Idlers (Canadian band)

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Origin St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Genres Reggae
Years active2006 (2006)-2014
MembersMark Wilson, Erin Best, Aneirin Thomas, Craig Millett, Paul Schiralli-Earle, Chris Power, Luke Power, Chris Harnett, Susan Evoy, John Duff, Curtis Andrews
Past membersTommy Duggan, B.A. Wheeler
Website idlers.ca

Idlers is a Canadian reggae band from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, consisting of eleven members. [1] [2]

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History

Idlers was founded in 2006 by Paul Schiralli-Earle, Tommy Duggan, and Mark Wilson, and released an EP that year. [3] By the time that the band's first full album, Corner, was released in 2008, there were ten members. [4] [5] The band toured in Canada as far as the prairie provinces. [6]

In March 2009, Idlers traveled to Dreamland Studio in West Hurley, New York, to record their second album, Keep Out. Darryl Jenifer, Bad Brains bassist and Bedouin Soundclash producer, produced the album. The engineer was Phil Burnett. [1] [6] That year they also performed at the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival, and later and toured in western Canada, including British Columbia. [7] Keep Out won an East Coast Music Award for best world music album. [8]

In 2011 the band opened for NOFX's concert in St. John's. [9]

The band has been inactive since 2014.

Members

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 Kevin Johns (2009-11-24). ""The Rest of Canada Needs to Catch Up": The Idlers Interview". Culture Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
  2. ↑ "St. John's band is part of movement and music for change". Winnipeg Free Press, By: Rob Williams 08/20/2009
  3. ↑ "Idlers Take Reggae From The Rock". Chart Attack - Aug 8, 2008
  4. ↑ "Idlers Corner". Exclaim, By Brent Hagerman Apr 26, 2008
  5. ↑ "Student launches alternative arts magazine". College of the North Atlantic website news, 6/2/2008
  6. 1 2 Jen Zoratti (2009-05-20). "A coast-to-coast dance party". Uptown Magazine. Retrieved 2010-06-04.[ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Newfoundland rocks". The Globe and Mail, Cliff Lee, St. John's, Nfld. August 14, 2009
  8. ↑ "HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY PROCEEDINGS". April 21, 2011, Vol. XLVI No. 20. Newfoundland and Labrador website.
  9. ↑ "LUCKY ST. JOHN’S GETS THE DECLINE BY NOFX!". Live and Loud Magazine, Sandra Elford | June 17, 2011
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