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Bishop Allen
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New York, United States (2003 – present)
Bishop Allen is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York. 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. The band was formed in 2003 and grew out of Rice and Rudder’s long-standing friendship; it takes its name from Bishop Allen Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where the two lived together after college.
Bishop Allen has released two albums and 12 EPs:
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 Broken String (2007)
Bishop Allen has released two albums and 12 EPs:
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 Broken String (2007)
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SkipOPot2Mus wrote:
Ugh. Why were they in that shitty movie? This is like Juno, all over again. Fuck.
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he-war wrote:
So underrated. They are awesomeeee
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AnnaIstRad wrote:
I'm sure Nick and Norah wasn't a good movie. come on!
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sketchypirate wrote:
I almost had a heart attack when I saw them in nick and nora, I was so happy
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wishing-well wrote:
They played at my college (Bennington) back in the beginning of September and they were amazing!
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Michaelismyname wrote:
Well I actually heard about this band from Nick and Norah. I must say that I enjoy this band quite a bit. And The film is also suprisingly very good. I wasn't really expecting it to be, but It really suprised me. And I'm very picking when it comes to movies like that
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emmakid wrote:
Justin, Chris, Bishop Allen. pleasepleasepleaseplease oh pleeease come to Houston. luv.♥ pd>i can't believe Bishop Allen is in that crap, commercial teenybopper film. but my thoughts are unimportant. =P
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AnnaIstRad wrote:
Lame. Why are they in that shitty looking movie???
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Zing-pong wrote:
I agree it would be great to see you in England ! :)
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brunodalbo wrote:
why don't they ever come to Europe? =(
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Allizzle wrote:
i've liked them since the song "things are what you make of them" was in Saved! who here, like me, likes the old "Chinatown Bus" better than the one on Broken String?
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rockstermonkey wrote:
I feel like they're gonna blow up after the nick and nora movie hits theaters.
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he-war wrote:
these guys rock
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infant-tango wrote:
YEAH YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
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rockstermonkey wrote:
they just announced tour dates and a new album to be out February 2009! I'm so excited! http://www.bishopallen.com/tour.php
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hollyy___x wrote:
omg, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist is following me everywhere. I randomly came across the book online and thought it looked interested, then my library happened to have the book so I read it and loved it, then it happened to be getting into a movie that has an Aussie release date and now I just come by a cute band that are going to appear in the movie, crazy,
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thanks! it's the only reason i would go see that movie
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dupontflames wrote:
I just read on a blog somewhere that they just shot their scene in Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. So yeah, it's still on.
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does anyone know if they're still slated to appear in that movie? they said something about it a year or so ago...
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rbake wrote:
Screw commercials.
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Black Cat, Washington DC, United States
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Local 506, Chapel Hill, United States
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Bishop Allen
The Opolis, Norman, OK, United States
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Recent Activity
- margieflynn, seaofowls and akaycook added Bishop Allen to their libraries. 2 hours ago
- hollyy___x unlinked Bishop Allen from Next Big Things - NBTs. 3 hours ago
- pingmalion, peacelovenhappy, tamsentrent and 11 other people added Bishop Allen to their libraries. 3 hours ago
- eleanor6446 tagged Bishop Allen with ‘indie’, ‘alternative’ and ‘folk’. Thursday evening
- calabacin and noindiecred added Bishop Allen to their libraries. Thursday evening
- dotted_ tagged Bishop Allen with ‘acoustic rock’. Thursday afternoon
- dotted_, pixie-wixie, yueumy and 6 other people added Bishop Allen to their libraries. Thursday afternoon
- dmaleus added Bishop Allen to the lineup of Bishop Allen at Local 506. Tuesday evening
- forgacs, simiciccina, sundaysforrent and 10 other people added Bishop Allen to their libraries. Tuesday evening
- justinainsworth tagged Bishop Allen with ‘indie rock’. Monday morning
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