like "Ariel vs. Lotus" and "Wake Up to the Sun". In 1997, the band were nominated for Best Alternative Album and Best New Group at The Juno awards. Kurt left Limblifter in 2001, but his brother Ryan continued on with a new lineup. 2000-2014: The New Pornographers In 2000 Dahle joined The New Pornographers, who gained much critical acclaim for their albums Mass Romantic (2000), Electric Version (2003), Twin Cinema (2005), Challengers (2007), and Together (2010). The band won the Juno award for Best Alternative Album in 2001 for Mass Romantic, and were nominated for Alternative Album Of The Year in 2006 for Twin Cinema. In September 2014, Dahle left the New Pornographers. 2017: The Age of Electric reunites In 2017, to celebrate 20th anniversary of the album Make A Pest A Pet, The Age of Electric reunited for a two week tour across Canada including Calgary, Thunder Bay and Vancouver with Dahle back on drums. Other musical endeavors Dahle has toured with New Pornographers bandmate Neko Case and played on her Grammy award nominated solo album, The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You. Other acts Dahle has also recorded and/or performed live with include; his brother Ryan Dahle's solo album, Stevie Jackson (Belle and Sebastian), Destroyer, Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie), Kathryn Calder, the Evaporators, the Awkward Stage, Bloody Chicletts, Zuckerbaby, My Oldest Friend, the Choir Practice, Nathan, Mother Mother, The Floydian Device, the Tennessee Twin, Mark Kleiner Power Trio, Fancey and Flash Bastard. As a record producer he has worked with Bloody Chicletts, the Gay, Pokiok Falls, Chris Kelly, and the Organ. Kurt also worked on the self-titled album by the Choir Practice, and Heaven Is for Easy Girls by the Awkward Stage, both released with Mint Records. Growing up in Saskatchewan, Dahle listened to The Poppy Family on the radio and lists them as a major influence to his musical taste. In 1999, Dahle sent an email to the Juno Award committee threatening to kill himself if The Poppy Family wasn’t inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame; “I never got a reply. I guess they didn’t care if I killed myself. But that’s how big a fan I am.” he said. In 2014, Dahle joined The Poppy Family, to perform together at the Khatsahlano festival. In 2018, Dahle played saxophone, keyboards and performed background