Nicholas Krgovich (born 1982), also sometimes credited as Nick Krgovich, is a Canadian musician from
Vancouver
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,
British Columbia
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.
[Alex Robert Ross]
"Nicholas Krgovich's 'In an Open Field' Is Very Chill and Kinda Scary"
''Noisey
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'', November 29, 2017. He is most noted for the 2020 album ''Philadelphia'',
[Stuart Berman]
"Shabason, Krgovich & Harris: ''Philadelphia''"
''Pitchfork
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'', November 11, 2020. a collaboration with
Joseph Shabason
Joseph Shabason is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and composer. He is best known for playing the saxophone. As a band member and session musician, Shabason has contributed to bands such as DIANA, Destroyer and The War on Drugs.
As a solo pr ...
and
Chris Harris which was a longlisted nominee for the
2021 Polaris Music Prize.
Krgovich was active in the early 2000s as a member of the indie pop bands
P:ano,
Gigi and
No Kids,
[ and as a collaborator with ]Veda Hille
Veda Hille (born August 11, 1968) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, keyboardist and tenor guitar player from Vancouver, British Columbia. She writes songs about love and tragedy, as well as about topical British Columbia subjects.[< ...]
, Rose Melberg
Rose Melberg is a musician and songwriter from Sacramento, California, currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She has performed both as a solo artist and as a member of Tiger Trap, The Softies, Go Sailor, Gaze, Gigi, Imaginar ...
and Mount Eerie
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. He released his solo debut album ''Who Cares?'' in 2013,[Alex Hudson]
"Nicholas Krgovich Releases New 'Who Cares?' LP"
''Exclaim!
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'', November 18, 2013. and followed up with further solo albums in the 2010s and 2020s. His 2018 album ''"Ouch"'' was about his breakup with his first boyfriend,[Calum Marsh]
"Nicholas Krgovich: 'Ouch'"
''Pitchfork
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The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to th ...
'', November 29, 2018. and marked the first time he actively wrote and sang about gay
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While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...
themes in his music.
In 2021 he released ''This Spring'', an album of Hille covers.[Stuart Derdeyn]
"Nicholas Krgovich releases collection of Veda Hille songs This Spring"
''Vancouver Sun
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'', May 14, 2021.
In 2022, Krgovich and Shabason announced another collaborative album, ''At Scaramouche''.
Discography
*''Who Cares?'' (2013)[
*''On Sunset'' (2014)
*''On Cahuenga'' (2015)
*''The Hills'' (2016)][Conor Mackie]
"Nicholas Krgovich: The Hills"
''Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes 7 ...
'', March 4, 2016.
*''In an Open Field'' (2017)[
*''"Ouch"'' (2018)][
*''Philadelphia'' (2020, as Shabason, Krgovich & Harris)][
*''This Spring'' (2021)][
*''At Scaramouche'' (2022, as Shabason & Krgovich)
]
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krgovich, Nicholas
1982 births
Living people
21st-century Canadian male singers
Canadian indie rock musicians
Canadian indie pop musicians
Canadian male singer-songwriters
Canadian singer-songwriters
Canadian LGBT singers
Canadian gay musicians
Musicians from Vancouver
20th-century Canadian LGBT people
21st-century Canadian LGBT people