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Sharp Ends Northern Front 7″ (HoZac Records) Calgary, AB ::web/sounds:: |
From the cave of earthly desires curated by Paul Lawton:
No other band is able to convey the unease, trepidation and frustration of living within the booming Alberta economy like Sharp Ends. It’s true, Calgarians live the complete opposite material circumstances of, say, the early UK Factory Records scene (heh). Yet, extremes are extremes, and the destitute Manchester of the early 80′s and inane economic ante-upping of modern Alberta are equally as efficient at marginalizing the weak and powerlessness. And so emerges Sharp Ends, the voice of our discontent, music to soothe the general malaise. Their secret weapon is guitarist Danny Christiansen. Danny’s guitar skulks for the first half of “Ghosts of Chance,†bass and drum churning away with vocalist Chris Zajko lurking in the shadow, enveloping the room, and putting the listener into a trance. Waiting for its epic entrance, the guitar bursts into white light, from sepia tone to full technicolour before fading out and taking all hope with it. On “Northern Front”, the guitar meanders and constantly leaves you wanting (especially the mini guitar suite at the end of the song). Sharp Ends are the real deal: so much complexity stuffed into music so simple. Everything you want in a band.
[Levin's Note: Living in Edmonton makes the acuteness of it's being that much more powerful. A+]
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hey, you’re a really gay, faggy, shitty reviewer, fuck you, aaron levin, fucking faggot.
Faggy? My gay brother finally got to me! And I didn’t even write that article!
Hearts,
Aaron Levin
Weird Canada / Cantor Records
http://www.weirdcanada.com / http://www.cantorrecords.com
someone’s panties in a twist
The only person I know that possibly wears panties is Cecil Frena. And that’s just conjecture. He is a danty, lad.
Hearts,
Aaron Levin
Weird Canada / Cantor Records
http://www.weirdcanada.com / http://www.cantorrecords.com
I do wear panties, but I definitely don’t post cowardly dreck on the internet. Plus, I love Levin forever.
Go away troll!
I can confirm that Cecil does indeed wear the frilliest of panties.
SEKZXI GAYNESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Yeah brah, if you could fucking read you would know that it wasn’t Aaron that wrote this “shitty” review, I did. Also, I am certain that it probably is, in fact, “shitty”.
Aaron, I think this is probably that stupid kid who you choked out at the Bonnie Doon Bowling Alley that one time. You emasculated him, and he’s still pissed off about it! Get over it buddy!
Despite the utter “fagginess” of this review, I think it’s a great record!
That “Mojave Rave 2009″ video is probably the best thing about this review, and no one’s even mentioned it yet. Got your back Levs!
A lot of effort goes into providing weird youtube / Wikipedia / etc. links in Weird Canada reviews. You’re the first to comment
Hearts,
Aaron Levin
Weird Canada / Cantor Records
http://www.weirdcanada.com / http://www.cantorrecords.com
I didn’t see anyone get choked out at the bonnie doon show, if you mean the kid Aaron grabbed and let go? that was me, he apologised afterwards as did I and I personally held no ill will or desire to post anonymous hatespeech.
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080418/Degrassi_l.jpg
This shit is fucking funny. GREAT RECORD
Ha, yeah – I ha no idea what was going on during that skruffle, and was just thinking in terms of “motive”.
From where I was sitting (behind a drum set), it looked like Aaron was choking someone out, and also makes a much better story.
Nathan Schmidt is totally the kind of person who would get choked out at a rock show at a bowling alley.
Hey Nathan, did you do a paper for history this week? Cause i didn’t. See you in class.
This isn’t a message board.
(actual message board coming soon).
Hearts,
Aaron Levin
Weird Canada / Cantor Records
http://www.weirdcanada.com / http://www.cantorrecords.com
WYRD GOSSIP
By the way, this dude lives in Sherwood Park. It makes so much sense now.
Hearts,
Aaron Levin
Weird Canada / Cantor Records
http://www.weirdcanada.com / http://www.cantorrecords.com
Wait a second… aren’t the Wicked Awesomes from Sherwood Park?
Dum-da-dumb-dumb
wyrdinal-boredom coming soon, or is it wyrxidermy?
Spruce Grove Paul, Spruce Grove. (Minus Garrett who is from Beaumont)
Also, the forum/message board will be Wyxopia.com of course
btw fuck you paul
I BET DAN PLAYS A LOT OF GUITAR HERO.
JUST SAYIN’.