| Calvin, Don't Jump! | |
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| Genre(s) | Folk Psychedelic Indie |
| Label(s) | Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records Perhaps Transparent Records Norman Records |
| Website | Official website |
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| J. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other See also Folk (disambiguation, Volk (disambiguation Folk is one of the Germanic roots that mean "(of the people" or "our Modern psychedelia For "psychedelics" see Psychedelic drug. In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records is an American Independent record label based in Athens Georgia, whose catalogue is rather heavily weighted towards Perhaps Transparent is a Jersey City New Jersey based Independent record label founded by Gabriel Walsh and Stephen Connolly. Kirk Pleasant Nathan Matthews Lee-Ann Sheel Shinobu Hata |
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Calvin, Don't Jump! started as the solo recording project of J. Kirk Pleasant, a musician with extensive connections to the Elephant 6 Collective. The Elephant 6 Recording Company (or simply Elephant 6) is a collective of American musicians who spawned some of the most notable independent bands of the 1990s including Before moving to Canada, he contributed to releases from bands like the Olivia Tremor Control, Black Swan Network, and Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't. The Olivia Tremor Control was an Athens Georgia Indie rock band in the mid- to late 1990s which along with The Apples in Stereo and Black Swan Network is a musical side project of The Olivia Tremor Control. Pipes You See Pipes You Don't is the side project of The Olivia Tremor Control keyboardist Peter Erchick. His own albums have featured contributions from musicians like Scott Spillane (Neutral Milk Hotel, The Gerbils), Jeremy Barnes (Neutral Milk Hotel, A Hawk And A Hacksaw), John D'Azzo (The Gerbils), as well as Peter Erchick, Eric Harris, and John Fernandez (all of the Olivia Tremor Control). Scott Spillane is one of the leaders of the Athens Georgia, USA band The Gerbils. Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie Folk band. The band's chief Songwriter, Jeff Mangum, played with a number of other The Gerbils are an Indie rock band that formed in Athens GA in 1998 Jeremy Barnes is best known as the drummer for Neutral Milk Hotel. Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie Folk band. The band's chief Songwriter, Jeff Mangum, played with a number of other A Hawk and a Hacksaw (often abbreviated to AHAAH) is a folk band from Albuquerque New Mexico. The Gerbils are an Indie rock band that formed in Athens GA in 1998
To date Pleasant has released three full-length albums under this name, as well as four 7" singles, a cd-r of live recordings, and a rare cassette album titled Notes From The Undersound. His most recent album, Conscious of Conscience marks his first true solo full-length, drawing on assistance from no outside collaborators.
Early in 2007, Pleasant announced that what had begun as a solo project would expand into a four-piece band, geared towards a poppier, more guitar driven sound. The band now features Pleasant (vocals and guitar), Nathan Matthews (bass), Lee-Ann Sheel (drums), and Shinobu Hata (keyboards).
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