| Joyride: Remixes | ||||
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| Released | November 21, 2006 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Length | 75:54 | |||
| Label | K Records | |||
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Joyride: Remixes is a double CD, containing remixes of Mirah's material, by K Records artists. Released by K Records on November 21, 2006, it received a 3.5/5 from Tiny Mix Tapes . [1]
Released by K Records on November 21, 2006, artists include Guy Sigsworth, Anna Oxygen, Tender Forever, Yacht, Mount Eerie, Khaela Maricich, Lucky Dragons and Electrosexual. [1]
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| Tiny Mix Tapes | [2] |
The album was positively received, receiving 3.5/5 from Allmusic [1] and 3/5 from Tiny Mix Tapes . [2]
The Microphones are an American rock band from Olympia, Washington. The project was founded in 1996 and ended in 2003, with a short reunion following in 2007 and revivals in 2019 and 2020. Across every iteration of The Microphones, it has been fronted by Phil Elverum. Elverum is the principal songwriter and producer behind the band's albums, but he has also collaborated with other local musicians on his other recordings and tours. Many of Elverum's recordings from the project's initial period were released by the label K Records.
Mirah is an American musician and songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York. After getting her start in the music scene of Olympia, Washington in the late 1990s, she released a number of well-received solo albums on K Records, including You Think It's Like This but Really It's Like This (2000) and Advisory Committee (2002). Her 2009 album (a)spera peaked on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart at #46, while her 2011 collaborative album Thao + Mirah peaked at #7.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer is the debut studio album by the English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released in the UK in November 1970 on Island Records. The album's initial North American release was several weeks later, in January 1971, on Atlantic Records' Cotillion Records subsidiary. Recording took place at Advision Studios in July 1970 when the group had yet to perform live, and lasted for three months. The album was supported by the group's show at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.
The Blow is an American electro pop band, comprising Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne. Maricich and Dyne write, compose, produce and perform all the music. It was formed as a solo project by Maricich in 2002, and she was joined by Jona Bechtolt, from Yacht, from 2004 to 2007. Melissa Dyne became part of the project in 2007.
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You Think It's Like This but Really It's Like This is Mirah's debut album, released in 2000 on K Records. In June 2020, Mirah announced a 20th anniversary reissue of the seminal album. The double LP reissue includes a remastered version of the record as well as a tribute to the album that features covers by Mount Eerie, Half Waif, Palehound, Shamir, Sad13, Allison Crutchfield and more. The album is due out July 31 via Double Double Whammy.
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