Parts & Labor
{{Short description|American rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Parts & Labor
|image = Parts & Labor press photo 2011.jpg
|caption = Parts & Labor (BJ Warshaw, Dan Friel, and Joe Wong) circa 2011
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|background = group_or_band
|alias =
|origin = New York City, New York, U.S.
|genre = {{hlist|Noise rock|noise pop|experimental rock}}
|years_active = 2002–2012
|label = Jagjaguwar
|associated_acts = {{hlist|Shooting Spires|Noveller|Tyondai Braxton}}
|website = [http://www.partsandlabor.net www.partsandlabor.net]
|current_members =
|past_members = Dan Friel
- B. J. Warshaw
- Joe Wong
- Tom Martin
- Christopher R. Weingarten
- Jim Sykes
- Joel Saladino
- Sarah Lipstate
}}
Parts & Labor was an American rock band formed in 2002 by B. J. Warshaw and Dan Friel in Brooklyn, New York. Drummer Joe Wong joined the band in 2007. Parts & Labor released five albums, two EPs, one split album (with Tyondai Braxton), and numerous 7"s and compilation tracks. Their music is influenced by DIY punk, experimental/psychedelic rock, and lo-fi electronic music.
Drummer Christopher Weingarten left the band in 2008 but they quickly recruited new drummer Joe Wong and added guitarist Sarah Lipstate, turning them into a four-piece band.{{cite web|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/35686/parts_and_labor|title=Parts and Labor News - Parts and Labor Receive Found Sounds from Fans for Use on Receivers Album|accessdate=2008-09-12|date=2008-07-23|publisher=idiomag}} This lineup recorded Receivers, the band's fourth album, which was released on October 21, 2008 in North America and November 3, 2008 in the UK through Jagjaguwar.{{cite web|url=http://www.idiomag.com/peek/35686/parts_and_labor|title=Parts and Labor News - Parts and Labor Receive Found Sounds from Fans for Use on Receivers Album|accessdate=2008-09-12|date=2008-07-23|publisher=idiomag}} Also released in 2008 was Escapers Two, a record which featured 51 songs in around 29 minutes. On July 10, 2009, Lipstate announced via her website she had left the band.{{cite web|url=http://www.sarahlipstate.com/news.html|title=Sarah Lipstate website newspage|accessdate=2009-08-19|date=2009-07-10|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826171826/http://www.sarahlipstate.com/news.html|archivedate=2009-08-26}}
The band played their 10th anniversary and final show on Friday, February 24, 2012.{{Cite web| title = Ten Years of Parts & Labor, Through the Eyes of Their Four Drummers| url = http://www.thelmagazine.com/newyork/parts-and-labor/Content?oid=2214280|website=Thelmagazine.com| accessdate = February 24, 2012}}
Friel and Warshaw also run Cardboard Records, an independent record label that has released music by Pterodactyl, Gowns, Ecstatic Sunshine and others. Former members of Parts & Labor include Christopher Weingarten, Sarah Lipstate, Joel Saladino and Jim Sykes.
Band members
Final line-up
- Dan Friel - keyboards, guitar, vocals {{small|(2002–2012)}}
- B.J. Warshaw - bass guitar, vocals {{small|(2002–2012)}}
- Joe Wong - drums {{small|(2008–2012)}}
- Tom Martin - guitar {{small|(2011–2012)}}
Past members
- Jim Sykes - drums {{small|(2002)}}
- Joel Saladino - drums {{small|(2002–2004)}}
- Christopher R. Weingarten - drums {{small|(2004–2008)}}
- Sarah Lipstate - guitar {{small|(2008–2009)}}
= Timeline =
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Discography
;Albums
- Groundswell (JMZ Records, 2003){{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6532-groundswell/|title=Groundswell Parts & Labor 2003|last=Tangari|first=Joe|work=Pitchfork|access-date=4 December 2024|type=review}}{{cite web|url=http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/987|title=Dusted Reviews - Parts & Labor - Groundswell|last=Wilmoth|first=Charlie|work=Dusted Magazine|access-date=4 December 2024|type=review}}
- Stay Afraid (Jagjaguwar Records, 2006)[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/arts/music/09play.html?ex=1175572800&en=61eb6547871fe4e7&ei=5070 NY Times Stay Afraid review]{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6533-stay-afraid/|title=Stay Afraid - Parts & Labor - 2006|last=Tangari|first=Joe|work=Pitchfork|access-date=4 December 2024|type=review}}{{cite web|url=http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/2785|title=Dusted Reviews - Parts & Labor - Stay Afraid|last=Lui|first=Lawrence|work=Dusted Magazine|access-date=4 December 2024|type=review}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stay-afraid-mw0000721646#review|title=Stay Afraid Review|last=Wilson|first=MacKenzie|work=Allmusic|access-date=4 December 2024}}
- Mapmaker (Jagjaguwar Records, 2007){{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10238-mapmaker/|title=Mapmaker - Parts & Labor - 2007|last=Crock|first=Jason|work=Pitchfork|access-date=4 December 2024|type=review}}{{cite web|url=http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3593|title=Dusted Reviews - Parts & Labor - Mapmaker|last=Kelly|first=Jennifer|work=Dusted Magazine|access-date=4 December 2024|type=review}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mapmaker-mw0000580602#review|title=Mapmaker Review|last=Jurek|first=Thom|work=Allmusic|access-date=4 December 2024}}
- Receivers (Jagjaguwar Records, 2008){{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12323-receivers/|title=Receivers - Parts & Labor - 2008|last=Crock|first=Jason|work=Pitchfork|access-date=4 December 2024|type=review}}{{cite web|url=http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4726|title=Dusted Reviews - Parts & Labor - Receivers|last=Dameron|first=Emerson|work=Dusted Magazine|access-date=4 December 2024|type=review}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/receivers-mw0000798821#review|title=Receivers Review|last=Raggett|first=Ned|work=Allmusic|access-date=4 December 2024}}
- Constant Future (Jagjaguwar Records, 2011){{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15183-constant-future/|title=Constant Future - Parts & Labor - 2011|last=Breihan|first=Tom|work=Pitchfork|access-date=4 December 2024|type=review}}{{cite web|url=http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/6290|title=Dusted Reviews - Parts & Labor - Constant Future|last=Meyer|first=Bill|work=Dusted Magazine|access-date=4 December 2024|type=review}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/constant-future-mw0002098296#review|title=Constant Future Review|last=Heaney|first=Gregory|work=Allmusic|access-date=4 December 2024}}
;Splits and EPs
- Rise, Rise, Rise (split LP with Tyondai Braxton, Narnack Records, 2003){{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6531-rise-rise-rise/|title=Rise, Rise, Rise - Tyondai Braxton / Parts & Labor - 2003|last=Tangari|first=Joe|work=Pitchfork|access-date=4 December 2024|type=review}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rise-rise-rise-mw0000320283#review|title=Rise, Rise, Rise Review|last=Henderson|first=Alex|work=Allmusic|access-date=4 December 2024}}
- Escapers One 12" (Brooklyn Beats, 2007)
- Escapers Two (Ace Fu, 2008){{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/escapers-2-grind-pop-mw0000792240#review|title=Escapers 2: Grind Pop Review|last=Mason|first=Stewart|work=Allmusic|access-date=4 December 2024}}
References
;Footnotes
{{Reflist}}
;General references
- [http://www.villagevoice.com/music/0625,barthel,73581,22.html Village Voice interview/review]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080725011646/http://www.freetimes.com/story/4515 Cleveland Free Times live review]
- [http://chiefmag.com/issues/5/profiles/Parts-Labor/ Interview with Chief Magazine]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927225555/http://www.planbmag.com/content/view/497/42/ Parts & Labor talk Plan B Magazine through Stay Afraid (September 2006)]}}
External links
- [http://www.partsandlabor.net/ Official website]
- [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p669286|pure_url=yes}} All Music Guide page]
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Category:Musical groups from Brooklyn
Category:Musical groups established in 2002
Category:American experimental musical groups
Category:American noise pop musical groups