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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Total_Slacker > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Total_Slacker.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Slacker > Source revision: 1333245317 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Total Slacker | image = Total Slacker @ Bowery Ballroom NYC (taken on my cell phone).jpg | caption = Bowery Ballroom NYC in 2011 | origin = United States | genre = [Garage rock](/source/Garage_rock), [psychedelic rock](/source/psychedelic_rock) | years_active = 2010–present | label = [Impose Records](/source/Impose_Records), Marshall Teller Records-London, [Black Bell](/source/Black_Bell_Records), [ONErpm](/source/ONErpm)/[Verge Records](/source/Verge_Records) | current_members = Tucker Rountree }} '''Total Slacker''' is an American [band](/source/Rock_music) from [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)).{{cite magazine |first=Anthony |last=Mansuy |url=http://www.rollingstone.fr/Total-Slacker-pop-hallucinogene_1940.html |title=Total Slacker : pop hallucinogène pour fins de soirées enfumées |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=2010-07-12 |accessdate=2010-12-30 |language=French |quote=... les morceaux sont tous en mid-tempo, ce qui leur donne un côté très lascif et planant. .... Son phrasé apathique et languide n’est qu’un élément de plus pour enfoncer le clou ... |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313211900/http://www.rollingstone.fr/Total-Slacker-pop-hallucinogene_1940.html |archivedate=2012-03-13 }}{{cite web |first=Larry |last=Fitzmaurice |url=http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/14581-crystal-necklace/ |title=Total Slacker: "Crystal Necklace" |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2010-07-06 |accessdate=2010-12-30 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211312/http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/14581-crystal-necklace/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.impose-records.com/artists/total-slacker |title=Impose Records : Artists : Total Slacker |publisher=Impose Records |date= |accessdate=2010-12-30}}{{cite web|url=http://marshalltellerrecords.bigcartel.com/product/total-slacker-and-weird-dreams-split-7 |title=Total Slacker and Weird Dreams split 7 |publisher=Marshall Teller Records |date= |accessdate=2010-12-30}}{{cite web|last=Klimchak |first=Amre |url=http://www.nypress.com/article-21241-dazed-and-amused.html |title=Dazed and Amused : Total Slacker is lo-fi fuzz cut from a different cloth |work=New York Press |date=2010-05-19 |accessdate=2010-12-30}}{{cite web|last=Kral |first=Georgia |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2010/07/live_total_slac.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715080212/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2010/07/live_total_slac.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2010 |title=Live: Total Slacker, Ava Luna, and Beach Fossils Side Project Red Romans Turn on the Air Conditioning at Union Pool - New York Music - Sound of the City |publisher=The Village Voice Blogs |date=2010-07-07 |accessdate=2010-12-30}} In their first year as a group, they released two singles on independent record labels both in the U.S. and [Europe](/source/Europe) and played over 100 shows in New York, garnering the attention of press and international radio play. \{{cite web |url=http://resonancefm.com/faq |title=Resonance 104.4 FM : About |publisher=Resonancefm.com |accessdate=2010-12-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005222448/http://resonancefm.com/faq |archivedate=2010-10-05 }}{{cite web|url=http://radioplaylist.net/Radio/Public/PlaylistView.aspx?id=8450 |title=WNYU - Net Radio New York University Radio : Playlist for Program: The Sound Between : Date: 3/6/2010 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM |publisher=Radioplaylist.net |date= |accessdate=2010-12-30}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wmua.org/playlists/view/9398 |title=WMUA : Playlist : Id 9398 : Show: Ice Cream Paint Job : DJ Beer w/ Dinner : Date: 2009-12-28 |publisher=WMUA and University of Massachusetts Amherst |date=2009-12-28 |accessdate=2010-12-30}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/nightlife/2010/01/11/100111goni_GOAT_nightlife |title=Night Life ; rock and Pop : Glasslands Gallery |magazine=The New Yorker |date=2010-01-11 |accessdate=2010-12-30 |quote=With the Brooklyn acts Total Slacker and Beach Fossils on the bill, this show is a directory of the Brooklyn contingent of a sub-subgenre with perhaps the most unfortunate appellation in music history: 'shitgaze.' |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407080112/http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/nightlife/2010/01/11/100111goni_GOAT_nightlife |archivedate=April 7, 2014}}{{cite web|first=Tracy |last=Allison |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/08/wavves_being_su.html |title=Wavves being 'sued' by Disney, played Bowery Ballroom before puking @ Bruar Falls (pics & setlist), playing MHOW |publisher=Brooklyn Vegan |date=2010-08-03 |accessdate=2010-12-30}}{{cite web|first=Bill |last=Pearis |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/06/total_slacker_r.html |title=Total Slacker releasing Impose 7" (MP3), playing w/ Indian Jewelry (tonight), Northside Fest & other shows (dates) |publisher=Brooklyn Vegan |date=2010-06-21 |accessdate=2010-12-30}} Total Slacker's first drummer was Ross Condon, the younger brother to [Zach Condon](/source/Zach_Condon) of the band, [Beirut](/source/Beirut_(band)).{{cite web |first=Nicole |last=Wasilewicz |url=http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/summerscreen-tonight-point-break-with-total-slacker-and-red-romans/ |title=Summerscreen Tonight: Point Break with Total Slacker and Red Romans |publisher=FREEwilliamsburg |date=2010-08-11 |accessdate=2010-12-30 |archive-date=2010-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100818020527/http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/summerscreen-tonight-point-break-with-total-slacker-and-red-romans/ |url-status=dead }} In January 2011, their single "Crystal Necklace" reached #36 on [Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_Media)'s Top 50 songs from 2010 readers poll.{{Cite web|url = http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7892-2010-pitchfork-readers-poll/2/|title = 2010 Pitchfork Readers Poll - Page 2|website = [Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|access-date = January 18, 2011|archive-date = January 16, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110116052935/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7892-2010-pitchfork-readers-poll/2/|url-status = dead}} On March 14, 2011, the band's single "Crystal Necklace" was released on [London](/source/London) based record label [Fierce Panda](/source/Fierce_Panda), a compilation cassette tape with bands [Dum Dum Girls](/source/Dum_Dum_Girls), Twin Sister, [Beach Fossils](/source/Beach_Fossils), [Real Estate](/source/Real_Estate_(band)) and Weekends.{{Cite web|url=http://www.fiercepanda.co.uk/news.php?story=258f|title=Fierce Panda Records}} On July 26, 2011 Total Slacker debuted on [BBC Radio](/source/BBC_Radio) for Tom Ravenscroft /[Jon Hillcock](/source/Jon_Hillcock)'s program in London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012n43x|title = BBC Radio 6 Music - Tom Ravenscroft, Jon Hillcock sits in}} On August 10, 2011 the single "Video Store Rental Guy" was featured in Kai Neville's surf film: Lost Atlas, and covered in [Surfing Magazine](/source/Surfing_Magazine) On September 27, 2011,[Pitchfork Media](/source/Pitchfork_Media) reviewed their debut LP "Thrashin", released in London on Marshall Teller Records.{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15853-total-slacker-thrashin/|title = Total Slacker: Thrashin'|website = [Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))}} On October 30, 2011 Total Slacker made a cameo on [MTV](/source/MTV)'s new show "Weird Vibes"{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtvhive.com/artist/weird_vibes/videos/705118/weird_vibes_episode_3_fathers_sons_amp_holy_ghost_?fb_ref=fblike_web&fb_source=profile_multiline|title = News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.surfingmagazine.com/news/lost-atlas-premiere-tour-schedule/|title = Surfing Magazine Archive Archives | date=August 10, 2011 }} On November 9, 2011 Front man [Tucker Rountree](/source/Tucker_Rountree) was interviewed on [NBC](/source/NBC).com about their debut LP "Thrashin" and the recent occupy wall street protests.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/nonstop-sound/Total-Slacker-on-Aliens-Smashed-Guitars-and-Thrashin-133542858.html|title = Total Slacker on Aliens, Smashed Guitars, and Thrashin' | date=November 9, 2011 }} On December 7, 2011 [VH1](/source/VH1) interviewed the band for WTF Wednesday's O Music awards.{{Cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/video/interview/717568/o-music-awards-wtf-wednesday-with-total-slacker.jhtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-12-22 |archive-date=2014-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112115903/http://www.vh1.com/video/interview/717568/o-music-awards-wtf-wednesday-with-total-slacker.jhtml |url-status=dead }} On October 1, 2012, Total Slacker announced that their second drummer, Terence Connor, was killed in a hit-and-run accident while biking. Soon after this, Zoë Brecher, a recent [Skidmore College](/source/Skidmore_College) graduate, joined the band. On August 19, 2016 they released their third studio album Parallels. ==Notable press== * ''[The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker)'' magazine defined them in a January 11, 2010 article as: "part of the Brooklyn contingent of a sub-subgenre... shitgaze". * [Pitchfork Media](/source/Pitchfork_Media) premiered their debut music video (October 2010) of the song "Crystal Necklace", directed and filmed by Mathew Caron with cinematography by Christopher Person and animations by Danielle Burgos.{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/musicvideo/9914-total-slacker-crystal-necklace-impose |title=Total Slacker: Crystal Necklace (Impose) |publisher=Pitchfork: TV |date= |accessdate=2010-12-30}}{{cite web|first=Jared |last=Davis |url=http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/34067/total-slacker-releases-video-for-crystal-necklace/ |title=Total Slacker Releases Video For 'Crystal Necklace' |publisher=Death and Taxes |date=2010-10-27 |accessdate=2010-12-30}} * ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)'' (France) reviewed the band in July 2010 saying: "...a very lascivious sound and hovering vocals...Listless and languid phrasing". * ''[Village Voice](/source/Village_Voice)'': "Front man Tucker Rountree manages to echo both Thurston Moore and [Lou Reed](/source/Lou_Reed) with his half-sung, half-spoken lyrics about being young, broke, and in love."{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/07/dinowalrus_the_suzan_total_slacker_waste_of_paint.php |title=Highlights from the Holiday Weekend: Good Hair, Better Sightlines at Monster Island and Bruar Falls - New York Music - Sound of the City |access-date=2011-07-18 |archive-date=2011-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708050925/http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2011/07/dinowalrus_the_suzan_total_slacker_waste_of_paint.php |url-status=dead }} ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Date ! Single ! Backed with ! Record label ! Format ! Other details |- | 2010 | Crystal Necklace | Video Store Rental Guy | Impose | style="text-align:center;"|7" single | 5 copies |- ! Date ! Single ! Backed with ! Record label ! Format ! Other details |- | 2010 | Ultimate Party Dood | Creepos | Marshall Tellar Records | style="text-align:center;"|7" single | 5 copies |} ===Albums=== {|class="wikitable" !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Album information !colspan="5"| Chart positions |- !style="width:4em;font-size:80%"| [US](/source/Billboard_charts) !style="width:4em;font-size:80%"| [UK](/source/UK_Albums_Chart) |- | 2011 | ''[Thrashin](/source/Total_Slacker_(album))'' * Debut studio album ( LP Vinyl and Digital) 1,000,000 copies * Released: September 2011 * Label: Marshall Teller Records- London * Producer: John Kelly |align="center"| |align="center"| |- bgcolor="#FCFCFC" |- | 2014 | ''Slip Away'' * Second album * Released: February 2014 * Label: Black Bell Records |align="center"| |align="center"| |- |2016 |''Parallels'' * Third album * Expected: August 19, 2016 * Label: ONErpm / Verge Records | | |- bgcolor="#FCFCFC" |} ==References== {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Total Slacker}} Category:Psychedelic rock music groups from New York (state) Category:Musical groups established in 2010 Category:Musical groups from Brooklyn Category:2010 establishments in New York City --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Total Slacker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Slacker) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Slacker?action=history)). 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