Continue as a Guest Tour

The New Pornographers are coming to Vancouver with their Continue as A Guest Tour. The venue will be at Commodore Ballroom on Tuesday, November 14^th.

When I first glanced at the band’s name, I had to pause for a few seconds to make sure I was reading the right thing. The band name was chosen by one of the members, Carl Newman, and he got the inspiration after he watched a Japanese film, The Pornographers (1966).

The New Pornographers are a Canadian indie rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The band formed in 1997 and they play a variety of indie rock, power pop, and post-punk revival. They signed with multiple record labels like, Matador, Concord, Mint, Last Gang and Merge.

There are currently six active members in the band and two touring musicians. Interesting to note is that each member is also part of other groups and projects, which makes them a very flexible group.

• Neko Case is the female vocalist for the band, she is also a solo artist and have been in other projects like Maow (indie rock), The Corn Sisters (alternative country) and Cub (indie pop).
• John Collins is the bassist, and he is also a member of the Evaporators (garage rock) and Destroyer (indie rock).
• Carl Newman is the vocalist and guitarist for the band, and he performs as a solo artist as “A.C. Newman”, he was also part of Superconductor (alternative rock) and Zumpano (power pop).
• Todd Fancey is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist, he goes by “Fancey” as a solo artist and is also part of Limblifter (alternative rock).
• Kathryn Calder is the backing vocalist and plays the keyboards and guitar, she is also a solo artist and was part of Immaculate Machine (indie pop) and Frontperson (indie pop).
• Joe Seiders is the drummer and backing vocalist, he is also a member of Beat Club.

This is “Bottle Episodes” by The New Pornographers.

The New Pornographers released nine studio albums, three live albums, twenty-nine singles and made other contributions to over thirty songs. The most recent album that they released was in March this year, Continue as a Guest (2023). This album was recorded during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, so it heavily relied on virtual meetings and remote work. Members would have to record in other studios, as it was tough to get together and meet all in-person. This was also the first album that they released with Merge Records.

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