Bodega (Canadian band)

Bodega
Genres Alternative rock, psychedelic pop
Labels Vibra Cobra, London Records, Brobdingnagian Records
Past members

Bodega were a Canadian alternative rock band in the late 1990s and early 2000s. They are best known for their debut album Bring Yourself Up, which was a Juno Award nominee for Best Alternative Album at the Juno Awards of 1999.[1]

Originally formed in Montreal in 1996 by Andrew Rodriguez and Sam Goldberg,[2] the duo recruited drummer Kim Temple and moved to Toronto to record Bring Yourself Up, which was released in 1997 on independent label Vibra Cobra Records.[2] The band then signed to London Records, which remixed and rereleased Bring Yourself Up internationally in 1998.[2] Following that label's acquisition by Universal Music Group later the same year, however, the band were left largely unpromoted in the upheaval; they were offered the opportunity to move to Sire Records, but declined.[3]

The band released its second and final album, Without a Plan, in 2001 on the independent Brobdingnagian Records.[4] The album was produced by Dave Fridmann.[4] Goldberg and Temple then left the band, and Rodriguez carried on with a rotating lineup of musicians, including Leslie Feist as a guitarist in some live performances.[5]

Rodriguez subsequently opted to retire the band name, releasing Here Comes the Light in 2007 as a solo album rather than a third Bodega album.[6]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "The nominees are..." The Province, March 7, 1999.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Bodega is bouncing back". Kingston Whig-Standard, October 10, 1998.
  3. ↑ "Bigger, brighter, more upbeat ; Bodegas unleash new CD tonight at the Rivoli". Toronto Star, September 6, 2001.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Matt Galloway, "Bodega Revving Up". Now, September 6, 2001.
  5. ↑ "Feist Inside and Out". Toronto Star, April 21, 2007.
  6. ↑ "High expectation an elusive target; Andrew Rodriguez has high hopes for third CD, but there is more to come". Toronto Star, March 1, 2007.