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Toronto
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Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. With a population of 2,731,571, Toronto is the fourth most populous city in North America after Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles. A global city, Toronto is a centre of business, finance, arts, and culture. Aboriginal peoples have inhabited the area now known as Toronto for thousands of years, the city itself is situated on the southern terminus of an ancient Aboriginal trail leading north to Lake Simcoe, used by the Wyandot, Iroquois, and the Mississauga. Permanent European settlement began in the 1790s, after the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase of 1787, the British established the town of York, and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York, York was renamed and incorporated as the city of Toronto in 1834, and became the capital of the province of Ontario during the Canadian Confederation in 1867. The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through amalgamation with surrounding municipalities at various times in its history to its current area of 630.2 km2. While the majority of Torontonians speak English as their primary language, Toronto is a prominent centre for music, theatre, motion picture production, and television production, and is home to the headquarters of Canadas major national broadcast networks and media outlets. Toronto is well known for its skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, in particular the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, the name Toronto is likely derived from the Iroquois word tkaronto, meaning place where trees stand in the water. This refers to the end of what is now Lake Simcoe. A portage route from Lake Ontario to Lake Huron running through this point, in the 1660s, the Iroquois established two villages within what is today Toronto, Ganatsekwyagon on the banks of the Rouge River and Teiaiagonon the banks of the Humber River. By 1701, the Mississauga had displaced the Iroquois, who abandoned the Toronto area at the end of the Beaver Wars, French traders founded Fort Rouillé on the current Exhibition grounds in 1750, but abandoned it in 1759. During the American Revolutionary War, the region saw an influx of British settlers as United Empire Loyalists fled for the British-controlled lands north of Lake Ontario, the new province of Upper Canada was in the process of creation and needed a capital. Dorchester intended the location to be named Toronto, in 1793, Governor John Graves Simcoe established the town of York on the Toronto Purchase lands, instead naming it after Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany. Simcoe decided to move the Upper Canada capital from Newark to York, the York garrison was constructed at the entrance of the towns natural harbour, sheltered by a long sandbar peninsula. The towns settlement formed at the end of the harbour behind the peninsula, near the present-day intersection of Parliament Street. In 1813, as part of the War of 1812, the Battle of York ended in the towns capture, the surrender of the town was negotiated by John Strachan. US soldiers destroyed much of the garrison and set fire to the parliament buildings during their five-day occupation, the sacking of York was a primary motivation for the Burning of Washington by British troops later in the war
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From top left:
Downtown Toronto featuring the
CN Tower and
Financial District from the
Toronto Harbour,
City Hall, the
Ontario Legislative Building,
Casa Loma,
Prince Edward Viaduct, and the
Scarborough Bluffs
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Coat of arms
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Map of Toronto, 1894
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Yonge Street in 1900
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Ontario
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Ontario, one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada, is located in east-central Canada. It is Canadas most populous province by a margin, accounting for nearly 40 percent of all Canadians. Ontario is fourth-largest in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and it is home to the nations capital city, Ottawa, and the nations most populous city, Toronto. There is only about 1 km of land made up of portages including Height of Land Portage on the Minnesota border. Ontario is sometimes divided into two regions, Northern Ontario and Southern Ontario. The great majority of Ontarios population and arable land is located in the south, in contrast, the larger, northern part of Ontario is sparsely populated with cold winters and is heavily forested. The province is named after Lake Ontario, a thought to be derived from Ontarí, io, a Huron word meaning great lake, or possibly skanadario. Ontario has about 250,000 freshwater lakes, the province consists of three main geographical regions, The thinly populated Canadian Shield in the northwestern and central portions, which comprises over half the land area of Ontario. Although this area mostly does not support agriculture, it is rich in minerals and in part covered by the Central and Midwestern Canadian Shield forests, studded with lakes, Northern Ontario is subdivided into two sub-regions, Northwestern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario. The virtually unpopulated Hudson Bay Lowlands in the north and northeast, mainly swampy. Southern Ontario which is further sub-divided into four regions, Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, Golden Horseshoe, the highest point is Ishpatina Ridge at 693 metres above sea level located in Temagami, Northeastern Ontario. In the south, elevations of over 500 m are surpassed near Collingwood, above the Blue Mountains in the Dundalk Highlands, the Carolinian forest zone covers most of the southwestern region of the province. A well-known geographic feature is Niagara Falls, part of the Niagara Escarpment, the Saint Lawrence Seaway allows navigation to and from the Atlantic Ocean as far inland as Thunder Bay in Northwestern Ontario. Northern Ontario occupies roughly 87 percent of the area of the province. Point Pelee is a peninsula of Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario that is the southernmost extent of Canadas mainland, Pelee Island and Middle Island in Lake Erie extend slightly farther. All are south of 42°N – slightly farther south than the border of California. The climate of Ontario varies by season and location, the effects of these major air masses on temperature and precipitation depend mainly on latitude, proximity to major bodies of water and to a small extent, terrain relief. In general, most of Ontarios climate is classified as humid continental, Ontario has three main climatic regions
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Algonquin Provincial Park, Cache Lake
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Flag
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Summer at
Sandbanks Provincial Park on Lake Ontario.
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The
Niagara Escarpment on the
Bruce Peninsula.
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Boca Raton, Florida
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Boca Raton is the southernmost city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States, first incorporated on August 2,1924 as Bocaratone, and then incorporated as Boca Raton in 1925. The 2015 population estimated by the U. S. Census Bureau was 93,235, however, approximately 200,000 people with a Boca Raton postal address reside outside its municipal boundaries. Such areas include newer developments like West Boca Raton, as a business center, the city also experiences significant daytime population increases. It is one of the wealthiest communities in South Florida, Boca Raton is located 43 miles north of Miami and is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,012,331 people at the 2015 census. Boca Raton is home to the campus of Florida Atlantic University and the corporate headquarters of Office Depot, ADT. It is also home to the Evert Tennis Academy, owned by tennis player Chris Evert. Town Center Mall, a shopping center in West Boca Raton, is the largest indoor mall in Palm Beach County. Another major attraction to the area is Boca Ratons downtown, known as Mizner Park, still today, Boca Raton has a strict development code for the size and types of commercial buildings, building signs, and advertisements that may be erected within the city limits. No outdoor car dealerships are allowed in the municipality, additionally, no billboards are permitted, the citys only billboard was grandfathered in during annexation. The strict development code has led to major thoroughfares without large signs or advertisements in the travelers view. The original name Boca de Ratones appeared on eighteenth-century maps associated with an inlet in the Biscayne Bay area of Miami. The word ratones appears in old Spanish maritime dictionaries referring to rugged rocks or stony ground on the bottom of some ports and coastal outlets, therefore, the abridged translation defining Boca de Ratones is a shallow inlet of sharp-pointed rocks which scrape a ships cables. Residents of the city have kept the pronunciation of Boca Raton similar to its Spanish origins, in particular, the Raton in Boca Raton is pronounced as /rəˈtoʊn/ instead of /rəˈtɑːn/. The latter is a common mispronunciation by non-natives to the region, the area today known as Boca Raton was originally occupied by the Tequesta tribe, a Native American people that occupied an area along the southeastern Atlantic coast of Florida. What Spanish voyagers called Boca de Ratones was originally located to the south, by mistake since the 19th century, mapmakers moved this location to the north and began referring to the citys lake, today known as Lake Boca Raton, as Boca Ratone Sounde. The area was largely uninhabited after the Indigenous people were cleared from the area by the Spanish and he surveyed and sold land from the canal to beyond the railroad north of what is now Palmetto Park Road. Early settlement in the area increased shortly after Henry Flaglers expansion of the Florida East Coast Railway, in the citys early history during the Florida land boom of the 1920s, several investors were interested in turning Boca Raton into a resort town. Most famously, Addison Mizner had several projects for resorts and mansions in the area and he first constructed his Administrative Buildings and a small hotel to house interested investors
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Boca Raton Resort
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Location in
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North Boca Raton Florida
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West Boca Raton, Florida
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Alternative rock
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Alternative rock is a genre of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s and 2000s. In this instance, the word refers to the genres distinction from mainstream rock music. The terms original meaning was broader, referring to a generation of musicians unified by their debt to either the musical style or simply the independent. Ethos of punk rock, which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music, Alternative rock is a broad umbrella term consisting of music that differs greatly in terms of its sound, its social context, and its regional roots. Most of these subgenres had achieved minor mainstream notice and a few bands representing them, such as Hüsker Dü, with the breakthrough of Nirvana and the popularity of the grunge and Britpop movements in the 1990s, alternative rock entered the musical mainstream and many alternative bands became successful. By the end of the decade, alternative rocks mainstream prominence declined due to a number of events that caused grunge and Britpop to fade, emo attracted attention in the larger alternative rock world, and the term was applied to a variety of artists, including multi-platinum acts. Post-punk revival artists such as Modest Mouse and The Killers had commercial success in the early, before the term alternative rock came into common usage around 1990, the sort of music to which it refers was known by a variety of terms. In 1979, Terry Tolkin used the term Alternative Music to describe the groups he was writing about, in 1979 Dallas radio station KZEW had a late night new wave show entitled Rock and Roll Alternative. College rock was used in the United States to describe the music during the 1980s due to its links to the radio circuit. In the United Kingdom, dozens of small do it yourself record labels emerged as a result of the punk subculture, according to the founder of one of these labels, Cherry Red, NME and Sounds magazines published charts based on small record stores called Alternative Charts. The first national chart based on distribution called the Indie Chart was published in January 1980, at the time, the term indie was used literally to describe independently distributed records. By 1985, indie had come to mean a particular genre, or group of subgenres, at first the term referred to intentionally non–mainstream rock acts that were not influenced by heavy metal ballads, rarefied new wave and high-energy dance anthems. The use of alternative gained further exposure due to the success of Lollapalooza, for which festival founder, in the late 1990s, the definition again became more specific. Defining music as alternative is often difficult because of two conflicting applications of the word, the name alternative rock essentially serves as an umbrella term for underground music that has emerged in the wake of punk rock since the mid-1980s. Alternative bands during the 1980s generally played in clubs, recorded for indie labels. Sounds range from the gloomy soundscapes of gothic rock to the guitars of indie pop to the dirty guitars of grunge to the 1960s/1970s revivalism of Britpop. This approach to lyrics developed as a reflection of the social and economic strains in the United States and United Kingdom of the 1980s, by 1984, a majority of groups signed to independent record labels mined from a variety of rock and particularly 1960s rock influences. This represented a break from the futuristic, hyper-rational post-punk years
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One of the first popular alternative rock bands,
R.E.M. relied on
college-radio airplay, constant touring, and a grassroots fanbase to break into the musical mainstream.
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Kim Gordon and
Thurston Moore of
Sonic Youth
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Robert Smith of
The Cure rejects the genre labels like alternative,
gothic rock, and
college rock applied to his band. He has said, "Every time we went to America we had a different tag... I can't remember when we officially became 'alt-rock'".
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Kurt Cobain (foreground) and
Krist Novoselic with
Nirvana live at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Indie rock
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Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United States and the United Kingdom in the 1980s. Originally used to independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock. In the mid-1980s, the term began to be used to describe the music produced on punk and post-punk labels. Some prominent indie rock record labels were founded during the 1980s, during the 1990s, Grunge bands broke into the mainstream, and the term alternative lost its original counter-cultural meaning. The term indie rock became associated with the bands and genres that remained dedicated to their independent status, by the end of the 1990s indie rock developed subgenres and related styles including lo-fi, noise pop, emo, slowcore, post-rock and math rock. In the 2000s, changes in the industry and in music technology enabled a new wave of indie rock bands to achieve mainstream success. In the early 2000s, a new group of bands played a stripped-down. The commercial breakthrough from these scenes was led by four bands, The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Hives, emo also broke into mainstream culture in the early 2000s. By the end of the 2000s the proliferation of bands was being referred to as indie landfill. The term indie rock, which comes from independent, describes the small and relatively low-budget labels on which it is released, the influences and styles of the artists have been extremely diverse, including punk, psychedelia, post-punk and country. Allmusic identifies indie rock as including a number of varying musical approaches compatible with mainstream tastes, in fact, there is an everlasting list of genres and subgenres of indie rock. Many countries have developed a local indie scene, flourishing with bands with enough popularity to survive inside the respective country. However, there are still indie bands that start off locally, Indie rock has been identified as a reaction against the macho culture that developed in alternative rock in the aftermath of Nirvanas success. However, Cortney Harding pointed out that this sense of equality is not reflected in the number of women running indie labels. The BBC documentary Music for Misfits, The Story of Indie pinpoints the birth of indie as the 1977 self-publication of the Spiral Scratch EP by Manchester band Buzzcocks, Indie pop and indie were originally synonymous. In the mid-1980s, indie began to be used to describe the music produced on post-punk labels rather than the labels themselves. The indie rock scene in the US was prefigured by the rock that dominated college radio playlists. In the United States, the term was associated with the abrasive, distortion-heavy sounds of the Pixies, Hüsker Dü, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Dinosaur Jr
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The Jesus and Mary Chain performing in California in 2007
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Pavement singer/guitarist
Stephen Malkmus
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The Strokes on stage in 2005
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Acoustic rock
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Acoustic music is music that solely or primarily uses instruments that produce sound through acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means. The retronym acoustic music appeared after the advent of electric instruments, such as the guitar, electric violin, electric organ. It has its origins in the music of the 1960s. The trend has also dubbed as acoustic rock in some cases. Navigating the Music Industry, Current Issues & Business Models, Music and the Modern Condition, Investigating the Boundaries
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A Spanish guitar
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Fiddler Records
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Fiddler Records was a small independent record label serving as the launch pad for several artists seminal to the pop, punk and emo genres. Starting as the brainchild of 16-year-old entrepreneur Amy Fleisher Madden in 1996, over the course of 10 years, Fiddler Records developed a steady roster of successful artists such as The Bled, The Higher, Recover, Juliette & The Licks, Name Taken and Classic Case. Currently, the Fiddler Records catalog is managed by Animal Manufacturing Co, Animal Manufacturing has released vinyl for both Recover and Name Taken and has helped keep the spirit of Fiddler alive. Fiddler Records started in 1996 by Amy Fleisher Madden at age 16, after saving $600 from promoting several shows over the course of several months at Cheers, Amy invested the money in a 7” by the band Vacant Andys. The gold vinyl release was titled Anodyne, and marked the first release from both an artist and label showing signs of much bigger things on the horizon. Fiddler began building a roster with several records, including the labels forth release, New Found Glorys Its All About the Girls and it eventually sold more than 80,000 copies, as New Found Glory went on to pop-punk stardom earning multiple gold records for major labels. In March 2000, Fiddler released The Swiss Army Romance, a record from Chris Carrabba’s solo project titled Dashboard Confessional. In order to meet the demand, The Swiss Army Romance was sold from Fiddler to the MCA Records subsidiary Drive-Thru Records. In November 2002, Fiddler signed a deal with MCA Records. In March 2003, MCA folded into Geffen Records, which inherited Fiddlers contract. ”After many staff changes and band break-ups, Fiddler was dismantled in 2006. Once again solely operated by Amy, Fiddler closed and left the website with only the words “Gone fission Fiddler no longer exists in the physical nor the metaphysical world
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Fiddler Logo
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Vagrant Records
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Vagrant Records is an American record label based in California. It was founded in 1995 by Rich Egan, and is run by President Jon Cohen. The label focuses on rock but features artists in a variety of genres including folk, soul, electronic. Originally, Vagrant Records was mostly focused on emo bands such as Dashboard Confessional, Saves the Day, The Get Up Kids, in 2014, it was acquired by BMG Rights Management. The first band signed by Vagrant Records was Boxer and their album, the pop-punk album notably featured drummer Chris Pennie, who would go on to play with Dillinger Escape Plan and Coheed and Cambria. In 1999, Vagrant Records signed Kansas City, Missouri, band, The Get Up Kids, Egan and Cohen borrowed US$50,000 from Cohens parents to fund the recording of the Get Up Kids album, derived from the mortgaging of the family house. The album was successful, and single-handedly made Vagrant Records one of the top independent labels in the country. Dashboard Confessionals video for Screaming Infidelities, directed by Maureen Egan and Matthew Barry, Rich Egan is cited as saying the MTV Video Music Award win changed everything for the label. The label then went on to release material from The Replacements frontman, Paul Westerberg, signifying an initial departure from its roots of nineties punk. They soon signed Eels and released their album Blinking Lights and Other Revelations, in 2005 the label acquired New York City indie label Startime International, with whom they co-released albums from The French Kicks and The Futureheads. During that time Vagrant signed The Hold Steady and The Lemonheads, in 2006 Vagrant formed a childrens label imprint, Poquito Records and released Vagrant artist The New Amsterdams side-project The Terrible Twos debut album If You Ever See an Owl. In 2007 Vagrant formed another imprint label, Density Records, which will release heavier material than has traditionally released on the label. On August 5,2009, Rammstein, the Berlin-based industrial metal sextet, well known for its controversial and fiery performances, signed a US marketing. List of record labels Vagrant Records
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DGC Records
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The label was created as a response to the success Geffen had with the harder rock acts on its roster. The label also released early titles by hip hop band The Roots, in 1999, during the consolidation of Geffen’s Universal Music Group parent and PolyGram, the DGC label ceased operations. The retained acts would go on to record for the main Geffen label, in the years to follow, the DGC title and logo would occasionally appear on reissues of its past catalog items. In 2007, the label was revived as a brand for Interscope Records, since its reactivation, it has released albums by Weezer, Beck, Counting Crows and Rise Against. As of late, DGC Records, in partnership with MySpace Records and indie Lucky Ear Music, the following artists have recorded for DGC Records, List of record labels DGC Rarities Vol.1 DGC Records Official Website
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DGC Records
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Further Seems Forever
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Further Seems Forever is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Pompano Beach, Florida. Over its initial run the band experienced several lineup changes. Original singer Chris Carrabba recorded The Moon Is Down with the group before leaving to start Dashboard Confessional and he was replaced by Jason Gleason, who performed on How to Start a Fire but left the band the following year. Former Sense Field vocalist Jon Bunch joined Further Seems Forever for Hide Nothing, the band broke up in 2006 but reunited four years later with Carrabba on vocals. Their fourth studio album, Penny Black, was released in 2012, the bands music is often classified as indie rock and is frequently associated with the emo genre. Despite these associations, the group has claimed not to be an explicitly Christian band, the band formed in 1998 in Pompano Beach, Florida after the breakup of the Christian hardcore band Strongarm. Strongarm guitarists Josh Colbert and Nick Dominguez, bassist Chad Neptune, at this time the band struggled with interpersonal squabbles and difficulties touring, as Dominguez had a young family and was reluctant to tour outside the state. This forced the group to search for several fill-in guitarists to replace him on tour. I was willing to do that and they were playing music around their jobs, not as their jobs. It was like, if were gonna be a band, lets be a band and this isnt going to happen by itself. Despite this decision, Carrabba joined the band the following month to record their debut album The Moon Is Down, relations between him and the other band members remained amicable, and Further Seems Forever would later open for Dashboard Confessional on several occasions. After Carrabbas departure the band recruited Jason Gleason of Affinity as their new vocalist and they also recorded a cover of Bye Bye Bye for the compilation Punk Goes Pop. Dominguez then left the group to pursue a record label venture and he ran the label with Derick Cordoba, who replaced him in Further Seems Forever. This lineup recorded the second album How to Start a Fire, released in 2003. In early 2004, however, as work on an album was beginning. In a 2006 interview he blamed the split on completely irrational behavior on a daily basis, Gleason went on to form ActionReaction in 2005 with his wife Crissie Bella Verhagen and released the album Three is the Magic Number in 2006. To replace Gleason the band recruited vocalist Jon Bunch of the recently disbanded Sense Field, with Bunch they released the 2004 album Hide Nothing and continued to tour internationally, performing with groups such as Sparta, Copeland, and The Starting Line. In 2005 the band played a show with Carrabba at which they performed The Moon Is Down in its entirety. As Neptune stated, As I sit here reflecting back on my time with FSF, Well my answer is it probably wasnt my dream all along
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Further Seems Forever performing in 2012. Left to right: Dominguez, Neptune, Carrabba, Kleisath, and Colbert.
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The band's third lineup, with singer Jon Bunch (second from left).
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Carrabba practicing with the band for their reunion show in 2005.
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Chris Carrabba
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Christopher Andrew Ender Carrabba is the lead singer and guitarist of the band Dashboard Confessional, lead singer of the band Further Seems Forever, and is the vocalist for the folk band Twin Forks. Born in West Hartford, Connecticut, Carrabbas parents divorced when he was three, at age 16, he moved with his mother to Boca Raton, Florida. Carrabba remains close to some relatives on his side, but is not close to his father specifically. As a teenager, Carrabba was interested in skateboarding and punk rock and, passionate about music and his uncle gave him a guitar, to which he devoted a great deal of his time, when he was 15. After graduating from Boca Raton High School, Carrabba became more serious music and joined his first band, The Vacant Andys. At college, alongside studies, Carrabba played with The Vacant Andys and, later, with The Agency and this was the first recording to feature both Mike Marsh and Chris Carrabba before Mike Marsh became Dashboard Confessionals full-time drummer. For several years, Chris taught at a school in South Florida. Dashboard Confessional was born when Chris recorded the Drowning EP with Fiddler Records. I started as a project from the band I was in, says Carrabba, I was going through something really tough at the time and since I dont write in a journal. It was a way to get it out of my system. I never thought anyone would hear these songs, but I played some for my friends, the name Dashboard Confessional comes from the song The Sharp Hint of New Tears. The lyric On the way home, this car hears my confessions brought to mind the phrase Dashboard Confessional, having received his first guitar from his uncle also named Chris, Carrabba took only a mild interest in his musical talent, preferring to skateboard. In 2008, Just as he was wrapping up work on the sixth Dashboard Confessional album, his sister was in a serious car accident that put her in a coma for several months. I was torn between being with her through most of her waking hours until we were kicked out of the hospital at the end of their shifts and going home and doing my work, Carrabba started his career with the Vacant Andys. In 1998, while playing with the Vacant Andys, he filled in on guitar in New Found Glory, in 2001, he joined the band Further Seems Forever for their debut album The Moon is Down, before moving on to found Dashboard Confessional. In 2002, Dashboard Confessional won the MTV2 Award at MTV Music Awards for the video for Screaming Infidelities, the video was considered the dark horse nominee at the time, as it was up against The Strokes, The Hives, Norah Jones, Nappy Roots, and Musiq. The video was directed by Maureen Egan and Matthew Barry and it was filmed in Los Angeles, California, on a shoestring budget. In November 2011, Carrabba released an album of covers entitled Covered In The Flood exclusively on his solo US tour, the album contains 10 tracks originally performed by artists that include R. E. M
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Carrabba performing in 2015
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John Lefler
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Lefler, born March 18,1975 is an American songwriter, singer, guitarist, pianist and has been with Dashboard Confessional since 2002. He went to the University of Texas at Austin, where he graduated with a degree in Art, however and he has 2 brothers, Bill and Kevin. John started playing guitar in 1989, and piano shortly thereafter and he had only one guitar lesson in his life and the first song he learned was Bon Jovis, Wanted Dead Or Alive. His older brother Bill, helped him by teaching some chords as well and he still has his first guitar, a Peavey T-60, which his dad got at a pawn shop for $50. He started writing songs when he about 18 years old, after seeing the John Lennon bio-pic, one of the first songs he wrote is called Liberaces Christmas. John had piano lessons while in High School for a few months, “My recital piece was Bruce Hornsbys, The Way It Is. It was terrible. Ive never had another lesson of any kind since. ”A curious fact also happened in 1996, “I severed the tendon of my right pinky on a glass of milk. Thus, I play the piano with seven fingers and two thumbs. ”Lefler joined Dashboard Confessional in 2002, having flown out to meet the rest of the band in Florida, Lefler and Carrabba clicked when Carrabba sighted Lefler wearing the same Gap jacket that he was also wearing. After a week of study on the albums, Lefler made his first official appearance as a Dashboard Confessional member on the MTV Unplugged recording. Thereafter, he has been a member, as lead guitarist and keyboardist. In 2005, Lefler and his brothers Bill and Kevin formed a band called The Wimbledons in Los Angeles. After much infighting between the brothers, the band completed an EP, with Lefler contributing vocals and guitars and Kevin contributing vocals on Apologies, after the release of the album and with Leflers moving to Dallas, Texas, The Wimbledons have no plans for a forthcoming second EP. When not playing music, John enjoys playing softball and pickling Brussel Sprouts in his current city of Dallas, BETTER BY DESIGN Being influenced by bands like Jellyfish, Ben Folds, Crowded House, The Police, The Beatles, U2. John released on his own label Good Hang, his first solo album, Better By Design was co- produced by John, along with friends Salim Nourallah and Rip Rowan and has been referred by people as powerpop, which is fine with John. He has received good feedback from websites and Dashboard Confessional fans have been very supportive to his solo project. John can often be playing with his band in Dallas area. He’ll be on tour with Dashboard Confessional from February to April,2012, John also stated via Facebook that he would be booking an East Coast solo tour for the summer
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John Lefler performing solo at
The Saint in
Asbury Park, NJ, May 2011.
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The Swiss Army Romance
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The Swiss Army Romance is the first full-length album by Dashboard Confessional. It had a short release on Fiddler Records, but soon a decision was made to sell the album to Drive-Thru Records. Drive-Thru released the album on November 14,2000, in 2003, the rights to the record were sold to Chris Carrabba and Vagrant Records and the album was re-issued on April 22,2003. The re-release included bonus tracks Hold On and This Is a Forgery, the re-release was spurred by the rising popularity of the band and the announcement of the then upcoming album A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar. The album was included in Rock Sounds 101 Modern Classics list at number 100, all songs written by Chris Carrabba
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The Swiss Army Romance
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The LP is an analog sound storage medium, a vinyl record format characterized by a speed of 33 1⁄3 rpm, a 12 or 10 inch diameter, and use of the microgroove groove specification. Introduced by Columbia in 1948, it was adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry. Apart from a few relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound, the new product was a 12- or 10-inch fine-grooved disc made of vinyl and played with a smaller-tipped microgroove stylus at a speed of 33 1⁄3 rpm. Each side of a 12-inch LP could play for more than 20 minutes, although the LP was suited to classical music because of its extended continuous playing time, it also allowed a collection of ten or more pop music recordings to be put on a single disc. The use of the word album persisted for the one-disc LP equivalent, the prototype of the LP was the soundtrack disc used by the Vitaphone motion picture sound system, developed by Western Electric and introduced in 1926. For soundtrack purposes, the less than five minutes of playing time of side of a conventional 12-inch 78 rpm disc was not acceptable. The sound had to play continuously for at least 11 minutes, long enough to accompany a full 1, the disc diameter was increased to 16 inches and the speed was reduced to 33 1⁄3 revolutions per minute. Unlike their smaller LP descendants, they were made with the same large standard groove used by 78s, unlike conventional records, the groove started at the inside of the recorded area near the label and proceeded outward toward the edge. Like 78s, early soundtrack discs were pressed in an abrasive shellac compound, syndicated radio programming was distributed on 78 rpm discs beginning in 1928. The desirability of a longer continuous playing time soon led to the adoption of the Vitaphone soundtrack disc format, 16-inch 33 1⁄3 rpm discs playing about 15 minutes per side were used for most of these electrical transcriptions beginning about 1930. Transcriptions were variously recorded inside out like soundtrack discs or with an outside start, some transcriptions were recorded with a vertically modulated hill and dale groove. This was found to allow deeper bass and also an extension of the frequency response. Neither of these was necessarily an advantage in practice because of the limitations of AM broadcasting. Today we can enjoy the benefits of those higher-fidelity recordings, even if the radio audiences could not. Initially, transcription discs were pressed only in shellac, but by 1932 pressings in RCA Victors vinyl-based Victrolac were appearing, by the late 1930s, vinyl was standard for nearly all kinds of pressed discs except ordinary commercial 78s, which continued to be made of shellac. Use of the LPs microgroove standard began in the late 1950s, the King Biscuit Flower Hour is a late example, as are Westwood Ones The Beatle Years and Doctor Demento programs, which were sent to stations on LP at least through 1992. RCA Victor introduced a version of a long-playing record for home use in September 1931. These Program Transcription discs, as Victor called them, played at 33 1⁄3 rpm and used a somewhat finer and they were to be played with a special Chromium Orange chrome-plated steel needle
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At top, format logo used on early issues. Below, a typical LP, showing its central spindle hole and label surrounded by the grooved area. Three separate "tracks" are visible, but all are parts of one continuous spiral groove.
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Neumann SX-24 Record Cutting Machine
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LPs
pressed in multicolored vinyl (Sotano Beat: A Todo Color, a various-artists compilation) and clear yellow vinyl - (Rock On Elvis by Tulsa McLean) both from Argentina.
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The Moon Is Down (album)
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The Moon Is Down is the debut album by the Pompano Beach, Florida rock band Further Seems Forever, released in 2001 by Tooth & Nail Records. It was the bands first full-length album, dominguez left the band the following year to start the record label Pop Up Records. The two were replaced by Jason Gleason and Derick Cordoba, respectively, for the next album How to Start a Fire. A music video was filmed for the song Snowbirds and Townies, rick Anderson of Allmusic rated The Moon Is Down four stars out of five, saying that it kind of sneaks up on you. Cathartic, tuneful, soaring — what are going to do for the rest of the album. Well, it out theyre going to do the same thing, over and over. **Included on the Japanese import version of the album only, drum tracks recorded at The Dungeon. Produced and engineered by James Paul Wisner, assistant engineer, Joe at The Dungeon
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The Moon Is Down
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The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most
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The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most is the second studio album recorded by the American emo band Dashboard Confessional. Screaming Infidelities and Again I Go Unnoticed were re-recorded from their appearance on the bands first album The Swiss Army Romance. The album was released on March 20,2001, in August 2002, the band went on the Vagrant America arena tour, alongside other Vagrant Records bands. The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA, meaning it sold over 500,000 copies in the United States, the album, according to Rock Sound, gave Dashboard Confessional a ton of worldwide exposure. This resulted in Carrabba becoming the poster boy for the emo resurgence of the early 2000s, all songs written by Chris Carrabba
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The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most
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So Impossible EP
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So Impossible EP is Dashboard Confessionals second EP. It was released on December 18,2001 through Vagrant Records, the EP release was also widely acclaimed and received great scores in music review magazines like SPIN. All four songs would later be performed in Dashboard Confessionals MTV Unplugged performance, the same performance was released as an album in 2002. The album is a concept album and it chronicles the protagonist as he longs after a girl in For You To Notice. In the next track, So Impossible, she asks him on a date, in Remember to Breathe, a friend is helping him prepare for his date. Finally, Hands Down talks about what Carrabba routinely calls the best day I ever had, the EP is also notable as Carrabbas only recorded collaboration with former Sunny Day Real Estate guitarist Dan Hoerner. On December 18,2016, Subtletape Recordings published an article to celebrate the EPs 15th year anniversary, for You to Notice –4,24 So Impossible –2,58 Remember to Breathe –3,38 Hands Down –3,11
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So Impossible EP
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MTV Unplugged
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MTV Unplugged is an American television series showcasing musical artists usually playing acoustic instruments. The show has received the George Foster Peabody Award and 3 Primetime Emmy nominations among many accolades, MTV launched MTV Unplugged in 1989. The show featured musicians performing unplugged versions of their electric repertoire, many of these performances were subsequently released as albums, often featuring the title Unplugged. The direct inspiration for the series came in the immediately preceding the creation of the MTV program. The catalyst was a series of highly publicized unplugged performances that occurred in the late 1970s, the performances were widely seen and heard on the 1980 live album and the UK-only movie of the benefit and inspired other rock performers to emulate Townshend. The 1982 live album of performances and the US version of The Secret Policemans Other Ball movie both became very successful and were widely seen and heard in the USA. The phenomenon of rock stars re-creating their hits in a manner was thus well established by the early 1980s though the word unplugged had not yet been applied to the concept. In addition, the late 1980s saw a renewed interest in folk, many new acts established during the period had a strong folk/acoustic influence, e. g. Sinéad OConnor, Suzanne Vega, Lyle Lovett, Michael Penn, Enya, and Bruce Hornsby and the Range. The first rock artist to perform in a mode on MTV was Jethro Tull. XTC performed acoustically in May 1989, and Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora performed Livin on a Prayer, the pilot and first seven episodes were produced by Bruce Leddy, after which Associate Producer Alex Coletti took over for the remainder of the series. After the first 13 episodes, the role of host was eliminated, the show was produced by Viacom and RSE Inc and was most frequently directed by Milton Lage and Beth McCarthy. The series first aired November 26,1989, featuring Squeeze, Syd Straw, the first 13 episodes were hosted by American singer-songwriter Jules Shear and featured Aerosmith, Elton John, Sinéad OConnor, Poison and Stevie Ray Vaughan among others. Paul McCartneys 1991 appearance was released on the Unplugged album. Show producer Alex Coletti went on to say that had McCartney not released it, joe Walsh appeared on the show in 1990 with Dr. John. MTV invited Henley to perform on the show, but Henley wanted to have a show featuring only himself, at that point, MTV was sharing the time between different artists. On April 10,1991, Unplugged aired its first ever acoustic rap show, the special kicked off with individual performances by LL Cool J along with MC Lyte, De La Soul, and A Tribe Called Quest and a five piece back-up band, Pops Cool Love. The highlight of the show was LL Cool Js energetic renditions of Jingling Baby, in 1992, Mariah Carey performed a cover version of The Jackson 5s hit Ill Be There along with backup singer Trey Lorenz
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The MTV Unplugged 2.0 logo used for the show's return in the 2000s.
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MTV Unplugged 2.0
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MTV Unplugged 2.0 is a live album released by Dashboard Confessional in 2002. This CD/DVD package is the bands first live album, the band already recorded an acoustic instrument-based LP and is also the first non-Platinum selling artist to be on MTV Unplugged. After a few months, RIAA certified the album Platinum, indicating shipment of between 100,000 and 200,000 units, as it is considered a long-form video. The album is the first one to have peaked at #1 on the Top Heatseekers chart, the album peaked at #111 on the Billboard 200. It is the only Dashboard Confessional LP album with a platinum certification
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MTV Unplugged 2.0
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Screaming Infidelities
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Screaming Infidelities is the first single from Dashboard Confessionals 2001 album The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most. The song was written by lead singer Chris Carrabba and it was originally recorded for the bands 2000 debut album, The Swiss Army Romance. A live version of the song appears on the bands 2002 MTV Unplugged 2.0 album, the song was also featured in the 2002 MTV movie, Wasted. Screaming Infidelities is considered the breakout single. The song peaked at #22 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in May 2002, a music video for the song was released in 2002 and was directed by Maureen Egan and Matthew Barry. The video won the MTV2 award at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, beating out Norah Jones, The Strokes, Musiq Soulchild, The Hives, Carrabba said that winning the award ranked among his biggest accomplishments in a year marked by crowning achievements. Alternative Press said of the song, CCs manifestation of honest emotion remains far more sincere than the sub-par mewling of wafer-heads currently wasting oxygen in independently owned coffeehouses. Joanna Pacitti, prior to becoming a contestant on American Idol during season 8, released a version of the song as a single from her 2006 album. Watch the Screaming Infidelities video on YouTube Screaming Infidelity lyrics Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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"Screaming Infidelities"
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Norah Jones
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Norah Jones is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Throughout her career, Jones has won awards and has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Billboard named her the top jazz artist of the 2000–2009 decade and she has won nine Grammy Awards and was 60th on Billboard magazines artists of the 2000–2009 decade chart. In 2002, Jones launched her music career with the release of Come Away with Me. It was certified diamond, selling over 26 million copies, the record earned Jones five Grammy Awards, including the Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best New Artist. They were also well received by critics. Jones fifth studio album, Little Broken Hearts, was released on April 27,2012, Jones is the daughter of Indian sitar player and composer Ravi Shankar, and half-sister of fellow musician Anoushka Shankar. Jones was born Geetali Norah Shankar on March 30,1979 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, to American concert producer Sue Jones, after her parents separated in 1986, Shankar lived with her mother, growing up in Grapevine, Texas. She attended Colleyville Middle School and Grapevine High School before transferring to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing, while in high school, she sang in the school choir, participated in band, and played the alto saxophone. At the age of sixteen, with parents consent, she officially changed her name to Norah Jones. Jones always had an affinity for the music of Bill Evans and Billie Holiday and she once said, My mom had this eight-album Billie Holiday set, I picked out one disc that I liked and played that over and over again. As a child, Jones began singing in church and also took piano and she considers herself spiritual and appreciates the rituals of her church but does not consider herself deeply religious. She attended Interlochen Center for the Arts during the summers, while at high school, she won the Down Beat Student Music Awards for Best Jazz Vocalist and Best Original Composition. Jones attended the University of North Texas, where she majored in jazz piano, during this time, she had a chance meeting with future collaborator Jesse Harris. She gave a ride to a band playing at the university whose members happened to be friends of Harris and he was on a cross-country road-trip with friend and future Little Willies member Richard Julian, and stopped to see the band play. After meeting Jones, Harris started sending her lead sheets of his songs, in 1999, Jones left Texas for New York City. Less than a later, she started a band with Harris. As artist Peter Malick states in the notes, I started looking for a singer who could record for me
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Jones performs at
Farm Aid, October 2, 2010
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Jones performing at
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome
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Jones at the premier of My Blueberry Nights at the
2007 Cannes Film Festival
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Jones in 2007
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The Strokes
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The Strokes are an American rock band from New York City. Formed in 1998, the band is composed of vocalist Julian Casablancas, lead guitarist Nick Valensi, rhythm guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. bassist Nikolai Fraiture, following the conclusion of five-album deals with RCA and Rough Trade, the band are currently signed to Casablancas Cult Records. Lead singer-songwriter Julian Casablancas, guitarist Nick Valensi, and drummer Fab Moretti started playing together while attending Dwight School in Manhattan, bassist Nikolai Fraiture befriended Casablancas while the two attended the Lycée Français de New York. At age 13, Casablancas was sent to Le Rosey, a school in Switzerland. Casablancas met guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr. in Switzerland, later, when Hammond came to New York to attend New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts, he shared an apartment with Casablancas. The roommates started a band, first performing at The Spiral—followed by the Luna Lounge on the Lower East Side of New York, Ryan Gentles, the Mercury Lounges booker, quit his job to become the bands manager. The band began rehearsing a fourteen-song set —including, Alone, Together, Barely Legal, Last Nite, The Modern Age, New York City Cops, Soma, Someday, Take It or Leave It, most of these songs now feature different lyrics. The band sent a demo to the newly reformed Rough Trade Records in the UK, sparking interest there, the EP sparked a bidding war among record labels, the largest for a rock band in years. In August 2001, the Strokes made their first appearance on the cover of the publication The FADER, the Strokes released their debut album, Is This It, in the US in October 2001. The album was produced by Gordon Raphael, along with their follow-up album Room on Fire as well, RCA delayed the North American release over concerns with the album’s cover and lyrics. RCA replaced the track “New York City Cops” with “When it Started, the track New York City Cops —featuring the refrain, “New York City Cops, they aint too smart”—was listed as No.12 on New York Magazines Ultimate New York Playlist on March 1,2010. Despite its delayed release, Is This It received critical acclaim—among other accolades, four stars from Rolling Stone, while critics noted the influence of CBGB stalwarts Television, Casablancas and bandmates claimed to have never heard the band, instead citing the Velvet Underground as a reference point. After the release of Is This It, the band toured around the world—including Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, the self-made mini-documentary In Transit was filmed during the summer tour of Europe. In August 2002, the band headlined UKs Carling Weekend festivals for the second time, jack White joined the Strokes on stage to perform the guitar solo on New York City Cops. During that period, the band appeared as musical guests on numerous late-night talk shows. Is This It yielded several singles and music videos, all of which were directed by Roman Coppola, is This It has had an enduring impact on fans and critics alike. In 2009, NME named Is This It as the Greatest Album of the Decade, in January 2011, Rolling Stone conducted a survey among their Facebook fans to determine the top ten debut albums of all time. Is This It came in at ten and was also the most recent behind Pearl Jams 1991 debut
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The Strokes in concert at
Madison Square Garden, NYC, in 2011 with special guest,
Elvis Costello.
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The Hives
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The Hives are a Swedish rock band that rose to prominence in the early 2000s during the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of the album Veni Vidi Vicious, the band have been acclaimed by music critics as one of the best live rock bands in current music. The Hives have released five albums, Barely Legal, Veni Vidi Vicious, Tyrannosaurus Hives, The Black and White Album. They have one album, Your New Favourite Band and they have issued a live DVD. The band claims it was formed in 1993 under the guidance of Randy Fitzsimmons, Fitzsimmons suggested that they form a garage rock band. He gave each member a letter asking them to start the band. Fitzsimmons allegedly acts as a songwriter and manager for the band, the band recorded a demo titled Sounds Like Sushi in 1994. The following year they were signed to Burning Heart, a Swedish skate punk record label, the following year they released their debut EP Oh Lord. Almqvist decided to promote the band to Burning Heart, in 1997 they released an album called Barely Legal, and began touring. The following year released their second EP A. K. A. They released their studio album Veni Vidi Vicious in April 2000 through Burning Heart Records. The band themselves described the album as being like a glove with brass knuckles. The album yielded the singles Hate to Say I Told You So, Main Offender, Die, All Right. and Supply and Demand. After seeing the video for Hate to Say I Told You So on German TV, Poptones released the best of compilation Your New Favourite Band in 2001, which proved to be their breakthrough record, reaching No.7 in the UK album charts. Following the success of the album, the band re-released singles Hate to Say I Told You So and Main Offender which reach numbers No.23, the band also re-released Veni Vidi Vicious in the US. The Hives - Introduce the Metric System in Time was included on the punk rock sampler album Punk-O-Rama Volume 5 from Epitaph Records. It was during the promotion of Veni Vidi Vicious and Your New Favourite Band that the Hives signed a deal with Universal Music. This led to a dispute between the Hives and Burning Heart, who claimed that the Hives were still contracted to them for one more album
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The Hives in concert, 2011
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Nicholaus Arson performing in
Santiago,
Chile, in 2013.
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Pelle Almqvist in concert.
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Musiq
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Taalib Johnson, professionally known as Musiq Soulchild or Musiq is an American singer and songwriter whose style blends R&B, funk, blues, jazz, gospel influences fused with hip hop. Musiq Soulchild has had 2 platinum albums,2 gold albums and 7 hit singles and he has received awards from Billboard, BET, ASCAP, BMI, and Soul Train. He has also earned nominations from MTV, the American Music Awards, the NAACP. He cites as his inspiration such icons as Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, in August 2009 his son Zachary was born with 702 singer Kameelah Williams. There were people who knew of me but they didnt really know me, so after getting that so much, I was like Just call me Musiq. It was so fresh to me because if I had to be called anything, thats how much I dug it, when you see me, I want you to automatically think of music. The stage name Musiq Soulchild is techinally two ideas, Musiq is the front man and Soulchild is the idea behind it. Its basically me as an artist in this generation, representing the traditions and he has also been featured in television and print ads for McDonalds, Nike, Inc. Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss & Co. and The Gap and he made a special appearance on The CWs #1 comedy The Game on Monday, October 29,2007, as well as the UPN sitcom All of Us. On June 25,2012, Musiq released a book on love, Musiq Soulchild released his debut album, Aijuswanaseing, in 2000. Its lead single was Just Friends, Musiqs second single Love spent 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Musiqs second album, 2002s Juslisen, debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and went platinum, it debuted number one on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The singles were Halfcrazy and Dontchange, which were top tens, in 2003, Musiq released his third album, Soulstar, which went gold. It included the singles Forthenight and Whoknows, Musiq took a four-year break and changed his management to Solqi Management, as well as his record label from Def Soul to Atlantic Records. In March 2007, Musiqs released his fourth album Luvanmusiq, an uptempo track, Teachme, and Makeyouhappy. His fifth album OnMyRadio was released on December 2,2008, the lead single Radio was a complete contrast to the usual smooth neo soul Musiq fans were accustomed to. The following singles were the duet IfULeave featuring Mary J. Blige, SoBeautiful marked the first collaboration between Musiq and the producer JR Hutson, after Hutson had spent about eight months trying to get Musiq to come by his studio. According to Hutson, the two plan to work together again, in May 2010, he changed management to Victor Grieg
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Musiq Soulchild at
WGCI radio Coca Cola Lounge in
Chicago, 2009.
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A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar
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A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar is the third studio album recorded by the band Dashboard Confessional. The album was released on August 19,2003 and has been certified gold by RIAA, hands Down was released to radio on July 15,2003. Rapid Hope Loss was released to radio on December 9,2003, as Lovers Go was featured on the Shrek 2, Motion Picture Soundtrack. Listen to samples of the album A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar at Metacritic
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A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar
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Brand New (band)
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Brand New is a rock band from Long Island, New York. Formed in 2000, the band consists of Jesse Lacey, Vincent Accardi, Garrett Tierney, from 2005 until 2013 the band also included Derrick Sherman. In the late 1990s, Jesse Lacey, Garrett Tierney and Brian Lane were all members of the band The Rookie Lot and they eventually split off from the other members of the group, and in 2000 formed Brand New in Merrick, New York. The band signed to Triple Crown Records and in 2001 released their studio album. Their second album, Deja Entendu, was released in 2003, the albums first two singles, The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows and Sic Transit Gloria. Glory Fades, both received airplay on MTV2 and Fuse TV, entering the top 40 on the United Kingdom Singles Chart, Deja Entendu was eventually certified gold in the United States. Brand New moved to Interscope Records and released The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me in 2006, Jesus, also known as Jesus Christ, became their highest charting single in the US, peaking at number 30 on the Alternative Songs chart. In March 2008, the band started their own record label and their fourth album, Daisy, was released in 2009 and became their highest charting album in the US, reaching number six on the Billboard 200. The band have been working on new material for some time, a new album was scheduled for release in 2016, but has since been delayed for the foreseeable future. Recent T-shirt designs and lyric book inserts hint at the band breaking up in 2018. After the bands split and not playing together for a while, Lacey, Lane and they then recruited guitarist Vincent Accardi, who had been playing in a band called One Last Goodbye, since Reilly had joined The Movielife. They eventually formed Brand New in 2000, in a basement in Merrick and their initial intention was always to move outside of whatever notions they felt inclined to when they were making music as younger people. The band gained exposure in the scene through playing shows with alternative rock contemporaries Midtown and post-hardcore bands like Glassjaw. They signed to Triple Crown Records just after their second-ever show, Brand News debut studio album Your Favorite Weapon was produced by friend of the band Mike Sapone. It became a success, selling over 50,000 copies. The record deal gave Brand New the opportunity to tour, playing alongside the likes of Taking Back Sunday and touring the UK in support of Finch, the only single released from Your Favorite Weapon was Jude Law and a Semester Abroad. The song has described by Allmusic as a semi-hit, after it received airplay on both MTV2 and Fuse. Brand News second studio album was written in the year and-a-half or two years that they were touring the material off Your Favorite Weapon
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Brand New performing live at The Flex in Vienna on January 29, 2007.
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Jesse Lacey performing in Toronto during December 2006.
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Jesse Lacey performing at the
Starland Ballroom in June 2006.
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Brand New performing at the
House of Blues in
Lake Buena Vista, Florida on October 24, 2014.
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Vindicated (song)
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Played over the films end credits, Vindicated is the theme for the film. I Need a Sure Thing has since then performed during the Dusk and Summer Tour. Vindicated was released to radio on June 1,2004, UK Maxi Single Vindicated 3,20 The Warmth of the Sand 4,17 Hands Down 3,07 This version is the acoustic one from the So Impossible EP. Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
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"Vindicated"
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Spider-Man 2
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Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Alvin Sargent from a story by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Michael Chabon. The sequel to the 2002 film Spider-Man, it is the film in Raimis Spider-Man film trilogy based on the fictional Marvel Comics character of the same name. Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, and James Franco reprise their roles as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Mary Jane Watson. Spider-Man must stop him from successfully recreating the experiment, which threatens to annihilate the city, Spider-Man 2 was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters on June 30,2004. It grossed $783.8 million worldwide and won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and it also received five awards at the Saturn Awards ceremony including Best Fantasy Film and Best Director for Raimi. The films success led to the release of Spider-Man 3 in 2007, Peter Parker struggles to balance his crime-fighting duties as Spider-Man with the demands of his normal life. Estranged from both love interest Mary Jane Watson and best friend Harry Osborn, Peter additionally discovers his Aunt May is facing eviction. Harry, now head of Oscorps research division, is sponsoring brilliant nuclear scientist Otto Octavius fusion power project, while handling hazardous materials, Octavius wears a harness of powerful robotic tentacle arms with artificial intelligence. During a public demonstration, in which Peter and Harry attend, Octavius refuses to shut down the reactor, which goes critical, killing his wife and shattering the inhibitor chip blocking the arms from his nervous system. Spider-Man arrives and shuts down the experiment, destroying it, at a hospital, doctors prepare to surgically remove Octaviuss harness. However, without the chip to keep the arms supported to the nervous system. Upon regaining consciousness and seeing the carnage, Octavius escapes and takes refuge at a harbour, becoming increasingly influenced by the arms AI, Octavius robs a bank that Peter and May are coincidentally visiting in order to fund a second experiment. Octavius takes May hostage but is rescued by Peter as Spider-Man, the Daily Bugle subsequently dubs Octavius Doctor Octopus. Mary Jane becomes engaged to astronaut John Jameson, son of Bugle chief J. Jonah Jameson, Peter suffers an emotional breakdown and temporarily loses his powers. He abandons his Spider-Man identity, returns to his normal life, a garbageman brings Spider-Mans costume to Jameson, who takes credit for driving Spider-Man into hiding. Peter decides to tell Aunt May the truth behind Uncle Bens death, may forgives him, but the rise in New York City crime rate worries Peter. Octavius, requiring the isotope tritium to fuel his reactor, visits Harry to demand it, Harry agrees in exchange for Spider-Mans life. He tells Octavius to seek Peter, who is good friends with Spider-Man
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Theatrical release poster
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Peter Parker gives up being Spider-Man.
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Panel of "
Spider-Man No More! " which Raimi replicated for the film. Art by
John Romita Sr.
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The Spydercam
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Dusk and Summer
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Dusk and Summer is the fourth studio album by American rock band Dashboard Confessional. It was originally produced by Daniel Lanois, but was polished and finished up with Don Gilmore as producer, so Long, So Long in particular is a more piano-based song than those that have featured on previous Dashboard Confessional albums or EPs. A previous version of the song was available for download in the summer of 2005 on the bands website, a few of the songs have been compared to Carrabbas previous band, Further Seems Forever. On May 5,2006, Dusk and Summer was announced for release, dont Wait was available to download on May 18, and released to radio on May 23. A music video for the song was released on June 6, Dusk and Summer was released on June 27 through Vagrant Records. In early July, the band went on a tour of Canada with Say Anything and this was followed up with a tour of the U. S. in July and August. Rooftops and Invitations was released to radio on August 29, from mid October to early December, the band went on a U. S. tour alongside Brand New. Dusk and Summer was reissued on May 22,2007 and this edition included a new version of Stolen, Vindicated and live versions of Ghost of a Good Thing and The Best Deceptions. Dusk and Summer debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart, by August 2006, the album had sold over 300,000 copies. All songs written by Chris Carrabba
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Dusk and Summer
