| Carl Newman | |
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Carl Newman performing March 2, 2006 at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Allan Carl Newman |
| Also known as | A.C. Newman |
| Born | April 14, 1968 |
| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Power pop |
| Occupations | Musician, producer |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, guitar, mandolin, percussion, piano, vocals, Wurlitzer |
| Labels | Matador |
| Associated acts | Zumpano, Superconductor, The New Pornographers |
| Website | www.acnewman.net |
Allan Carl Newman (born April 14, 1968) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He was a member of the indie rock bands Superconductor and Zumpano in the 1990s. Following the breakup of those bands, he reemerged as the leader of The New Pornographers in 2000.
In 2004, Newman launched his solo career, performing as A.C. Newman. He has stated he chose "A.C." for his solo career because he liked the way that it sounded.[1]
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Carl Newman began his musical career in the 1990s as a member of the grunge/pop group Superconductor. After a brief stay, he joined the Vancouver-based pop group Zumpano. Together they released two albums in the mid-1990s, Look What the Rookie Did and Goin' Through Changes, both of which received positive reviews. Zumpano did not officially break up, but did not record any more albums.
Newman is a founding member of the successful Vancouver-based pop supergroup The New Pornographers. The band has released five full length albums since 2000, all of which received favorable reviews. In 2007, Blender ranked the group's debut album, Mass Romantic, the 24th best indie album of all time. Newman is the band's main songwriter and vocalist, and is generally regarded as the band's leader.[2]
After years of gaining success as the musical savant behind the songs of his bands, in 2004 Newman debuted as A.C. Newman the solo artist. The Slow Wonder, his first album, was well-received. His musical sensibilities as a solo musician have been compared to those of Ray Davies, Harry Nilsson, and Ben Folds.
Newman is married to Christy Simpson, formerly the marketing manager at Matador Records, The New Pornographers' label.[3]
Newman's second solo album, titled Get Guilty, was released on Matador Records on January 20, 2009.[4] "Prophets" was featured in the end of the fourth season finale of How I Met Your Mother.
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