
Artist
The New Pornographers
The New Pornographers is an indie artist from Vancouver, Canada formed in 1999. 27 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Indie · Vancouver, Canada · Best indie albums
- 27
- Releases
- 2000–2026
- Active years
- 1999
- Formed

Artist
The New Pornographers is an indie artist from Vancouver, Canada formed in 1999. 27 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Indie · Vancouver, Canada · Best indie albums

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Brill Bruisers
2014 · 13 tracks

Challengers
2007

Whiteout Conditions
2017

Together
2010

Twin Cinema
2005

Mass Romantic
2000

In the Morse Code of Brake Lights
2019

Electric Version
2003

The Former Site Of
2026

Continue As A Guest
2023
2002-02-23 Abbey Pub, Chicago
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2007-09-17: The Warfield, San Francisco, CA, USA
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2003-08-28 Echo Lounge, Atlanta
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2006-03-06: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, USA
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Live From the Future
2008
iTunes Live from SoHo
2008
Live!
2006

Spooky Action
Single · 2026

Pure Sticker Shock
Single · 2026

Votive
Single · 2026

The Surprise Knock
Single · 2019

Falling Down The Stairs Of Your Smile
Single · 2019

One Kind Of Solomon
Single · 2019
Togetherness: The New Pornographers Play Outrageous Cherry
Single · 2010

Sing Me Spanish Techno
Single · 2005

Turn (20th Anniversary Edition)
Single · 2003

Letter From An Occupant
Single · 2003
The New Pornographers is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band's first four albums each placed in the top 40 on The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop year-end poll of hundreds of music reviewers. From 2000 to 2006, either a New Pornographers' album or a solo album from one of the band's members ranked in the top 40 on the list each year. In 2007, Blender magazine ranked The New Pornographers' first album, Mass Romantic, the 24th best indie album of all time. It is the second-highest Canadian album on the list, behind Arcade Fire's Funeral (which came in sixth). In 2009, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the band's second studio album, Electric Version, No. 79 in the "100 Best Albums of the Decade". The name of the band was chosen by Carl Newman, who has said that he came up with it after watching a Japanese film called The Pornographers. Many writers have assumed that the name was a reference to Jimmy Swaggart's claim that rock and roll was "the new pornography."The band has released five albums to date: Mass Romantic (2000), Electric Version (2003), Twin Cinema (2005), Challengers (2007), and Together (2010). A live album recorded on their 2006 to…