The Meligrove Band

The Meligrove Band are a Canadian indie rock band, based in Toronto, and consisting of Jason Nunes on vocals, guitar and piano, Darcy Rego on vocals and drums, and Michael Small on bass guitar.

History

The band was formed in 1997 by Nunes, Small and Rego, when the three attended Father Michael Goetz Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario. The band pressed a demo cassette in May 1998, and its first album, Stars & Guitars, was released by Ductape Records in April 2000. Original drummer Rick Gomes departed in June 2001, and the band stayed a trio (with singer-guitarist Rego permanently moving to drums) until the release of their second album, Let it Grow on Endearing Records in October 2002.

Andrew Scott joined in October 2002, months before his former band, Femme Fatale, ceased touring. Scott's bandmates in Femme Fatale included Sebastien Grainger and Jesse F. Keeler, who later rose to prominence together as Death from Above 1979. Although the Meligrove Band's sound has been compared to Sloan by some Canadian critics, Scott is not the same person as Sloan's Andrew Scott. His last show as a member of the band was in September 2007 in London, but he has occasionally appeared with them as a guest since.

In 2003, Nunes, Small and Rego appeared in Joel Plaskett Emergency's Come On Teacher music video, playing Plaskett's high school posse. In 2004, the band appeared as themselves on an episode of the teen comedy Radio Free Roscoe.

In 2005, The Meligrove Band became the first Canadian group signed to V2 Records, who released Planets Conspire in the United Kingdom, Canada, Taiwan, Scandinavia and Finland in 2006. Planets Conspire was featured as Rough Trade Shops' Album of the Month for April 2006, and in Canada it reached #2 on the national campus radio chart.^[1]

Discography

Albums

• 2000: Stars & Guitars (Ductape Records)
• 2002: Let it Grow (Endearing Records)
• 2006: Planets Conspire (V2 Records)

7" Singles

• 2006: Everyone's a Winner (V2 Records; United Kingdom only)

Cassettes

• 1998: The Meligrove Band EP (independent)

Compilation appearances

• 1999: Music to Fall Asleep By (Ductape Records)
• 2001: Songs in Motion (Hasil Records)
• 2003: Underpin Collective #1 (Underpin Collective)
• 2003: Recordings from CKLN's Wired for Sound, 2001-2002 (My Mean Magpie)
• 2003: Food for Thought vol. 1 (The Food and Shelter Project)
• 2004: Function Magazine (Ryerson University School of Image Arts)
• 2005: Queen Aritzia (M1 Group)
• 2006: Doormat Records Remembers the Low-Five (Doormat Records)
• 2006: Brit Rock Best (a collection of V2 Records artists, released in Korea only)
• 2007: Friends in Bellwoods (Out of This Spark)
• 2007: Everything's Gone Green original soundtrack (Lakeshore Records)
• 2008: Songs for the Gang: Thrush Hermit Tribute (Gooseberry Records)

References

1. ^ Clap Your Hands Say #1!. Retrieved November 1, 2008.

External links

• Official website
• The Meligrove Band on MySpace
• The Meligrove Band on Facebook
• The Meligrove Band on CBC NewMusicCanada
• The Meligrove Band on V2 Music

Media

• The Meligrove Band In Session at CBC Radio 3
• Everyone's a Winner music video (2006)
• Our Love Will Make the World Go Round music video (2008)
• Before We Arrive music video (2003)

Interviews and Press

• Exclaim! interview (January 2006)
• Calgary Sun interview (29 April 2006)
• SPIN.com Artist of the Day feature (8 January 2007)
• Decoy Music interview (4 April 2007)
• Pitchfork review of Let it Grow (17 December 2002)

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