Total Slacker Explained

Total Slacker
Origin:United States
Genre:Garage pop, psychedelic rock
Years Active:2010–present
Label:Impose Records, Marshall Teller Records-London, Black Bell, ONErpm/Verge Records
Current Members:Tucker Rountree

Total Slacker is an American band from Brooklyn, New York.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

In their first year as a group, they released two singles on independent record labels both in the U.S. and Europe and played over 100 shows in New York, garnering the attention of press and international radio play. \[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Total Slacker's first drummer was Ross Condon, the younger brother to Zach Condon of the band, Beirut.[13] In January 2011, their single "Crystal Necklace" reached #36 on Pitchfork's Top 50 songs from 2010 readers poll.[14] On March 14, 2011, the band's single "Crystal Necklace" was released on London based record label Fierce Panda, a compilation cassette tape with bands Dum Dum Girls, Twin Sister, Beach Fossils, Real Estate and Weekends.[15] On July 26, 2011 Total Slacker debuted on BBC Radio for Tom Ravenscroft /Jon Hillcock's program in London.[16] On August 10, 2011 the single "Video Store Rental Guy" was featured in Kai Neville's surf film: Lost Atlas, and covered in Surfing Magazine

On September 27, 2011,Pitchfork Media reviewed their debut LP "Thrashin", released in London on Marshall Teller Records.[17] On October 30, 2011 Total Slacker made a cameo on MTV's new show "Weird Vibes"[18] [19] On November 9, 2011 Front man Tucker Rountree was interviewed on NBC.com about their debut LP "Thrashin" and the recent occupy wall street protests.[20] On December 7, 2011 VH1 interviewed the band for WTF Wednesday's O Music awards.[21]

On October 1, 2012, Total Slacker announced that their second drummer, Terence Connor, was killed in a hit-and-run accident while biking. Soon after this, Zoë Brecher, a recent Skidmore College graduate, joined the band.On August 19, 2016 they released their third studio album Parallels.

Notable press

Singles

DateSingleBacked withRecord labelFormatOther details
2010Crystal NecklaceVideo Store Rental GuyImpose7" single5 copies
DateSingleBacked withRecord labelFormatOther details
2010Ultimate Party DoodCreeposMarshall Tellar Records7" single5 copies

Albums

YearAlbum informationChart positions
USUK
2011Thrashin
  • Debut studio album (LP Vinyl and Digital) 1,000,000 copies
  • Released: September 2011
  • Label: Marshall Teller Records- London
  • Producer: John Kelly
2014Slip Away
  • Second album
  • Released: February 2014
  • Label: Black Bell Records
2016Parallels
  • Third album
  • Expected: August 19, 2016
  • Label: ONErpm / Verge Records

References

  1. Anthony . Mansuy . Total Slacker : pop hallucinogène pour fins de soirées enfumées . Rolling Stone . 2010-07-12 . 2010-12-30 . French . ... les morceaux sont tous en mid-tempo, ce qui leur donne un côté très lascif et planant. .... Son phrasé apathique et languide n’est qu’un élément de plus pour enfoncer le clou ... . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120313211900/http://www.rollingstone.fr/Total-Slacker-pop-hallucinogene_1940.html . 2012-03-13 .
  2. Web site: Larry . Fitzmaurice . Total Slacker: "Crystal Necklace" . Pitchfork . 2010-07-06 . 2010-12-30.
  3. Web site: Impose Records : Artists : Total Slacker . Impose Records . 2010-12-30.
  4. Web site: Total Slacker and Weird Dreams split 7 . Marshall Teller Records . 2010-12-30.
  5. Web site: Klimchak . Amre . Dazed and Amused : Total Slacker is lo-fi fuzz cut from a different cloth . New York Press . 2010-05-19 . 2010-12-30.
  6. Web site: Kral . Georgia . Live: Total Slacker, Ava Luna, and Beach Fossils Side Project Red Romans Turn on the Air Conditioning at Union Pool - New York Music - Sound of the City . The Village Voice Blogs . 2010-07-07 . 2010-12-30.
  7. Web site: Resonance 104.4 FM : About . Resonancefm.com . 2010-12-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101005222448/http://resonancefm.com/faq . 2010-10-05 .
  8. Web site: WNYU - Net Radio New York University Radio : Playlist for Program: The Sound Between : Date: 3/6/2010 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM . Radioplaylist.net . 2010-12-30.
  9. Web site: WMUA : Playlist : Id 9398 : Show: Ice Cream Paint Job : DJ Beer w/ Dinner : Date: 2009-12-28 . WMUA and University of Massachusetts Amherst . 2009-12-28 . 2010-12-30.
  10. Night Life ; rock and Pop : Glasslands Gallery . The New Yorker . 2010-01-11 . 2010-12-30 . With the Brooklyn acts Total Slacker and Beach Fossils on the bill, this show is a directory of the Brooklyn contingent of a sub-subgenre with perhaps the most unfortunate appellation in music history: 'shitgaze.' . https://web.archive.org/web/20140407080112/http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/nightlife/2010/01/11/100111goni_GOAT_nightlife . April 7, 2014.
  11. Web site: Tracy . Allison . Wavves being 'sued' by Disney, played Bowery Ballroom before puking @ Bruar Falls (pics & setlist), playing MHOW . Brooklyn Vegan . 2010-08-03 . 2010-12-30.
  12. Web site: Bill . Pearis . Total Slacker releasing Impose 7" (MP3), playing w/ Indian Jewelry (tonight), Northside Fest & other shows (dates) . Brooklyn Vegan . 2010-06-21 . 2010-12-30.
  13. Web site: Nicole . Wasilewicz . Summerscreen Tonight: Point Break with Total Slacker and Red Romans . FREEwilliamsburg . 2010-08-11 . 2010-12-30 . 2010-08-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100818020527/http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/summerscreen-tonight-point-break-with-total-slacker-and-red-romans/ . dead .
  14. Web site: 2010 Pitchfork Readers Poll - Page 2. Pitchfork.
  15. Web site: Fierce Panda Records.
  16. Web site: BBC Radio 6 Music - Tom Ravenscroft, Jon Hillcock sits in.
  17. Web site: Total Slacker: Thrashin'. Pitchfork.
  18. Web site: News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity.
  19. Web site: Surfing Magazine Archive Archives.
  20. Web site: Total Slacker on Aliens, Smashed Guitars, and Thrashin'.
  21. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-12-22 . 2014-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140112115903/http://www.vh1.com/video/interview/717568/o-music-awards-wtf-wednesday-with-total-slacker.jhtml . dead .
  22. Web site: Total Slacker: Crystal Necklace (Impose) . Pitchfork: TV . 2010-12-30.
  23. Web site: Jared . Davis . Total Slacker Releases Video For 'Crystal Necklace' . Death and Taxes . 2010-10-27 . 2010-12-30.
  24. Web site: Highlights from the Holiday Weekend: Good Hair, Better Sightlines at Monster Island and Bruar Falls - New York Music - Sound of the City . 2011-07-18 . 2011-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708050925/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/07/dinowalrus_the_suzan_total_slacker_waste_of_paint.php . dead .

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