Pony Up is an all-woman Canadian
indie pop
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band based in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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. They are known for their guitar-and-keyboard based upbeat music and their personal and sometimes sexually suggestive lyrics.
History
Pony Up! was formed on
New Year's Eve
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2002. The members were bassist Lisa Smith, drummer Lindsay Wills, keyboardist Laura Wills, guitarist Sarah Moundroukas, and vocalist Camilla Wynne Ingr. The group released their debut, self-titled
EP, ''Pony Up!'' (which included their song "
Matthew Modine
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") in 2005, via Steve Aoki's label,
Dim Mak
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The concept known as ''dim mak'' (), alternatively () traces its history ...
.
In April 2006, Pony Up released their first full-length album, ''
Make Love to the Judges with Your Eyes''. To promote their debut, the band toured Australia in the summer of 2006, where their single "The Truth About Cats and Dogs (Is That They Die)" would later be voted No. 47 on
Triple J
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's
Hottest 100
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.
In September 2008 Pony Up supported
The Mountain Goats
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on tour. Lisa Smith and Laura Wills joined the touring lineup of
The Dears
The Dears are a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec. The band is led by the husband-and-wife duo of singer-guitarist Murray Lightburn and keyboardist Natalia Yanchak.
History
The band formed in 1995 and released their first album, ' ...
.
The band's third album, ''Stay Gold'', was released in the spring of 2009.
"Back in the Groove"
''Montreal Gazette'', 2009-06-25.
Discography
* ''Pony Up!'' (2005, EP)
* '' Make Love to the Judges with Your Eyes'' (2006)
* '' Stay Gold'' (2009)
Band members
Current members
* Lisa J. Smith – bass guitar
* Lindsay Wills – drums
* Laura Wills – keyboards and vocals
* Sarah Moundroukas – guitar and vocals
Former members
* Camilla Wynne Ingr - also in the band Sunset Rubdown
Sunset Rubdown is a Canadian art rock music group from Montreal. The band began as a solo project for Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, who released his debut, '' Snake's Got a Leg'', in early 2005. By the next year the project expanded to become a f ...
Music videos
References
External links
Not Just Another Girl Band: The Pony Up Interview
by Michael Mercadante 2006
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Musical groups established in 2002
Musical groups from Montreal
Canadian indie pop groups
Canadian all-female bands
English-language musical groups from Quebec
2002 establishments in Quebec