All Tomorrow's Parties (band)
All Tomorrow's Parties are an alternative rock band originally from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, but now resided in Moscow, Russia. They are composed of Władek Sheen, Vadik Tikhonov, Ruslan Tikhonov and Denis Kuznetsov, who joined them after the band moved to Russia in 2013. Their first self-produced full-length album, "3", was independently released in July 2013.
Biography
The band gathered in summer 2011 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and soon began to gain underground popularity performing in clubs, pubs and rock oriented venues of their hometown.
In 2012, All Tomorrow's Parties took the first place in the rock bands competition organized by the local promo act "Iosis Fest" in Uzbekistan.
On March 29, 2013, All Tomorrow's Parties took part in Ilkhom Rock Festival as a headlining act and performed a concept gig on the scene of the Ilkhom Theatre. The stage was decorated as the roof on which the band would climb and play. On June 22, 2013, All Tomorrow's Parties played at the closure of Ilkhom Rock Festival season.
Between November 2012 and May 2013, the group released six digital singles online using their Facebook and VK pages. These releases brought All Tomorrow's Parties some interest from the audience and podcast DJ's.
On July 1, 2013, All Tomorrow's Parties published a do-it-yourself music video for "Arctic Monkeys Mash-up", which was made for the contest organized by "Pop Farm" concert agency. The author of the best cover version of any Arctic Monkeys song would meet them face to face while their Moscow date. Even though All Tomorrow's Parties haven't won the contest, the video became quite popular on YouTube and VK. "Arctic Monkeys Mash-Up" consists of nine blended Arctic Monkeys songs, played and recorded by All Tomorrow's Parties.
In July 2013, the band moved to Moscow, Russia and published their debut album, "3", produced and mastered in Tashkent by a fellow musician and a home studio owner Alexey Polyakov. It was self-released on 8 July 2013 as a download via a pay-what-you-want model. The album was acclaimed by the fans and musical experts. Russian music blog "Hipster & Indie" included it in list of Best Releases of July.
In September 2013, All Tomorrow's Parties became a laureate of "Indushata 2013", the oldest rock festival in Russia, which was held in the Moscow concert venue "Sixteen Tons".
The band's song "Kleptomania" has been featured in a short film "I'm Here About the Ad" (2013) by Uzbekistani director Daniel Musayelov.
Band members
- Current members
- Władek Sheen – (vocals, guitar, keyboards) (2010–present)
- Vadik Tikhonov – (vocals, guitar) (2011–present)
- Ruslan Tikhonov – (bass guitar) (2011–present)
- Denis Kuznetsov – (drums and percussion) (2013–present)
- Former members
- Yevgeniy Smatrakov – (drums) (2011–2013)
Discography
- Singles
- Nerd (20 November 2012)
- I Know I Know Nothing (7 December 2012)
- 07:20 PM (7 January 2013)
- Russian Watermelon (9 February 2013)
- Just Crap or Something (28 March 2013)
- Motion Sensor Light (31 May 2013)
- Albums
- 3 (8 July 2013)
External links
- Official Page on Facebook
- Official Public on VK
- Official Channel on YouTube
- All Tomorrow's Parties lyrics on MetroLyrics
- All Tomorrow's Parties on Last.fm
- All Tomorrow's Parties on Bandcamp
- "The Indushata 2013 Gala Will Be Held At The End of October" — RIA News (17 October 2013)
- Time And Place Show — "Park Razvlecheniy" TV channel. All Tomorrow's Parties at Indushata 2013 Rock Festival (fragments of 22 October 2013 broadcast with English subtitles)
- Across The Universe. All Tomorrow's Parties — Rolling Stone Russia (24 October 2013)
- Far From Moscow — David MacFadyen. "Raucous music for kindly souls." Plenty of noise from WLVS, Bears Garden, Looch, and All Tomorrow's Parties. (6 November 2013)
- Genefis-gbr.ru — All Tomorrow's Parties. First Headline Show. (12 November 2013)