Indian City


Indian City is a Canadian folk-rock musical group. They are most noted for their 2017 album Here & Now, which received a Juno Award nomination for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018.
Originally formed as a side project by Vince Fontaine of the band Eagle & Hawk, Indian City is a rotating collective of musicians sometimes described as "a sort of indigenous version of Broken Social Scene". Members and contributors have included Don Amero, William Prince, Pamela Davis, Neewa Mason, Marty Chapman, Atik Mason, Gerry Atwell, Jamie Carrasco, Jay Bodner, Jeremy Koz, Rena Semenko, Steve Broadhurst, Rich Reid and Shannon McKenney.

History

Indian City formed in 2012, and the band's debut album Supernation was released in August of that year, accompanied by a concert in Winnipeg. Supernation won Best Pop Album, and Amero won Male Entertainer of the Year for both his work with Indian City and his solo album Heart on My Sleeve, at that year's Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards. They followed up with a second album, Colors, in 2013.
In 2015 Indian City released a single, One Day, which reaches out to those having thoughts of suicide.
The group's album Here & Now was released in 2017. Its second single, "Through the Flood", addressed the topic of missing and murdered Indigenous women. In 2018 the band performed at a concert to raise awareness of the issue.

Here & Now

Here & Now, their third album, was released on February 15, 2017. Three of the songs from the album won the Indian Summer Music Awards in 2017: "Tree of Life" as Best Country; "Seasons" as Best Pop; and "Here & Now" as Best Rock. The album was nominated for the 2018 Indigenous Music Album of the Year for the Juno Awards. One of the songs on this album, "Through the Flood", features Don Amero and directly addresses the issues of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada.