Magneta Lane
Magneta Lane is a Canadian indie rock music group formed in 2003 in Toronto.[1]
Magneta Lane | |
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Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | indie rock |
Years active | 2003 | –present
Labels | Paper Bag Records Last Gang Records Splendor House Records eOne Music Canada |
Website | magnetalane |
Members | Lexi Valentine (guitar/vox) French (bass) Nadia King (drums) |
Biography
The all-female line-up consists of two sisters, Lexi Valentine (vocals and guitar) and Nadia King (drums), and their friend French (bass).[2] The group formed after Valentine and King, then teenagers, attended a concert in Toronto and met the band backstage, deciding that watching a concert was not satisfying enough. The trio came together in the fall of 2003 and spent the next year playing shows in and around their native Toronto and teaching themselves how to play their instruments.
The band released its debut EP, The Constant Lover (EP), in 2004 on Paper Bag Records.[2] The full-length album Dancing with Daggers followed in 2006, and then the band moved to Last Gang Records for 2009's Gambling with God.[2] Following Gambling with God, however, the band ran into label and management changes, and took some time off before reemerging in 2013 with the EP Witchrock.[3] That album was released on the band's own new Splendor House label, with distribution by eOne Music.[2] The band also appeared in k-os' video for "The Dog Is Mine".
Discography
EPs
- The Constant Lover (EP) (2004, Paper Bag Records)
- Witchrock (2013, eOne Music)
Albums
- Dancing with Daggers (2006, Paper Bag Records)
- Gambling with God (2009, Last Gang Records)
Singles
- "The Constant Lover"
- "Ugly Socialite"
- "Cheap Linguistics"
- "Broken Plates"
- "Wild Gardens"
- "Lady Bones"
- "Burn"
Music videos
Song | Released | Director | Album | Label | Notes |
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"The Constant Lover" | 2004 | Chris Grismer | The Constant Lover | Paper Bag Records | |
"Ugly Socialite" | 2005 | Chris Grismer | The Constant Lover | Paper Bag Records | |
"Wild Gardens" | 2006 | Sean Wainsteim | Dancing with Daggers | Paper Bag Records | |
"Broken Plates" | 2006 | Sean Michael Turrell | Dancing with Daggers | Paper Bag Records | features JFK from Death from Above 1979/ MSTRKRFT |
"Lady Bones" | 2009 | Michael Maxxis | Gambling With God | Last Gang Records | |
"Shatter" | 2011 | French & Kevin Barton | Gambling With God (U.S release) | Last Gang Records | Features Scott Kaija of controller.controller and Steve Hamelin of Born Ruffians. |
"Burn" | 2013 | Aaron A | Witchrock | eOne Music Canada |
References
- Sullivan, Andrew (April 6, 2006). "Magneta Lane rocks hard". Western Gazette. Archived from the original on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- "Magneta Lane returns with Witchrock". MSN Entertainment, February 13, 2013.
- "Magneta Lane Return with 'Witchrock' EP". Exclaim!, January 9, 2013.