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Garrett Pierce (born March 17, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter from California. Pierce has released three full-length albums and two EPs (Crossbill Records, Narnack Records).
Garrett began writing songs on guitar at the age of thirteen and put out several demos while living around Burbank, Glendale and Echo Park in Los Angeles in his youth. At age 22 he moved to Davis, California where he completed his first official recording, the in His Arms EP. Pierce then moved to San Francisco in 2005 where he began to perform at venues such as Bottom of the Hill and the Great American Music Hall and subsequently recorded his first full album, Like a Moth, [1] which featured fellow musicians Jolie Holland and Matt Bauer. Critics favorably compared the songs to other moody wordsmiths such as Mark Kozelek and Will Oldham.
While touring with respected New York anti-folk artist Diane Cluck, Pierce met and began working with songwriter and instrumentalist Timothy James Wright and soon after recorded Garrett's second album All Masks in Wright's barn and house in the gold rush town of Columbia, California. [2] All Masks featured ten musicians and lush arrangements on several tracks; a departure from the more his more stripped down freshman album. The album was regarded for its dense lyrically content and mythological themes.
Pierce's third record was recorded in the childhood home of long-time collaborator Eric Ruud (Sholi) in Santa Rosa, California. Originally slated for release on Crossbill Records, who put out Garrett's first two records, the new project City of Sand [3] was picked up and released by Los Angeles-based Narnack Records most known for their work with Thee Oh Sees, The Fall, and Lee "Scratch" Perry. City of Sand is Pierce's most successful to date with several music videos created for the singles "Everybody Breaks", "Why oh Why" and "Statue Song". Pierce also made videos around this period covering Joy Division's "Twenty Four Hours" and Seal's "Crazy". His 2011 EP ''Everybody Breaks'' featured some dramatic compositions. [4]
Pierce has just completed his fourth record which is slated for release in 2017. [5]
Senses Fail is an American post-hardcore band that formed in Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States, in 2001. Formed by vocalist James "Buddy" Nielsen, drummer Dan Trapp, guitarists Garrett Zablocki and Dave Miller, and bassist James Gill ; the band has seen many lineup changes, with Nielsen being the only consistent member.
Daniel Alan Maman, professionally known as the Alchemist, is an American musician, record producer, DJ, rapper and songwriter. He began his music career in 1991 in the hip hop duo The Whooliganz under the moniker Mudfoot, along with now-actor Scott Caan. After rising to prominence in the late 1990s, as a close associate of Dilated Peoples and Mobb Deep, he went on to produce for many of hip hop's leading artists in the 2000s, and has been hailed as one of the genre's leading producers. While he produces for many artists, most of his recent production has been for a close group of frequent collaborative rappers. He focuses on producing entire albums for rappers and instrumental projects of his own. He is currently Eminem's official DJ.
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Narnack Records is an independent record label founded in 2000. The label developed in New York City’s underground music scene and quickly became known for its ability for developing new artists Coachwhips, OCS, thee ohsees, Langhorne Slim, Ohsees, ACID, Spiders & Hearts, Higgs, while also working with established bands like the Fall and the Slits, Lee "Scratch" Perry Narnack became home for a diversified group of musicians working with a wide variety of artists, from garage rock, alternative and punk to Americana, folk and dub/reggae.
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Samuel Alexander Garrett is an English singer and songwriter. Sam Garrett released his debut EP Be Easy in 2013 followed by the second EP Namaste released in 2014. In 2016, Garrett released his two-part acoustic EP titled Grace. Sam Garrett has been creating and singing devotional songs. In 2017, Garrett released his first studio album, Grace.
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