A. C. Newman
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 Carl Newman performing March 2, 2006 at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Allan Carl Newman |
| Also known as | A.C. Newman |
| Born | April 14, 1968 |
| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Power pop |
| Occupations | Musician, producer |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, guitar, mandolin, percussion, piano, vocals, Wurlitzer, harmonica |
| Labels | Matador |
| Associated acts | Zumpano, Superconductor, The New Pornographers |
| Website | www.acnewman.net |
Allan Carl Newman (born April 14, 1968)[1] is a Canadian musician and singer–songwriter. He was a member of the indie rock bands Superconductor and Zumpano in the 1990s. Following the breakup of those bands, he reemerged as the leader of The New Pornographers in 2000, a band who have enjoyed commercial and critical success.
In 2004, Newman launched his solo career, performing as A.C. Newman. He has stated he chose "A.C." for his solo career because "it sounded like a pseudonym, but it's not a pseudonym."[2]
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[edit] Superconductor and Zumpano
Newman began his musical career in the 1990s as a member of the Vancouver grunge/pop group Superconductor. After a brief stay, he joined the Vancouver-based pop group Zumpano. The band released two albums with Newman in the mid-1990s, Look What the Rookie Did and Goin' Through Changes, both of which received favorable reviews. Though Zumpano never officially announced their breakup, they have not recorded any new material since the 90s.
[edit] The New Pornographers
Newman is a founding member of the successful Vancouver-based pop supergroup The New Pornographers. The band has released five full length albums since 2000, all of which received favorable reviews. In 2007, Blender ranked the group's debut album, Mass Romantic, the 24th best indie album of all time. Newman is the band's main songwriter and vocalist, and is generally regarded as the band's leader.[3]
[edit] Solo career
After years of gaining success as the musical savant behind the songs of his bands, in 2004 Newman debuted as A.C. Newman the solo artist. The Slow Wonder, his first album, was well-received. His musical sensibilities as a solo musician have been compared to those of Ray Davies, Harry Nilsson, and Ben Folds.
Newman is married to Christy Simpson, formerly the marketing manager at Matador Records, The New Pornographers' record label.[4]
Newman's second solo album, titled Get Guilty, was released on Matador Records on January 20, 2009.[5] "Prophets" was featured in the end of the fourth season finale of How I Met Your Mother.
In May 2012, Newman announced via Twitter that he was close to completing his third solo album. In August, Matador Records announced that the album, entitled Shut Down The Streets, would be released on October 09, 2012.[6] Recorded in Woodstock, New York, the album features contributions from Newman's New Pornographers colleague Neko Case. Newman has said that Shut Down The Streets "is all about birth, death, happiness and sadness, chronicling a time in my life where all those things had to learn to coexist side by side."[7]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- The Slow Wonder (2004)
- Get Guilty (2009) #99 US
- Shut Down the Streets (2012)
[edit] Compilations
- Music from the OC: Mix 4 - (Track "On The Table") (2005 · Warner Bros./WEA)
[edit] References
- ^ iTunes - Music - A.C. Newman. Itunes.apple.com (1968-04-14). Retrieved on 2012-11-02.
- ^ "A.C. Newman: Interview: New Pornographers front man steps out, gor | Prefix". Prefixmag.com. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ "Q & A with Carl Newman". torontolife.com. 2011-03-30. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
- ^ Zoë Wolff (2007-08-19). "A Beautiful Duet - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
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- ^ Shut Down The Streets. Store.matadorrecords.com (2012-10-09). Retrieved on 2012-11-02.
- ^ AC Newman: Shut Down the Streets - Album Preview. Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved on 2012-11-02.
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