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Little Joy is a Brazilian/American rock supergroup formed in 2007 by Los Hermanos singer/guitarist Rodrigo Amarante, The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti, and Binki Shapiro.[1] They released their only album in 2008.

Little Joy
Origin	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Alternative rock, indie rock, indie pop, soft rock, samba, MPB, bossa nova
Years active	2006–2010 (on hiatus)
Labels	Rough Trade Records
Members	Rodrigo Amarante Fabrizio Moretti Binki Shapiro
Website	www.myspace.com/littlejoymusic

History

Formation and beginnings (2006–2008)

Amarante and Moretti met in 2006, at a festival in Lisbon where both their bands were performing, and the idea came up to start a new musical project unrelated to their respective bands. In 2007, with Los Hermanos on hiatus "for an undetermined amount of time",[2] Amarante traveled to Los Angeles to collaborate with Devendra Banhart on his Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon album. He and Moretti met during recording breaks and talked about "anything but music." Through mutual acquaintances, they met multi-instrumentalist Jordana Shapiro, who goes by "Binki," and she encouraged the pair to work on a few songs Moretti had begun writing. The band then moved into a house in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles to write more original music and record some demos. The band was christened "Little Joy" after a cocktail lounge not far from their house.

Little Joy (2008–2010)

Their eponymous debut album was recorded with the help of producer Noah Georgeson and engineer Beau Raymond, whom Amarante met during his sessions with Devendra Banhart. It was released by Rough Trade Records on November 4, 2008, and was hailed by Pitchfork Media as "one of the sweetest, most listenable, consistently enjoyable records of the season."[3] Their debut album was given four stars by Rolling Stone magazine and Nick Hornby[4] voted it his favorite album of 2008.

In popular culture

Binki Shapiro contributed, alongside Little Joy collaborator Devendra Banhart, to Beck's second Record Club covers album, Songs of Leonard Cohen,[5] as well as previously appearing in many of the music videos released from his album The Information, released in October 2006.

"The Next Time Around" was used in a television commercial for the Volkswagen Passat, while "Keep Me in Mind" was used in season one, episode twenty ("The G-Word") of the NBC comedy series Whitney. "Don’t Watch Me Dancing" was used in the film The Age of Adaline.

Binki Shapiro began her career in the performing arts at an early age. She featured as a vocalist, dancer, and actress in the Kids on Stage for a Better World, a youth performance group sponsored by the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International in Hollywood.^{[citation needed]} They performed original productions for audiences throughout Southern California.[6]

Band members

Little Joy

• Rodrigo Amarante – vocals, guitar, bass, piano, ukulele, organ, Mellotron, percussion (2007–present)
• Binki Shapiro – guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards, glockenspiel, percussion (2007–present)
• Fabrizio Moretti – tenor guitar, piano, bass, drums, guitar, percussion, melodica, vocals (2007–present)

Live band

Little Joy

• Rodrigo Amarante – vocals, guitar, percussion (2007–2010)
• Binki Shapiro – guitar, vocals, keyboards, percussion (2007–2010)
• Fabrizio Moretti – tenor guitar, guitar, percussion, vocals, drums (2007–2009)
• Jack Dishel – tenor guitar, guitar, percussion, vocals (2009–2010)

Backing band

• Todd Dahlhoff – bass, vocals (2008–2010)
• Matt Romano – drums, percussion (2008–2010)
• Matt Borg – guitar, vocals (2008–2010)
• Michael Ian Cummings – guitar, vocals (2008–2010)
• Noah Georgeson – guitar, vocals (2008–2010)

Discography

• Little Joy (2008)

References

External links

• Little Joy on Obscure Sound

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Little Joy es una banda brasileña/estadounidense de rock formada en 2007 por el guitarrista y cantante de Los Hermanos, Rodrigo Amarante, Fabrizio Moretti, baterista de The Strokes, y Binki Shapiro. Amarante y Moretti se conocieron en 2006, en un festival en Lisboa donde sus respectivas bandas estaban tocando, y surgió la idea de empezar un nuevo proyecto musical que no tuviera relación con sus bandas de origen. En 2007, con Los Hermanos en un hiatus "por tiempo indeterminado",[1] Amarante viajó hacia Los Ángeles para colaborar con Devendra Banhart en el álbum Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon. Moretti y él se conocieron en el tiempo entre grabaciones para hablar "de cualquier cosa menos música". A través de conocidos, conocieron a la multiinstrumentista Binki Shapiro, quien trabajó junto a ellos en algunas canciones que Moretti había empezado a escribir. La banda entonces se mudó a una casa en Echo Park, Los Ángeles para escribir música más original y grabar algunos demos. La banda fue nombrada "Little Joy" a raíz de un bar cerca de esa casa. Su álbum debut fue grabado con la ayuda del productor Noah Georgeson y el ingeniero Beau Raymond, a quien Amarante conoció en las sesiones con Devendra Banhart. Fue lanzado por Rough Trade Records el 4 de noviembre de 2008, y fue aclamado por Pitchfork Media como "uno de los discos más dulces, fáciles de escuchar y disfrutables de la temporada".[2] El álbum obtuvo cuatro estrellas por la revista Rolling Stone y Nick Hornby[3] lo votó como su álbum preferido del 2008.

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