The band started playing covers but they realized they were good at writing their own material, so they started writing songs about friends, parties and love. Those songs were placed on a demo tape, Demo 1997, and distributed to independent labels. Soon after that, they caught the attention of an independent label, Movic Records, and signed a record deal (by Kiko Lobo).
Arroz con leche and La revancha del príncipe charro (2000-2004)
Their first studio album, Arroz con leche, was released on September 2, 2001, and caught little attention by people and critics, only selling 50,000 copies. Their second album, La revancha del príncipe charro, was released February 3, 2002, a short time after Arroz con leche. La revancha del príncipe charro sold well, and reached platinum in Mexico. Part of the success of that record was due to the combination of punk and rock sounds. The album also contained a cover from Joan Sebastian and Alberto Vazquez (singer)'s duet song, "Maracas".
+/-, or Plus/Minus, is an Americanindietronic band formed in 2001. The band makes use of both electronic and traditional instruments, and has sought to use electronics to recreate traditional indie rock song forms and instrumental structures. The group has released two albums on each of the American indie labels Teenbeat Records and Absolutely Kosher, and their track "All I do" was prominently featured in the soundtrack for the major film Wicker Park. The group has developed a devoted following in Japan and Taiwan, and has toured there frequently. Although many artists append bonus tracks onto the end of Japanese album releases to discourage purchasers from buying cheaper US import versions, the overseas versions of +/- albums are usually quite different from the US versions - tracklists can be rearranged, artwork with noticeable changes is used, and tracks from the US version can be replaced as well as augmented by bonus tracks.
!!! is a dance-punk band that formed in Sacramento, California, in 1996 by lead singer Nic Offer. Its name is most commonly pronounced "Chk Chk Chk" ([/tʃk.tʃk.tʃk/]). Members of !!! came from other local bands such as The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers. They are currently based in New York City, Sacramento, and Portland, Oregon. The band's sixth full-length album, As If, was released in October 2015.
Background and history
!!! is an American band formed in the summer of 1995 by the merger of part of the group Black Liquorice and Popesmashers. After a successful joint tour, these two teams decided to mix the disco-funk with more aggressive sounds and integrate the hardcore singer Nic Offer from the The Yah Mos. The band's name was inspired by the subtitles of the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy, in which the clicking sounds of the Bushmens' Khoisan language were represented as "!". However, as the bandmembers themselves say, !!! is pronounced by repeating thrice any monosyllabic sound. "Chk Chk Chk" is the most common pronunciation, which the URL of their official website and the title of their Myspace page suggest is the preferred pronunciation.
Panda was a Dutch comic strip series, created by Marten Toonder. After Tom Poes it was his second most successful and well known comic strip and very popular in foreign translations. It debuted in 1946 and ran until 1991.
Concept
Panda is a funny animal comic strip about a young panda, Panda. The stories take place in a fantasy environment with anthropomorphic animals. Like many Dutch comic strips in the 1940s and 1950s it was published in a text comic format, with the text below the images. Later stories have been published as a balloon comic too.
Characters
Panda: A young, smart and intelligent panda who travels into the wide world. In terms of design he looks very similar to Tom Poes. He lives in Hobbeldonk.
Jollipop: A dog who is Panda's personal servant. In terms of design he is an expy of Joost, the butler of Oliver B. Bumble in the Tom Poes stories.
Joris Goedbloed: A sly fox who is a con-artist and a trickster. He often expresses himself in macaronic Latin. He serves as the antagonist of the series, but despite his lies, tricks and frequent abuse of Panda's confidence he also ensures that the little bear is not put in actual danger.
Pieter Hooghoudt (born April 14, 1986), known by his stage name Panda, a Dutch electronic music artist living in Amsterdam, specializing in Drum and Bass. He gained an interest in electronic music in his teenage years. He was inspired to write electronic music after seeing a live performance by an electronic music act in his birthplace Nijmegen. Panda’s tracks have been aired on all premier drum & bass radio stations including BBC Radio 1 and many major drum and bass performers have played Panda’s music in clubs.
Discography
Panda previously released on the experimental jungle label Exegene Records and Foundname Records under the stage name of Peet.
Panda released his debut album Retake Manhattan in 2008. It is a concept album themed around the 400-year anniversary of the discovery of New York by the Dutch. It features 14 tracks which represent a fictitious journey around the world. It has been supported and played by many artists in the drum and bass scene both in clubs, on radio and podcasts including BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1Xtra, Kool FM, the Drum and Bass Arena podcast by artists including Fresh, Mary Anne Hobbs and Paul B. The single Baghdad was a featured Drum & Bass Download on BBC Radio 1Xtra. The album itself was a featured release on the Dutch 3VOOR12 Luisterpaal.
“We were a little bit at odds,” Lennox (aka PandaBear) said of the year leading up to the revered acoustic pivot for the band, which turned 20 earlier this year ... Because of the kind of band we are, I think that’s cool.
Cutouts is the band’s third LP in just over two years and their second in eight months ... Onstage, the Smile are a jazzier, jammier beast than Radiohead ever were, which can be a thrilling experience when the band is locked in.
The 8th annual benefit for multiple sclerosis research features performances by Jaybone & Friends, Sam Mcdonald and the Trash Pandas, the Bluff 5 Band, Weaver, Underdawg, James McGee and the Tacocat ...
Last month, Strider exhibited his love of indie music when the Braves held a Spencer Strider vinyl record giveaway featuring three Atlanta-based bands of his choice.
The 8th annual benefit for multiple sclerosis research features performances by Jaybone & Friends, Sam Mcdonald and the Trash Pandas, the Bluff 5 Band, Weaver, Underdawg, James McGee and the Tacocat Trio, plus a car show featuring pre-1972 vehicles.
