Royal Canoe
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| name = Royal Canoe
| image = File:Royal Canoe at Atlas Weekend 2017.jpg
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| caption = Royal Canoe performing at Atlas Weekend 2017
| years_active = 2010-present
| genre = Indie pop
| origin = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Royal Canoe[http://royalcanoe.com/ "SOMETHING GOT LOST BETWEEN HERE AND THE ORBIT"],Royal Canoe is a Canadian indie pop band from Winnipeg and Steinbach, Manitoba.
History
The band formed in 2010 from members of Manitoba bands The Waking Eyes, The Liptonians and TELE.{{Cite web|url=http://metronews.ca/scene/773611/meet-winnipegs-royal-canoe-they-love-beck-and-making-music-on-computers/|title=Meet Winnipeg's Royal Canoe: They love Beck. And making music on computers {{!}} Metro News|access-date=2016-09-22}}[https://www.nsnews.com/entertainment/music/canadian-album-of-the-week-royal-canoe-will-make-you-a-believer-1.1132814 "Canadian album of the week: Royal Canoe will make you a believer"]. North Shore News, John Goodman, June 17, 2014 They have toured with Alt-J and Bombay Bicycle Club.{{Cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/music/alt-j-royal-canoe|title=Alt-J + Royal Canoe|date=22 July 2015 |access-date=2016-09-22}} In 2014, Royal Canoe was nominated for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards. They also opened for Bombay Bicycle Club on their So Long, See You Tomorrow tour.{{Cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/music/a-day-in-the-life-juno-nominated-winnipeg-band-royal-canoe-gears-up-for-the-awards|title=A Day in the Life: Juno-nominated Winnipeg band Royal Canoe gears up for the awards|website=National Post|access-date=2016-09-22}}
On 2 February 2013 Royal Canoe performed Beck's Song Reader project in full at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's New Music Festival.{{cite web|last1=Hudson|first1=Alex|title=Royal Canoe Performs Beck's 'Song Reader' and Arcade Fire's Sarah Neufeld Goes Solo for Winnipeg's New Music Festival|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/royal_canoe_performs_becks_song_reader_arcade_fires_sarah_neufeld_goes_solo_for_winnipegs_new_music_festival|website=exclaim.ca|accessdate=18 January 2017|date=8 January 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://royalcanoe.com/beck/|title=Royal Canoe / beck |website=Royal Canoe official website|accessdate=18 January 2017}} (Beck released Song Reader on sheet music without a recorded version.)
Solo projects
In 2016, keyboardist Matthew Schellenberg composed, performed and produced songs for the soundtrack to the film Lovesick.[http://exclaim.ca/film/article/royal_canoes_matt_schellenberg_details_lovesick_soundtrack "Royal Canoe's Matt Schellenberg Teams Up with John K. Samson on 'Lovesick' Soundtrack"]. Exclaim!, January 11, 2017. At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, he received a nomination for Best Original Song for "Draw Blood".[http://www.cknw.com/syn/123/28377/2017-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-revealed "2017 Canadian Screen Awards nominees revealed"]. CKNW, January 17, 2017.{{cite web|title=Screen Awards nominees announced|date=18 January 2017 |url=http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/TV/screen-awards-nominees-announced-411033785.html|publisher=Winnipeg Free Press|accessdate=18 January 2017}}
Matt Peters along with Tom Keenan formed the Winnipeg Chamber-pop ensemble Heavy Bell. In January 2018 they released the album By Grand Central Station, a tribute to Canadian author Elizabeth Smart's 1945 novel By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/11/daily-dose-heavy-bell-certainly.html|title=Paste Magazine|website=pastemagazine.com|language=en|access-date=2018-06-08}}
Members
- Matt Peters - Vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
- Bucky Driedger - Electric guitar, vocals
- Matt Schellenberg - Keyboards, vocals
- Brendan Berg - Bass, keyboard, vocals
- Michael Jordan - Drums
Former member
- Derek Allard - Drum kit
Discography
- Co-Op Mode (2010)
- Extended Play EP (2012)
- Purple & Gold 7 inch (2012)
- Today We're Believers (2013)
- Royal Canoe Does Beck's Song Reader (2014)
- Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit (2016)
- Waver (2019)
- RC3PO (2019)
- Sidelining (2021)
- Vault (2011 - 2021) (2022) (Compilation album of unreleased demos, B-sides and rareties)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{official website|http://www.royalcanoe.com}}
- {{IMDb name|nm6492377}}
- [http://www.tenminuteinterviews.com/royal-canoe/ Royal Canoe Interview]
- {{AllMusic|artist|mn0002499127}}
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Category:Musical groups from Winnipeg
Category:Canadian indie rock groups
Category:Musical groups established in 2010
Category:2010 establishments in Manitoba
Category:Nettwerk Music Group artists