The Hidden Cameras
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Background information | |
Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Genres | Indie pop, indie rock, alternative rock, baroque pop, queercore |
Years active | 2001 | –present
Labels | Arts & Crafts, Outside Music, Rough Trade |
Members | Joel Gibb Laura Barrett Maggie MacDonald Michael Peter Olsen Lief Mosbaugh Shaun Brodie Paul Mathew Rudolf Hebenstreit Jamie McCarthy John Power Mez |
Website | thehiddencameras |
The Hidden Cameras are a Canadian
History
2001–2002: Ecce Homo
The band's first album, Ecce Homo, was released independently in 2001 on EvilEvil. It was after this first release that Gibb assembled a band and they began to perform in venues varying from art galleries to churches to porn theatres to parks. Since these early days the Hidden Cameras have played host to a number of notable musicians, including
2003: The Smell of Our Own
Their 2003 album The Smell of Our Own was released through Rough Trade in the UK and on the independent label EvilEvil in Canada.[3]
2004–2005: Mississauga Goddam and The Arms of His 'Ill'
In 2004, they released
Three of the songs from Mississauga Goddam ("We Oh We", "I Believe in the Good of Life" (a rerecorded version of the same song from the first album), and "Builds the Bone") are featured in the Canadian movie Whole New Thing. "We Oh We" is featured on the soundtrack of the German film Sommersturm (Summer Storm).
2006: Awoo
2009: Origin:Orphan
Origin:Orphan, their fifth album, was mastered in May 2009.[4] The music video for "In the NA", a song from this album, was screened at the 19th Annual Inside Out Film and Video Festival.[5] The album was released on 22 September 2009.[6]
Five songs from Origin:Orphan were redone by electronic pop band from Barcelona Hidrogenesse and released under the name of Hidrogenesse versus the Hidden Cameras in May 2010.[7] Also a video for "He Falls to Me" was done by Darío Peña.[8]
In 2011, they recorded a cover of
2013: Arts & Crafts compilations and Age
In 2013, the band appeared on two compilation albums from the label
The album Age was released in January 2014.[9] The lead single "Gay Goth Scene" was released in July 2013.[9] The video for the single was directed by Kai Stänicke, who received the Short Film Award for Human Rights at San Marino International Film Festival awards, Tadgell’s Bluebell Honor Award, Best Short Film About/For Youth at the 16th Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults in Sydney, Australia, and best German short at the International Queer Film Festival Hamburg, Germany.
2016: Home on Native Land
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Discography
The band's material has been released on a variety of labels, including Rough Trade in the United Kingdom, Arts & Crafts in the U.S., and Outside Music[10] in Canada.
Albums
- Ecce Homo(2001)
- The Smell of Our Own (2003)
- Mississauga Goddam (2004)
- Awoo (2006)
- Origin:Orphan (2009)
- Age (2014)
- Home on Native Land(2016)
EPs
- The Hidden Cameras Play the CBC Sessions (2003)
- The Arms of His 'Ill'(2004)
Singles
- "Ban Marriage" (2003)
- "A Miracle" (2003) #70 UK
- "I Believe in the Good of Life" (2004)
- "Learning the Lie" (double single release)(2005)
- "Death of a Tune" (2006)
- "Awoo" (2006)
- "In the NA" (2009)
- "Underage" (2010)
- "Do I Belong?" (2011)
- "Mind, Matter and Waste" (2013)
- "Gay Goth Scene" (2013)
- "Carpe Jugular" (2014)
- "Doom" (2014)
- "The Day I Left Home" (2016)
Soundtracks
- Rebels Rule, directed by Will Munro, 2002
- Sommersturm, directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner, 2004
- Shortbus, directed by John Cameron Mitchell, 2006
- Whole New Thing, directed by Amnon Buchbinder and co-written by Daniel MacIvor, 2006
- Small Town Gay Bar, directed by Malcolm Ingram, 2006
- G.B. Jones, 2008
References
- The Advocate(888): 65.
- ^ "A Completely Biased Ranking of the 60 Best Canadian Indie Rock Songs of the 00s Part II". Vice, Cam Lindsay Apr 10 2017
- ^ "Music makes troubled town more livable". Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. Rayner, Ben. Mar 9, 2003. Page: D.11
- ^ "The HIDDEN CAMERAS - Music Is My Boyfriend". 15 August 2004. Archived from the original on 15 August 2004.
- ^ "Inside Out - LGBT Film Festival". Insideout.ca. Retrieved 20 December 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Arts & Crafts". Arts-crafts.ca. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ "HIDROGENESSE VS. THE HIDDEN CAMERAS". Austrohungaro.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ ""He falls to me" Hidrogenesse versus The Hidden Cameras". Vimeo.com. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ a b c "The Hidden Cameras Release 7-Inch in Advance of 'Age' LP". Exclaim!, July 4, 2013.
- ^ "New album "Age" out in January – Page 1223 – The Hidden Cameras". Thehiddencameras.com. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2016.