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The Wicked Awesomes! Punk Holograms (Psychic Handshake) Edmonton, AB ::web/sounds::

NBA Jam for the Sega Genesis was the second most punk sports game ever (the Mutant League series taking number uno). If you got three dunks in a row some dude yelled out “HE’S ON FIIIIIRE” and you burst into flames and did quad-flip slam-dunks. Weird dunks. Now imagine that basketball player is on fire, wearing fluorescent Nike’s covered in time-shit and crystal-snot, death sunglasses, an 80GB ipod, hens teeth, and a jersey from Nowheresville, Ghost Beach. Take a ramshackle of insane kids in the remote recesses of Edmonton’s hoodlets and have them dedicate an album to this space-streaming-intelligent basketball player and you might come close to the brilliance of The Wicked Awesomes!’s LP debut Punk Holograms. The album lacks any pretense and obeys no boundaries; from burnt puke-garage to psychedelic mizrahi-surf, the red-lights on your stereo will burst with wrecked synth-lines and skirt-chasing guitar-riffery. It’s a beautiful pawnshop display-case of wastoid-punk. Brilliant. Amazing. Fantastic. Wicked. Awesome. A sure-shot contender for best album of 2009 on any continent.

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The Wicked Awesomes! – Space Streaming Intelligence

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The Wicked Awesomes! – Ghost Beach

File under: aaron levin // edmonton // psychic handshake // puke-garage // punk // synth // weird // weird punk // wicked awesomes
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2. Comment by Lou — July 18, 2009 @ 4:28 am

   Ghost Beach is rockin’ the shit outta life! Thanks for the awareness.

   
   
3. Comment by Steinwolf — July 18, 2009 @ 5:10 am

   IS IT THE SHOES???

   
   
4. Comment by andy — July 18, 2009 @ 2:15 pm

   this is dope! and i don’t even like guitars!

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5. Comment by Brittany — July 21, 2009 @ 2:52 am

   They also play a wicked houseshow.

   
   
6. Comment by Matt — August 2, 2009 @ 2:23 pm

   every time i play these guys, something goes wrong with my bands gear. which is hella unfortunate, cuz i love playing with these guys.

   
   
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8. Comment by Razzle dazzle — August 21, 2009 @ 1:44 am

   RAZZLE DAZZLE

   
   
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