Julie Doiron (born June 28, 1972) is a

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singer-songwriter of

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heritage. She has been the bass guitarist and co-vocalist for the Canadian indie rock band

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since its formation in 1990. She has released ten solo albums, beginning with 1996's '' Broken Girl'', and is also the lead singer for the band Julie and the Wrong Guys.

Career

Doiron started playing guitar (later switching to bass) in

at the age of 18, having joined the band at the insistence of her then-boyfriend, Eric's Trip guitarist Rick White. Shortly before the band's break-up in 1996, she released a solo album under the name Broken Girl, which followed two previous 7-inch EPs ("Dog Love, Pt. 2" & "Nora") also released under that name. All of her subsequent material has been released under her own name. She started her own label, Sappy Records, to release several of her solo efforts. Although most of her solo material has been written and performed in English, she also released an album of

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material, ''Désormais'', as well as several EPs of material sung in

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In 1999, Doiron performed at the 1999 Stardust Picnic festival at Historic Fort York, Toronto. That year she recorded an album with the Ottawa band

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, which was the first time she had worked with a band since the end of Eric's Trip. She shared a

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for ''Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars'' in March 2000. Eric's Trip reunited in 2001, and have played shows periodically ever since. She has also appeared as a guest musician on albums by

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(2000s '' Music at Work''),

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(2001's ''

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'', 2003's '' Battle of the Nudes'' and 2010's ''

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''), and

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. In 2006 she helped launch

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with Paul Henderson and Jon Claytor as an extension of the reinstated Sappy Records. She has also released a

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co-credited to the

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band

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, and collaborated with

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and American musician

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on the 2008

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album ''

Lost Wisdom ''Lost Wisdom'' is the second studio album by Mount Eerie, with Canadian musicians Julie Doiron and Frederick Squire. It was released on October 7, 2008 on P. W. Elverum & Sun, less than a month before Elverum's next album under the Mount Eerie ...

''. She played with indie rock band

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until their demise in 2007. She also played drums as part of a short-lived duo with Fred Squire. Initially called "Blue Heeler", they changed their name to "Calm Down Its Monday", and released a split 7-inch EP on K Records, with two solo Doiron songs on the flip side. Apart from her musical career, Doiron is an avid photographer, having published a book of her photographs entitled ''The Longest Winter'' with words by Ottawa writer Ian Roy. She often does her own promotional photos and cover artwork along with her ex-husband, painter Jon Claytor. Her album ''

Woke Myself Up ''Woke Myself Up'' is an album by Julie Doiron, released in 2007. Doiron's former Eric's Trip bandmate Rick White produced and played on the album. Three songs on the album — "I Woke Myself Up", "No More" and "The Wrong Guy" — also include ...

'' was shortlisted for the

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. In 2009, Doiron told a reporter from ''The Strand'', a college newspaper at the

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, that she and

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were exploring the possibility of collaborating on an album. She appeared on a track from VanGaalen's EP of ''

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'' B-sides that year, but no further news pertaining to a potential album collaboration has been released. During the tour to support the 2009 album ''

I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day ''I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day'' is an album by Julie Doiron, released on March 10, 2009. Recorded at the home studio of Rick White, the album's producer and Doiron's onetime bandmate in Eric's Trip, the album is more rock-oriented ...

'', the mayor of

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proclaimed June 7, 2009, as "Julie Doiron Day". Doiron performed at the local All Citizens arts centre on that day. Over the three-year period between ''I Can Wonder'' and her 2012 album '' So Many Days'', Doiron moved several times, residing at different times in

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and Sackville. While living in Toronto, she had difficulty making ends meet due to the city's high cost of living,"Saving Julie Doiron, one small show at a time"
''

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'', January 10, 2012. and began teaching

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classes, and performing a weekly residency at the Saving Gigi club, to help pay the bills. By the time ''So Many Days'' was released in the fall of 2012, she had moved back to Sackville. In July 2014, Doiron's song "The Life of Dreams", from ''I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day'', appeared in an iPhone commercial. In 2016, Doiron collaborated with musicians Jon McKiel, C.L. McLaughlin, Michael C. Duguay, James Anderson and Chris Meaney on the project Weird Lines, whose self-titled album was released on Sappy Futures in July. She then collaborated with

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, Mike Peters and Jaye Schwarzer on the project Julie and the Wrong Guys, which released a self-titled album in 2017 on

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. In 2017 and 2018, Doiron has also released several EPs of

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renditions of her own previously recorded songs. In 2021 Doiron released the album ''

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''.Matt Bobkin
"Julie Doiron Announces 'I Thought of You,' First Solo Album in Nine Years"
''

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'', September 21, 2021. Her first full-length solo recording in nine years, it includes musical contributions from

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and Dany Placard.

Collaborations

*Appeared on the 2005

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album ''

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'', playing bass and providing vocals *Provided vocals for several tracks on the 1999 album ''

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'' by The Wooden Stars *Provided vocals on

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's 2001 album '' The Opposite Is Also True'' *Contributed vocals on

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's 2007 ''No Blues'' *Contributed vocals on

's 2008 ''

'' *Contributed vocals to

Attack in Black Attack in Black was a Canadian indie rock band from Welland, Ontario, formed in 2003, whose music evolved from Hardcore punk to indie rock and folk rock. History Attack in Black began by playing hardcore punk shows and opening for bands such ...

's song "I'm A Rock" on the ''Autumnal Tour 2008'' 7-inch *Contributed vocals on

's 2013 album ''Come Cry With Me'' *Contributed vocals on

's 2019 album '' Lost Wisdom, pt. 2'', a continuation of their prior collaboration in 2008. *Contributed vocals on Dany Placard's 2020 album '' J'connais rien à l'astronomie''

Discography

Solo albums

*'' Broken Girl'' * (

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, Sappy) – 1996 (Reissued by

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with the "Dog Love, Pt. 2" & "Nora" EP's as bonus tracks) - 2003 *'' Loneliest in the Morning'' (Sub Pop, Jagjaguwar (reissue with bonus tracks)) – 1997 *'' Will You Still Love Me?'' * ( Tree Records, Sappy) – 1999 *''

Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars ''Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars'' is an album by Julie Doiron in collaboration with the indie rock band Wooden Stars, released in 1999. It represented the first time that Doiron had collaborated with a band since the end of Eric's Trip. The a ...

'' (Tree, Sappy) – 1999, Jagjaguwar (CD reissue in 2002, vinyl only re-issue in 2013) *'' Désormais'' * (Jagjaguwar,

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) – 2001 *'' Heart and Crime'' (Jagjaguwar, Endearing) – 2002 *''

Goodnight Nobody ''Goodnight Nobody'' is an album by Julie Doiron, released in 2004. Track listing # "Snow Falls in November" – 5:18 # "Sorry Part III" – 2:31 # "Last Night" – 3:07 # "No Moneymakers" – 3:40 # "Tonight Is No Night" – 1:27 # "Dirty Feet ...

'' (Jagjaguwar, Endearing) – 2004 *''

'' (Jagjaguwar, Endearing) – 2007 *''

'' (Jagjaguwar, Endearing) – 2009 *'' So Many Days'' (

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) – 2012 *''Julie Doiron Canta en Español Vol. II'' (Acuarela) - 2017 *''Julie Doiron Canta en Español Vol. III'' (Acuarela) - 2018 *''

'' (

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) - 2021 Albums marked with * have not been issued on vinyl LP

with Eric's Trip

with Julie and the Wrong Guys

* ''Heartbeats'' 7” (We Are Busy Bodies) - 2012 * ''Homeless'' 7-inch (

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) - 2016 * ''Julie & The Wrong Guys'' (Dine Alone) - 2017

Other

*''Dog Love Part 1'' cassette (as Broken Girl) (no label) – 1991 *''Dog Love Part 2'' 7-inch (as Broken Girl) ( Sappy Records) – 1993 *''Nora'' 7-inch (as Broken Girl) (Sappy) – 1995 *"More of Our Stupid Noise (So Fast) - 1996 Squirtgun Records *''Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars - Who will be the one 7-inch'' (plumline) – 1999? *''

Julie Doiron / Okkervil River ''Julie Doiron / Okkervil River'' is an album release, a CD split between Julie Doiron and alternative country band Okkervil River Okkervil River is an American rock band led by singer-songwriter Will Sheff. Formed in Austin, Texas, in 1998, ...

'' ( CD Split with

) ( Acuarela) – 2003 *''Will You Still Love Me? + Julie Doiron and the Wooden Stars'' (Japan Edition 2 disc with original booklet)(P-VINE Record, Japan) – 2003 *''Heart and Crime + Désormais'' (Japan Edition 2 disc with original booklet)(P-VINE Record, Japan) – 2003 *''

'' (

with Julie Doiron and

) – 2008 *''

Daniel, Fred & Julie ''Daniel, Fred & Julie'' is an album by Canadian musicians Daniel Romano, Frederick Squire and Julie Doiron, released December 1, 2009 on You've Changed Records.Daniel Romano Daniel Tavis Romano (born 1985) is a Canadian musician, poet and visual artist based out of his hometown of Welland, Ontario. He is primarily known as a solo artist, though he is also a member of Attack in Black and has collaborated with Julie D ...

and

) (

You've Changed Records You've Changed Records is a Canadian independent record label founded in 2009 by Daniel Romano, Ian Kehoe of Attack in Black and Steve Lambke of Constantines.Lost Wisdom pt. 2'' (

with Julie Doiron) – 2019 *''Julie & Dany'' (with Dany Placard) - 2022Nina Corcoran
"Julie Doiron and Dany Placard Announce Julie & Dany, Share New Song “Mayo”: Listen"
''

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'', January 27, 2022.

Notes and references

External links

*
Eric's Trip Live Archive
– Guide to Eric's Trip's studio sessions and live concerts, including side-projects. {{DEFAULTSORT:Doiron, Julie 1972 births Living people Canadian singer-songwriters Canadian women rock singers Canadian women guitarists Canadian photographers Acadian people Sub Pop artists Canadian indie rock musicians Musicians from Moncton Canadian indie pop musicians Canadian folk rock musicians Canadian rock bass guitarists Women bass guitarists French-language singers of Canada Canadian women pop singers Jagjaguwar artists Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year winners Spanish-language singers of Canada 20th-century Canadian women singers 21st-century Canadian women singers 21st-century Canadian bass guitarists