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The New Pornographers Biography

The Canadian indie rock band known as The New Pornographers was established in 1997 in British Columbia. Formed in Vancouver, the band started as a musical collective with already established musicians; the group has since released nearly ten albums and contributed songs to some of the era’s most successful television shows and movies.

The New Pornographers rose to prominence with their third studio album, Twin Cinema, which arrived in 2005 and rose into the top forty on the mainstream charts in the United States. With each successive album the group’s achievement rose higher, with Together (2010) and Brill Bruisers (2014) both reaching into the top twenty in both the United States and in Canada. Notable singles from The New Pornographers include “Your Hands (Together),” “Crash Years,” “Moves,” “Bill Bruisers,” “War on the East Coast,” and “Dancehall Domine.”

The New Pornographers has truly made an impact on the big and small screens, though, providing music for dozens of television shows and movies. Notable contributions include: “Mass Romantic” (Queer as Folk); “The Laws Have Changed” (Weeds); “Use It” (The Hour’s main title theme for season three); “Challengers” (Numb3rs); “Adventures in Solitude” (Secret Diary of a Call Girl and also Ugly Better); and “Moves” (featured in commercials for T-Mobile, Hyundai, and the series Go On.)

Today, The New Pornographers continue to perform and record with the lineup of Carl Newman, Dan Bejar, Neko Case, John Collins, Blaine Thurier, Todd Fancey, Kathryn Calder, and Joe Seiders. The group has been critically acclaimed by the Village Voice, Blender Magazine, and Rolling Stone Magazine, which ranked the album Electric Version among the 100 Best Albums of the Decade for the 2000’s. The New Pornographers recently released their latest album, Whiteout Conditions, in 2017. The album features the single “High Ticket Attractions,” which became the group’s first top ten adult alternative hit.