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n. (capital city English)
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Capital Cities is an American indie pop duo from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2010 by Ryan Merchant (vocals, keyboard, guitar) and Sebu Simonian (vocals, keyboard). Their debut EP was released on June 7, 2011, with lead single " Safe and Sound" which became their first top ten hit single. The band currently consists of Ryan Merchant, Sebu Simonian, Manny Quintero on bass guitar, Spencer Ludwig on trumpet, Nick Merwin on guitar and Channing Holmes on drums.
A subsequent single, " Kangaroo Court", was released on May 1, 2012. The band was featured on the Pop Up #1 compilation selected by Perez Hilton that was released on August 7, 2012. The band's song "Safe and Sound" charted at #1 on the US Alternative Songs chart. The song was also used in a German Vodafone commercial. It was also used in the United States and Canada in a television commercial for the 2014 Mazda 3. The song "Center Stage" was featured on ESPN's First Take where they played a short segment of the retro sounding track before going to commercial breaks.
The band's debut album, In a Tidal Wave of Mystery, was released June 4, 2013 via Capitol Records in partnership with Lazy Hooks. It was the first release of new material on Capitol with a Universal Music Group catalog number. The album debuted at number sixty-six on the Billboard 200 chart.
Capital Cities may refer to:
- Capital Cities Communications, (sometimes referred to as "CapCities" or "Capital Cities") was an American media company best known for its surprise purchase of the much larger American Broadcasting Company in 1985 and became Capital Cities/ABC Inc (See American Broadcasting Company). Its successor is Disney-ABC Television Group, a unit of the Walt Disney Company, which purchased CapCities in 1996
- Capital city, the seat of a government
- Capital Cities (band), American indie pop duo
Usage examples of "capital cities".
And one other thing had been prearranged by the six rulers of the six nations: that all of them should sacrifice all their prisoners in their six capital cities on the same day.
But during the first thirty years of independence, when overall population more than doubled in Africa, that of most capital cities multiplied by ten.
An order was immediately promulgated, that, on a stated day, the Gothic youth should assemble in the capital cities of their respective provinces.
Very few tall buildings, which was typical even of capital cities off-Earth.
Most members of the hereditary ruling families of Karaleenos and the Southern Province had been extirpated along with their capital cities, both of which had been located on the ocean coast, lacking the relative protection of headlands and bays and river mouths enjoyed by Kehnooryos Atheenahs.
Even as they spoke, their words went straight to the various capital cities from which they hailed, including that of the BBC man.
From the capital cities of every country, a list was acquired of all their staff in Baghdad.
She enjoys classic British television and going to the cinema, and she collects capital cities.
The rattle and roaring of the road did not usually keep him awake, because he had lived in the poorer quarter of too many big capital cities not to be accustomed to noise.
Futurology will have to plan the development of capital cities for a hundred or more years ahead.
Allegiance was sworn in the face of the massive artillery covering capital cities.