The New Pornographers have a new record label. A.C. Newman and friends will release their ninth album Continue As A Guest on the last day of March via Merge. It’s preceded today by opening track “Really Really Light.” The song was written by Newman and Dan Bejar, and although Newman is on lead vocals here, it&#8...

The New Pornographers are getting the band back together! OK, technically the band never broke up; just two years ago they released their eighth album In The Morse Code Of Brake Lights. But until last night they hadn’t played a concert since March 2020, and more importantly, key contributors Dan Bejar (of Destroyer fame) and Neko Case ...

Back in 2000, the New Pornographers released their debut album Mass Romantic. As you know by now, it became a beloved collection that stands as one of the pivotal indie albums of its time, and it kick-started a career full of lovable power-pop genius. Mass Romantic was also one of the albums that presumably would’ve gotten some anniver...

Sometimes, one long-running power-pop institution has to pay tribute to another, and that's exactly what happened during the New Pornographers' recent live in-studio session for SiriusXM Radio. New Pornos mastermind Carl Newman's old band Superconductor opened for Guided By Voices in the '90s, and he's tweeted about loving their recent double al...

In a couple of weeks, the New Pornographers, the long-running power-pop army of melodically gifted mostly-Canadians, will release a new album called In The Morse Code Of Breaklights. In the run-up to the album, we've welcomed a whole bunch more dizzy hooks into our lives. We've already posted the early singles "Falling Down The Stairs…