Yard Act, the Glossary
Yard Act are a British rock band from Leeds, West Yorkshire, composed of James Smith (vocals, lyrics), Ryan Needham (bass), Sam Shipstone (guitar) and Jay Russell (drums).[1]
Table of Contents
39 relations: ARIA Charts, Australian Recording Industry Association, Capitalism, Cassette tape, Compact disc, DIY (magazine), Elton John, Gentrification, Golden age hip hop, Indie rock, Island Records, Italo disco, Leeds, LP record, Meanwood, Menace Beach (band), Music download, NME, NME Awards 2022, Nothing but Hope and Passion, Official Charts Company, Paste (magazine), Post-punk, Rock music, Rolling Stone, Scottish Singles and Albums Charts, Social class, Split album, Stereogum, Streaming media, Surrealism, The Guardian, The Line of Best Fit, The Overload, UK Albums Chart, Ultratop, West Yorkshire, Where's My Utopia?, Yorkshire Evening Post.
- Indie rock groups from Leeds
- No wave groups
- Post-punk groups from Leeds
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association.
Australian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers (AARM) which was formed in 1956.
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Capitalism
Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit.
Cassette tape
The Compact Cassette, also commonly called a cassette tape, audio cassette, or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.
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Compact disc
The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was codeveloped by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings.
DIY (magazine)
DIY is a United Kingdom-based music publication, in print and online.
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Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist. Yard Act and Elton John are Island Records artists.
Gentrification
Gentrification is the process of changing the character of a neighborhood through the influx of more affluent residents (the "gentry") and investment.
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Golden age hip hop
Golden age hip hop refers to mainstream hip hop music created from the mid or mid-late 1980s to the early or early-mid 1990s, particularly by artists and musicians originating from the New York metropolitan area.
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Indie rock
Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s.
Island Records
Island Records is a Jamaican multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group.
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Italo disco
Italo disco (variously capitalized, and sometimes hyphenated as Italo-disco) is a music genre which originated in Italy in the late 1970s and was mainly produced in the 1980s.
Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England.
LP record
The LP (from "long playing" or "long play") is an analog sound storage medium, specifically a phonograph record format characterized by: a speed of rpm; a 12- or 10-inch (30- or 25-cm) diameter; use of the "microgroove" groove specification; and a vinyl (a copolymer of vinyl chloride acetate) composition disk.
Meanwood
Meanwood is a suburb and former village in north-west Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Menace Beach (band)
Menace Beach are a five-piece indie rock band from Leeds, England. Yard Act and Menace Beach (band) are indie rock groups from Leeds.
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Music download
A music download (commonly referred to as a digital download) is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone.
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NME
New Musical Express (NME) is a British music, film, gaming, and culture website and brand.
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NME Awards 2022
The 2022 NME Awards, also named BandLab NME Awards 2022, were held on 2 March 2022 at the O2 Academy Brixton in London and were hosted by actress Daisy May Cooper and rapper Lady Leshurr.
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Nothing but Hope and Passion
Nothing but Hope and Passion (sometimes abbreviated as NBHAP) is a Berlin, Germany-based Internet publication devoted to music criticism, music news, artist interviews, guest mixes by artists as well as short films and "articles about life".
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Official Charts Company
The Official Charts Company (OCC or Official Charts; previously known as the Chart Information Network, CIN, and the Official UK Charts Company; legally known as the Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organisation that compiles various official record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France.
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Paste (magazine)
Paste is an American monthly music and entertainment digital magazine, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with studios in Atlanta and Manhattan, and owned by Paste Media Group.
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Post-punk
Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of music that emerged in 1977 in the wake of punk rock.
Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.
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Scottish Singles and Albums Charts
The Scottish Albums Chart is a chart compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC) which is based on how physical and digital sales towards the UK Albums Chart fare in Scotland.
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A social class or social stratum is a grouping of people into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the working class, middle class, and upper class.
Split album
A split album (or split) is a music album that includes tracks by two or more separate artists.
Stereogum
Stereogum is a daily Internet publication that focuses on music news, reviews, interviews, and commentary.
Streaming media refers to multimedia for playback using an offline or online media player that is delivered through a network.
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Surrealism
Surrealism is an art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike scenes and ideas.
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
The Line of Best Fit
The Line of Best Fit is an independent online magazine based in London, concentrating on new music.
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The Overload
The Overload is the debut studio album by British rock band Yard Act.
UK Albums Chart
The Official UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by sales and audio streaming in the United Kingdom.
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Ultratop
Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium.
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England.
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Where's My Utopia?
Where's My Utopia? is the second studio album by British rock band Yard Act.
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Yorkshire Evening Post
The Yorkshire Evening Post is a daily evening publication (delivered to newsagents every morning) published by Yorkshire Post Newspapers in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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See also
Indie rock groups from Leeds
- ¡Forward, Russia!
- Alt-J
- Alvin Purple (band)
- And None of Them Knew They Were Robots
- Boyracer
- Buen Chico
- Castrovalva (band)
- Club Smith
- Cud (band)
- Distortion Mirrors
- Duels (band)
- English Teacher
- Hood (band)
- Hope & Social
- Kaiser Chiefs
- L'objectif
- Menace Beach (band)
- Pale Saints
- Pulled Apart by Horses
- Sky Larkin
- Spoonfed Hybrid
- Stateless (band)
- The Blanche Hudson Weekend
- The Bridewell Taxis
- The Chevin (band)
- The Flying Hendersons
- The Lodger (band)
- The Manhattan Love Suicides
- The Music
- The Parachute Men
- The Pigeon Detectives
- The Snapdragons
- The Sunshine Underground
- The Three Johns
- The Wedding Present
- This Et Al
- Wonderswan (band)
- Yard Act
No wave groups
- 8 Eyed Spy
- Band Aid (Italian band)
- Bush Tetras
- Circle X
- Cool It Reba
- DNA (American band)
- Disband (band)
- Gray (band)
- Ike Yard
- James Chance and the Contortions
- Konk (band)
- Live Skull
- Love Child (band)
- Mars (band)
- Mofungo
- No More (band)
- Pulsallama
- Sonic Youth
- Stick Against Stone
- Stick Men (punk band)
- Swans (band)
- Teenage Jesus and the Jerks
- The Del-Byzanteens
- The Gynecologists
- The Immaculate Consumptive
- The Lounge Lizards
- The Scissor Girls
- The Wants (band)
- Theoretical Girls
- Ut (band)
- Uzi (band)
- Y Pants
- Yard Act
- Youth in Asia (No Wave band)
Post-punk groups from Leeds
- Bilge Pump (band)
- Black Wire
- Delta 5
- Eagulls
- Gang of Four (band)
- Ghost Dance (band)
- Girls at Our Best!
- L'objectif
- Music for Pleasure (band)
- Party Day
- Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
- Scritti Politti
- The Batfish Boys
- The Chevin (band)
- The March Violets
- The Mekons
- The Mission (band)
- The Sisters of Mercy
- The Three Johns
- The Wedding Present
- Yard Act
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yard_Act
Also known as Dark Days (EP), The Trench Coat Museum, Yard Act discography.