The Manvils are a
Canadian rock
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band from
Vancouver. The band consists of the singer, songwriter and guitarist Mikey Manville, bass guitarist Dave Fenton and drummer Jay Koenderman.
The Manvils have appeared on stage with
Stereophonics
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,
Suicide Girls,
The Bellrays
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,
The Horror Pops.
Metric,
De La Soul
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Jarvis Cocker
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,
Bif Naked,
Sonic Youth
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,
Ben Harper and The
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History
Ben Harper f ...
,
Daniel Wesley and
Dragonette.
The band signed a recording contract with the Vancouver indie label Sandbag Records in early 2008.
In 2008, The Manvils began writing and recording an album with the producer,
Ryan Dahle
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Limblifter
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History
The group was originally formed by brothers Ryan Dahle and Kurt Dahle, as a side project from their main band, Age of Electric, along with a third member, Ia ...
/
Age of Electric). Recorded at The Factory and The RecRoom (
Greenhouse Studios
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), the new album was finished in early 2009. ''The Manvils'' was released in Canada on August 11, 2009, through Fontana North Distribution.
The Manvils relocated to Toronto, Ontario in the fall of 2011 and Jason Skiendziel was brought on board to replace Greg Buhr on bass guitar. Dave Fenton replaced Jason Skiendziel on bass in May 2018 at the
Mod Club Theatre in Toronto.
Media
*The band appeared on the front page of the popular Canadian arts magazine ''ION'' in the April 2006 edition.
*Their music has been used in films and television including the award-winning
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documentary series ''
Moscow Freestyle
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'' and a 2007
Budweiser beer commercial.
*The soundtrack to the 2008 horror movie ''
Never Cry Werewolf'' includes eight tracks from ''Buried Love'' and two tracks from Manville's 2007 solo album ''Broken Arms''.
Current band members
*Mikey Manville (vocals/guitars)
*Dave Fenton (bass guitar/vocals)
*Jay Koenderman (drums/vocals)
Discography
Albums
References
;Citations
External links
The Manvilsofficial website
Straight.com reviewPopmatters.com review
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Musical groups established in 2005
Musical groups from Vancouver
Canadian indie rock groups
2005 establishments in British Columbia