- Cities in Dust (band)
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Cities in Dust Origin Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Genres Indie rock Years active 2003–present Labels Paper Bag Records Members Zach Frank
Craig Nordemann
Simon Toye
Matt WintersCities in Dust is a Canadian indie rock band from Hamilton, Ontario. The band took its name from the Siouxsie and the Banshees song "Cities in Dust" and formed in 2003. Its members consist of Zach Frank (vocals), Craig Nordemann (bass), Simon Toye (guitar) and Matt Winters (drummer). In 2006, their debut album Night Creatures was released by independent record label Paper Bag Records.
The band was nominated for three awards at the 2006 Hamilton Music Awards: "Record of the Year", "New Artist/Group of the Year", "Alternative Recording of the Year".[1] Night Creatures was named by Exclaim! magazine as one of the Top 10 "Punk Albums of the Year" in Canada, December 2006,[2] and it has received heavy rotation on CBC Radio 3.[3]
Paper Bag Records signed Cities in Dust in April 2006, in part due to the onstage antics of Frank.[4] They also appeared at the World Electronic Music Festival in 2006.[5]
In 2007, Cities in Dust appeared on the soundtracks of three 2K Sports video games: College Hoops 2K7, Major League Baseball 2K7 and NHL 2K8. Additionally, their song "Chop Chop You're Dead" was included in the film Superbad.
Contents
Discography
- Night Creatures (2006)
See also
- Music of Canada
- Canadian rock
- List of bands from Canada
- List of Canadian musicians
- Category:Canadian musical groups
References
- ^ "2006 Hamilton Music Awards Winners". Hamilton Music Awards. November 19, 2006. http://www.hamiltonmusicawards.com/music_2006winners.html. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- ^ "Exclaim! Punk: Year In Review 2006". http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid2=864&fid1=24437&csid1=106. Retrieved 2007-05-13.
- ^ "SIRIUS Satellite Radio Canada charts". http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:u45rJ1W4rCcJ:www.siriuscanada.ca/top10s-e.htm+%22cities+in+dust%22+%22night+creatures%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=37. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- ^ Bliss, Karen (April 18, 2006). "Lowdown: Paper Bag signs Cities in Dust". Jam!. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2006/04/18/1540595.html. Retrieved 2006-12-23.
- ^ Baulcomb, Andrew (June 6, 2006). "Cities in Dust (review)". Steel City Music. http://www.steelcitymusic.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=134&Itemid=71. Retrieved 2006-12-23.[dead link]
External links
Categories:- Musical groups established in 2003
- Canadian indie rock groups
- Musical groups from Hamilton, Ontario
- Paper Bag Records artists
- Canadian musical group stubs
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