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Carl Newman sings "There She Goes" by The La's

Throwing a couple things at ya this morning on 7" Friday. First up is a group called Superconductor that featured 10 freakin' band members that came out on Scratch and boner records (catalog number BR30) out of California (same label as the Melvins) from the very early 90's. They had (7) seven guitar players, (2) two bass players and (1) one drummer nicknamed on the 45 as follows: Dream Whip (G), It's on You (G), Thighmaster(B), He who is named (G/V), Flying Fist(G), Noise Annoys(G), El Impacto (D,V,bontempi), Sweet Bitch (B), Alan Smithee(G) and Delicious Warm on (G). This [...]
I know most people who read this blog are American, so you only have a faint idea of The New Pornographers. Like most Canadian bands, The New Pornographers are really 7 bands in one, featuring members from Swan Lake, Immaculate Machine, Maow, The Evaporators, Age of Electric, Limblifter, Destroyer, and Superconductor. AC Newman [Myspace], the [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Before the New Pornographers were ever around, Carl Newman sang in a band called Superconductor . Almost around the same period of time he was also fronting his other band Zumpano . Superconductor released a couple albums and an EP all through Boner/Tupelo. It's pretty interesting to listen to this material when compared to what else Newman has gone on to do. Superconductor was for awhile a 9 member band featuring six guitarists (cut down to four on their last album), two bassists, and one drummer. Yeah, I've never really understood [...]