The Go! Team

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The sound of the Go! Team, a six-piece group from Brighton, England, is a stunning blend of indie rock guitars, police show themes, hip-hop beats, and schoolyard chants built on samples and then augmented by live instrumentation. The founder and leader of the Team is Ian Parton, who provides guitar and sculpts their sound. The rest of the group includes Sam Dook on guitar, banjo, and drums; Chi "Ky" Fukami Taylor on drums; Jaime Bell on bass; Ninja on vocals; and Kaori Tsuchida on drums, guitar, keyboards, and melodica. Their first release, 2000's Get It Together, was primarily a solo effort by Parton that gained support from John Peel and others, but legal problems prevented a timely follow up. By the time of 2003's Junior Kickstart single, the group had been assembled (and included Silke Steidinger, who left in the fall of 2005) and signed to Memphis Industries. Thunder, Lightning, Strike was released in 2004 and quickly became a sensation in the U.K., where it was nominated for the Mercury Prize, and in the U.S., where the band became an MP3 blog darling. A bidding war ensued in the U.S., with Columbia winning, but before the album could gain release, many of the samples had to be replaced (which didn't affect the quality of the record at all). The group followed up the album with two U.K. singles, 2005's Bottle Rocket and 2006's Ladyflash, and extensive world touring. While Thunder, Lightning, Strike was an artistic success, it didn't sell the way Columbia would have liked and the band found itself label-less in America. Sub Pop soon picked them up and (with Memphis Industries) released Proof of Youth in 2007. After a long break, the group returned in early 2011 with its third album. Rolling Blackouts has the same core group as previous records and features guest appearances by Deerhoof's Satomi Matsuzaki and Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast. ~ Tim Sendra, Rovi

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    • Get It Together
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  • The Go! Team performs at the 2005 mtvU Woodie Awards in New York City.
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    The Go! Team performs at the 2005 mtvU Woodie Awards in New York City.
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    The Go! Team performs at the 2005 mtvU Woodie Awards at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City.
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    The Go! Team on the red carpet at the 2005 mtvU Woodie Awards in New York City.
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    'Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara' Review -- Ye Olde Side-Scrolling, Orc Smashing Fun
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    June 19, 2013
    Iron Galaxy is no slouch when it comes to breathing new life into old arcade games -- Capcom has used this studio before with "Marvel vs. Capcom" and ...
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    Danielle Bradbery 'Excited For Whatever Comes' After 'The Voice' Win
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    June 19, 2013
    The 16-year-old singer gets praise from Blake Shelton, fans as she opens up about her record deal and Hunter Hayes fandom.
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    Danielle Bradbery 'Excited For Whatever Comes' After 'The Voice' Win
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    June 19, 2013
    The 16-year-old singer gets praise from Blake Shelton, fans as she opens up about her record deal and Hunter Hayes fandom.
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    The Opponents' Playbook: Watching Porn Together Can Backfire
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    June 19, 2013
    We recently gave you " 5 Ways To Convince Your Girlfriend To Watch Porn ." And we're gonna stand by it, with one major caveat from last night's epis...
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    NECA Releasing 'The Simpsons' Guest Stars Action Figures? Here's Our Wish-List
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    June 18, 2013
    Woo-Hoo! NECA has just announced a collaboration with 20th Century Fox to put out a limited set of figures celebrating classic guest stars on Fox's...
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    James LaRosa On Hit The Floor Episode Four's Full-Blown Watergasm
    VH1 Blog
    June 18, 2013
    This week's episode of Hit The Floor Ahsha learned how to be sexy ( in front of a camera ) and we learned a little bit more about our friend De...
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    Will Danielle Bradbery Win 'Voice' Finale? Sasha Allen Thinks So!
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    June 18, 2013
    'Voice' alum Allen reveals why she thinks the country star has the competition in the bag before tonight's episode.
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    Will Danielle Bradbery Win 'Voice' Finale? Sasha Allen Thinks So!
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    June 18, 2013
    'Voice' alum Allen reveals why she thinks the country star has the competition in the bag before tonight's episode.
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    E3 2013: Reggie Talks Indies, 'New Super Luigi U,' And Picks His Favorite 'Super Mario 3D Land' Character
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    June 18, 2013
    At last week's E3 we had a chance to chat with the head of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aime about a wide range of topics relating to the company....
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    'Falling Skies' Spoiler Interview: Writer John Wirth On Ep. 3.03 'Badlands'
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    June 18, 2013
    Each week, MTV Geek will sit down with the writers of TNT's alien invasion drama " Falling Skies " and in a spoiler-heavy interview about the developm...
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    Best Coast, Deerhoof Guest on New Go! Team LP
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    brass sections. I've been working with a community brass band of 20 players, and we've had to score everything out. It's got this real live parade fee...
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    Hear the Go! Team's Song With Best Coast
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    The Go! Team: "Buy Nothing Day [ft. Bethany Cosentino]" On January 31 in the U.S. and January 30 in the UK, Memphis Industries will release Rolling Bl...
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    Go! Team Stream New Album, Share New Videos
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    Hype Machine. Also, the group has released two new videos. In the clip ... for "Secretary Song", their Rolling Blackouts collaboration with Deerhoof's...
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    Watch: Go! Team Video Featuring Best Coast
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    . First up, there's the clip for "Buy Nothing Day", the band's amped-up collaboration with Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino. Cosentino herself shows up ...
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    The Go! Team Plan International Tour
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    Rolling Blackouts, the new album from giddy British pop cut-and-pasters the Go! Team arrives February 1 in the U.S. and January 31 in the UK, via Memp...
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    The Go! Team "Teeters On Professionalism," Releases New Documentary
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    admitting that they want their live show to be more about the energy and less about getting every note right.The band pronouncing their vocalists name...
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    Stream: The Go! Team's 'Rolling Blackouts'
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    If you've been waiting to hear the Go! Team'sRolling Blackoutsin a more, ahem, legal way, then here is your guilt-free chance: Thanks to Guardian, the...
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    Memphis Industries Celebrates 13th Birthday With Performances by Field Music, the Go! Team, more
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    UK-based indie label Memphis Industries, home to artists including Tokyo Police Club, Field Music, and the Go! Team, celebrates its 13th birthday this...
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    Frankie Rose - "Apples For The Sun (The Go! Team Remix)"
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    Here' the Go! Team's remix of "Apples For The Sun," where the Brighton group equips Frankie Rose's Interstellar jam with some bells and whistles as we...
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    Frankie Rose Remixed by the Go! Team, Adds Dates
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    Frankie Rose: "Apples for the Sun" (The Go! Team Remix) (via SoundCloud) Brighton party collective the Go! Team have released a doorbell- and xylophon...
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Discography

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  • Rolling Blackouts (2011)
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    Rolling Blackouts (2011)
    Memphis Industries
  • Proof of Youth (2007)
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    Sub Pop
  • Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2004)
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    Thunder, Lightning, Strike (2004)
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