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Glass Candy

Glass Candy

Glass Candy has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 9 December 2014. Glass Candy's music has been featured on 18 episodes.

Glass Candy is an American electro band from Portland, Oregon, United States that formed in 1996. The band consists of vocalist Ida No and guitarist/synthesist/general producer Johnny Jewel.

While the band's early work blended noise rock with electropop, their later work incorporates Italo disco. The band is known for evolving through the years since their original collaboration, and experimenting with various musical genres.

They have released a number of albums since the early 2000s, their most recent being 2008's Deep Gems.

Glass Candy was formed by Ida No, from Vancouver, Washington and Johnny Jewel, from Austin, Texas, in 1996. The two began working together in Portland, Oregon, just across the Columbia River from No's hometown of Vancouver, Washington. No describes their early work as "droney and weird." Their first two singles, which they self-released under the name "Glass Candy & the Shattered Theatre", were "Metal Gods" (2001) and a cover of Josie Cotton's "Johnny Are You Queer" (2002). They toured with The Convocation Of… in 2001, and released a live album that year on Vermin Scum. Their first studio album, Love Love Love, was issued on Troubleman Unlimited in 2003. A second full-length followed on Troubleman the next year. Jewel founded Italians Do It Better with Mike Simonetti as a subsidiary of Troubleman. In 2007 Glass Candy released their third album B/E/A/T/B/O/X on this label to considerable critical praise. In late 2008, a rarities, b-sides and remix album was released under the name Deep Gems. In a review of Deep Gems, Spin Magazine referred to the band as "an eccentric Portland pair" that "spook the dance floor". Glass Candy songs were used for a Chloe runway show, as well as used by Karl Lagerfeld for the Spring/Summer '08 Chanel Haute Couture fashion show and the Fall/Winter one of '08/'09. Recently Glass Candy's "Digital Versicolour" was used in the soundtrack to Nicolas Winding Refn's feature length film Bronson.

Current members Ida No - vocals Johnny Jewel (formerly known as John David V.) - drums, programming

Former members Avalon Kalin - drums Jimi Hey - drums Dusty Sparkles - saxophone and drums

Discography

Smashed Candy (Vermin Scum, 2001) Love Love Love (Troubleman Unlimited, 2003) Life After Sundown (Troubleman Unlimited 2004) Iko (Troubleman Unlimited, 2005) "I Always Say Yes (12" Main)" (Italians Do It Better, 2007) B/E/A/T/B/O/X (Italians Do It Better, 2007) Miss Broadway (Vinyl, 12")" (Italians Do It Better, 2008) Deep Gems (Italians Do It Better, 2008)

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Glass Candy

Glass Candy has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 9 December 2014. Glass Candy's music has been featured on 18 episodes.

Glass Candy is an American electro band from Portland, Oregon, United States that formed in 1996. The band consists of vocalist Ida No and guitarist/synthesist/general producer Johnny Jewel.

While the band's early work blended noise rock with electropop, their later work incorporates Italo disco. The band is known for evolving through the years since their original collaboration, and experimenting with various musical genres.

They have released a number of albums since the early 2000s, their most recent being 2008's Deep Gems.

Glass Candy was formed by Ida No, from Vancouver, Washington and Johnny Jewel, from Austin, Texas, in 1996. The two began working together in Portland, Oregon, just across the Columbia River from No's hometown of Vancouver, Washington. No describes their early work as "droney and weird." Their first two singles, which they self-released under the name "Glass Candy & the Shattered Theatre", were "Metal Gods" (2001) and a cover of Josie Cotton's "Johnny Are You Queer" (2002). They toured with The Convocation Of… in 2001, and released a live album that year on Vermin Scum. Their first studio album, Love Love Love, was issued on Troubleman Unlimited in 2003. A second full-length followed on Troubleman the next year. Jewel founded Italians Do It Better with Mike Simonetti as a subsidiary of Troubleman. In 2007 Glass Candy released their third album B/E/A/T/B/O/X on this label to considerable critical praise. In late 2008, a rarities, b-sides and remix album was released under the name Deep Gems. In a review of Deep Gems, Spin Magazine referred to the band as "an eccentric Portland pair" that "spook the dance floor". Glass Candy songs were used for a Chloe runway show, as well as used by Karl Lagerfeld for the Spring/Summer '08 Chanel Haute Couture fashion show and the Fall/Winter one of '08/'09. Recently Glass Candy's "Digital Versicolour" was used in the soundtrack to Nicolas Winding Refn's feature length film Bronson.

Current members Ida No - vocals Johnny Jewel (formerly known as John David V.) - drums, programming

Former members Avalon Kalin - drums Jimi Hey - drums Dusty Sparkles - saxophone and drums

Discography

Smashed Candy (Vermin Scum, 2001) Love Love Love (Troubleman Unlimited, 2003) Life After Sundown (Troubleman Unlimited 2004) Iko (Troubleman Unlimited, 2005) "I Always Say Yes (12" Main)" (Italians Do It Better, 2007) B/E/A/T/B/O/X (Italians Do It Better, 2007) Miss Broadway (Vinyl, 12")" (Italians Do It Better, 2008) Deep Gems (Italians Do It Better, 2008)

Original source Last.fm

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Most played tracks

Digital Versicolor
Glass Candy
Italians Do It Better2007
Geto Boys
Glass Candy
Italians Do It Better2008
Cold Party
Glass Candy
Not On Label2004
Halloween
Glass Candy
Desire Records2012
Beautiful Object
Glass Candy
Italians Do It Better2011
I Always Say Yes
Glass Candy
Not On Label (Glass Candy Self-released)2006
Brittle Women
Glass Candy And The Shattered Theatre
Not On Label (Glass Candy Self-released)2001
Animal Imagination
Glass Candy
Italians Do It Better2009
Geto Boys (Vocal)
Glass Candy
Italians Do It Better2009
Miss Broadway
Glass Candy
IHEARTCOMIX Records2009