The New Pornographers

The New Pornographers became the second entity to break the collective hearts of Europe this week. Following in the footsteps of M.I.A., the band has cancelled their dates overseas (and one show in Canada), citing personal reasons. The following message was left on their Myspace page... "We regretfully must inform you that we have had to cancel our trip to Europe this coming July due to personal reasons. Sorry that sounds generic, but it's sincere. We do not like havi... MORE

I had an interesting conversation with my boy while driving home in the car… There is a whole convoluted backstory about how we got to the conversation, I just don’t have the patience or energy to get into that much detail, nor do you, I suspect. To sum it all up, the conversation was about SWEARING…Cuss words & foul language. Stewart, my husband, and I both understand that kids swear. Part of the growth of teens and pre-teens, is experimenting with the power of wor... MORE

We flow thru the streets, big city streets. The way you do.

From their 2nd album. They've aged like a fine wine.

This song really got me going this a.m. on my ride to work. I have been riding my bike to and from work for the last couple of weeks. What with gas prices hitting...ouch...$3.75 a gallon. And what with global warming and all. Yes, I wear headphones and listen to music...No, I don't wear a helmet. I got priorities man. I heard that this song made the cut on the "Heros" soundtrack. It was used in a sceen where "the cheerleader" was having a sleep over and ... MORE

A song from a band I really like. Be Well.

The New Pornographers recently released this new animated video for the Challengers track "Myriad Harbour." The afro-friendly video was directed by Mark Lomond of the Flourescent Hill directors collective, based in Montreal. "Myriad Harbour"

.....if that title doesn't get me some hits I don't know what will... ha... ...and speaking of hits... Canadian supergroup The New Pornographers contains the likes of A.C. (Carl) Newman, Neko Case, Dan Bejar (of Destroyer fame) and more... They make sparkling, intelligent music for people that like some talent to go along with the hooks... I lean heavily towards the Newman / Case side of the NPs... I know that most people around here know about 'em... but there's nothing... MORE

Controlled chaos...

keep art alive; art by alison casson sleep is often so fleeting. she comes in and kisses my eyelids lightly, pulling me into a watercolor dripping and dizzy sense of a dream. there is always music there, and sometimes i can step my own steps within all of it, wrapping arms around translucent bodies of light, and love. but sleep, she is a transient thing, coming and going with a fevered touch, electric, but so quickly gone. five in the morning, with the darkness still cov... MORE

My opinion but Mass Romantic is The New Pornographers best album and this is my favourite song from that album.

I'm one of those who think that the first New Pornographers album was quite good but each subsequent one has been successively worse. But my hat goes off to the band's recent "challenge to the YouTube nation" (their wording) which is part of the promo campaign for their most recent album Challengers. The challenge (see it here) was: "Sing a New Pornographers song in the style of Michael McDonald and video yourself doing it." (Michael McDonald is a white R&B singer who's al... MORE