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Montreal, Canada (1998 – present)

Karkwa is a Canadian indie rock group from Montreal, Canada.

Formed in 1998, the group consists of vocalist and guitarist Louis-Jean Cormier, keyboardist François Lafontaine, bass guitarist Martin Lamontagne, percussionist Julien Sagot and drummer Stéphane Bergeron.

After reaching the final stages of the Francouvertes contest in 2001, the band released its debut album, Le pensionnat des établis, in 2003. The album’s single “Poisson cru” reached the top of Quebec’s campus radio charts, and was named the best album of the year by two critics for Montreal’s alternative weekly Voir.

The band’s second album, Les tremblements s’immobilisent, won three Félix Awards in 2006. In 2007, they were featured, along with The Stills, The Besnard Lakes and Mahjor Bidet, on the bill of Quebec Scene, a concert in Ottawa sponsored by CBC Radio 3.

Their album, Le volume du vent, came out in 2008 and reached more mainstream success across Québec.

In 2010, Karkwa released their latest album Les chemins de verre, which won them the 2010 Polaris Music Prize annually held in Canada.

Karkwa is opening for Arcade Fire for the second time on September 22 2011 for a free concert in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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  • wi-lll

    Live album out this summer.

    last month
  • slonoedov

    карква какая-то

    February 2012
  • nordic_girl

    the shit!

    January 2012
  • Ashlou

    Yeah, some of them I understand... but come on, Radio Radio? Misteur Valaire? There isn't one artist that's considered "super similar" that comes from outside the province...

    November 2011
  • berj91

    v True words

    October 2011
  • schrikk

    Daniel bélanger similar to karkwa ? Yes. Someone who loves one of the two will probably love the other.

    October 2011
  • Mylana

    Agree with Ashlou. Because seriously… Karkwa is similar to Daniel Bélanger? Not so sure…

    September 2011
  • Ashlou

    Wish under "similar artists" they wouldn't just say that everything from Québec is super similar...

    September 2011
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KARKWA FINALISTE DE LA SHORT LIST DU POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE

7 Jul 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/karkwa

Le Polaris Music Prize a présenté aujourd'hui les 10 albums finalistes en vue du Gala qui sera présenté à Toronto le 20 septembre 2010. Plusde 200 membres des médias canadiens ont …

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