This World Fair
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| This World Fair | |
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 TWF on the set of "Don't Make Me Wait". 2007
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| Background information | |
| Origin |  Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock Progressive rock Pop |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Label(s) | Indie |
| Associated acts | ReadyGoes The Farewell Circuit Ari Herstand |
| Website | thisworldfair.com |
| Members | |
| Chris Kalgren George Hadfield Zack Carroll Alexander Young |
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| Former members | |
| DJ House Tyler Jorenby |
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This World Fair is a rock band based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1]. The line-up includes Chris Kalgren (vocals, piano, guitar), George Hadfield (bass, vocals), Zack Carroll (guitar, vocals), and Alexander Young (drums). This World Fair plans to release their next album, self-titled This World Fair, in 2008. This World Fair is commonly abbreviated as TWF. The band performs hundreds of shows per year and are currently booked by the touring division of Creative Artists Agency.[2]
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[edit] History
This World Fair formerly went by the name 'Kalgren'.[3] The band was discovered and is currently managed by the Grammy Award-winning record producer, Stephen Short. Past TWF and Kalgren members include DJ House (guitar) and Tyler Jorenby (drums). Over the years, the band have toured with acts such as Under the Influence of Giants, Guster, Phantom Planet, and former label-mates, The Colour.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Home
Home was released independently in 2003 when This World Fair went by the name Kalgren. Four tracks off the album were awarded Track of the Day by GarageBand. The band's most popular single from the album, titled "Waiting For You", was rerecorded for their follow-up EP.
[edit] So Is Death & Love
This World Fair recorded the 5 song EP in 2005. It was produced by Stephen Short.[4] Music critics considered that So Is Death & Love was ready for airplay on mainstream radio.[5]
[edit] This World Fair
This World Fair's next full length album, self-titled This World Fair, has several tracks confirmed by the band and is set to be released in 2008.[6]. The album will be TWF's first on a major record label. It was produced by Al Clay (The Pixies, Pink) at Sonic Ranch studios. During the writing process for the album, This World Fair worked with Ryan Tedder, the lead singer of OneRepublic, as well as Michael Guy Chislett who is the lead guitarist of The Academy Is. A three song sampler of this album was released on iTunes on April 16, 2007.
[edit] Other work
Disturbia Soundtrack
This World Fair recorded and cowrote the track "Don't Make Me Wait"[7] featured in the Dreamwork's film, Disturbia, released 13 April 2007.[8] A music video for this song made by Disturbia's director, DJ Caruso, was produced by Lakeshore Records. The music video is included as an extra feature on the DVD, HDDVD, and Bluray releases of the film.
The series finale episode of the television show Radio Free Roscoe, titled 'The Last Dance', began with the TWF song "Waiting For You" in the background.
Music by This World Fair was featured in the second season of The Inferno on MTV.[9]
An upcoming song from This World Fair, titled "Plastic Soul", will be featured and made available on the soundtrack for the 2008 independent mystery film, "The Other Side of the Tracks".[10]
[edit] References
- ^ Ping Pong Music : Artist Consultation + Production + Management
- ^ CAA Creative Artists Agency
- ^ GarageBand.com : kalgren
- ^ melodic.net: This World Fair - So is death and love
- ^ Rift Magazine - Minnesota's Local Music Magazine
- ^ Rock Band This World Fair To Release Debut Album August 14 On Rethink/EMI @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries
- ^ http://www.startribune.com/457/story/1117443.html
- ^ SoundtrackNet : News : Geoff Zanelli scores Disturbia
- ^ Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Inferno 3 | Show Cast, Episode Guides, Trailers, Aftershow & Previews | MTV
- ^ :: The Other Side | Of The Tracks ::
