Pop Noir

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American indie dancerock duo

title: "Pop Noir" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["indie-rock-musical-groups-from-california", "musical-groups-established-in-2004", "orange-county-school-of-the-arts-alumni", "post-punk-revival-music-groups", "twin-musical-duos", "american-twins", "american-male-musical-duos", "british-twins", "british-emigrants-to-the-united-states"] description: "American indie dancerock duo" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Noir" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American indie dancerock duo ::

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namePop Noir
imagePop Noir Blue.jpg
captionPop Noir: Joe and Luke McGarry
originLos Angeles, California, U.S.
genreDance-rock, indie pop
years_active2004–present
labelFantastic Heat
website
current_members{{plainlist
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| name = Pop Noir | image = Pop Noir Blue.jpg | caption = Pop Noir: Joe and Luke McGarry | origin = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | genre = Dance-rock, indie pop | years_active = 2004–present | label = Fantastic Heat | website = | current_members = {{plainlist|

  • Joe McGarry
  • Luke McGarry

Pop Noir is a Los Angeles-based indie dance-rock duo formed by British-born twin brothers Joe and Luke McGarry in 2004, while they were 16-year-old students at the Orange County High School of the Arts. The band began to build a following in the indie clubs of Southern California, and did a brief tour of Europe in late 2006, showcasing at In the City in Manchester, and playing dates in London and Paris.

The band has supported Doves, Sebastien Tellier, The Wombats, The Pinker Tones, A Certain Ratio, Iglu & Hartly, Fitz and the Tantrums and Robyn, and as of late 2015, played more than 300 shows.

Pop Noir has been featured on a number of compilation CDs, including Mr. Shovel's Check One... Two, Volume III, SweetFA3 (a charity album in aid of Joe Strummer's Strummerville), and the original SweetFA compilation, which was given free as a covermount on UK music magazine Artrocker.

The track "Girls of Prey" was released exclusively on RCRDLBL in the summer of 2008, where it debuted in the Top 10, alongside Santigold, Moby and Tokyo Police Club. "Girls of Prey" was featured in the "Extreme" level of the hugely popular iPhone and iPod Touch application Tap Tap Revenge 2, which consistently topped the download charts.

The McGarrys are the sons of cartoonist and illustrator Steve McGarry, who previously designed record sleeves for Joy Division, Slaughter & the Dogs, Jilted John and John Cooper Clarke. The brothers are award-winning designers and illustrators in their own right. In 2007, they became the youngest-ever recipients of prestigious Silver T-Square Awards from the National Cartoonists Society. Previous recipients include Milton Caniff, James Thurber, Mort Walker, Bil Keane, and two U.S. Presidents, Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Operating under the name of Fantastic Heat Brothers and primarily designing around the cartoon art of Luke, they have created the ongoing design aesthetic of Tenacious D's Festival Supreme and the annual FYF Fest in Los Angeles and amassed a client list that includes Matador Records, Universal Republic, Myspace and Vans. The brothers have created animated videos for the bands Guster and The Zambonis among others, and in late 2015, IFC began airing a series of Festival Supreme shorts created by the pair. Luke has been featured in a number of art exhibitions in both the U.K. and U.S., including his own month-long exhibition at Cartoon Network, and in 2013, was nominated for the Illustrator of the Year Award from the National Cartoonists Society. He has also twice appeared with Jack Black and Tenacious D at signing events at San Diego Comic Con, in 2013 and 2014.

Pop Noir's debut single "DIY' was released on the Fantastic Heat label on November 16, 2009, and debuted at No. 5 on the FMQB Specialty Radio charts. The video for "DIY" was Spinner.com's Video of the Day, and was voted mtvU's "Freshmen of the Week" in March 2010 following which, the video spent six weeks in rotation on the channel. "DIY" was featured on a number of TV show soundtracks, including episodes of the ABC show The Gates and Fly Girls.

The band played a handful of dates in 2011 and 2012, including a Sold Out show at The Troubadour (West Hollywood, California) in Los Angeles with The Wombats, before re-emerging in January 2013 with their second single on Fantastic Heat, a reworking of New Order's "Temptation". The track debuted at No. 2 on the FMQB Specialty Radio Charts. To coincide with the release, Pop Noir played a month-long residency at The Constellation Room in Santa Ana, California. The accompanying video, which was created, filmed and edited entirely by the brothers themselves, features multi-plane images of Joe playing all the instruments on the track, behind vocalist Luke.

In September 2013, the band's third release, the Jealousy EP on Fantastic Heat, debuted at No. 8 on the FMQB Speciality Radio Charts, tied with Belle & Sebastian and Nine Inch Nails. The video, shot in Los Angeles on location at The Echo, The Standard Hotel and the streets of Downtown LA, was premiered by UK music tastemaker Clash (magazine). To promote the release, Pop Noir headlined The Echo in Los Angeles and played live on numerous local radio stations.

The video for the band's fourth release on Fantastic Heat, "Don't Fool Yourself", premiered on April 30, 2015, with an Artist of the Day feature on Myspace that unveiled a video, shot entirely on a GoPro camera, of the brothers driving the deserted streets of Downtown Los Angeles in the early hours. Released three weeks later, the "Don't Fool Yourself" single debuted at No. 18 on the FMQB Charts and went top 20 on the KKBB Charts. Pop Noir subsequently filmed an acoustic version of the track for the UK'S Student Pocket Guide, along with a cover of QT's single "Hey QT".

In September, 2018, Pop Noir released the single "White Jazz", which debuted in the FMQB Top 20. The accompanying video was shot entirely on location in Tokyo, Japan.

In December, 2023, Pop Noir released the single "New Year's Day", a cover of the 1983 U2 song.

Discography

Releases

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YearTitleTrack listing
New Year's Day1. New Year's Day – 5:05
White Jazz1. White Jazz – 4:06
  1. White Jazz (Acoustic) – 3:46 | | | Don't Fool Yourself | 1. Don't Fool Yourself – 4:24
  2. Don't Fool Yourself (Instrumental) – 4:21 | | | Jealousy | 1. Jealousy – 4:16
  3. Bang the Drum – 4:36
  4. Thick As Thieves – 3:29 Bang the Drum Slowly – 3:07 | | | Temptation | 1. Temptation – 5:18
  5. Temptation (Radio Edit) – 3:45 | | | DIY | 1. DIY – 3:28
  6. In Like a Lion – 3:28
  7. DIY (DIY Not? Remix) – 3:42 (digital only) | | | Girls of Prey | 1. Girls of Prey – 3:53 | ::

References

References

  1. [http://designermagazine.tripod.com/InTheCity2006PREV.html] In the City 2006 Preview, Designer Magazine
  2. [http://www.shot2bits.net/galleries/popnoir/index.htm] Shot2Bits
  3. [http://stereogum.com/archives/photo/doves-house-of-blues-san-diego-51409_069551.html] {{Webarchive. link. (May 18, 2009 Stereogum Review and slide show, 5/15/09)
  4. [http://www.ocweekly.com/slideshow/view/12962958/] OC Weekly slide show, May 18, 2009
  5. "Pop Noir backstage with Sebastien Tellier".
  6. [http://thetapeisnotsticky.com/2008/06/pop-noir/] {{Webarchive. link. (November 22, 2008 The Tape Is Not Sticky, 6/10/08)
  7. "Pop Noir".
  8. [http://www.therocknrollsupershow.com/news/2009/5/9/concert-review-iglu-hartly.html]{{dead link. (November 2017)
  9. "Tonight in Rock: Jon Brion, Broken Bells, Fitz & the Tantrums, One Trick Pony: LAist".
  10. [http://www.strummerville.com/tag/sweetfa3/] Strummerville.com, SWEETFA3
  11. [http://www.artrockermagazine.com/ARTROCKERbackissues.html] {{Webarchive. link. (April 14, 2012 ARTROCKER 80, August 2008)
  12. [http://larecord.com/news/2008/06/12/pop-noir-signs-to-rcrdlbl/#more-1864] L.A. Record, 6/12/08
  13. link. (July 25, 2011 RCRD LBL Top Ten Week of June 15, 2008)
  14. [http://www.businessinsider.com/tap-tap-revenge-2-already-top-iphone-app-nearing-500000-downloads-2009-3] The Business Insider, 3/5/09
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  16. [http://www.reuben.org/awards.html#tsquare] {{webarchive. link. (February 9, 2011 National Cartoonists Society, Awards)
  17. [http://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/blog/tenacious-ds-festival-supreme-lineup-announced] TimeOut, 6/8/15
  18. [http://fyffest.tumblr.com/search/luke+mcgarry] FYF Official Tumblr
  19. [http://www.prlog.org/12235108-pop-noir-release-jealousy-ep.html] PR Log, 10/21/13
  20. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV3FxhNd4UE] Guster "This Is How It Feels To Have A Broken Heart"
  21. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCfnhjoMtpU] The Zambonis "I'm A Puck"
  22. [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-21190762] BBC News Manchester, 1/25/13
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  24. [http://www.therobotsvoice.com/2014/05/cartoon_network_burbank_studio.php] The Robots Voice, 5/7/14
  25. [http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2013/05/luke_mcgarry_pop_noir_cartoonist_of_the_year_award.php] {{Webarchive. link. (September 25, 2015 OC Weekly, 5/7/13)
  26. [http://sdccblog.com/celebrity-entertainment-autograph-signing-schedule-sdcc-2014/] SDCC Blog, 7/22/14
  27. [http://www.reuben.org/2014/07/tenacious-d-ncs/] Reuben.org, 7/21/14
  28. [http://rocksteadyla.com/artists/popnoir] Rock Steady
  29. "FMQB: Radio Industry News, Music Industry Updates, Nielsen Ratings, Music News and more!".
  30. [http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/31/pop-noir-diy-video-of-the-day/] {{Webarchive. link. (July 22, 2012 Spinner.com, 3/31/10)
  31. [http://www.mtvu.com/music/the-freshmen/pop-noir-takes-the-win/] mtvU, 3/26/10
  32. "The Gates - Music Lounge - ABC.com".
  33. [http://www.troubadour.com/event/35493-wombats-los-angeles/] {{Webarchive. link. (September 25, 2015 Troubadour Calendar, 2011)
  34. [http://www.theecho.com/event/357933-pop-noir-los-angeles/] {{Webarchive. link. (September 25, 2015 Echoplex artist bio, 2013)
  35. [http://blogs.ocweekly.com/heardmentality/2013/01/pop_noir_to_play_the_constella.php] {{Webarchive. link. (September 25, 2015 OC Weekly, 1/7/13)
  36. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjdxmXchnoQ] Pop Noir "Temptation"
  37. [http://popnoir.org/news/2013/jealousy-ep-debuts-at-8/] FMQB SubModern Chart, September 2013
  38. [http://www.vevo.com/watch/pop-noir/jealousy/GBLFP0304252] Pop Noir "Jealousy"
  39. [http://www.clashmusic.com/videos/premiere-pop-noir-jealousy] Clash Magazine, 9/11/13
  40. [http://www.theecho.com/event/357933-pop-noir-los-angeles/] {{Webarchive. link. (September 25, 2015 The Echo calendar, 2013)
  41. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hnx52bhCrpg] Pop Noir live on KX93.5
  42. [https://myspace.com/article/2015/4/30/perfectly-named-pop-noir-premiere-new-single] "Perfectly Named Pop Noir Premier New Single", Myspace, 4/30/15
  43. [http://buzzbands.la/2015/05/28/stream-pop-noir-dont-fool-yourself/] Buzzbands, 5/28/15
  44. [http://popnoir.org/news/2015/dont-fool-yourself-receiving-some-good-support/] FMQB and KKBB charts, May – June 2015
  45. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ZRucm_-gE] Pop Noir "Don't Fool Yourself (acoustic), SPGtv, 2015
  46. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bztChxQPK50] Pop Noir "Hey QT (acoustic)", SPGtv, 2015
  47. (October 3, 2018). "Pop Noir Explores Shibuya in Their New Video "White Jazz"".
  48. (December 15, 2023). "POP NOIR RETURNS WITH A SLICE OF NOIR POP COVERING U2'S "NEW YEAR'S DAY"".
  49. (April 2023). "Pop Noir music, videos, stats, and photos".
  50. [https://open.spotify.com/track/0XnJXEoYkEFtDKSTFQQF5t Spotify]
  51. [https://music.apple.com/us/album/white-jazz-single/1434032200 iTunes]
  52. [https://music.apple.com/us/album/dont-fool-yourself-single/996908276 iTunes]
  53. [https://web.archive.org/web/20141116081847/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/jealousy/id695266821 iTunes]
  54. Discogs.com: [http://www.discogs.com/release/4249698 Pop Noir "Temptation" Single]
  55. Discogs.com: [http://www.discogs.com/Pop-Noir-DIY/release/1994379 Pop Noir "DIY" Single]
  56. RCRDLBL.com: [http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Pop_Noir/music Pop Noir "Girls of Prey"] {{webarchive. link. (December 20, 2009)

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