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Brooklyn, New York, United States (2003 – present)
Bishop Allen is an American indie rock band which formed in Brooklyn, New York, United States in 2003. The band’s core members are Justin Rice and Christian Rudder, who are supported both on stage and in the studio by a rotating cast of musicial collaborators. Currently the band consists of Justin Rice (vocals, guitar), Christian Rudder (guitar), Darbie Nowatka-Rice (keyboards, violin), Keith Poulson (bass) and Michael Tapper (drums). Tapper is a former member of the indie rock band We Are Scientists.
The band takes its name from Bishop Allen Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where the two lived together after college and has released three albums, “Charm School” (2003), “The Broken String” (2007) and “Grrr…” (2009).
Charm School (2003)
Charm School was Bishop Allen’s first record. Recorded in fits and starts over two years, it grew song-by-song as Rice and Rudder wrote and played in their spare time. They recorded all the instruments on the album’s 13 songs themselves, using drum loops to hide the fact that neither is a drummer, and almost everything on the record was recorded one track at a time in an ordinary bedroom. Backing vocals by Bonnie Schiff-Glenn and Kate Dollenmayer and supplementary drums by Coll Anderson, all added in the album’s final stages, completed the songs.
The EP Project (2006)
In 2006, Bishop Allen recorded and released an EP every month of the year. Each record was titled for the month of its release (January, February, and so on), and, with the exception of August, which was a 14-song live disc, each contained four new studio songs.
The band takes its name from Bishop Allen Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where the two lived together after college and has released three albums, “Charm School” (2003), “The Broken String” (2007) and “Grrr…” (2009).
Charm School (2003)
Charm School was Bishop Allen’s first record. Recorded in fits and starts over two years, it grew song-by-song as Rice and Rudder wrote and played in their spare time. They recorded all the instruments on the album’s 13 songs themselves, using drum loops to hide the fact that neither is a drummer, and almost everything on the record was recorded one track at a time in an ordinary bedroom. Backing vocals by Bonnie Schiff-Glenn and Kate Dollenmayer and supplementary drums by Coll Anderson, all added in the album’s final stages, completed the songs.
The EP Project (2006)
In 2006, Bishop Allen recorded and released an EP every month of the year. Each record was titled for the month of its release (January, February, and so on), and, with the exception of August, which was a 14-song live disc, each contained four new studio songs.
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Wildwechsel-FM wrote:
Ein wildes Magazin und sein Crew suchen hier Freunde! :-) http://www.lastfm.de/user/PfeffermintzFM
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rawr_imaliger wrote:
Wonderful. Wasn't Justin Rice in 'Harmony & Me'? Good movie, good music. Props.
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FolxPunxForLife wrote:
So good, love their range of instruments, vocals, and overall production. Grrr on vinyl is one of the best purchases I've made.
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redrobet wrote:
cute
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itisshining wrote:
the broken string <3
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Good_Cocaine wrote:
they are pretty good! they remind me sometimes Phoenix
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nobodygo wrote:
love your music
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LaChicaDeRusia wrote:
They're amazing!
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tisnstaafl wrote:
does anyone know or has ever wondered why do they include some spanish in their lyrics? I love it <3 they sound so funny when they pronounce it :')
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loomingmusic wrote:
this music makes rabbits go in my ears :D
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pawdraig wrote:
"This band writes the most adorably hopeful songs. They're like the nice friend who drops by to cheer me up when I'm having a crappy day. <3!" Couldn't have said it better. They're fucking adorable. :D/-<
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Vesdorf wrote:
o, yeah!
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barbieisabitch wrote:
the castanets makes me wanna go to spain, wear beautiful summer dress and dance on the street. weird, lovely,.. but weird.
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le_chateau wrote:
the music tastes delicious
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pusteblume003 wrote:
:)
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Genresurfer wrote:
"I would ride the darkest horse, that's the horse I'd ride." I can not stop singing that song for anything. And I don't think I want to!
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ianspindola wrote:
looove this guys. and the girl. haha
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danitineller wrote:
♥♥♥ alt + 3 :)
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BVHnTX wrote:
Back in 2005, these guys and "Charm School" helped save my sanity. I was going through some rough stuff, but the album in an odd way resonated with my down mood AND helped lighten my spirit. I actually discovered them by accident, picking up a sampler album put out by some cigarette company. It had a great version of "Things are what you make" on it. Wish I could find that.
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hetalia_uk wrote:
best band ever :D
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Summer Funner
30 May 2010 | from www.bishopallen.com/
Hey all,
So we realize it has been pretty quiet lately here in Bishop
Allen land, and as far as shows/albums go, it will probably be a
pretty quiet summer to the world (unless you FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
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Updates/Twitter?
26 Feb 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/bishopallen
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