A band with a name you won’t forget. The New Pornographers are a Canadian indie/alternative rock group based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. They musical collective formed in 1997 and consists of eight singer-songwriters and musicians.
Allan Carl Newman, also known as A.C. Newman was a member of multiple indie rock bands in the 90s, and after those bands broke up, he became the leader of The New Pornographers. He once stated that he originally choose the name after watching a Japanese film called The Pornographers.
Over the years, the band has come to release eight albums. Their debut album, Mass Romantic, was recorded and created over the course of three years. The style of the album is more of a power pop form of indie rock and individual songs were often compared to artists like The Beatles, David Bowie, T. Rex and Todd Rundgren. Although it was their first real, released album, it was received quite well across Canada where it was nominated and won a Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year. In December 2007, Blender, the American music magazine, listed Mass Romantic as the 24th best indie rock album of all time. It sits at the second highest Canadian album on the list behind Arcade Fire’s Funeral.
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In spring 2003, the band released their second album Electric Version. The song “The Electric Version” was included as a playable song in the video game Rock Game. In 2009, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 79 in “100 Best Albums of the Decade”.
In recent music, they released their eighth album In the Morse Code of Brake Lights which contained one of their most popular songs, “Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile”. Even after 20 years of making music they are still making tracks people want to listen to.
They will be performing in Vancouver at the Vogue Theatre on December 11th and 12th for their 21st anniversary of their album Mass Romantic.