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Guelph, Toronto ON, Canada (1999 – present)

Constantines are an indie rock band from Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

The band was formed by Steve Lambke, Bryan Webb, Doug MacGregor, and Dallas Wehrle in 1999, following in the wake of the emotional hardcore band Shoulder.

Their style has been described as “art-punk,” and they have been compared to a mixture of bands like The Clash, Fugazi, Bruce Springsteen, and Nick Cave. They relocated to London, Ontario and then to Toronto, where in 2001 they released their self-titled first album, which was extremely popular on campus radio and was nominated for a Juno Award for Best Alternative Album.

In 2002, the original members were joined by keyboardist Evan Gordon, after which they released The Modern Sinner Nervous Man EP in April 2002 on Suicide Squeeze. Gordon left soon afterwards, and was replaced by Will Kidman.

Despite signing an international deal with Sub Pop, the band ensured that their original home, Three Gut, would continue to release their albums in Canada. In 2003 they released the Nighttime Anytime EP, as well as their second full-length, Shine a Light.

In 2005, The Constantines embarked upon a cross-Canada tour with The Weakerthans, called The Rolling Tundra Revue, a feat which is set to be repeated by both acts in 2009.

2005 also saw the release of the band’s third full-length release, Tournament of Hearts, which was to be the final Constantines release handled by Three Gut, which folded shortly afterwards. In early 2006, Blue Fog Records released a vinyl only split-album with The Constantines performing four Neil Young covers, while The Unintended did four Gordon Lightfoot songs.

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1	Soon Enough	233
2	Young Lions	155
3	Trans Canada full track	147
4	Hard Feelings full track	111
5	Our Age full track	109
5	Shine a Light	109
7	I Will Not Sing A Hateful Song full track	91
8	On to You	90
9	Shower of Stones full track	79
10	Insectivora	78
11	Time Can Be Overcome full track	76
12	Million Star Hotel full track	75
13	Nighttime/Anytime (It's Alright)	69
13	National Hum	69
15	Goodbye Baby & Amen	67

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ByDivineRight wrote:
last week

im looking for a recording of their cover of lou reeds temporary thing anyone have it?

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vidalog32 wrote:
18 days ago

Muto Bom!

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owlies wrote:
25 days ago

the horns make this band so much more epic

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spetetic wrote:
October 2009

this band is a good band

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borntohula wrote:
September 2009

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lsteamer wrote:
September 2009

VOTE to change the name. bottom right.

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GarrettRieks wrote:
August 2009

Constantines @ Lollapalooza: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNI_UBzjV9c

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iamlizard wrote:
July 2009

haha sweeeet, i got the new album today:)

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iamlizard wrote:
July 2009

one word to operation chaos: insectivorous.

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SuperMilkshake wrote:
July 2009

These guys are pretty great. I'm glad I got that first album.

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GarrettRieks wrote:
July 2009

@Apollofury: They didn't split up, I'm seeing them at Lollapalooza in about a month!

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pokley wrote:
July 2009

hey hey pretty good stuff here

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Apollofury wrote:
July 2009

very good live, but shame they split up

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baeblemusic wrote:
June 2009

Check out the Constantines rock out in NYC's Music Hall of Williamsburg last year: http://www.baeblemusic.com/concertvideo/MusicHallofWilliamsburg/Constantines.html

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lisajahn90 wrote:
June 2009

Saw them in NYC last year amazing! They will play summer stage NYC for free (End June) but I won't be here!!! DAM!!

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longlonggone wrote:
June 2009

Saw them at The Captains Rest in Glasgow a little while back. The venue was so small it was like they were playing inside my brain. I'll never forget it. They are nice guys too. VOTE CONSTANTINES and drop the THE.

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moneen02 wrote:
June 2009

The Dallas show was fantastic.

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Kezman85 wrote:
June 2009

The indie rock world need to show Constantines more love. Hyped bands come and go, but The Cons have been consistently good across 4 albums.

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June 2009

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May 2009

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Constantines 10th Anniversary
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Constantines Live On KEXP
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