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The Manvils

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Genres
  
Indie rock

Website
  
themanvils.com

Origin
  
Vancouver, Canada (2005)

Years active
  
2005–present

Genre
  
Indie rock

Members
  
Mikey Manville, Greg Buhr

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Past members
  
Greg Buhr Andy Mac Mark Parry

Albums
  
Strange Disaster, Buried Love, The Manvils

Record labels
  
Fontana North, Sandbag Records

Similar
  
Mark Parry, Ryan Dahle, Limblifter, The Age of Electric, Hot Hot Heat

Profiles

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The Manvils are a Canadian rock band from Vancouver. The band consists of the singer, songwriter and guitarist Mikey Manville, bass guitarist Jason Skiendziel and drummer Jay Koenderman.

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The Manvils have appeared on stage with Stereophonics, Suicide Girls, The Bellrays, The Horror Pops. Metric, De La Soul, Jarvis Cocker, Bif Naked, Sonic Youth, Ben Harper and The Relentless7, Daniel Wesley and Dragonette.

The band signed a recording contract with the Vancouver indie label Sandbag Records in early 2008.

In 2008, The Manvils began writing and recording an album with the producer, Ryan Dahle (Limblifter/Age of Electric). Recorded at The Factory and The RecRoom (Greenhouse Studios), the new album was finished in early 2009. The Manvils was released in Canada on August 11, 2009, through Fontana North Distribution.

The Manvils relocated to Toronto, Ontario in the fall of 2011 and Jason Skiendziel was brought on board to replace Greg Buhr on bass guitar.

Budweiser the manvils super bowl xlii commercial 2007


Media

  • The band appeared on the front page of the popular Canadian arts magazine ION in the April 2006 edition.
  • Their music has been used in films and television including the award winning CBC Television documentary series Moscow Freestyle and a 2007 Budweiser beer commercial.
  • The soundtrack to the 2008 horror movie Never Cry Werewolf includes eight tracks from Buried Love and two tracks from Manville's 2007 solo album Broken Arms.
  • Current band members

  • Mikey Manville (vocals/guitars)
  • Jason Skiendziel (bass guitar/vocals)
  • Jay Koenderman (drums/vocals)
  • Songs

    Can You Feel MeBuried Love · 2007
    Between the LashesBuried Love · 2007
    Pretty BleedBuried Love · 2007

    References

    The Manvils Wikipedia