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May 31st, 2011

New Canadiana :: La Part Maudite // Dios Mio! – Our Balls Are Like Dead Suns EP // Leçon practique d’hypnotisme

De le 115ième cauchemar de James Goddard:
POTT 004 est au-delà de toute description. Chaque face révèle les travaux d’un groupe qui repousse les limites du genre, de la musique, et même du son. Dios Mio, en utilisant une guitare, un clavicorde, un theremin et un magnétophone à bobines crée la bande sonore pour un film qui n’existe pas. C’est le 115ième cauchemar de Franz Anton Mesmer. Sur la seconde face, La Part Maudite crée cet espèce assez rare — une fusion agéable à écouter. Il se produit une synthèse qui emprunte également au thrash-punk et au jazz. Imprimé en édition limitée, ceci est une cassette qu’il faut gripper immédiatement.

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Dios Mio! – Leçon Practique D’Hypnotisme (excerpt)

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La Part Maudite – Boxerblood

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May 30th, 2011

New Canadiana :: The Ether – Dead Scene Politics b/w 96 Tears

From the magnetic singularity of Aaron Levin:
With infinite drones of granular noise, The Ether dismantle ? and the Mysterians “96 Tears” into blissful nihilism. It’s the perfect trajectory for the moodier garage-punk of the 21st century: manic threads of derisive tone, painful hollaramas, and the burnt guitar leads of a desolate future. The Ether remain a vision into an apocalyptic groove transcending metaphysical mediums in sinusoidal abandon. Get sicc with it.

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The Ether – 96 Tears

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The Ether – Dead Scene Politics

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May 30th, 2011

Wyrd MTL :: Realities Emerge on Monday June 20, 2011!

From the eastern travels of Aaron Levin:
We’re proud to officially announce the eastern expansion of the Wyrd cosmos. Thanks to the exceptionally hard-work of Jesse Locke, Gabriel de Jasmin, and Suoni Per Il Popolo, Wyrd MTL will invade Montreal on Monday June 20, 2011. The format and philosophy remain pure; a double-stage frenzy of fringe adjectives will blaze through an evening stacked with over ten performers. With a secondary stage built specifically for Wyrd MTL, the folks at La Sala Rossa have gone the extra-extra mile and are housing a “MEGA BAZARR” of merch featuring visual art, purveyors of printed matter and Canada’s finest record labels. There is also tell of a taco truck hitting the pavement at 7pm. Full line-up and set-times below! For further information, visit here.

8:00 :: HEADACHES (Toronto, ON)
– Cortex dream jams from the cyborg mind of Landon Speers
– why we love them: here.

8:30 :: SHORTPANTS ROMANCE (Montreal, QC)
– Blitzkrieg garage punk and femme fatale charms
– why we love them: here.

9:00 :: ULTRATHIN (Montreal, QC)
– Scab-blasting noise-rock from three skinny dudes
– why we love them: here.

9:30 :: THE FRIENDLY DIMENSION (Halifax, NS)
– The black holy vortex into total freak-rock oblivion
– why we love them: here.

10:00 :: MAN MADE HILL (Toronto, ON)
– Dungeon dwelling one-man funk machine
– why we love them: here.

10:30 :: HOBO EXPANDING CULT BAND (Montreal, QC)
– A one-off collaboration from Hobo Cubes, Femminieli, JLK, Sundrips, Element Kuuda and more!
– why we love them: here.

11:00 :: DREAMCATCHER (Montreal, QC)
– Mind-smudging experimental spookery
– why we love them: here.

11:30 :: LANTERN (Montreal // Halifax // Philadelphia)
– Psych-blues freak-outs from the Zachary Fairbrother smoke ring
– why we love them: here.

12:00 :: DIRTY BEACHES (Vancouver, BC)
– Film noir nomad riding on a lonely highway
– why we love them: here.

12:30 :: D’EON (Montreal, QC)
– Terry meets Teddy Riley on a g-funk rollercoaster
– why we love them: here.

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May 27th, 2011

Wyrd III :: Eternal Gratitude b/w Thanks!!!

  • Wyrd III
  • Eternal Gratitude b/w Thanks!!!
  • (Self Released)
  • Canada
From the indebted harmonies of Aaron Levin and Paul Lawton:
At the climax of Wyrd III, during a liquor-license shut-down of Red Mass’ super-collab shred-fest, a crowd of maniac fans carried Famines-drummer Garrett Kruger out of Vancouver’s Waldorf Hotel chanting “We’re never gonna stop!” And while Garrett in-flight solo’d onto the world’s most dangerous street, we kept thinking: we will truly never stop.

There were so many highlights and so many amazing moments, each one buoyed by so many wonderful people. With such bountiful bodies of positive Wyrd reformation, we’d like to simply thank you. Thanks to every person who came and had a marvelous time. Thanks to every performer for being on the level and so supportive. And a huge thanks to the volunteers who carried the weight of Wyrd on their shoulder from city-to-city.

We commend and thank all who participated. As the moon fades, so the sun rises again. For all those who missed Wyrd III, we look forward to your vibrations in 2012. Wyrd IV is coming. As is Wyrd MTL in the next month. Help us carry the torch beyond the end of time.

PS – please post your favorite Wyrd III moments in the comments section below. We’ll start with ours.

PPS – if you have any photos, please send them to aaron@cantorrecords.com

Hearts,

Paul Lawton & Aaron Levin
Mammoth Cave / Weird Canada
mammothcaverecording.com / weirdcanada.com

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May 26th, 2011

Departures :: Brian Damage – Early Electronic Works (1983-1988)

  • Brian Damage
  • Early Electronic Works (1983-1988)
  • (Self Released)
  • Sydney, NS
  • Originally Released: 2009
From the teen alchemy of Alexander Moskos:
Two years ago Damage laid this collection on me and I somehow only got to it recently, reflecting on the need to stem the tide of things COMING INTO my zone. I’ve written about his Industrial band Phycus over at Thee-Outernet, and Early Electronic Works (1983-1988) collects releases made during those years under the name Data Strangler in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Damage claims he was trying to combine Judas Priest and Men Without Hats, a sort of Canadian teen alchemy, but the results on the early version of “Refrigerators” sounds more like Red Krayola to me. So much brilliance here: an amazing basement vibe (apparently tracks were bounced between boomboxes and you can pretty much hear the wood panelling), crude synth punk, MB style electronic miniatures, synth pop, Kemberic tremolo’d organ zones and so on. Damage’s songcraft is tight and he employs a varité approach to his lyrics which at times are hilarious (“Big Man On Campus”), creepy (“Refrigerators”), tragi-comedic (“Tar Pond Monster”) and cyberpunkish “(Malfunction 54”). Here are two mp3s, but I imagine this is getting the wax treatment sooner than later.

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Brian Damage – George The Knight (1985)

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Brian Damage – Refrigerators (1985)

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May 19th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Femminielli // Araignée – Chauffeur b/w Silvia

From the black limousine of Jesse Locke:
Fixture Records’ first foray into wax is a serious stunner. Sharing a split 7” with himself, Bernardino Femminielli presents a song from two different projects, revealing the dual sides of his musical personality. “Chauffeur” not only aligns itself with the best Duran Duran song but also cops its cult vibes from Carpenter scores of the ’80s late nite multiplex. Layering sensual whispers on a bed of chilly synths, it’s a leather daddy sex cave you won’t want to escape. On the flip, “Silvia” introduces the impassioned soap opera pop of his Araignée offshoot, all shuffling beats, electro gleams and water-damaged vocals, and equally jaw-dropping. Get your mitts on this now.

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Femminielli – Chauffeur

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Araignée – Silvia

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May 18th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Velvet Chrome – Hall of Mirrors

From the toxic concoction of Jesse Locke:
Just in time for tour, Frank Hobo and the infamous guitar shredder JLK drop this CD (remember those?) of haunted ramblings down the dustbowl backroads. As Velvet Chrome, the power couple combines sensibilities to create a toxic concoction of No Wave skree and ugly Americana laced with hits from the cosmic blotter. Though the majority of these workouts are propelled by primitive drum beats and detuned six-string strategies, seven-minute drifter “Glass Maze” is a primarily vocal-based drone, and closer “Miles Away” is one of the most beautiful pieces of Motorik bliss this side of Neu! 75. A merch table must.

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Velvet Chrome – Devil’s Gold

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Velvet Chrome – Miles Away

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May 17th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Chevalier Avant Garde – Haircut 7”

  • Chevalier Avant Garde
  • Haircut 7”
  • (Self Released)
  • Montreal, QC
  • ::web/sounds::
From the robotic reincarnation of Gabriel Jasmin:
Admittedly, Postcards’ demise was a little pinch to the heart, but this self-released lathe-cut single celebrates their rebirth into contemporary grounds of retro minimalism. The A side’s About It sets the tone, spotlighting the cold and bare thumping stabs of sequenced bass synth. The flipside picks up the pace, yet the vocals and atmosphere remain as cool and removed as can be. Ditching the rock band realm, Chevalier Avant Garde expectantly manage to distill their past displays of mysterious, expressive – and excellent – songwriting into the squarer shape of YouTube-revived European minimal synth singles of the ’80s.

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Chevalier Avant Garde – About It

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Chevalier Avant Garde – Haircut

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May 16th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Cocobeurre – Landing

D’une fin de journée passée de Benoit Poirier:
Cocobeurre c’est le projet solo de la claviériste Coco Khan (la sœur de King Khan) qui a auparavant sué ce qu’elle savait faire dans les bands garage les Del-Gators et les Milky Ways. Nouvelle maman qui a appris à prendre son temps, elle s’entoure ici de synthés vintage et de collaborateurs confortables (King Khan et Choyce, entre autres) pour flotter sur ou se baigner dans une électro-pop faite de berceuses abstraites et de comptines ludiques qui évoquent des carrés de sable flous ou le souvenir d’une plage. D’une inquiétude apaisante rappelant Passe-Partout ou comme si Brian Eno avait destiné Another Green World aux enfants, ces 10 chansonnettes maison vous font glisser dans la félicité de la fin d’une chaude journée d’été.

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Cocobeurre – Les Bulles

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Cocobeurre – Is This How

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May 16th, 2011

Wyrd III :: Your Guide to Wyrd

From the carnal voyeurism of Aaron Levin:
We are five days until Wyrd III, so I figured it was time to unleash this beast of a playlist. Below is the proverbial “sip of the juice.” A sprinkling of audible treats from each artist playing Wyrd III. However, like all great maps, the details are not exact. Your final destination is only truly experienced by traveling. We can’t wait to see you at Wyrd III.

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=== Click Here for An Expose on each Artist! ===

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