White Lung

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White Lung
Background information
Origin Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres Punk rock
Years active 2006 (2006)–present
Labels Deranged
Hockey Dad
Sabotage Records
Associated acts Nü Sensae
Eating Out
Website whitelung.ca
Members Mish Way
Kenneth William
Anne-Marie Vassiliou
Past members Natasha Reich
Grady Mackintosh

White Lung is a Canadian punk rock band formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2006, they have released two albums on Deranged Records. The band is in rotation on CBC Radio.[1] Exclaim! has named the band's first full length album It's the Evil as 2010's punk album of the year. The band was nominated for Punk/Hardcore Artist/Group of the Year at the 2011 Canadian Music Week Indie Awards.

History

2006–10: Formation and early work

White Lung is a Canadian punk rock band formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 2006.[2] They first attained recognition as one of the standout acts involved with the Vancouver Emergency Room scene.[citation needed]. Exclaim! named the band's first full length album It's the Evil as 2010's punk album of the year.[3]

2011–12: Sorry

The band was nominated for Punk/Hardcore Artist/Group of the Year at the 2011 Canadian Music Week Indie Awards.[4] Their second album, Sorry, was released 29 May 2012 to critical acclaim from Spin,[5] Pitchfork,[6] Magnet,[7] Exclaim![8] and Rolling Stone.[9]

Band members

Current

  • Mish Way – lead vocals (2006–present)
  • Kenneth William – guitar (2008–present)
  • Anne-Marie Vassiliou – drums (2006–present)[10]


Former

Discography

Singles

"Local Garbage" (HDR 18)

  • Released: September 2007[14]
  • Format: 7" Vinyl 45 RPM
  • Label: Hockey Dad Records
  • Tracks: "Local Garbage", "Breaking Boxes", "Amy White Out"[15][16]

"Magazines" (DY 131)

  • Released: 18 May 2008
  • Format: 7" Vinyl 45 RPM/DD
  • Label: Deranged
  • Tracks: "Magazines", "Therapy", "Backhouse"[17]

"Atlanta" (DY 163) from the album It's the Evil

  • Released: 21 May 2010
  • Format: 7" Vinyl 45 RPM/DD
  • Label: Deranged
  • Tracks: "Atlanta", "D.O.I.", "80,000 Times"[18]

S/T

  • Released: 6 September 2012
  • Format: 7" Vinyl 45 RPM/DD
  • Label: Sabotage Records
  • Tracks: "Two of You", "Hunting Holiday"

Songs About The South

  • Released: 6 September 2013
  • Format: 7" Vinyl 45 RPM/DD
  • Label: Deranged Records
  • Tracks: "Blow it South", "Down With You"

Various artists compilations

"Therapy" (GROSSMOD07 / NOMI002) from the album The Emergency Room Vol. 1

  • Released: 24 June 2008[19]
  • Format: LP/DD
  • Label: Grotesque, Modern/Nominal
  • Tracks: "Burning Light" Defektors, "Kick First One" Defektors "Rat Face" Petroleum By-Products, "Grossest Thing" Petroleum By-Products, "Sex Stain" Vapid, "Die" Vapid, "Therapy" White Lung, "Instinct" Mutators, "VvV" Mutators, "Trinity" Twin Crystals, "Safety" Twin Crystals, "Graceland" Nu Sensae, "Don't Panic" Nu Sensae, "Peter Tripp" Nu Sensae, "The Commuter" Sick Buildings [20]

Albums

Music videos

Year Song Director(s)
2010 "Loose Heels" Ryan Anderson
"Atlanta" Ryan Anderson
"Sleep Creep" Kenneth William
2012 "Take the Mirror" Kenneth William
"Bag" Liam Mitchell
"Glue" Pierce McGarry
"Deadbeat" Kenneth William

References

Citations

  1. ↑ "White Lung Artist Page". radio3.cbc.ca. CBC Radio 3. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
  2. ↑ "White Lung Band Profiles". www.punknews.org. Punknews.org. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
  3. ↑ Villeneuve, Nicole (December 2010 / January 2011). "Punk - Year in Review 2010". Exclaim! (Toronto: 1059434 Ontario Inc.). www.exclaim.ca. p. 30. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
  4. ↑ "2011 INDIES NOMINEES". www.indies.ca/nominees-winners. Canadian Association for the Advancement of Music & The Arts. Retrieved 25 March 2011. 
  5. ↑ Martins, Chris (October 2, 2013). "Hear White Lung 'Blow It South' on Darkly Clanging Single". Spin (magazine). Retrieved January 25, 2014. 
  6. ↑ Pelly, Jenn (July 30, 2012). "White Lung - Sorry - Album Reviews". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 25, 2014. 
  7. ↑ Reed, Bryan (December 31, 2012). "Best Of 2012: Punk/Hardcore". Magnet (magazine). Retrieved January 25, 2014. 
  8. ↑ Adams, Gregory (29 May 2012). "White Lung 'Sorry'". Exclaim! (Toronto: 1059434 Ontario Inc.). www.exclaim.ca. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved 20 October 2013. 
  9. ↑ Sheffield, Rob (December 20, 2012). "The 10 Best Albums of 2012". Rolling Stone. Retrieved January 25, 2014. 
  10. ↑ McCutcheon, Jody (14 September 2010). "Music Review White Lung - It's the Evil". Chart (Toronto: Chart Communications). chartattack.com. ISSN 1198-7235. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
  11. ↑ Hughes, Josiah (July 2010). "Interviews White Lung's Second Coming". Exclaim! (Toronto: 1059434 Ontario Inc.). exclaim.ca. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
  12. ↑ Ducker, Eric (December 04, 2013). "A Rational Conversation: Mish Way On 2013 In Music". NPR. Retrieved January 25, 2014. 
  13. ↑ Sacher, Andrew (December 6, 2013). "Ceremony, White Lung, Perfect Pussy & Sleepies played a wild show at NYU's E&L Auditorium". Brooklyn Vegan. Retrieved January 25, 2014. 
  14. ↑ "Discography". hockeydadrecords.com. Apple Inc. iTunes.ca Store. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
  15. ↑ "Local garbage (sound recording)", www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search/all (Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada), AMICUS No. 33565255, retrieved 6 March 2011. 
  16. ↑ Hughes, Josiah (November 2007). "White Lung > Local Garbage". Exclaim! (Toronto: 1059434 Ontario Inc.). www.exclaim.ca. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
  17. ↑ "White Lung - Magazines". www.discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
  18. ↑ "White Lung - Atlanta". www.discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
  19. ↑ "Emergency Room Vol. 1". itunes.apple.com/ca. Apple Inc. iTunes.ca Store. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 
  20. ↑ "EMERGENCY ROOM VOL 1". recordsnominal.com. Nominal Records. Retrieved 6 March 2011. 

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