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Dragonette

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Musicians

The Resume

    (2005- )
    Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    Based in Toronto, Ontario
    Electropop and Synthpop
    Martina Sorbara (lead vocals, guitar)
    Dan Kurtz (bass)
    Joel Stouffer (drums)
    CDs include ‘Galore (2007)’ ‘Fixin to Thrill (2009)’ and ‘Bodyparts (2012)’
    Singles include ‘Take It Like a Man,’ ‘Pick Up the Phone,’ ‘Hello,’ ‘Fire in Your New Shoes’ and ‘Let It Go’
    2008 Juno nominee (Best New Group)

Why they might be annoying:

    The group’s name is a reference to what Sorbara named her iPod (‘a dragon in stilettos’).
    ‘We met at a Canadian music festival we were both playing at… and then we screwed…’ ‘…and then I left my girlfriend…’ And then they married.
    Sorbara’s father, a provincial finance minister, dismissed them as ‘market-driven’ and ‘part of the raciness of current popular culture’ (kind of like her); in turn, she described some of the band’s songs as ‘backbenchers.’
    ‘It’s not the kind of band to launch in Canada,’ said Kurtz, on hightailing it to London. ‘You couldn’t bounce high enough on the trampoline to see over the trees.’

Why they might not be annoying:

    Socially conservative nutjobs and depressed teens – the latter of whom probably know little about genuine depression – need not bother with them.
    In their earliest touring days – lending credence to their claims of heavy New Wave influences – they opened for New Order and Duran Duran.
    They listed Phoebe Snow as their inspiration for ‘Bodyparts.’
    Sorbara (referring to the bleacher seats) on how they got their recording contract: ‘Who do I have to fuck, to get all of you up there down here and dancing?’

Credit: Cool It All Right?


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 61 Votes: 45.90% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying