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Vancouver-based guitarist and singer/songwriter
Allan Carl Newman broke into the Canadian music scene in the early '90s as a member of alternative rock/grunge outfit
Superconductor. A longer stint with power pop group
Zumpano followed in the mid-'90s, resulting in two well-received albums,
Look What the Rookie Did and
Goin' Through Changes, but it wasn't until
Newman formed
the New Pornographers in 2000 that his hook-filled guitar pop anthems became staples of the crowded 21st century indie rock scene. The
Newman-led collective released a string of popular records over the next decade. Peppered in between were numerous solo projects from bandmembers
Neko Case,
Dan Bejar (
Destroyer), and
Newman himself, who released his solo debut,
Slow Wonder, in 2004 and
Get Guilty in 2009, both of which arrived via Matador Records. In 2012,
Newman delivered
Shut Down the Streets, which showcased a layered, often acoustic, baroque and folk-pop sound. The following year
Newman provided the score for the
Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan-starring romantic comedy
What If. ~ James Christopher Monger