September 1st, 2010
From the diocese of Aaron Levin:
On (possibly) their last release, PiG drill into a heady mix of miscreant-skiddery and Lorca-era Tim Buckley. It’s sundown at the crest of oblivion and PiG remain defiant, twisting the threads of their home-brewed, basement psychedelia for your voyeuristic pleasure. Their spastic death-punk has fermented into an outerworld sonomoly; a dialectic entombed by Matt Samways’ fearless mantra. “Tragic Venus”‘ piercing bass and shimmering clamour populate your neural pathways with the lysergic elements required to process the droning “Imminent Deity.” This new, indivisible sound is surrounded with “Outro”‘s industrial racket and solidifies their shrine within Canada’s fringe vortex. PiG remain a huge inspiration for Weird Canada. For that, and so much more, we will miss them dearly. XOXOGRIPXOXO.
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PiG – Tragic Venus
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PiG – Immanent Deity
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PiG – Outro
File under: aaron levin // campaign for infinity // death // metal // psych // punk
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: cassette :: nova scotia | 3 Comments »
September 1st, 2010
From the bronzed text of Aaron Levin:
From the wispy ashes of guitar soli’s earthic remains, Bronze Leaf’s lysergic embers warm our minds to the emerging angles within acid folk. Rooms fall silent as she conjures gentle finger-picked reverberations; lofty vocals hovering like ghosts above stretched hallways and vacant beaches. Armed with guitars, delay pedals, and looping mechanicals, Bronze Leaf joins the new wave of psychedelic folk artists transcending Canada into the bewildering nether-zone of fringe success. Catch her now while she remains within our ether!
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Bronze Leaf – Mindfield
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Bronze Leaf – Anatomy
File under: aaron levin // acid folk // champion city records // folk // psych folk
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: alberta :: cassette :: quebec | No Comments »
August 31st, 2010
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The Acid Archives [2nd Ed.]
Edited by: Patrick Lundborg
(Lysergia)
Stockholm, Sweden
Published: 2010
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From the acidic archives of Aaron Levin:
The Acid Archives is the definitive guide to North America’s musical underground. In succinct and thrilling prose (from which Weird Canada took much inspiration) an entire generation (1965-1982) of diy and minor-to-major-label long-playing visionaries across all boundaries are captured and documented. Scattered within the 5,000+ reviews of fringe-psych curiosities lies the ultimate guide to the Canadian underground. From Aaron Space to Warpig, Bent Wind to John Lyle, and Jeremy Doremouse to Christmas, the Acid Archives enshrines vintage Canada’s unique indie soundscape. It’s a crucial document of vintage Canadiana and a must own for anyone remotely interested in the indie culture of yore. I estimate approximately 400 reviews of archaic Canadiana. The 2nd Edition is a welcomed improvement on the black-and-white original; 400 colour pages, 1,000 additional reviews, essays and the fan-favorite top-ten lists. There are two Weird Canada references in the book; if you can find them I’ll send you an LP reviewed in the archive. An exciting and phenomenal read. If you’re on this website, you should own this book.
File under: aa // aaron levin // acid archives // books // diy // fringe // outsider // patrick lundborg // psych // waxidermy
Categoria!! Departures Revisited :: book | No Comments »
August 30th, 2010
From the eternal folly of Aaron Levin:
These lo-bit atonal HFX-heavyweights return with another chaotic excursion into audactic nullity. Wailing saxophones pierce through the murky guitar shredding as gravitrons of distortion warp every sinusoidal tendency; it’s an ear-biting display of The Ether’s magnetic live show, no simple feat for a five piece using every noise-making machine known to humankind. Their deconstructed blues number (“I Need You”) is unsane. Another superb die-cut from the folks at Patente. MUSTGRIP.
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The Ether – I Need You
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The Ether – Hustling Myself
File under: aaron levin // free // halifax // lo-fi // patente // punk // weird punk
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: compact disc :: nova scotia | 1 Comment »
August 27th, 2010
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Induced Labour
Induced Labour
(Self Released)
Toronto, ON
::web/sounds::
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From the forced pregnancy of Aaron Levin:
Frenetic, heavy, and relentless art-punk from Toronto featuring the gif-conjuring shrieking of illustrator and Weird Canada logo-creator Leslie Predy. Induced Labour’s debut c4 (!!) is a pulverizing tour through cassette-hell; a face-smashing, ankle-snapping, crouton-crushing puke-punk heaven. Gorge yourself in the glory of their ritual.
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Induced Labour – All Flesh is Grass
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Induced Labour – Reality Breakdown [No Trend cover]
File under: aaron levin // art-punk // hardcore // leslie predy // punk
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: cassette :: ontario | 3 Comments »
August 25th, 2010
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King-Beezz
Found and Lost b/w Now
(Quality)
Edmonton, AB
Originally Released: 1966
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From the Lost and Found of Aaron Levin:
The King-Beezz’s third single is the toughest polyvinyl artifact from Edmonton. “Now”‘s snarling, wrangled guitar leads, put-me-down harmonies, and screaming, postured ad-libs trash every punk archetype in the purest teenage pursuit of attitude. On the A-Side, “Found and Lost”‘s jangly, loner lament, bass-walkery and bedroom percussion craft a brilliant bizarro pop-psych excursion into the recesses of vintage fringe culture. Just ridiculous stuff. ‘Twas the bees-knees (!) finding a copy complete with the glorious Quality company sleeve. A full history of the King-Beezz can be found here.
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King-Beezz – Found and Lost
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King-Beezz – Now
File under: 1966 // aaron levin // garage-punk // pop // pop-psych // psych // punk
Categoria!! 7" :: Departures Revisited :: alberta | 1 Comment »
August 24th, 2010
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Mark Alexander McIntyre
Situs Inversus Totalis
(Seductive Sounds)
Ottawa, ON
::web/sounds::
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From the seductive text of Joni Sadler:
After playing in numerous Ottawa bands over the past decade, Mark Alexander McIntyre has finally gone and released a solo record. As it turns out, Situs Inversus Totalis was worth the wait: McIntyre’s slow-burn acid folk possesses a unique and eerie sense of timelessness that is rare in so much of the music being produced today. Waves of queasy feedback stand in nice contrast to simple acoustic guitar and sparse vocals, and the whole record – right down to its plain cardboard sleeve and Xeroxed liner notes – remains nicely minimal in style. Ultimately, McIntyre channels the influences of sonic bros like Greg Ashley and Sir Richard Bishop through a haze of druggy sadness so damn well that all we’re left wondering is why it took him so bloody long to make a solo album in the first place.
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Mark Alexander McIntyre – My April
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Mark Alexander McIntyre – Reflections
File under: acid folk // folk // joni sadler // minimal // psych folk // seductive sounds
Categoria!! 12" :: New Canadiana :: ontario | 3 Comments »
August 24th, 2010
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Secret Colours
Blackest Blackest
(Brotherhood Cassettes)
Halifax, NS
::web/sounds::
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From the blackest black of Aaron Levin:
Totally washed-out cultic vibrations beam from every inch of Secret Colours’ magnetic debut. It’s the perfect weirdo basemental projection radiating from the brightest fields of cassette culture; blankets of ethereal synth, tape-warbled choralic vocals, and Tresvant sensitive low-end. From the brilliant mind of Evan Cardwell. Double grip!
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Secret Colours – Bad Vibrations
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Secret Colours – Worst Fear
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Secret Colours – Lightnin’
File under: aaron levin // bad vibrations // divorce records // electronic // halifax // obey convention // pop // psych // washed-out
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: cassette :: nova scotia | 1 Comment »
August 22nd, 2010
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The Brazda Brothers
The Brazda Brothers
(Dominion)
??, ON
Originally Released: 1973
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From the Russian imports of Aaron Levin:
These two Russian hippie-bros emigrate to Ontario and release an album celebrating the pastoral scenery of their new home. With thick, stilted Ruskie accents and strange instruments (Cordovox?) they weaved twelve streams of folk-rock textures in dedication to our unique landscape. Their foreign perspective is the album’s greatest strength; take their journey and visualize the vast industrial heartland through outside, lysergic eyes. The resulting innocence, both serene and moving, place the Brazda Brothers alongside other nationalized fringe-folk canon whose trails into uncharted territory shaped our anomalous soundscape (Riverson, Ptarmigan, PCC, etc). The band claims that 5,000 copies were pressed but the number of known copies states otherwise. Released on a budget label concerned mostly with fiddle and children LPs. I flipped my lid when I found a sealed copy of this!
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The Brazda Brothers – Gemini
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The Brazda Brothers – 20th Century
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The Brazda Brothers – Blooming Flowers
File under: aaron levin // acid // folk // folk-rock // private // psych
Categoria!! 12" :: Departures Revisited :: ontario | 6 Comments »
August 20th, 2010
From the cosmic slop of Aaron Levin:
If Grimes’ tour CDR (to be officially released via Arbutus on September 30th at Pop Montreal) is any indication, the cosmic-pop deity is transcending into a vocal-cruising eidolon of celestial proportions. Layers of wyspy vocals form the cooling galaxies of Halfaxa while her minimal drums synthesize Enja‘s lingering espers into a club anthem fit for the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Or the Mos Eisley Cantina. Either way, Grimes’ future-stream sinusoids are peeling wigs.
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Grimes – devon
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Grimes – wereglid
File under: aaron levin // cosmic // electro // electronic // pop // psych // psychedelic // vocal-pop // weird
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: compact disc :: quebec | 2 Comments »
