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Longwave

Longwave is an American indie rock band. The band was formed in 1999 by guitarist, songwriter and vocalist Steve Schiltz, guitarist Shannon Ferguson, bassist Dave Marchese and drummer Jeremy Greene.
Their first release, entitled Endsongs was self-produced and caught notice around the burgeoning rock scene in and around Manhattan. The band found its audience by first performing a series of shows at a club called the Luna Lounge on New York's Lower East Side..
Guitarist Steve Schiltz, originally from Rochester, New York, formed the band that originally played shows as "The Deaf Aides," named for John Lennon's comments that open the Let It Be album. A few months after Steve left Rochester to begin a career in music, he returned to play regular gigs at a coffee house called Blue Sunday. The Deaf Aides, with their regularly revolving members, eventually included bassist Dave Marchese.

Before Longwave formed, Steve played guitar for a short time in a band called ScoutBand, which released an album. Steve soon left Scout to pursue more fervently his own aspirations.

Soon Drummer Jeremy Greene joined the band, followed by Shannon Ferguson, who had been working in a studio as a bassist for various bands on the West Coast.

Endsongs was released in 1999 on LunaSea Records, the record label created by Rob Sacher, co-owner of Luna Lounge, and soon after the band began touring the U.S. to growing popularity, especially among the college-aged consumer.

Jeremy Greene left the band, which allowed a long time friend of Steve, (and fellow Rochester native) Mike James (formerly Mike Lapiana) to join as drummer. Mike left later on for various reasons and started his own band Mikey Jukebox.

With their popularity on the rise, the band gained the interest of major record labels, and was eventually signed by RCA Records. This allowed them to record their first non-independent release, The Strangest Things, and also allowed them to work with famed producer Dave Fridmann of the The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev fame.

The release of The Strangest Things opened up an entirely new world of possibilities for the band, as they began to tour with the biggest bands of the year including The Strokes and The Vines. Three videos were produced for this album, including "Everywhere You Turn," which was directed by writer-director Daedalus Howell and featured Longwave performing at the Echo (a club in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles) as well as a mannequin factory.

After several successful years of touring the UK and US, Longwave returned to the studio for their 2nd major release, There's a Fire. The line up of the band continued to change just prior to entering the studio with Marchese and James both exited for various reasons. This left Steve and Shannon to perform all of the bass guitar on the album, but also led the two to expand their sound by assigning keyboard duties (formerly held down by Ferguson) to new members. Nic Brown, who had previously done numerous tours with the band, performed all drums on "There's a Fire."

In 2006 and 2007, the band was active in terms of touring, playing shows mostly in the Northeastern United States. Since the release of "There's a Fire", they have released three songs on their myspace page, assumedly in preparation of their next album. However, that webpage also specifies that they are no longer signed to a record label, leading one to believe the band's relationship with RCA Records has ended.

On November 11, 2008, the band released their fourth album, Secrets Are Sinister.

Their sound has been likened with Radiohead, The Strokes, and 1970s post-punk rockers Television. There is also a "Shoegaze" stylistic element often noted in some of their music. En savoir plus sur Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Albums de Longwave

Longwave The Strangest Things image The Strangest Things
Longwave Secrets Are Sinister image Secrets Are Sinister
Longwave There's A Fire image There's A Fire
Longwave Day Sleeper EP image Day Sleeper EP
Longwave Life Of The Party image Life Of The Party
Longwave from forthcoming new album image from forthcoming new album
Longwave Endsongs image Endsongs
Longwave If We Ever Live Forever image If We Ever Live Forever
Longwave KEXP Song of the Day image KEXP Song of the Day
Longwave Veronica Mars Unofficial Soundtrack Season 1 image Veronica Mars Unofficial Soundtrack Season 1
Longwave undefined image undefined
Longwave Tidal Wave EP image Tidal Wave EP
Longwave Dreamers Float Away image Dreamers Float Away
Longwave SXSW 2008 Showcasing Artists image SXSW 2008 Showcasing Artists
Longwave Veronica Mars Unofficial Soundtrack Season 3 image Veronica Mars Unofficial Soundtrack Season 3
Longwave EP image EP
Longwave Stay with Me image Stay with Me
Longwave Lincs-O-Matic image Lincs-O-Matic
Longwave Here It Comes image Here It Comes
Longwave The Strangest Things-ADVANCE image The Strangest Things-ADVANCE
Longwave There's A Fire [Bonus Tracks] image There's A Fire [Bonus Tracks]
Longwave The Strangest Thing image The Strangest Thing
Longwave The Strangest Things [Bonus Track] image The Strangest Things [Bonus Track]
Longwave Day Sleeper image Day Sleeper
Longwave Funky New Year 2009: Indie image Funky New Year 2009: Indie
Longwave MPR: The Current Song of the Day image MPR: The Current Song of the Day
Longwave Live at the Bowery Ballroom image Live at the Bowery Ballroom
Longwave Daytrotter Session - 7/26/2009 image Daytrotter Session - 7/26/2009
Longwave Life Of The Party EP image Life Of The Party EP
Longwave Yes New York image Yes New York
Longwave Strangest Things image Strangest Things
Longwave Here It Comes - Single image Here It Comes - Single
Longwave Insound_CMJ 2008 Sampler image Insound_CMJ 2008 Sampler
Longwave Secrets And Sinister image Secrets And Sinister
Longwave Longwave image Longwave
Longwave Tracks and Demos (mp3) image Tracks and Demos (mp3)
Longwave The Planets Bend Between Us {A Booth/Brennan fanmix} image The Planets Bend Between Us {A Booth/Brennan fanmix}
Longwave There's A Fire EP image There's A Fire EP
Longwave Veronica Mars image Veronica Mars
Longwave Day Sleeper [EP] image Day Sleeper [EP]
Longwave Secrets Are Sinister - Get Free Music at RCRD LBL.com image Secrets Are Sinister - Get Free Music at RCRD LBL.com
Longwave CMJ New Music November image CMJ New Music November
Longwave AMV Hell 4 Soundtrack image AMV Hell 4 Soundtrack
Longwave The Strangest Things (Commercial Album) image The Strangest Things (Commercial Album)
Longwave Pawn Skeleton EP image Pawn Skeleton EP
Longwave The Life Of The Party EP image The Life Of The Party EP
Longwave Untitled EP image Untitled EP
Longwave Doctor Who Series Mix (V3) - Man of Steel, Man of Heart(s) image Doctor Who Series Mix (V3) - Man of Steel, Man of Heart(s)
Longwave Top Tunes November 2008 image Top Tunes November 2008
Longwave Bonus Tracks image Bonus Tracks

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