Royal City (band)































Royal City
Origin
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Genres Indie rock
Years active 1999 (1999)–2004 (2004)
Labels
Three Gut, Asthmatic Kitty
Past members
Aaron Riches
Jim Guthrie
Lonnie James
Simon Osborne
Nathan Lawr

Royal City was a Canadian indie rock band from Guelph.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Members


  • 3 Collaborators


  • 4 Albums


  • 5 Singles


  • 6 Covered by


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History


Royal City were formed in 1999 at Jim Guthrie's house in downtown Guelph Ontario. The band was fronted by Aaron Riches, known in the local all ages punk scene for having booked and opening up for Fugazi, his releases on DROG Records, and for being the subject of a Robert Munsch book as a child. The band's first album, At Rush Hour with Cars, was released in 2000.[1]


Originally called The Royal City All Stars, the band moved to Toronto after signing with Three Gut Records. At Three Gut, Royal City joined label mates Cuff the Duke and The Constantines in Toronto's early 2000s music scene. While working with many collaborators, the core of Royal City consisted of Aaron Riches, Lonnie James, Simon Osborne and Jim Guthrie. James replaced original drummer Nathan Lawr in 2002.


During their time as a band, Royal City toured across Canada, playing in Whitehorse, Yukon, and opening for Sarah Harmer. They performed at the 2002 South by South West festival.[2] In 2002, a then-unknown Arcade Fire opened for the band on a series of tour dates, and in 2003 the band played in Sufjan Stevens' living room as their first show in New York City.


The band was also host to a number of notable collaborations, including Leslie Feist, Sufjan Stevens, Final Fantasy, Gentleman Reg and Bob Wiseman.


After disbanding in 2004, Aaron Riches went on to study Radical Orthodoxy under John Milbank at the University of Nottingham. Nathan Lawr continues to release music as a solo artist and with his band the Minotaurs. Jim Guthrie has achieved considerable success scoring the video game Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP.[3] and the film Indie Game: The Movie. He's also been a member of Human Highway, and has toured as part of Islands. Lonnie James went on to release two critically acclaimed solo records on Teenage USA records ( This Land is your Land, Dee-o).


In early 2009, Sufjan Stevens' Asthmatic Kitty records released Royal City, a collection of outtakes and b-sides.



Members




  • Aaron Riches – guitar, vocals


  • Jim Guthrie – guitar, backing vocals


  • Simon Osborne – bass guitar


  • Nathan Lawr - drums (1999–2002)


  • Lonnie James - drums (2002–2004)



Collaborators




  • Leslie Feist - Guitar


  • Sufjan Stevens - Glockenspiel, Production


  • Owen Pallett - Violin


  • Gentleman Reg - Guitar


  • Bob Wiseman - Keyboards



Albums




  • At Rush Hour the Cars (2000)


  • Alone at the Microphone (2001)


  • Little Heart's Ease (2004)


  • Royal City (2009)



Singles



  • "Small Singles Club" (EP) (2001)

  • "I Called" - City of Music compilation (2002)

  • "There's a Hole in My Heart" - Ten; Ten compilation (2002)

  • "14.12.01" - Recordings From CKLN’s Wired for Sound: 2001–2002 (2002) - A live recording of the song "Spacy Basement"

  • "That My Head were A Spring" - Comes With a Smile issue 13 (2003)

  • "Is This It" - Stop Me If you Think you've Heard This One Before - Various Artists Rough Trade (2004)

  • "Tarry - "Comes with a smile" issue 16 (2004)



Covered by




  • The Constantines - "Raw Youth" - Young Lions EP (2004)


  • The Wooden Sky - "I Am A Raw Youth" - Bedrooms + Backstreets EP (2009)



References





  1. ^ "A Completely Biased Ranking of the 60 Best Canadian Indie Rock Songs of the 00s Part II". Vice, Cam Lindsay Apr 10 2017


  2. ^ Berman, Stuart. "Canadians let 'er rip in the Lone Star state ; Toronto band fires Austin's SXSW hoedown". Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. Mar 18, 2002 Page: E.02


  3. ^ Buchanan, levi. "Sword & Sworcery EP iPad Review". ign.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2011. One of the best game scores I have heard in years.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




External links




  • Review and samples on Epitonic

  • "Royal City and the Beauty of the B-Side"; CBC Radio 3 story by Vish Khanna

  • "Lost Classics: Royal City “Alone At The Microphone”" Magnet magazine.

  • "The Secret's Out: Royal City's Surprising Success" CBC Radio 3 Session; story by Michael Barclay

  • "Asthmatic Kitty Records Royal City: S/T" Asthmatic Kitty Records; story by Vish Khanna

  • "Guelph Quartet's Country Crack-up" ; story by Matt Galloway

  • "Interview with Aaron Riches; by !earshot

  • "Remembering Three Gut Records" by Stuart McLean on CBC Radio's Vinyl Cafe

  • "An Oral History of Three Gut Records" story by Michael Barclay


  • Royal Treatment" story by Dylan Young

  • "Questionnaire with Aaron Riches"


  • "Bad Luck" music video at Bravo!FACT









-

Popular posts from this blog

Mount Tamalpais

Image
Mount Tamalpais Mount Tamalpais, viewed from the south Highest point Elevation 2,571 ft (784 m)   NAVD 88 [1] Prominence 2,456 ft (749 m)  [1] Listing California county high points 55th Coordinates 37°55′45″N 122°34′40″W  /  37.929088°N 122.577829°W  / 37.929088; -122.577829 Coordinates: 37°55′45″N 122°34′40″W  /  37.929088°N 122.577829°W  / 37.929088; -122.577829   [1] Geography Mount Tamalpais Marin County, California, U.S. Show map of California Mount Tamalpais Mount Tamalpais (the US) Show map of the US Parent range California Coast Ranges Topo map USGS San Rafael Geology Mountain type Sedimentary Climbing First ascent 1830s by Jacob P. Leese (first recorded ascent) [2] Easiest route Railroad Grade fire trail Mount Tamalpais ( / t æ m əl ˈ p aɪ . ɪ s / ; TAM -əl- PY -iss ; Coast Miwok: /t̪ɑmɑlˈpɑis̺/ , known locally as Mount Tam ) is a peak in Marin County, California, United State
Read more

Indian Forest Service

Image
Indian Forest Service Service Overview Preceding service Imperial Forest Service (1864 to 1935) Year of Constitution 1966 Country India Staff College Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun, Uttarakhand Cadre Controlling Authority Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change Legal personality Governmental: Government service General nature Administration of Forest and Wildlife resources Cadre strength 3131 (2182 Direct Recruits and 949 Promotion Posts) Website ifs.nic.in Service Chief Director General of Forests Siddhanth Das, IFS (1982 Batch, Odisha Cadre) [1] Head of the All India Civil Services Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha, IAS Indian Forest Service (भारतीय वन सेवा) [2] is one of the three All India Services of the Government of India. The other two All India Services being the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS). [3] [4] [5] It was constituted in
Read more

Y

Image
This article is about the letter of the alphabet. For other uses, see Y (disambiguation). See also: Wye (disambiguation) Y Y y (See below) Usage Writing system Latin script Type Alphabetic and Logographic Language of origin Latin language Phonetic usage [ y ] [ ɨ ] [ j ] [ iː ] [ ɪ ] [ ɘ ] [ ə ] [ ɯ ] [ ɛː ] [ j ] [ ɥ ] [ ɣ̟ ] / w aɪ / / aɪ / Unicode value U+0059, U+0079 Alphabetical position 25 History Development Υ υ 𐌖 Y y Time period 54 to present Descendants  • U  • V  • W  • Ỿ  • ¥  • Ꮙ  • Ꮍ  • Ꭹ Sisters F Ѵ У Ў Ұ Ү ו و ܘ וּ וֹ ࠅ 𐎆 𐡅 ወ વ ૂ ુ उ Variations (See below) Other Other letters commonly used with y(x), ly, ny This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. ISO basic Latin alphabet Aa Bb Cc D
Read more