Kurt Dahle

Kurt Dahle is a Canadian musician best known for his work as a drummer for The New Pornographers.

Born in Saskatchewan, Dahle first made himself known in Canadian music circles as a member of the band Age of Electric, with his brother Ryan Dahle and another set of brothers, Todd and John Kerns. With Kurt playing drums and sharing vocal duties with Ryan Dahle and Todd Kerns, Age of Electric spawned several minor hits in Canada, and earned a Juno nomination for "Best New Artist" in 1998 (nine years after Age of Electric was first formed).

Kurt and brother Ryan Dahle began working on a side project, Limblifter, and released a self-titled album in 1996, which contained a trio of top-40 Canadian radio hits. After the dissolution of Age of Electric in 1999, the band released a second album, Bellaclava in 2000. Kurt soon left the band to contribute to The New Pornographers, his first project in which he did not provide some of the vocals. With Kurt Dahle on drums, The New Pornographers gained much critical acclaim for their debut album Mass Romantic. Kurt went on to tour with the band extensively throughout the United States and Canada, and provided beats for the band's next two efforts: The Electric Version (2003) and Twin Cinema (2005) under the Matador Records label.