Royal Canoe | |
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 Royal Canoe performing at Atlas Weekend 2017 | |
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| Origin | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Genres | Indie pop |
| Years active | 2010–present |
Royal Canoe [1] is a Canadian indie pop band from Winnipeg and Steinbach, Manitoba.
Royal Canoe | |
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| Royal Canoe performing at Atlas Weekend 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Genres | Indie pop |
| Years active | 2010–present |
Royal Canoe [1] is a Canadian indie pop band from Winnipeg and Steinbach, Manitoba.
The band formed in 2010 from members of Manitoba bands The Waking Eyes, The Liptonians and TELE. [2] [3] They have toured with Alt-J and Bombay Bicycle Club. [4] In 2014, Royal Canoe was nominated for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards. They also opened for Bombay Bicycle Club on their So Long, See You Tomorrow tour. [5]
On 2 February 2013, Royal Canoe performed Beck's Song Reader project in full at the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's New Music Festival. [6] [7] (Beck released Song Reader on sheet music without a recorded version.)
On 1 July 2025, bassist Brendan Berg was killed in a car crash along with his partner, Olivia Michalczuk. He was 42. [8]
In 2016, keyboardist Matthew Schellenberg composed, performed and produced songs for the soundtrack to the film Lovesick . [9] At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, he received a nomination for Best Original Song for "Draw Blood". [10] [11]
Matt Peters along with Tom Keenan formed the Winnipeg Chamber-pop ensemble Heavy Bell. In January 2018, they released the album By Grand Central Station, a tribute to Canadian author Elizabeth Smart's 1945 novel By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. [12]
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