Little Joy
Little Joy | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Genres | Alternative rock, indie rock, indie pop, soft rock, samba, MPB, bossa nova |
| Years active | 2006–2010 (on hiatus) |
| Labels | Rough Trade Records |
| Members | Rodrigo Amarante Fabrizio Moretti Binki Shapiro |
| Website | www.myspace.com/littlejoymusic |
Little Joy is a rock supergroup formed in 2007 by Los Hermanos singer-songwriter Rodrigo Amarante, The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti, and Binki Shapiro.[1] They released Little Joy, their only album, in 2008.
History
Formation and beginnings (2006–2008)
Amarante and Moretti met in 2006, at a festival in
Echo Park
area of Los Angeles to write more original music and record some demos. The band was christened "Little Joy" after a cocktail lounge not far from their house.
Little Joy (2008–2010)
Their
Pitchfork Media as "one of the sweetest, most listenable, consistently enjoyable records of the season."[3] Their debut album was given four stars by Rolling Stone magazine and Nick Hornby[4]
voted it his favorite album of 2008.
In popular culture
Binki Shapiro contributed, alongside Little Joy collaborator
Record Club covers album, Songs of Leonard Cohen,[5] as well as previously appearing in many of the music videos released from his album The Information
, released in October 2006.
"The Next Time Around" was used in a television commercial for the Volkswagen Passat.
Band members
Little Joy
- percussion(2007–present)
- Binki Shapiro– guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards, glockenspiel, percussion (2007–present)
- Fabrizio Moretti – tenor guitar, piano, bass, drums, guitar, percussion, melodica, vocals (2007–present)
Live band
Little Joy
- percussion(2007–2010)
- Binki Shapiro– guitar, vocals, keyboards, percussion (2007–2010)
- Fabrizio Moretti – tenor guitar, guitar, percussion, vocals, drums (2007–2009)
- Jack Dishel – tenor guitar, guitar, percussion, vocals (2009–2010)
Backing band
- Todd Dahlhoff – bass, vocals (2008–2010)
- Matt Romano– drums, percussion (2008–2010)
- Matt Borg – guitar, vocals (2008–2010)
- Michael Ian Cummings – guitar, vocals (2008–2010)
- Noah Georgeson – guitar, vocals (2008–2010)
Discography
- Little Joy (2008)
References
- ^ Christopher, James (2008-10-30). "Little Joy". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
- ^ Globo. "Los Hermanos anuncia hiato por tempo indeterminado" (in Portuguese). G1.globo.com. Retrieved 2008-12-03.
- ^ "Little Joy: Little Joy | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. 2008-11-07. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
- ^ "Little Joy". Nickhornby.campaignserver.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
- ^ Lindsay, Andrew. "Beck, MGMT & Banhart cover Leonard Cohen". stereokill.net. Archived from the original on 2010-01-10. Retrieved 2012-04-01.
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