To celebrate CM‘s 35th Anniversary, we take a look back at some Showcase alumni who’ve gone on to achieve big things.

The New Pornographers

**Originally Featured: **January/February 2008

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This collective can seemingly do no wrong. They’ve had dozens of songs placed in TV shows, movies, and ads; have a few JUNOs and Polaris Prize nods to their name; and have appeared on countless “Best of…” lists by reputable outlets from Rolling Stone to The Village Voice to Pitchfork. The New Pornos may have only released one album since their Showcase appearance, 2010’s Together, but that only means that legions of fans the world over are all the more anxious to get their hands on whatever might come next from A.C. & Co.