Rock Plaza Central
| Rock Plaza Central | |
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| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Indie rock, indie folk |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Paper Bag, Outside, Yep Roc |
| Associated acts | People from Earth |
| Website | rockplazacentral.com |
| Members | |
| Scott Maynard Donald Murray John Whytock Chris Eaton Blake Howard Fiona Stewart |
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| Past members | |
| Doug Tielli John Tielli Rob Carson Jack Breakfast |
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Rock Plaza Central is a Canadian indie rock band. The band received favourable reviews from the music website Pitchfork Media.[1][2] Their 2006 album, Are We Not Horses, was critically acclaimed in both Canada and the United States.
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[edit] Biography
Rock Plaza Cental's independently released album, Are We Not Horses, made many top ten lists for the year, including #8 for CMJ Editor-in-Chief Kenny Herzog, Pitchfork staff writer Stephen Deusner and Americana-UK lead writer David Cowling. The album would eventually be distributed by Outside Music in Canada. Because it did not receive an official US release until mid-2007, through Yep Roc,[3] it made several[which?] of 2007's year-end lists as well, including Magnet's "10 Great Hidden Treasures of 2007", calling it "2007's finest folk/rock find". In the Winter/Spring of 2009, Are We Not Horses was studied as part of the curriculum of a graduate English course in Contemporary Fiction at the University of South Alabama.[4]
In early 2007, the group received additional attention for their cover of the Justin Timberlake song "SexyBack".[5] Their fourth album, ...at the moment of our most needing, was released on May 28, 2009 on Paper Bag Records.
The group is often compared to Neutral Milk Hotel[2][6] and Will Oldham.[7][8]
Frontman Chris Eaton is also the author of two novels, The Inactivist (2003) and The Grammar Architect (2005),[9] that have been studied on several university courses across North America. Letters To Thomas Pynchon is a short fiction collection published as an eBook[10] with Joyland: A hub for short fiction.
[edit] Discography
- Quantum Butterass – 1997
- The World Was Hell to Us – 2003
- Are We Not Horses – 2006
- 'neath The Lion's Paw EP – 2009
- ...At The Moment Of Our Most Needing Or If Only They Could Turn Around, They Would Known They Weren't Alone – 2009
[edit] Videos
- Anthem for the Already Defeated from Are We Not Horses Music Video by Humble Empire
- My Children Be Joyfull from Are We Not Horses by Music Video by Humble Empire
- I Am An Excellent Steel Horse from Are We Not Horses Music Video by Humble Empire
- (Don't You Believe the Words of) Handsome Men from At the Moment of our Most Needing Music Video by Akaflk and Epstein Creative, January 2010
[edit] References
- ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (2006-11-16). "Rock Plaza Central Are We Not Horses Pitchfork Record Review". Pitchfork Media. Pitchforkmedia, Inc.. pp. 1. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/39719/Rock_Plaza_Central_Are_We_Not_Horses. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
- ^ a b Deusner, Stephen M. (2006-10-23). "Rock Plaza Central "My Children, Be Joyful"". Pitchfork Media. Pitchforkmedia, Inc.. pp. 1. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/39288. Retrieved 2007-01-27.
- ^ Rock Plaza Central Sign to Yep Roc | Pitchfork
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- ^ Wheeler, Brad (2007-01-30). "Too sexy for their suits". The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070130.ROCK30/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Music/. Retrieved 2007-01-30.
- ^ Berman, Stuart (September 7, 2006). "Disc-overy of the Week: Rock Plaza Central "Are We Not Horses"". Eye Weekly (Torstar). http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_09.07.06/music/discovery.php. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
- ^ Khanna, Vish (November 29, 2006). "Record Reviews: Rock Plaza Central Are We Not Horses". Exclaim! (Exclaim!). http://exclaim.ca/index.asp?layid=23&csid1=15808. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
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