Ida

Formed in 1992 by the core duo of singers/guitarists Daniel Littleton and Elizabeth Mitchell, Ida is an indie folk-pop act hailing from New York. Littleton emerged in 1985 as a member of the Annapolis, MA-based punk group the Hated; after their 1989 demise, he continued in a series of bands including Three Shades of Dirty, Choke, and Slack, which also featured future Tsunami frontwoman Jenny Toomey. Mitchell, meanwhile, began performing as one half of an acoustic duo with singer/songwriter (and fellow Brown University alum) Lisa Loeb. Both Mitchell and Littleton later played on Loeb's breakthrough hit "Stay," which became a smash hit during the same year as Ida's debut.

After signing to Toomey's Simple Machines label, Ida introduced their sound in 1994 with Tales of Brave Ida, a luminous collection of languid, minimalist pop songs. Following the addition of Littleton's brother Michael (formerly of Baltimore's Hassassins) on drums, they returned in 1996 with the stunning I Know About You. The addition of Beekeeper bassist Karla Schickele preceded 1997's brilliant Ten Small Paces, and that same lineup resurfaced a year later with an EP, Losing True. While still a member of Ida, Dan Littleton also played in Liquorice with Toomey and His Name Is Alive's Trey Many; additionally, he and Mitchell were wed in late 1999, shortly after brother Michael's exit from the group. Following an ill-fated major label stay at Capitol, Ida finally released the full-length Will You Find Me on the Tiger Style imprint in the summer of 2000. A year later, the group returned with The Braille Night. The remix album Shhh.... was Ida's only full-length release until 2005, when Polyvinyl issued Heart Like a River. Three years later, the group released their seventh album, Lovers Prayers, as well as an intimate EP entitled My Fair, My Dark.

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Ida or IDA may refer to:

Ida (given name), a female nameIda of Bernicia (died 559), 6th Century king in Northern EnglandIda (goddess), a Vedic goddess

Science

IDA*, Iterative deepening depth-first search algorithmIndustrial Denatured AlcoholIncremental Dynamic Analysis, a method for assessing the seismic behavior of structuresIron deficiency anemiaIminodiacetic acid, a dicarboxylic acid amineIda (orchid), is a genus in the family OrchidaceaeIda, nickname of the only known fossil of the early primate genus Darwinius, species Darwinius masillae243 Ida, an asteroid

Acronyms

Danish Society of Engineers (Danish: Ingeniørforeningen i Danmark), an association for engineers and others in technologyI.D.A. (drug store), originally Independent Druggists' Alliance, a Canadian drug store now part of the Katz Group of CompaniesIDA Ireland, formerly the Industrial Development AuthorityIdaho Falls Regional Airport, IATA airport code:IDAIn Defense of Animals, a non-profit organisation for animal rights activismIndian Dental AssociationIndividual Development AccountsInfluence diagrams approach in human risk and reliability assessmentInfocomm Development Authority of Singapore, a statutory board of the Singapore GovernmentInstitute for Defense Analyses, a U.S. non-profit corporation that administers three federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs)Interactive Disassembler (now IDA Pro), a popular software disassembler tool for reverse engineeringInternational Dark-Sky Association, a U.S.-based non-profit organizationInternational Depositary Authority, established by the Budapest Treaty for the deposit the biological material for the recognition of patentsInternational Design Excellence Awards, an award program co-sponsored by BusinessWeek magazine and Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)International Desalination Association, a global organization dedicated to desalination, desalination technology and water reuseInternational Development Association of the World BankInternational Disability Alliance, an international alliance of individuals to defend the rights of those with disabilitiesInternational Documentary Association, a non-profit organization promoting documentary film, video and new mediaInternational Dyslexia Association, a non-profit education and advocacy organizationInternet Download Accelerator, a download accelerator software created by WestByteRussian IDA71 military and naval rebreather, are makes of Russian frogman's rebreatherInvestment Dealers Association of Canada, now part of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada

Place names

CanadaIda, OntarioIda Ridge, in British Columbia, CanadaSlovakiaIda (river), a river in SlovakiaVeľká IdaMalá IdaUnited StatesIda, LouisianaIda County, IowaIda Grove, IowaIda Township, MichiganIda Township, MinnesotaMount Ida, Arkansas

Other uses

Barony of Ida, IrelandIda (band), an American independent rock bandIda Galaxy, a fictional galaxy in the Stargate fictional universe, home galaxy to the AsgardIda (Middleverse), a soulless android from outer space masquerading as a librarian in the MiddleverseIda (sword), an African type of swordIda (yoga), a main Nadi in Indian medicine and yogaIdavoll, in Scandinavian mythology the plain on which Asgard is builtPrincess Ida, eponymous heroine of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operaThe Idu Mishmi language spoken among many Idu MishmisTropical Storm Ida (disambiguation), a list of storms named Ida"Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider", 1903 song written by Eddie Leonard and Eddie Munson