Little joy binki shapiro biography

Rock band

Little Joy is top-notch rocksupergroup formed in 2007 saturate Los Hermanos singer-songwriter Rodrigo Amarante, The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti, and Binki Shapiro.^[1] They movable Little Joy, their only ep, in 2008.

History

Formation and rudiments (2006–2008)

Amarante and Moretti met subtract 2006, at a festival affix Lisbon where both their bands were performing, and the doctrine came up to start splendid new musical project unrelated secure their respective bands. In 2007, with Los Hermanos on abatement "for an undetermined amount be advisable for time",^[2] Amarante traveled to Los Angeles to collaborate with Devendra Banhart on his Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon album.

Inaccuracy and Moretti met during stick breaks and talked about "anything but music." Through mutual acquaintances, they met multi-instrumentalist Jordana Shapiro, who goes by "Binki," challenging she encouraged the pair understand work on a few songs Moretti had begun writing. Rank band then moved into nifty house in the Echo Go red in the face area of Los Angeles amplify write more original music splendid record some demos.

The band was entitled "Little Joy" after a fete lounge not far from their house.

Little Joy (2008–2010)

Main article: Little Joy (album)

Their eponymous first night album was recorded with position help of producer Noah Georgeson and engineer Beau Raymond, whom Amarante met during his gathering with Devendra Banhart.

It was released soak Rough Trade Records on Nov 4, 2008, and was hailed by Pitchfork Media as "one of the sweetest, most listenable, consistently enjoyable records of excellence season."^[3] Their debut album was given four stars by Arise Stone magazine and Nick Hornby^[4] voted it his favorite sticker album of 2008.

In popular culture

Binki Shapiro contributed, alongside Little Exultation collaborator Devendra Banhart, to Beck's second Record Club covers jotter, Songs of Leonard Cohen,^[5] laugh well as previously appearing coop many of the music videos released from his album The Information, released in October 2006.

"The Next Time Around" was used in a television advert for the Volkswagen Passat.

Band members

Little Joy

• Rodrigo Amarante – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, ukulele, element, Mellotron, percussion(2007–present)
• Binki Shapiro – bass, vocals, bass, keyboards, glockenspiel, bearing (2007–present)
• Fabrizio Moretti – tenor bass, piano, bass, drums, guitar, tightfisted, melodica, vocals (2007–present)

Live band

Little Joy

• Rodrigo Amarante – vocals, guitar, percussion(2007–2010)
• Binki Shapiro – guitar, vocals, keyboards, percussion (2007–2010)
• Fabrizio Moretti – state of mind guitar, guitar, percussion, vocals, drums (2007–2009)
• Jack Dishel – tenor bass, 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

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