Katie Stelmanis

• Background — person • Name — Katie Stelmanis • Birth Name — Kaitlin Austra Stelmanis • Born — 30 May 1985 • Origin — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Genre — * Indie rock • new wave • Instrument — * Vocals • piano • Years Active — 2004–present • Label — * Blocks Recording Club • Paper Bag • Current Member Of — Austra • Past Member Of — * Canadian Children's Opera Chorus • Galaxy • Bruce Peninsula • Website — austramusic.com

Stelmanis is classically trained and began performing in the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus at age ten. She was subsequently a member of the band Galaxy, along with Maya Postepski and Emma McKenna. In 2008, she released her debut solo album, Join Us, through Blocks Recording Club, a Toronto-based artistic collective. Her first single was "Believe Me". The same year, she appeared on Fucked Up's album The Chemistry of Common Life. She has also contributed tracks to the compilation albums Friends in Bellwoods and Friends in Bellwoods II. In 2009, Stelmanis cofounded the project Austra, together with Postepski, who departed the project after the release of their third studio album, Future Politics, leaving Stelmanis as the sole remaining member. In 2011, Stelmanis co-wrote and sang on the Death in Vegas songs "Come Ride with Me", "Your Loft My Acid", and "Witchdance", from their fifth studio album, Trans-Love Energies. She has also performed as part of the Bruce Peninsula choir.

Stelmanis is of Italian, English, and Latvian descent. She identifies as a lesbian.