Headswim released only one further single, “Dusty Road”, in 2000 on the independent record label Pet Sounds in the UK
In 2000 the band was nominated for a for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards for the song “All Star”.
Bjelland and Barbero played with a new bassist, Jessie Farmer, in 2000.
A documentary was also shot the same year, Så nära får ingen gå – ett år med Kent (“No One Can Get This Close – a year with Kent”), produced by Per Sinding-Larsen and Mathias Engstrand.
In 2000, Eels released Daisies of the Galaxy . The album, which was recorded almost entirely in E’s basement, is lighter and more upbeat than its predecessor. Everett noted, “if Electro-Shock Blues was the phone call in the middle of the night that the world doesn’t want to answer, then…
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Due to their participation in FLCL’ s soundtrack, the Pillows enjoyed a popularity increase, making their western fan base grow. This allowed them to release their “Ride on Shooting Star” single in the United States in 2000 and later tour that country.
“Yellow” and “Shiver” were initially released as EPs in the spring of 2000.
Binaural (2000)
Over the next few years, Oceansize would release two self-released EPs Amputee and A Very Still Movement . This in turn led to interest from Beggars Banquet Records , who signed the band in 2000. The band’s first release on the label was the Relapse EP titled after a very…
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With Gotobed back in the line-up (now using his birth name, Robert Grey), the group initially reworked much of their back catalogue for a performance at Royal Festival Hall in 2000. Wire’s reception during a short tour in early May of the US, and a number of UK gigs, convinced…
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