Ox was a

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band active in the 2000s and 2010s, based initially in

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,Mike Landry
"Ox American Lo Fi"
'' The Coast'', December 6, 2007. and later

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.Wendy Bird
"Musician now strumming from Sudbury base"
'' Northern Life'', October 4, 2007. The core of the band consisted of Mark Browning on lead vocals and

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, Ryan Bishops on guitar and piano, Shawn Dicey on

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and Max Myth on

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, Nathan Lawr, Kevin Kane and the members of Be Good Tanyas were among the band's frequent guest collaborators.

History

Ox was formed in Vancouver in 2003 after Browning and Bishops moved there from Sudbury. The band released its debut album, ''Dust Bowl Revival'', in 2003. The album was popular on Canadian

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where it reached No. 1 across Canada (#56 in the USA CMJ Chart), and the band toured across Canada, the

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and

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to support the album. In 2005 the band released a joint album with American band Kid Lightning. They released their second album, ''American Lo-Fi'', in October 2006. The album reached No. 6 across Canada in ''

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''. The band subsequently moved its home base back to Browning's hometown of Sudbury. Their third album, ''Burnout'', was released in November 2009, and reached No. 5 in ''!earshot''. Videos were filmed for the tracks "Unknown Legend" and "Prom Queen" by Sudbury filmmaker John Alden Milne. In the same year Browning launched Cosmic Dave's Sound Emporium, which blended a recording studio, an independent record store, a guitar shop and a live performance venue, in the Donovan neighbourhood of Sudbury. In 2010 they released ''Silent Night & Other Cowboy Songs'', an album of country renditions of

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songs, and Browning and Bishops appeared as guest musicians on ''Examining the Fallout'', the debut album by Sudbury singer-songwriter Brian Dunn. In 2011 they released the album ''tUco''. This album was intended as the soundtrack for a film project by Milne which never materialized. Milne again directed a music video for the album track "Nico". The album appeared on the !earshot Campus and Community National Top 50 Albums chart in January 2012, along with ''Silent Night & Other Cowboy Songs''. The album was a nominee for Album of the Year, Duo or Group at the 2012 Northern Ontario Music and Film Awards, but lost to Kalle Mattson's ''Anchors''. Browning subsequently also opened the Beards coffee shop and bakery and the Tuco's Tacos Lounge taco restaurant in Sudbury, with his wife Jessica Nadel.Heidi Ulrichsen
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'' Sudbury.com'', December 11, 2016. In 2023 Browning released the first Ox album in twelve years, ''KTEL''. Some of the material had been partially recorded before the birth of his first child, Woodrow Browning in 2012 and sat unfinished. The record took two years to complete with Browning playing almost all the instruments himself and was recorded at Cosmic Daves Sound in Sudbury.

Discography

* '' Dust Bowl Revival'' (2003) * ''IPX No. 6'' (2004,

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with Kid Lightning) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2009) * ''Silent Night & Other Cowboy Songs'' (2010) * ''tUCo'' (2011) * ''KTEL'' (2023)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ox Musical groups established in 2003 Musical groups from Vancouver Canadian alternative country groups Musical groups from Greater Sudbury 2003 establishments in British Columbia