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Nines song "Doesn't Matter what I do" rated # 3 TOP SINGLES in MOJO MAGAZINE Playlist Picks 2006-MOJO MAGAZINE
“ The contagious sunshiny harmonies of Toronto Band the Nines consistently evoke the giddy euphoria and retro 70’s haze of ELO, WINGS, and early Elton John.” (The Nines’ Calling Distance Stations is Inside Entertainment Editor’s Album Pick) – Inside Entertainment Magazine
“ A quintessential power-pop masterpiece…Steve Eggers is a genius… 10 out of 10 rating” The New York City Resident
“Few songwriters have the ability to delicately entwine melodies and chords that are immediately striking. Whether a ballad or a hard hitting rock up, Steve Eggers has been doing just that…” View Magazine
"Steve Eggers is a genius..." Amplifier Magazine
“The Nines’ Calling Distance Stations is simply stunning” All Access Magazine (Los Angeles)
“Twelve well-crafted songs that deserve the attention of every lover of melody-drenched textural pop-rock music…an essential record...” Power of Pop
- Various/Mojo/Inside Entertainment/Amplifier
Nines song "Doesn't Matter what I do" rated # 3 TOP SINGLES in MOJO MAGAZINE Playlist Picks 2006-MOJO MAGAZINE
“ The contagious sunshiny harmonies of Toronto Band the Nines consistently evoke the giddy euphoria and retro 70’s haze of ELO, WINGS, and early Elton John.” (The Nines’ Calling Distance Stations is Inside Entertainment Editor’s Album Pick) – Inside Entertainment Magazine
“ A quintessential power-pop masterpiece…Steve Eggers is a genius… 10 out of 10 rating” The New York City Resident
“Few songwriters have the ability to delicately entwine melodies and chords that are immediately striking. Whether a ballad or a hard hitting rock up, Steve Eggers has been doing just that…” View Magazine
"Steve Eggers is a genius..." Amplifier Magazine
“The Nines’ Calling Distance Stations is simply stunning” All Access Magazine (Los Angeles)
“Twelve well-crafted songs that deserve the attention of every lover of melody-drenched textural pop-rock music…an essential record...” Power of Pop
- Various/Mojo/Inside Entertainment/Amplifier
Discography
Wonderworld of Colourful: Page/EMI Canada
The Nines (4 song E.P): Universal Music Canada
Properties of Sound: Independent/T.A.S GOLD
Properties of Sound/Japan version: Airmail Recordings (Japan)
Calling Distance Stations: Independent/T.A.S GOLD
Winter Snow and Icicles: Independent/T.A.S GOLD
Gran Jukle's Field: Independent/T.A.S GOLD
Polarities: Independent/T.A.S GOLD
The Nines: Independent/T.A.S GOLD
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Bio
written by: Bud Scoppa (Rolling Stone Magazine, Hits Magazine, Paste)
While Steve Eggers has honed his craft for the last several years in earlier incarnations of The Nines, the Nines' Calling Distance Stations, Gran Jukle's Field and The Nines, the artist's recent album release, reveal the breadth and depth of his gift. Among those who have willingly participated in the Nines last few projects were XTC auteur Andy Partridge, who collaborated with Eggers on “Receiving Me,” and smart-pop cult hero Jason Falkner (Jellyfish, the Grays, Air, Paul McCartney).
BACK STORY: The first Nines LP, Wonderworld of Colourful, came out in Canada in 1998 on the Bare Naked Ladies’ Page label and was distributed through EMI. Later that year, Universal Music Canada released a piano-based four-song EP. This preliminary version of the band was sufficiently appealing to connect with the pop underground and top the Canadian college chart, but, as Eggers readily admits, the Nines were then still very much a work in progress. Still, this initial studio foray did offer a tantalizing glimpse of the young artist’s potential. The second Nines lineup cut Properties of Sound, released in North America in 2001 (Airmail Recordings picked up the album in Japan a year later). Additionally, several of Eggers’ songs wound up on network TV series, including Dawson's Creek, Party of Five and Joan of Arcadia (and most recently the theme song for Global Television's comedy sitcom "The Jane Show"). Since then, Eggers has totally committed himself to the making of "The Nines",writing, refining and recording the material, and finding cohorts who could help him achieve his vision, which is predicated upon bringing the grand legacy of the 1960s into the present. Picking up where the Beatles left off is a big challenge, but it can be done, as XTC, Jellyfish and Spoon have proved. The Nines belong in that rarefied company.
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