Jakob (band)

Jakob is a New Zealand post-rock band, based in the Hawkes Bay city of Napier. The band consists of guitarist Jeff Boyle, bassist Maurice Beckett, and drummer Jason Johnston. They have been compared to such bands as Mogwai, Sonic Youth, and High Dependency Unit, though they largely eschew any vocals or samples in their songs.

History

The band formed in July 1998, and began by opening for New Zealand bands Salmonella Dub and Pitch Black at the local pub O'Flaherty's. They toured extensively throughout 1999, releasing that same year a self-titled EP recorded with David Holmes at Napier's Venn Production Studios. The year 2000 brought a gig at The Event New Years party in Napier, and the 7" single Erfo, a limited release on the Crawlspace Records label.

Jakob returned to Venn Studios in March 2001 to record their debut album with engineer David Holmes (also known from the band Kerretta). Subsets of Sets was released April 2002 through New Zealand's Midium Records to good reviews and a nomination at the bNet independent music awards. Jakob continued touring with artists such as HDU and fellow Midium artists Avotor and Meterman, as well as playing at the 2002 Big Day Out.

Jakob

'Jakob may refer to:

  • A given name, variant of Jacob (name)
  • Jakob (surname)
  • Sankt Jakob in Haus, municipality in Austria
  • Sankt Jakob im Rosental, town in Austria
  • Sankt Jakob im Walde, municipality in Austria
  • St. Jakob Arena in Basel, Switzerland, noted for ice hockey
  • St. Jakob Stadium in Basel (1954–1998)
  • St. Jakob-Park in Basel, largest football venue in Switzerland
  • Jakob (band), New Zealand post-rock band
  • Jakob (EP), 1999 album by the band
  • See also

  • Ohel Jakob synagogue, Munich
  • Max Jakob Memorial Award, annual award to scholars in the field of heat transfer
  • Jacob (disambiguation)
  • +/- (band)

    +/-, or Plus/Minus, is an American indietronic band formed in 2001. The band makes use of both electronic and traditional instruments, and has sought to use electronics to recreate traditional indie rock song forms and instrumental structures. The group has released two albums on each of the American indie labels Teenbeat Records and Absolutely Kosher, and their track "All I do" was prominently featured in the soundtrack for the major film Wicker Park. The group has developed a devoted following in Japan and Taiwan, and has toured there frequently. Although many artists append bonus tracks onto the end of Japanese album releases to discourage purchasers from buying cheaper US import versions, the overseas versions of +/- albums are usually quite different from the US versions - tracklists can be rearranged, artwork with noticeable changes is used, and tracks from the US version can be replaced as well as augmented by bonus tracks.

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    Science and technology

  • Band (mathematics), an idempotent semigroup
  • Band (radio), a range of frequencies or wavelengths used in radio transmission and radar, specifically:
  • Shortwave bands
  • UMTS frequency bands used for cellphones
  • LTE bands used for cellphone data
  • Band cell, a type of white blood cell
  • Gastric band, a human weight-control measure
  • Bird banding, placing a numbered metal band on a bird's leg for identification
  • BAND, acronym for "birds are not dinosaurs," a controversial stance on the evolution of birds
  • BAND (application), a private online space for groups
  • Computing and electronics

  • Microsoft Band, a smart band with smartwatch features created and developed by Microsoft.
  • Organizations

  • Band (channel), nickname of Brazilian broadcast television network Rede Bandeirantes
  • Bands (Italian Army irregulars), military units once in the service of the Italian Regio Esercito
  • Bandō

    Bandō may refer to:

    People

  • Eiji Bandō, Japanese entertainer/sportsman
  • Naoki Bandō, Japanese voice actor
  • Japanese surname, especially among Kabuki actors, such as:
  • Bandō Kakitsu I (1847–1893), Japanese kabuki actor of the Uzaemon acting lineage
  • Bandō Shūka I
  • Bandō Tamasaburō
  • Bandō Tamasaburō V
  • Bandō Mitsugorō III
  • Bandō Mitsugorō VIII
  • Bandō Mitsugorō X
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  • an alternate name for Kantō region
  • Bandō, Ibaraki, a city
  • Bandō Prisoner of War camp
  • Bandō Station, a train station in Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
  • See also

    Bando (disambiguation)

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    Beloved ‘90s band working on first new album in nearly 30 years

    The Post-Standard 28 Mar 2025
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    Music News 27 Mar 2025
    The iconic ska punk band - who split in 1996 after the death of frontman Bradley Nowell - officially reunited last year with his son Jakob Nowell on lead vocals, and he has been working with Blink-182 ...
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    The Los Angeles Times 26 Mar 2025
    of the pioneering hardcore Bad Brains, Jakob Nowell fronted the band last year at Coachella then went on to play a series of festival dates with drummer Bud Gaugh and bassist Eric Wilson, who formed Sublime with Bradley Nowell in the late ’80s.
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    Former Wallflowers guitarist opens Japanese barbecue restaurant in Long Beach

    Orange County Register 24 Mar 2025
    As a founding member of alt-rock stars the Wallflowers, guitarist Tobias Miller fulfilled his musical passions as part of one of the seminal bands of the 1990s ... The band found success with its ...
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