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Maybe Smith
Maybe Smith is the stage name of Colin Skrapek, a Canadian indie pop singer and songwriter from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He released five full-length albums and two EPs in the 2000s, primarily on the independent label Sir, Handsome Records. His style blended glitchy "bedroom" electronic production with folk-rock and country-rock songwriting. In 2007, he embarked on a cross-Canada tour with Carbon Dating Service. His 2007 album Animals & Architects was a Western Canadian Music Award nominee for Outstanding Rock Album in 2008. Although he has not released any new music since 2009's Another Murder in the Morning, he continued to be active in Saskatoon's local music scene, including a live performance opening for Grant Lawrence on his book tour to promote The Lonely End of the Rink: Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie, and appearing as a guest musician on The Wastes, a 2015 album by singer-songwriter Dean Summach under the band name Economics.
Article summary
Maybe Smith is the stage name of Colin Skrapek, a Canadian indie pop singer and songwriter from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He released five full-length albums and two EPs in the 2000s, primarily on the independent label Sir, Handsome Records. His style blended glitchy "bedroom" electronic production with folk-rock and country-rock songwriting. In 2007, he embarked on a cross-Canada tour with Carbon Dating Service. His 2007 album Animals & Architects was a Western Canadian Music Award nominee for Outstanding Rock Album in 2008. Although he has not released any new music since 2009's Another Murder in the Morning, he continued to be active in Saskatoon's local music scene, including a live performance opening for Grant Lawrence on his book tour to promote The Lonely End of the Rink: Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie, and appearing as a guest musician on The Wastes, a 2015 album by singer-songwriter Dean Summach under the band name Economics.
Key claims
- release date: 2009 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the release date is "2009". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1375166903
Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.