Set * Meneguar * Meth Teeth * Moon Duo * MV & EE * Night Wounds * Nodzzz * Pink Reason * Pocahaunted * Psychedelic Horseshit * Purling Hiss * Raccoo-oo-oon * Real Estate * Robedoor * Royal Baths * Sic Alps * Simon Joyner * Skygreen Leopards * Spectre Folk * Sun Araw * Thee Oh Sees * Vivian Girls * Wavves * White ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloud Nothings
Cloud Nothings is an American indie rock band from Cleveland, Ohio, United States, founded by singer-songwriter Dylan Baldi. It currently consists of lead singer and guitarist Dylan Baldi, drummer Jayson Gerycz, and bassist Chris Brown. Beginning in 2009, the band originally started as a solo project, with Baldi recording both vocals and instrumentals in his parents' basement, although he performed live with a full band. The band was signed to Washington, D.C.–based Carpark Records. They are now signed to Pure Noise Records. Their breakthrough album, '' Attack on Memory'', was released on Carpark in 2012. Their next LP, '' Here and Nowhere Else'', was released on April 1, 2014. Cloud Nothings' album '' Life Without Sound'' was released on January 27, 2017. This was followed by '' Last Building Burning'', released on October 19, 2018, the Bandcamp exclusive '' The Black Hole Understands'' on July 3, 2020, and '' The Shadow I Remember'' on February 26, 2021. Baldi has cited nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach Hill
Zachary Charles Hill (born December 28, 1979) is an American multi-instrumentalist and visual artist. He is best known as the drummer and co-producer of the groups Death Grips, and the I.L.Y's, and as the drummer of math rock band Hella. Early life Zach Hill was born in Sacramento, California on December 28, 1979. He spent most of his adolescence at his father and uncle's press printing shop, where he was first exposed to classic rock music. Hill claims that he "started hearing voices in his head telling him to play the drums" when he was about 14 or 15 years old, and bought his first drum set with money he raised with a friend from a garage sale. He dropped out of high school at age 15 and moved to Nevada City, California, where he started the band Legs on Earth with Julian Imsdahl, Spencer Seim, and cousin Josh Hill. Hill later moved to San Francisco, California where he played drums in the band Crime in Choir before starting Hella in 2001. Art In addition to music, Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tic Tac Totally
Tic Tac Totally was an independent record label run by Matt Clark in Chicago, Illinois. He also runs the "Dumb Audio" zine. Since forming in 2006 Tic Tac Totally has released over 50 records. The label has released LPs and 7"s by punk and garage rock bands such as the Wavves, Lost Sounds, The Pharmacy, and Fergus & Geronimo. The label has helped launch the careers of bands such as Fat Possum recording artists Thomas Function and Wavves, Dirtnap Records recording artist The Hussy, as well as helping established artists such as the Jay Reatard led project Lost Sounds. They also have been a strong supporter of ex- River City Tanlines member Matthew Melton and his many solo and side-projects, and have released many of Alicja Trout's bands outside of River City Tanlines with her Lost Sounds, Black Sunday and Mouserocket projects. The label continues to release garage-punk and have sparked the career of Bad Sports' member Orville Neeley's new project, OBN III's who are fast b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primavera Sound
Primavera Sound (commonly referred to as Primavera) is an annual music festival held at the Parc del Fòrum in Barcelona, Spain, during late May and early June. It was founded in 2001 by Pablo Soler as "a showcase for Spanish Noise rock, noise bands", originally held at the Poble Espanyol before moving to the Parc del Fòrum, a much larger site on the seafront, in 2005. It is one of the largest and most-attended music festivals in Europe and the biggest in the Mediterranean Europe, Mediterranean. The festival's image was originally oriented around indie rock, but in recent years has seen a larger presence of genres such as Hip hop music, hip hop, electronic dance music and Pop music, pop. In contrast to most other European festivals, traditionally the first bands go on at 4:00 pm, the headliners begin at midnight, and the latest acts play until 6:00 a.m. Beginning in 2019, Primavera Sound became the world's first major music festival to achieve gender-equal lineups under the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mom + Pop Music
Mom + Pop Music is a New York City–based independent record label. Founded by Michael Goldstone in 2008, its roster includes Alicia Keys, Courtney Barnett, Magdalena Bay, Madeon, Tom Morello, Porter Robinson, Maya Hawke, Tycho, Tash Sultana, Sunflower Bean, Beach Bunny, Caamp, and Del Water Gap. Goldstone serves as co-president of Mom + Pop Music with Thaddeus Rudd, who joined the label as Goldstone's business partner and co-president in 2009. On the 10th anniversary of the label's founding, Goldstone said: "Our ambition for Mom + Pop has been and always will be to build a collaborative label with transparency and sincere respect for our artists' creative controls." Initially backed by Q Prime owners Peter Mensch and Cliff Burnstein, Mom + Pop first opened its doors in Times Square, across from the Brill Building. In 2013, the company moved its New York City office to Manhattan's NoMad district, just north of Madison Square Park and the Flatiron Building. Mom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasquatch! Music Festival
Sasquatch! Music Festival was an annual music festival held at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington, United States. It took place on Memorial Day weekend, running for three to four days. In 2018, it was announced that the festival was canceled indefinitely and would not return in 2019. About the festival Sasquatch! typically featured a range of musical genres, with the emphasis being on indie rock bands and singer-songwriters, but also including alternative rock, hip hop, Electronic dance music, EDM, and comedy acts. As of 2012 the festival featured five stages: ''Sasquatch! Main Stage'', ''Bigfoot Stage'', ''Banana Shack'' (a tent that featured primarily comedy acts and electronic music- now known as El Chupacabra), ''Yeti Stage'', and ''Uranus Stage'' (the smallest of stages, that generally changed names every year, but was not present from 2017 onward). Most attendees of the festival camped in designated campsite fields nearby, as the venue is relatively remote a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Ramp
An unused highway is a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed, but went unused or was later closed or part of a future expansion. An unused roadway or ramp may often be referred to as an abandoned road, ghost road, highway to nowhere, stub ramp, ghost ramp, ski jump, stub street, stub-out, or simply stub. Examples Some examples of reasons for unused highways include: * An older portion of roadway being left unused by a highway realignment. * A road which existed to serve a bridge becomes a dead-end once the bridge is demolished or left to deteriorate to the point where it can no longer be safely used. * A road becomes a dead end once a railway level crossing is closed and replaced by an overpass/underpass some distance away from the former level crossing. * A highway being closed and demolished, where stubs remain on intersecting roads. * Highway construction begins but is cancelled, possibly because of a freeway revolt. * Stubs are built to connec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
