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The New Pornographers are a Canadian indie rock band, formed in 1997 in Vancouver. Presented as a musical collective of singer-songwriters and musicians from multiple projects, the band has released eight studio albums to critical acclaim for their use of multiple vocalists and elements of power pop incorporated into their music.

The New Pornographers
The New Pornographers at Prospect Park Bandshell, July 11, 2015
Background information
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Indie rock, power pop, post-punk revival
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Matador Concord Mint Last Gang
Members	Kathryn Calder Neko Case John Collins Todd Fancey Carl Newman Joe Seiders Dan Bejar
Past members	Simi Stone Blaine Thurier Kurt Dahle Fisher Rose
Website	thenewpornographers.com

History

The New Pornographers' name was chosen by Carl Newman, who has said that he came up with it after watching a Japanese film called The Pornographers.[1] The band has released eight albums to date: Mass Romantic (2000), Electric Version (2003), Twin Cinema (2005), Challengers (2007), Together (2010), Brill Bruisers (2014), Whiteout Conditions (2017), and In the Morse Code of Brake Lights (2019). A live album recorded on their 2006 tour is available only at concerts and on the band's website. In 2005, the band was the subject of Reginald Harkema's documentary film Better Off in Bed.[2]

The New Pornographers' first four albums each placed in the top 40 on The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop year-end poll of hundreds of music reviewers. From 2000 to 2006, either a New Pornographers' album or a solo album from one of the band's members ranked in the top 40 on the list each year.[3] In 2007, Blender magazine ranked the New Pornographers' first album, Mass Romantic, the 24th best indie album of all time.[4] In 2009, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the band's second studio album, Electric Version, No. 79 in the "100 Best Albums of the Decade".[5]

All of the New Pornographers' original members were prominent within the Vancouver music scene prior to forming the band. Kathryn Calder, who is also Newman's niece, joined the band in 2005 largely as a live replacement for Neko Case, whose solo career often left her unavailable to perform with the band. Calder's first lead vocals for the band were on 2007's Challengers, singing the lead on "Failsafe" and sharing the lead with Newman on "Adventures in Solitude".^{[citation needed]}

In 2009, the New Pornographers contributed a cover of the Destroyer song "Hey, Snow White" to the AIDS benefit album Dark Was the Night, produced by the Red Hot Organization. The band released their fifth album, Together, on May 4, 2010, on Matador Records. The album includes collaborations from St. Vincent, Beirut's Zach Condon, and Okkervil River's Will Sheff.[6]

In 2012, the New Pornographers contributed a cover of the song "Think About Me" for the Fleetwood Mac tribute CD called Just Tell Me That You Want Me released by Hear Music. The band's sixth album, Brill Bruisers, was released on August 26, 2014.[7] The album was their highest charting to date in the United States, peaking at #13 on the Billboard 200.[8]

On January 26, 2017, the New Pornographers announced their seventh album, Whiteout Conditions, would be released on April 7. The album was preceded by the single "High Ticket Attractions".[9] The album is the first to feature drummer Joe Seiders as a full-time member after replacing drummer Kurt Dahle in mid-2014. It is also the first New Pornographers album to not feature Dan Bejar.[10] Newman, however, went on the record to note that Bejar's absence did not mean he had left the band entirely; telling Stereogum:

he [Bejar] was right in the middle of doing a Destroyer record... [w]hich was something we'd narrowly skirted for our whole career. I'm always amazed that we managed to. Sometimes we avoided Destroyer, sometimes Destroyer avoided us, but eventually we hit at the same time. It wasn't anything weird.[11]

On November 29, 2018, A.C. Newman announced via Twitter that he had begun work on a future New Pornographers album.[12] On August 2, 2019, the band announced via Twitter that it would release its new album, In the Morse Code of Brake Lights, on September 27, and released its first single from the album, "Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile".[13] In a press release for the album, Dan Bejar is described as a "former (and possibly future) member" of the band. The new press photos for the band include vocalist/violinist Simi Stone, officially inducting her into the band after being an auxiliary touring member since 2015.

In July 2021, the band announced a North American tour where they would play Mass Romantic and Twin Cinema in full across simultaneous nights, as well as a reissue of Mass Romantic on vinyl. This announcement also confirmed the return of Bejar to the band, as well as the departure of both Thurier and Stone.[14]

Members

Current members

Members' other projects in brackets

• Neko Case – vocals (solo artist, also of Maow, the Corn Sisters, and Cub) (1997–present)
• John Collins – bass (the Evaporators and Destroyer) (1997–present)
• Carl Newman – vocals, guitar (solo artist (as A.C. Newman), also of Superconductor and Zumpano) (1997–present)
• Todd Fancey – lead guitar (solo artist (as Fancey) and of Limblifter) (2003–present)
• Kathryn Calder – vocals, keyboards, guitar (solo artist and of Immaculate Machine and Frontperson) (2005–present)
• Joe Seiders – drums, vocals (Beat Club) (2014–present)
• Dan Bejar – vocals, guitar (Destroyer, Swan Lake, and Hello, Blue Roses) (1997–2017, 2021–present)

Current touring musicians

• Nora O'Connor – backing vocals, percussion (The Flat Five) (2021–present)

Former members

• Fisher Rose – drums (Destroyer and A.C. Newman) (1997–1999)
• Kurt Dahle – drums, vocals (Limblifter and the Age of Electric) (1999–2014)
• Simi Stone – violin, vocals, percussion (solo artist and of Suffrajett) (2019–2021; touring member 2015–2019)[15]
• Blaine Thurier – keyboards, synthesizer (independent filmmaker) (1997–2021)

Former touring musicians

• Lindsay "Coco" Hames – vocals, percussion, acoustic guitar (the Ettes) (2014)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		CAN [8]	UK [16]	US [17]	US Indie [18]	US Rock [19]
Mass Romantic	Released: November 21, 2000 Label: Mint Formats: CD, LP	—	—	—	—	—
Electric Version	Released: May 6, 2003 Label: Mint/Matador Formats: CD, LP	—	—	196	12	—
Twin Cinema	Released: August 23, 2005 Label: Mint/Matador Formats: CD, LP	—	—	44	5	—
Challengers	Released: August 21, 2007 Label: Matador Formats: CD, LP	—	156	34	4	10
Together	Released: May 4, 2010 Label: Matador Formats: CD, LP	14	168	18	2	5
Brill Bruisers	Released: August 26, 2014 Label: Matador Formats: CD, LP, Cassette	14	132	13	2	3
Whiteout Conditions	Released: April 7, 2017 Label: CMG Formats: CD, LP	82	—	35	—	6
In the Morse Code of Brake Lights	Released: September 27, 2019 Label: CMG Formats: CD, LP	—	—	144	—	26
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

• Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) (2005)
• Live! (2006)
• LIVE from SoHo (iTunes Exclusive) (2008)

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions						Album
		CAN Rock [20]	AUT [21]	US AAA [22]	US Rock Air [23]	MEX Air [24]	UK [16]
"Letter From an Occupant"[25]	2002	—	—	—	—	—	139	Mass Romantic
"High Art, Local News"[26]	2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	Twin Cinema
"Twin Cinema"[27]		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Use It"[26]		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Sing Me Spanish Techno"[26]		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Challengers"[28]	2007	—	—	—	—	—	—	Challengers
"My Rights Versus Yours"[29]		—	—	—	—	—	—
"The Spirit of Giving"[30]		—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
"Myriad Harbour"[31]	2008	—	—	—	—	—	—	Challengers
"Mutiny, I Promise You"[32]		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Hey, Snow White"[33]	2009	—	46	—	—	—	—	Dark Was The Night
"Your Hands (Together)"[34]	2010	43	—	—	—	16	—	Together
"Crash Years"[35]		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Togetherness"[26]		—	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
"Moves"[36]	2011	—	—	—	—	—	—	Together
"Up In The Dark"[37]		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Brill Bruisers"[38]	2014	24	—	—	—	—	—	Brill Bruisers
"War On the East Coast"[39]		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Dancehall Domine"[40]		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Champions of Red Wine"[41]	2015	—	—	—	—	—	—
"High Ticket Attractions"[42]	2017	27	—	5	49	—	—	Whiteout Conditions
"This Is The World Of The Theatre"[43]		—	—	—	—	—	—
"Whiteout Conditions"[44]		—	—	24	—	—	—
"Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile"[45]	2019	—	—	12	—	—	—	In the Morse Code of Brake Lights
"The Surprise Knock"[46]		—	—	—	—	—	—
"One Kind of Solomon"[47]		—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Contributions with non-LP songs

• FUBAR: The Album (2002) – "Your Daddy Don't Know"
• Matador at Fifteen (2004) – "Graceland"
• Dark Was the Night (2009) – "Hey, Snow White"
• Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011) - "Hey, Snow White"
• Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac (2012) – "Think About Me"

Other Contributions

• Queer as Folk (2000) – "Mass Romantic"
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) – "Letter from an Occupant"
• Men with Brooms (2002) – "Mass Romantic"
• CBC Radio 3 Sessions, Vol. 1 (2004) – "The Fake Headlines"
• Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story (2004) – "Mass Romantic"
• The Office (Season 2, Episode 7: "The Client") (2005) – "Use It"
• Weeds (2005) – "The Laws Have Changed"
• Waiting... (2005) – "Electric Version"
• Gilmore Girls (2004) – "The Laws Have Changed"
• Gilmore Girls (2005) – "Twin Cinema"
• The Hour (Main Title Theme Season 3) (2006) – "Use It"
• Chuck (Season 1, Episode 2: "Chuck Versus the Helicopter") (2007) – "Challengers"
• Heroes (Season 2, Episode 6: "The Line") (2007) – "All for Swinging You Around"
• Rock Band (2007) – "Electric Version", "Use It", "All of the Things That Go to Make Heaven and Earth" (DLC)
• University of Phoenix commercial (2007) – "Bleeding Heart Show"
• Stone of Destiny (2008) – "Mutiny, I Promise You"
• NBA playoffs (2008) – "Use It"
• Numb3rs (2008) – "Challengers"
• Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Series 2, Episode 2) (2008) – "Adventures in Solitude"
• Management (2009) – "Adventures in Solitude", "All the Old Showstoppers"
• Ugly Betty (2010) – "Adventures in Solitude"
• The Good Wife (Season 2, Episode 13) (2011) – "Testament to Youth in Verse"
• Amazon Kindle commercial – "Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk"
• T-Mobile commercial (2011) – "Moves"
• Hyundai commercial (Canada) – "Moves"
• Go On (opening credits) (2012) – "Moves"
• Between (Season 1, Episode 1) (2015) – "Moves"
• Speechless (Season 1, Episode 22: "M-A-- MAY-JAY") (2017) – "Dancehall Domine"
• Blindspot (Season 3, Episode 1) – "The Bleeding Heart Show"
• Daybreak (Season 1, Episode 9) – "Adventures in Solitude"

See also

• Canadian rock
• List of bands from British Columbia
• Music of Vancouver

References

External links

• Official site
• Matador Records label website

На других языках

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[de] The New Pornographers

The New Pornographers sind eine Indieband aus Vancouver. Ihre Musik wurde durch Power-Pop-Gruppen wie Cheap Trick und The Cars sowie die Bands der 60er und 70er Jahre wie The Beatles, The Byrds, The Beach Boys und Electric Light Orchestra beeinflusst, auf den seit 2014 veröffentlichen Alben rückte die Band zunehmend die Gitarren zugunsten von Synthesizer-Sounds in den Hintergrund, seither sind auch The Human League deutlich als Einfluss zu erkennen.

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[es] The New Pornographers

The New Pornographers (en español: Los Nuevos Pornógrafos) son un grupo de indie rock canadiense formado en 1997 en Vancouver.[1] Su música ha sido altamente influenciada por bandas de power pop como The Cars, aunque sus canciones son más melódicas y complejas.

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