Rock Plaza Central

Rock Plaza Central
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
Past members
Doug Tielli John Tielli Rob Carson Jack Breakfast

Rock Plaza Central is a Canadian indie rock band. After a pair of glowing reviews from the influential music website Pitchfork Media, they have come to prominence as a major indie rock band^[where?].^[1][2] Their 2006 album, Are We Not Horses, was critically acclaimed in both Canada and the United States.

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.

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

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

References

1. ^ 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. 
2. ^ ^{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. 
3. ^ Rock Plaza Central Sign to Yep Roc | Pitchfork
4. ^ [1]
5. ^ 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. 
6. ^ 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. 
7. ^ 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. 
8. ^ [2]
9. ^ [3]
10. ^ [4]

External links

• Official site