Robert Daniel Moir, known as Rob Moir, is a Canadian songwriter, guitarist, poet,[1] and singer.
Early life and education
editMoir was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario.
Career
editMoir began writing and performing music in his early teens. His first band The Stiffs began playing shows in 1995.[2] After renaming themselves Dead Letter Dept.,[3] the band released their debut full length Rock'n'Roll Hates You in 2005[4] and participated in Underground Operations' Unity Tour.[5]
Following the break up of Dead Letter Dept., Moir began touring and writing personal, acoustic based songs. In December 2010, he independently released his first solo EP entitled This Is The Lie with backing band The Great Lates. In support of this album he toured North America and Europe with his guitar and a backpack.[6]
Moir performed at the Toronto NXNE Festival.[7] He began preparing his first solo album,[8] Places To Die, which was released on April 30, 2013 on Northern Americas and Underground Operations. The album contains tracks from several genres,[9] and has received positive reviews.[10][11] In 2013 Rob toured Europe, Australia and North America to support the album.[12][13]
In 2014 and 2015 Moir continued to write songs and to perform as a solo singer-songwriter, making the rounds of clubs and bars.[14][15]
In 2015 Moir released the album Adventure Handbook with songs inspired by his world travels.[16][17]
Discography
edit- Rock'n'Roll Hates You 2005
- This Is The Lie 2010
- Places to Die, 2013
- Adventure Handbook 2015
References
edit- ^ "Rob Moir – Adventure Handbook" Archived September 3, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. It's All Happening.
- ^ "T.O. punk label signs touring machines"[usurped]. By KAREN BLISS – For JAM! Music
- ^ http://www.rockstarweekly.com/Dead-Letter-Department-s-Rob-Moir-Gets-The-Folk-Out.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Interview with Dead Letter Department frontman Rob Moir". PureGrainAudio.
- ^ "On The Scene – Rob Moir, Carleton Stone, The Den Scholars and more". WGO Cape Breton.
- ^ "Solo & stranded – After a year of touring, Rob Moir is back on familiar ground.. Queens University Journal, December 1, 2011 Caitlin Choi.
- ^ "glocal scene: NXNE Music Festival 1". Ball of Wax Quarterly, June 16, 2011 by Phil Heron
- ^ "An Interview with Rob Moir | Lithium Magazine". Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ Rob Moir – Places to die (before you see the world). Enemy Music Magazine Nives Kovacec September 11, 2013
- ^ "Rob Moir Album: Places To Die" Archived August 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Whiskey and Soda.
- ^ "Rob Moir:Places To Die, Make My Day Records, 2013". Hooked on Music
- ^ "Rob Moir / Places To Die". RockTimes.
- ^ "Berlin / Roter Salon / Neko Case + Rob Moir". It's only MUSIC, but LIVE.
- ^ " BIGSOUND Live: Rob Moir – Ric's Bar". The Music, September 10, 2014 | Roshan Clerke
- ^ "Anti-Flag – Bovine Sex Club, Toronto – June 4th, 2015". Lithium
- ^ "Rob Moir Details 'Adventure Handbook' LP, Premieres New Single". Exclaim! By Sarah Murphy, August 7, 2015
- ^ "REVIEW: Rob Moir – Adventure Handbook". LLUID! (in Dutch)
