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The New Cities is a Canadian
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and
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Award nominated band originating from
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,
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, and currently based in
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,
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. The current members of The New Cities are David Brown, Christian Bergeron, Nicolas Denis, Francis Fugere, Philippe Lachance, and Julien Martre.


Early years

The band recorded their first EP album with producer Steve Nadeau in
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,
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, in early 2006. They independently released it under the name "The New Cities EP" a few months later and started touring
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. The band met producer
Greig Nori Greig Andrew Nori (born November 21, 1962) is a producer and musician from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and is well known as the frontman, co-lead vocalist and guitarist of the pop punk band Treble Charger. In the late 1990s, he began working as a ...
in the spring of 2006 and started working with him on new material which led to signing a record deal with
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in October 2008.


Lost In City Lights

Following their signing with
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, the band released their first full-length album '' Lost in City Lights'' in May 2009. Their debut single "
Dead End Countdown "Dead End Countdown" is the debut single by Canadian band The New Cities from their debut album, '' Lost in City Lights''. It peaked at #16 on the Canadian Hot 100 in July 2009 and a month later, the single was certified gold by the CRIA with over ...
" peaked at No. 16 on the
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, won the 2010
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Pop/Rock Music Award and was nominated in 2 categories at the
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. The music video for "
Dead End Countdown "Dead End Countdown" is the debut single by Canadian band The New Cities from their debut album, '' Lost in City Lights''. It peaked at #16 on the Canadian Hot 100 in July 2009 and a month later, the single was certified gold by the CRIA with over ...
" was nominated at the
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. The New Cities' second single "Leaders Of The Misled" was featured in the TV movie ''
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'', part of Season 9 of the TV series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation''. The track "Lost in City Lights" was featured in the third season of ''
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''. In support of '' Lost in City Lights'', TNC toured with acts such as
Simple Plan Simple Plan is a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec, formed in 1999. The band's lineup consists of Pierre Bouvier (lead vocals, studio bass guitar), Chuck Comeau (drums), Jeff Stinco (lead guitar), and Sébastien Lefebvre (rhythm guita ...
, Hedley,
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,
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,
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and
Ten Second Epic Ten Second Epic was a Canadian five-piece alternative rock band from Edmonton. The band formed in 2002 consisting of Andrew Usenik (vocals), Daniel Carriere (guitar), Craig Spelliscy (guitar), Sandy MacKinnon (bass) and Patrick Birtles (drums). ...
. They have opened for major acts such as
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,
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, NIN,
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and
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. They also toured the UK twice and France in the winter of 2009–2010.


Kill the Lights

The band's second album, '' Kill the Lights'' was released on September 27, 2011. The first single called "Heatwave", co-written by the band and
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, has been released on June 16, 2011. Following the release of their new album, the band joined
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in
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to support her 2011 Black Star Tour in October. Notable performances in 2012 include the
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festival in
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and the Bamboozle festival in
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.


Members


Current members

* David Brown -
Lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...
(2005–present) * Julien Martre -
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,
Bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a Bass (instrument), bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboar ...
(2008–present) * Christian Bergeron -
Guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...
(2005–present) * Francis Fugere -
Drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
(2007–present) * Nicolas Denis -
Synth A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and f ...
(2005–present) * Philippe Lachance -
Synth A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and f ...
(2005–present)


Discography


Albums


Singles


Compilation appearances


Music videos

The music video for "Dead End Countdown" was released in the UK and Ireland in March 2010. It has been added to
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, Scuzz TV,
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,
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and The Box playlists.


Appearances in other media

* 2009. Their song "Lost in City Lights" was used in
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of ''
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''. * 2009. Their song "Dead End Countdown" was used in
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, Episode 4 of ''
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''. * 2010. Their song "Hypertronic Superstar" was used in
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, Episode 5 of ''
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''. * 2010. Their song "Leaders of the Misled" was used in the film ''
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''.


Awards and nominations

, - ,
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"Post-Production of the Year", , , - , 2010 , , "
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" , ,
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"POP/ROCK music award" , , , - , , , "The New Cities" , , JUNO Canada's Music Awards
"New Group of the Year" , , , - , 2010 , , " Lost in City Lights" , ,
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"Album Anglophone de l'année", , , - , 2010 , , "The New Cities" , ,
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"Best New group or solo artist of the year (HOT AC)" , , , - , 2010 , , "The New Cities" , ,
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"Best New group or solo artist of the year (CHR)" , , , - ,
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, , "
Dead End Countdown "Dead End Countdown" is the debut single by Canadian band The New Cities from their debut album, '' Lost in City Lights''. It peaked at #16 on the Canadian Hot 100 in July 2009 and a month later, the single was certified gold by the CRIA with over ...
" , ,
MuchMusic Video Awards The iHeartRadio MMVAs were an annual awards show broadcast on Much to honour the year's best music videos that was last held in 2018. Originally debuting in 1990 as the Canadian Music Video Awards, the awards were renamed in 1995 to the MuchMu ...

"Post-Production of the Year", , , -


References


External links


The New Cities
Official Website
The New Cities
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