The Trolleyvox is an American Indie pop band from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . It was formed in 1996 by Andrew Chalfen and Beth Filla.
21-500: The band's style drew comparisons to The New Pornographers , while a YouTube video for "Just You Wait" turned it into an anthem against George W. Bush . After releasing two albums on the New Jersey power-pop label Groove Disques, The Trolleyvox moved to Philadelphia-based label Transit of Venus. Their 2006 release The Trolleyvox Present The Karaoke Meltdowns earned them substantial critical praise, Philadelphia Weekly hailing
42-526: A New Pornographers' album or a solo album from one of the band's members ranked in the top 40 on the list each year. In 2007, Blender magazine ranked the New Pornographers' first album, Mass Romantic , the 24th best indie album of all time. In 2009, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the band's second studio album, Electric Version , No. 79 in the "100 Best Albums of the Decade". All of
63-487: A download code. The box-set came as three blank CD-Rs with branded packaging and labels. Using the code that came with the set, customers could download the additional music (as lossless FLAC files) and videos and create the three additional discs. Matador has since discontinued the download site. As a result, the only way to get the Executive Edition today is to find a used copy with the downloaded files burned to
84-484: Is the fourth studio album by Canadian indie rock band the New Pornographers , released on August 21, 2007. The track listing for the album was revealed June 1, 2007. A box set containing three blank CD-Rs , named "Executive Edition", was released August 7, 2007, two weeks before the album, with the promise of future multimedia to be downloaded at the band's website for fans to compile and burn their own CDs. The first disc included B-sides, demos and alternate versions;
105-584: The CD-R. If you find a new, unopened copy, you will basically be purchasing three fancy, blank CD-Rs. When complete, the three discs fit into the case along with the original release, making a four-CD set of the original release of Challengers plus a disc of b-sides and alternate mixes, a disc of live music (from Challengers and other New Pornographers albums), and a disc of videos and photos. The second disc contains B-sides, demos and alternate mixes. "Silent Systems" and "Fortune" were also included as bonus tracks on
126-570: The Morse Code of Brake Lights (2019), and Continue as a Guest (2023). A live album recorded on their 2006 tour is available only at concerts and on the band's website. In 2005, the band was the subject of Reginald Harkema 's documentary film Better Off in Bed . The New Pornographers' first four albums each placed in the top 40 on The Village Voice ' s Pazz & Jop year-end poll of hundreds of music reviewers. From 2000 to 2006, either
147-678: The New Pornographers contributed a cover of the song "Think About Me" for the Fleetwood Mac tribute CD called Just Tell Me That You Want Me released by Hear Music. The band's sixth album, Brill Bruisers , was released on August 26, 2014. The album was their highest charting to date in the United States, peaking at #13 on the Billboard 200 . On January 26, 2017, the New Pornographers announced their seventh album, Whiteout Conditions , would be released on April 7. The album
168-474: The New Pornographers' original members were prominent within the Vancouver music scene prior to forming the band. Kathryn Calder , who is also Newman's niece, joined the band in 2005 largely as a live replacement for Neko Case , whose solo career often left her unavailable to perform with the band. Calder's first lead vocals for the band were on 2007's Challengers , singing the lead on "Failsafe" and sharing
189-525: The Philadelphia hip-hop/R&B group The Roots until 2011. This article on a United States rock music band is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The New Pornographers The New Pornographers are a Canadian indie rock band, formed in 1997 in Vancouver . Presented as a musical collective and supergroup of singer-songwriters and musicians from multiple projects,
210-445: The album as their best yet. In 2007 the band released a double album Your Secret Safe / Luzerne earning 3.5 stars out of 5 on Allmusic. Your Secret Safe is a full-band album produced by Philadelphia producer Brian McTear ( The A-Sides , Matt Pond PA , B.C. Camplight ); Luzerne is a mostly acoustic and instrumental album that became a staple on WXPN's Sunday morning broadcast, "Sleepy Hollow." Bassist Owen Biddle also played in
231-492: The band after being an auxiliary touring member since 2015. In July 2021, the band announced a North American tour where they would play Mass Romantic and Twin Cinema in full across simultaneous nights, as well as a reissue of Mass Romantic on vinyl. This announcement also confirmed the return of Bejar to the band, as well as the departure of both Thurier and Stone. On January 9, 2023, A.C. Newman announced via Twitter that
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#1732782553973252-480: The band announced via Twitter that it would release its new album, In the Morse Code of Brake Lights , on September 27, and released its first single from the album, "Falling Down the Stairs of Your Smile". In a press release for the album, Dan Bejar is described as a "former (and possibly future) member" of the band. The new press photos for the band include vocalist/violinist Simi Stone, officially inducting her into
273-573: The band had moved to a new label, Merge Records , alongside announcing the band's ninth album Continue as a Guest , a single from the album, "Really Really Light", and a tour starting in April. The band's press photos confirmed Bejar's second departure from the group – although he has a co-writing credit on "Really Really Light". Current members Members' other projects in brackets Current touring musicians Former members Former touring musicians Challengers (album) Challengers
294-407: The band has released nine studio albums to date. The band have received critical acclaim for their use of multiple vocalists and songwriters, as well as for the elements of power pop incorporated into their music. Pitchfork has described the band's sound as "peppy, gleeful, headstrong guitar pop", while Stereogum has retrospectively praised the band's debut album Mass Romantic as "one of
315-455: The greatest and most immediate power pop albums ever rendered". The New Pornographers' name was chosen by Carl Newman , who has said that he came up with it after watching a Japanese film called The Pornographers . The band has released nine albums to date: Mass Romantic (2000), Electric Version (2003), Twin Cinema (2005), Challengers (2007), Together (2010), Brill Bruisers (2014), Whiteout Conditions (2017), In
336-738: The lead with Newman on "Adventures in Solitude". In 2009, the New Pornographers contributed a cover of the Destroyer song "Hey, Snow White" to the AIDS benefit album Dark Was the Night , produced by the Red Hot Organization . The band released their fifth album, Together , on May 4, 2010, on Matador Records . The album includes collaborations from St. Vincent , Beirut 's Zach Condon, and Okkervil River 's Will Sheff . In 2012,
357-415: The middle of doing a Destroyer record ... [w]hich was something we'd narrowly skirted for our whole career. I'm always amazed that we managed to. Sometimes we avoided Destroyer, sometimes Destroyer avoided us, but eventually we hit at the same time. It wasn't anything weird. On November 29, 2018, A.C. Newman announced via Twitter that he had begun work on a future New Pornographers album. On August 2, 2019,
378-504: The release of Challengers . Challengers debuted at number 34 on the U.S. Billboard 200 , selling about 20,000 copies in its first week. "Myriad Harbour" was #79 on Rolling Stone ' s list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. As of 2010 it has sold 109,000 copies in US and 16,000 copies in Canada. All songs were written by A. C. Newman , except where noted. The vinyl release adjusts
399-434: The running order slightly, swapping the positions of two tracks so that "Unguided" closes side one and "Failsafe" starts side two rather than the other way around. Complete sets of Challengers Executive Edition are extremely rare. The Executive Edition was a limited edition 3-disc complement to the original release, which customers could put together to create a 4-disc set, but they had to build it themselves in 2007-2008 using
420-590: The second, titled "Live from the Future", featured live performances of songs related to the album; the third disc includes videos, photos and album artwork. The bonus material was available for download with the pre-orders of Challengers . "Failsafe" is an A.C. Newman song first recorded commercially by the Canadian indie pop band the Choir Practice , and appeared on their debut album several months before
441-406: Was preceded by the single "High Ticket Attractions". The album is the first to feature drummer Joe Seiders as a full-time member after replacing drummer Kurt Dahle in mid-2014. It is also the first New Pornographers album to not feature Dan Bejar. Newman, however, went on the record to note that Bejar's absence did not mean he had left the band entirely; telling Stereogum : he [Bejar] was right in
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