Vancouver-based guitarist and singer/songwriter
Allan Carl Newman broke into the Canadian music scene in the early '90s as a member of alternative rock/grunge outfit
Superconductor. A longer stint with power pop group
Zumpano followed in the mid-'90s, resulting in two well-received albums,
Look What the Rookie Did and
Goin' Through Changes, but it wasn't until
Newman formed
the New Pornographers in 2000 that his hook-filled guitar pop anthems became staples of the crowded 21st century indie rock scene. The
Newman-led collective released a string of popular records over the next decade. Peppered in between were numerous solo projects from bandmembers
Neko Case,
Dan Bejar (
Destroyer), and
Newman himself, who released his solo debut,
Slow Wonder, in 2004 and
Get Guilty in 2009, both of which arrived via Matador Records. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide
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