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Although they only lasted for just two albums, Vancouver, British Columbia-based indie power-poppers Zumpano were a brand new and unpretentious act whose combination of ’60s soft pop influences and hard-candy guitar rock and roll made them a pivotal area of the Sub Pop label’s image differ from early ’90s grunge …

Vancouver-based guitarist and singer/songwriter Allan Carl Newman broke in to the Canadian music scene in the first ’90s as an associate of choice rock/grunge outfit Superconductor. An extended stint with power pop group Zumpano implemented in the mid-’90s, leading to two well-received albums, Appear What the First year Do and …

Detroit’s power pop/indie rock and roll trio Moods for Moderns features vocalist/guitarist Nathan Beale, bassist Ben Push (also of Ruler for a Day time), and drummer Dave Shettler (also of Koufax). After developing in 1998, the group released their debut EP Two Paths Remaining in 2000 on Doghouse Information. Their …

The Vancouver indie rock supergroup the brand new Pornographers feature the talents of Zumpano’s Carl Newman, the Evaporators’ John Collins, Destroyer’s Dan Bejar, cartoonist/filmmaker Blaine Thurier, drummer Fisher Rose, and guest vocalist Neko Case. Newman began the music group in 1996 like a lark after liberating Zumpano’s Goin’ Through Adjustments; …

Vancouver indie pop group Sparrow began like a single vehicle for past Zumpano drummer Jason Zumpano. Following the separation of Zumpano and after spending a while playing keyboards for Destroyer, Zumpano went it only, recruiting a violinist along with a cellist to try out with him within the Sparrow. After …