Cities in Dust (band)

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Cities in Dust is a Canadian indie rock band from Hamilton, Ontario. The band, which took its name from a Siouxsie & the Banshees song, formed in 2003 and consists of Zach Frank (vocals), Craig Nordemann (bass), Simon Toye (guitar) and Matt Winters (drummer). In 2006, their debut album Night Creatures was released by independent record label Paper Bag Records.

The band was nominated for three awards at the 2006 Hamilton Music Awards: "Record of the Year", "New Artist/Group of the Year", "Alternative Recording of the Year".[1] Night Creatures was named by Exclaim! magazine as one of the Top 10 "Punk Albums of the Year" in Canada, December 2006,[2] and it has received heavy rotation on CBC Radio 3.[3]

Paper Bag Records signed Cities in Dust in April of 2006, in part due to the onstage antics of Frank.[4] They also appeared at the World Electronic Music Festival in 2006.[5]

In 2007, Cities in Dust appeared on the soundtracks of three 2K Sports video games: College Hoops 2K7, Major League Baseball 2K7 and NHL 2K8. Additionally, their song "Chop Chop You're Dead" was included in the film Superbad.

[edit] Discography

  • Night Creatures (2006)

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ 2006 Hamilton Music Awards Winners. Hamilton Music Awards (November 19, 2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-23.
  2. ^ Exclaim! Punk: Year In Review 2006. Retrieved on 2007-05-13.
  3. ^ SIRIUS Satellite Radio Canada charts. Retrieved on 2006-12-23.
  4. ^ Bliss, Karen (April 18, 2006). Lowdown: Paper Bag signs Cities in Dust. Jam!. Retrieved on 2006-12-23.
  5. ^ Baulcomb, Andrew (June 6, 2006). Cities in Dust (review). Steel City Music. Retrieved on 2006-12-23.

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