This World Fair
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This World Fair was a rock act based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The line-up included the singer-songwriter Chris Kalgren (vocals, piano, guitar), along with a touring band consisting of Alexander Young (drums) and Matt Lennander (guitar). This World Fair internationally released their first full-length album, self-titled This World Fair
, on December 16, 2008. This World Fair performs hundreds of shows per year and have toured extensively across the United States.
. Past This World Fair and Kalgren members include George Hadfield (bass), DJ House (guitar) and Tyler Jorenby (drums). In 2007, This World Fair toured with acts such as Under the Influence of Giants
, Guster
, Phantom Planet
, and Quietdrive
. During early 2008, This World Fair transformed from being a band in to the stage-name of lead singer-songwriter Chris Kalgren, similar to the form of solo-acts such as Aqualung
(Matt Hales) and A Fine Frenzy
(Alison Sudol). In January 2008, This World Fair headlined a tour across the Midwest. Throughout the month of February 2008, Chris Kalgren of This World Fair produced Ari Herstand
's 2008 album Whispering Endearments at Pachyderm Studio
near Minneapolis, MN. Most recently, This World Fair headlined the Chipotle
Rhythm Kitchen stage at Summerfest
in Milwaukee, WI and co-headlined a national tour with the Universal Motown band Barcelona
in the summer of 2008.
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, was titled "Waiting For You". The Album contained the hit "San Francisco".
. Music critics considered that So Is Death & Love
was ready for airplay on mainstream radio.
was released on December 16, 2008. The album was originally to be released in 2007, but it faced an eighteen month delay due to the closing of the Rethink
imprint label of EMI
. The album is This World Fair's first release on an international scale. It was produced in the winter of 2007 by Al Clay (The Pixies, Pink
, Uh Huh Her
) 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.
. The music video is included as an extra feature on the home releases of the film.
Music by This World Fair was played in all NHL arenas for the 2008-2009 season, as it was included on the NHL Slapshot Sampler CD.
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.
A song from This World Fair, titled "Plastic Soul", is featured on the soundtrack for the 2008 independent mystery film, The Other Side of the Tracks.
's 2008 album Whispering Endearments at Pachyderm Studio
near Minneapolis, MN. Most recently, This World Fair headlined the Chipotle
Rhythm Kitchen stage at Summerfest
in Milwaukee, WI and embarked on a Midwest and West Coast tour through July 2008.
This World Fair (album)
This World Fair is the self-titled album for the alternative-rock band, This World Fair. It was originally set to be released August 14, 2007 but faced an eighteen month delay due to the closing of the Rethink imprint label of EMI. It was produced by Al Clay at Sonic Ranch studios in the winter of...
, on December 16, 2008. This World Fair performs hundreds of shows per year and have toured extensively across the United States.
History
This World Fair formerly went by the name 'Kalgren'. This World Fair were discovered in 2004 by the girlfriend of their manager Grammy Award-winning record producer, Stephen ShortStephen Short
Stephen Short is a Grammy Award–winning record producer and operates Ping Pong Music, an artist management company. Many songs he has worked on have gone on to become chart-topping singles that have won Grammy Awards, Academy Awards, and Golden Globe Awards....
. Past This World Fair and Kalgren members include George Hadfield (bass), DJ House (guitar) and Tyler Jorenby (drums). In 2007, This World Fair toured with acts such as Under the Influence of Giants
Under the Influence of Giants
Under the Influence of Giants is a musical group from Los Angeles, California. They released their major label debut album in August 2006, which was a number one hit on the Top Heatseekers chart. Among their influences are the Beatles, The Who, Led Zeppelin, the Bee Gees, Prince, WHAM!, Chicago...
, Guster
Guster
Guster is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 1991, the group is known for its live performances and humor, founding members Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel came about to begin practice sessions while attending Tufts University in Medford,...
, Phantom Planet
Phantom Planet
Phantom Planet are an American alternative rock band from Southern California. Formed in 1994 in Los Angeles, the band consists of Alex Greenwald , Darren Robinson , Sam Farrar and Jeff Conrad . The band is best known for its track "California", which became the theme song for the Fox TV series,...
, and Quietdrive
Quietdrive
Quietdrive is an alternative rock band based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that formed in 2002. Quietdrive released their debut album When All That's Left Is You on May 30, 2006 on Epic Records. In April 2008, Quietdrive parted with Epic Records and released their album titled Deliverance on October...
. During early 2008, This World Fair transformed from being a band in to the stage-name of lead singer-songwriter Chris Kalgren, similar to the form of solo-acts such as Aqualung
Aqualung (musician)
Matthew "Matt" Hales , better known as Aqualung, is an English singer and songwriter best known in the UK for his song "Strange and Beautiful", which was featured on a television advertisement for the new Volkswagen New Beetle during the summer of 2002 and went on to become a Top 10 hit in the UK...
(Matt Hales) and A Fine Frenzy
A Fine Frenzy
Alison Sudol , known professionally as A Fine Frenzy , is a US alternative singer and songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, One Cell in the Sea, was released on July 17, 2007, and peaked at number 91 on the Billboard 200 chart...
(Alison Sudol). In January 2008, This World Fair headlined a tour across the Midwest. Throughout the month of February 2008, Chris Kalgren of This World Fair produced Ari Herstand
Ari Herstand
Ari Seth Herstand is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California who specializes in live-looping of the guitar, piano, trumpet, vocals, and percussion....
's 2008 album Whispering Endearments at Pachyderm Studio
Pachyderm Studio
Pachyderm Recording Studio is a residential recording studio located in rural Cannon Falls, Minnesota, United States, 35.8 mi southeast of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. It is located in a secluded old-growth forest with a vibrant trout stream. The studio was founded in 1988...
near Minneapolis, MN. Most recently, This World Fair headlined the Chipotle
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. is a chain of restaurants in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada specializing in burritos and tacos, founded by Steve Ells in 1993 and based in Denver, Colorado...
Rhythm Kitchen stage at Summerfest
Summerfest
Summerfest is a yearly music festival held at the Henry Maier Festival Park along the lakefront in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. The festival lasts for 11 days, is made up of 11 stages with performances from over 700 bands, and since the mid-1970s has run from late June through early July, usually...
in Milwaukee, WI and co-headlined a national tour with the Universal Motown band Barcelona
Barcelona (indie rock band)
Barcelona is a band from Seattle, Washington. The band's sound is harmonious and piano-based with elements of rock. Formed in 2005, the band cites U2, Coldplay, Copeland, Death Cab for Cutie and Lovedrug as its influences. Barcelona independently released their debut album, Absolutes, in September...
in the summer of 2008.
Home
HomeHome (This World Fair album)
Home was released in 2003 by an alternative rock band called Kalgren which has since changed its name to This World Fair. Four tracks off the album were awarded Track of the Day by Garageband...
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
GarageBand.com
GarageBand.com was a large online community of independent musicians and music fans. Founded in 1999, the site was used by musicians who were seeking greater exposure and critical insight provided by an audience of their peers. The site was also used by music fans to discover new independent...
. The band's most popular single from the album, was titled "Waiting For You". The Album contained the hit "San Francisco".
So Is Death & Love
This World Fair recorded the 5 song EP in 2005. It was produced by Stephen ShortStephen Short
Stephen Short is a Grammy Award–winning record producer and operates Ping Pong Music, an artist management company. Many songs he has worked on have gone on to become chart-topping singles that have won Grammy Awards, Academy Awards, and Golden Globe Awards....
. Music critics considered that So Is Death & Love
So Is Death & Love
So Is Death & Love is an EP by the alternative-rock band This World Fair. It was released in 2005. Music critics and journalists considered that the record was ready for airplay on mainstream and college radio. The first two tracks from the EP, "Amy" and "Drama", were rerecorded for the band's...
was ready for airplay on mainstream radio.
This World Fair
This World Fair's latest full length album, self-titled This World FairThis World Fair (album)
This World Fair is the self-titled album for the alternative-rock band, This World Fair. It was originally set to be released August 14, 2007 but faced an eighteen month delay due to the closing of the Rethink imprint label of EMI. It was produced by Al Clay at Sonic Ranch studios in the winter of...
was released on December 16, 2008. The album was originally to be released in 2007, but it faced an eighteen month delay due to the closing of the Rethink
Rethink (record label)
Re:think was an imprint label of under EMI. It signed several acts, including This World Fair, The Colour, Sarah Masen and Switchfoot. Re:think is well-known for supporting the ONE Campaign as well as the lowercase people Justice Fund.-History:...
imprint label of EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
. The album is This World Fair's first release on an international scale. It was produced in the winter of 2007 by Al Clay (The Pixies, Pink
Pink (singer)
Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress....
, Uh Huh Her
Uh Huh Her (band)
Uh Huh Her is an indie/electropop band that was formed in January 2007 and released their first EP on July 24, 2007. The band's name came from an album by artist PJ Harvey, titled Uh Huh Her.-Band members:...
) at Sonic Ranch studios. During the writing process for the album, This World Fair worked with Ryan Tedder
Ryan Tedder
Ryan Benjamin Tedder is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the frontman of the pop rock band, OneRepublic, though he has an independent career as songwriter and producer for various artists such as Beyoncé, Kelly Clarkson, Far East Movement, Jordin Sparks, Leona...
, the lead singer of OneRepublic
OneRepublic
OneRepublic is an American pop rock band from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Formed in 2002 by Ryan Tedder and Zach Filkins, the band achieved massive success on MySpace, becoming the most prominent unsigned act on the website then...
, as well as Michael Guy Chislett
Michael Guy Chislett
Michael Guy Chislett is an Australian born musician.- Biography :Michael Guy Chislett was born on 6 April 1982 in Skipton, Victoria, a small country town in Australia. In 1992, he and his family moved to Sydney, where he attended Cherrybrook Technology High School. He dropped out in Year 10 to...
who is the lead guitarist of The Academy Is. A three song sampler of this album was released on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
on April 16, 2007.
Other work
This World Fair recorded and cowrote the track "Don't Make Me Wait" featured in the Dreamwork's film, Disturbia, released 13 April 2007. A music video for this song made by Disturbia's director, DJ Caruso, was produced by Lakeshore RecordsLakeshore Entertainment
Lakeshore Entertainment Group is an American independent film production company founded in 1994 by Tom Rosenberg and Ted Tannebaum . Lakeshore Entertainment is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California...
. The music video is included as an extra feature on the home releases of the film.
Music by This World Fair was played in all NHL arenas for the 2008-2009 season, as it was included on the NHL Slapshot Sampler CD.
The series finale episode of the television show Radio Free Roscoe
Radio Free Roscoe
Radio Free Roscoe was a Canadian television series filmed in Toronto, Ontario. The show was produced by Decode Entertainment, and it first aired on 1 August 2003 on Family, in Canada. It has also been dubbed in French in the province of Quebec and aired on VRAK.TV...
, 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.
A song from This World Fair, titled "Plastic Soul", is featured on the soundtrack for the 2008 independent mystery film, The Other Side of the Tracks.
Recent
In January 2008, This World Fair toured across the Midwest. Throughout the month of February 2008, Chris Kalgren of This World Fair produced Ari HerstandAri Herstand
Ari Seth Herstand is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California who specializes in live-looping of the guitar, piano, trumpet, vocals, and percussion....
's 2008 album Whispering Endearments at Pachyderm Studio
Pachyderm Studio
Pachyderm Recording Studio is a residential recording studio located in rural Cannon Falls, Minnesota, United States, 35.8 mi southeast of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. It is located in a secluded old-growth forest with a vibrant trout stream. The studio was founded in 1988...
near Minneapolis, MN. Most recently, This World Fair headlined the Chipotle
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. is a chain of restaurants in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada specializing in burritos and tacos, founded by Steve Ells in 1993 and based in Denver, Colorado...
Rhythm Kitchen stage at Summerfest
Summerfest
Summerfest is a yearly music festival held at the Henry Maier Festival Park along the lakefront in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. The festival lasts for 11 days, is made up of 11 stages with performances from over 700 bands, and since the mid-1970s has run from late June through early July, usually...
in Milwaukee, WI and embarked on a Midwest and West Coast tour through July 2008.