Tag: Kathryn Calder
Stage Buzz Q&A: New Pornographers at Thalia Hall • Chicago
Fans (and critics) hailed The New Pornographer’s debut album Mass Romantic in late 2000 as a highlight from the world of indie-pop. However, few would have predicted that the “supergroup” experiment would become such a reliably great and durable band operating in parallel with its members’ individual careers. Ringleader and principal songwriter A.C. (aka […]
The New Pornographers interview!
Inter-Niecian Support In 2005, with Neko Case’s burgeoning solo career making her increasingly unavailable to regularly perform with the other seven members of The New Pornographers, the then primarily Vancouver-based band’s chief “orchestrator” and songwriter A.C. “Carl” Newman turned to his niece to be Case’s live replacement. Lest one think this was pure nepotism in […]
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