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词条 The Capricorns
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  1. Band history

  2. Discography

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox musical artist
| name = The Capricorns
| image =
| caption =
| background = group_or_band
| origin = Grayslake, Illinois, U.S.
| genre = Indie rock
| years_active = 2000–2006
| label = Paroxysm Records, Banazan Records
| associated_acts =
| website = {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://thecapricorns.com/ |date=* }}
| current_members = Heather Lynn
Kirsten Nordine
| past_members =
}}The Capricorns were an indie rock band consisting of Heather Lynn and Kirsten Nordine, both of whom sing and play keyboards, with Lynn also playing tambourine.[1][2] They formed their band in the spring of 2000,[3] playing on vintage Casio keyboards purchased at garage sales.[1][4] They write pop songs which one of their labels described as combining "infectious hooks with 'dear diary' lyrics".[5] They are originally from Grayslake, Illinois.[3]

Band history

On the band's website, Lynn commented on their start and early success:[4]

When we started making music, it was just for fun. We knew that Kirsten would be moving away in a few months and i would be focused on my writing. We didn't anticipate that people would be so into our music or that we would ever end up putting out records. It's really rad that people like us so much, but because we didn't start a band to become famous or to get signed or whatever we aren't necessarily motivated by the same things that other bands are.

Nordine and Lynn traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio to record their first album, The Capricorns Are Gonna Get You, a now-out of print cassette released on their own label.[3] Jason Barnett, of Paroxysm Records, heard the record, and offered them a record contract.[3]

Their second album, In the Zone, was described by Kotori magazine as "All casio all the time (with occasional tambourine), they've got hooks so sweet you can't help but get addicted".[6] and by Allmusic as "the perfect soundtrack for when the Powerpuff Girls become the Powerpuff Late Teenagers, mixing in a touch more angst but still gleefully kicking ass and taking names."[2]

The duo's last album, Pure Magical Love, was released in January 2006, and according to Jessie Nelson of the Athens Exchange, "oozes quintessential girliness", going on to describe it as "girl music for women who remember being ten, dressing up in old clothes and dancing around the living room to Madonna".[7] A winter tour that coincided with that album's release ended early after Lynn's car "blew up"; in an April 2006 MySpace blog entry (their most recent blog entry {{As of|2007|12|lc=on}}), Lynn implies the duo is no longer active:[8]

In spring of 2008, Heather Lynn created a live performance of the Pure Magical Love record that she performed at Version Festival in Chicago. This evolved into a band called Pure Magical Love. Combining performance art and live music, Pure Magical Love " " is like the Capricorns on crack. Pure Magical Love's first record, "Glorificus", will be released in 2010{{update after|2010|12|31}} on Tell Me Records (home of Dandi Wind, Fe, etc.).

Discography

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  • The Capricorns Are Gonna Get You, circa 2000, out of print

The Capricorns' song "Steve and Tiffanie" culled from The Capricorns Are Gonna Get You! is on the Kill Rock Stars compilation album Tracks and Fields, April 6, 2004.[9]

  • In The Zone, 2001, Paroxysm Records[3]
    1. The New Sound (MP3 from the label's website)
    2. Nintendo Song
    3. Geeky Pop Song
    4. Remote Control
    5. In The Closet
    6. The Longest Drive
    7. Stay Awake
    8. Nathan II
    9. Song For 18
    10. The Back Room
    11. Teenage Boyfriend
    12. Pretty Girls (MP3 from the label's website)
    13. In The Zone
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  • Go The Distance, July 2003, Banazan Records[10]
    1. Sunset Over Malibu
    2. Beatbox
    3. 'Mickey Baby
    4. You'll Never Be Mine
    5. Recyclone
    6. Slow 80's Song
    7. Prisoners of Love
    8. Yeah, So?
    9. Everywhere I Go
    10. New York Is Burning
    11. Pure Magical Love, January 2006, Paroxysm Records[3]
    12. Pure Magical Love (MP3 from the label's website)
    13. Vega City
    14. The Sailor
    15. Don't Close Your Eyes
    16. Runaway (MP3 from the label's website)
    17. Call Me Down
    18. Rilya
    19. Ghosts
    20. End of the World Love Song
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References

1. ^Hopkin, Kenyon "[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p532579|pure_url=yes}} The Capricorns Biography]", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
2. ^Raggett, Ned "[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r599118|pure_url=yes}} In the Zone Review]", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
3. ^Paroxysm Records: The Capricorns {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427010431/http://www.paroxysmrecords.com/bands/capricorns/ |date=2006-04-27 }}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.thecapricorns.com/questions.asp |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2006-04-23 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423211649/http://www.thecapricorns.com/questions.asp |archivedate=2006-04-23 |df= }} ()
5. ^:. Banazan Records .: {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120235910/http://www.banazan.com/capricorns.html |date=2008-11-20 }}
6. ^DJ Courtney "Nintendo Pop", Kotori magazine, 9 October 2002
7. ^Nelson, Jessie (2006) "The Capricorns, Pure Magical Love {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212001941/http://www.athensexchange.com/articles/165 |date=2010-12-12 }}", Athens Exchange, 2 May 2006
8. ^Capricorns Summer (Goals, Plans, Hopes), a blog entry from MySpace
9. ^Tracks and Fields from the Kill Rock Stars online store
10. ^Go the Distance {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060408055933/http://www.banazan.com/ban009.html |date=2006-04-08 }}, from the Banazan Records website

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