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The New Year is an indie rock band, formed in 1999, a year after the demise of the band Bedhead by former Bedhead members Bubba and Matt Kadane.

Like Bedhead in its later years, The New Year has no real base of operations, but consists of members who live in many locations all over America convene every few years to record and tour. The band consists of brothers Matt and Bubba Kadane (located respectively in Ithaca, New York and Dallas and formerly of Bedhead) … , Mike Donofrio (located in New York), Josh McKay (of the Athens, Georgia band Macha), Peter Schmidt (located in Dallas, formerly of the bands Three on a Hill, Funland and the Legendary Crystal Chandelier) and Chris Brokaw (in Boston, formerly of the bands Codeine and Come).

The New Year was originally intended to be a two-person project made up of only the Kadane brothers. Donofrio, McKay, Schmidt, and Brokaw, all longtime friends of the Kadanes, were slowly recruited for live performances and the lineup solidified.

In 2000, The New Year recorded their first album, Newness Ends, in Chicago, with Steve Albini (who had previously recorded the final Bedhead album “Transaction De Novo”); it was released in February 2001 on Touch & Go Records. Because the lineup wasn’t complete at the time of its recording, not everyone credited on the album (namely Schmidt) actually played on it. The album garnered much critical praise and comparison to the Kadanes’ previous work.
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  • guile666

    Posted in March "THE NEW YEAR will begin work on a new lp later this month in chicago, again with mr. albini at the controls" - Chris Brokaw

    18 days ago

  • Brainofjp

    great band i need their new song

    December 2011

  • youareintheair

    Let me know if anyone has a rip of there self titled, been looking everywhere for it! Thanks! [2]

    November 2011

  • Komcajan

    I want a new The New Year record (3)

    August 2011

  • benjaoming

    The New Year is absolutely fantastic, one of the most powerful bands I've ever heard. I so much hope they go to Europe again.. but they've been silent since 2009, and I can't find any news out there. For people who like them, I can warmly recommend everything by Bottomless Pit.

    April 2011

  • Kuggles

    Let me know if anyone has a rip of there self titled, been looking everywhere for it! Thanks!

    January 2011

  • Komcajan

    Every song from Bedhead and The New Year is worth of living. (Well, especially Bedside Table, Withdraw, Psychosomatica, Gasoline, Stranger to Kindness and MMV :D)

    November 2010

  • shootmeadeer

    I want a new The New Year record

    September 2010
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