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June 30th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Babysitter – Tape III

From the sibling rivalry of Joni Sadler and Aaron Levin:
Babysitting is a rite of passage for many suburban teens, much like drinking covert beer and jamming the Stooges is for many more a rebellious youth. It’s not a stretch to think that the dudes of Babysitter spent their formative years doing just that – listening to beer-drenched shreddery built from minimal beats, lacerating riffs and howling vocals. Thankfully, they play it all with enough recklessness and discipline to make it seem genuinely wild, permeating your mind with brilliant teenage nostalgia.

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Babysitter – Summer of Luv

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Babysitter – Paralyzer Ponch

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June 29th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Andy Boay – Born to Fully

From the sprawling head jams of Joni Sadler:
The sibling super-duo Tonstartssbandht are a certified favourite within the Weird Canadian cosmos. With their prolific writing style and consistently murderous jams, it comes as little surprise that brother Andy’s solo release is such a wild listen. The blistering guitar and echoing vocals may strike a familiar chord with Tonstartssbandht fans, but the lack of driving percussion gives these songs room to sprawl all the way out into full-on psych territory. Grip and bliss out.

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Andy Boay – Born to Fully

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Andy Boay – Own Myn Own

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June 28th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Fletcher Pratt – Dub Sessions Vol. 1

From the haunted thickets of Taylor Burgess:
If I dared leave this cassette playing while I stepped off my porch and these ominous drawls trailed me down the street, I’d be scared to see the haunted thickets they would conjure. The first second of opener “Weird Dub” lets you know what this isn’t: Your hazed-out guitar coasting in on the Black Ark. Instead, Pratt slows everything the fuck down, throwing trademark delay over drums and otherworldly sax. “Sherwood Dub” has a cranked-down sample of “Eastside, Westside” mixed with his own percussion and plays more like a Midwestern spirit returning from the Middle East. The second side? Hell, don’t even…

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Fletcher Pratt – Weird Dub

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Fletcher Pratt – Sherwood Dub

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June 27th, 2011

Wyrd MTL feat. NXNE – Merci Beaucoup b/w Thanks so much!

  • Wyrd MTL feat. NXNE
  • Merci Beaucoup b/w Thanks so much!
  • (Self Released)
  • Montreal, QC // Toronto, ON
Lantern at Wyrd MTL [Photo:Pierre Richardson]
After the insanity of NXNE, our Searchlight acceptance / trophy-drinking bender and (wildest of all) Wyrd MTL, team WC has been in dire need of an Internet sabbatical. Seven days later, we’re now rested and ready to resume our daily operations, but would first like to extend a formal “Thank you!” to everyone who made the weekend of June 18-20 one for the record books.

The fine folks at Flemish Eye deserve major kudos for putting in all the hard work to throw a killer, sold out showcase at the Great Hall, while the stacked lineup was a banger from start to finish. Most importantly, thanks to the amazing fans that showed up to pack the venue to the rafters! Big ups to Grant Lawrence and the rest of the CBC Radio 3 crew for presenting us with our chalice, and bigger cheers to Sailor Jerry™ for filling it up afterwards.

Finally, for everyone who traveled from near or far to be part of the first annual Wyrd MTL, we’d like to deliver the biggest thanks of all. To all 10 incredible acts who blazed it up, the record labels and Raymond Biesinger holding it down at the Mega Merch Bazaar (next year: lamps!), the tireless sound guys at La Sala Rossa, our unflappable volunteers and door crew, the radio rockers from CKUT for live broadcasting the show, Mike and Pam for their continuing coverage on the Bill Murray Radio Show, Rob Starrat for constructing our floor stage, Suoni per Il Popolo for graciously co-presenting the event, and all the audience members who came out to enjoy the show: merci encore! Can’t wait to do it again next year…

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June 17th, 2011

Transfusion :: Wyrd MTL

From the mix maestro’ing of Jesse Locke:
With less than a week until Wyrd MTL we’re excited to offer a quickie sampler mix spotlighting the 10 artists from this year’s inaugural lineup. All have been previously featured on Weird Canada, and will appear in the flesh on Monday, June 20 at La Sala Rossa. Grip your tickets!

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Wyrd MTL 2011 Mix

Track-listing

[00:00] :: Lantern – “I Don’t Know”
[03:50] :: Ultrathin – “Glass City”
[06:40] :: Dreamcatcher – “Dr. Clawk”
[10:15] :: Hobo Cubes – “Through The Ages”
[12:57] :: Dirty Beaches – “Coast to Coast”
[17:17] :: The Friendly Dimension – “Executive Koala”
[20:25] :: Shortpants Romance – “Heatwave”
[21:15] :: Man Made Hill – “Er Her”
[23:20] :: D’eon – “Thousand Mile Trench”
[29:08] :: Headaches – “Poor Decisions”

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June 16th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Doc Dunn – Mountain Wind, Mountain Rain

From the reverb reverie of Aaron Levin:
Fresh out of the guitar soli school of William Eaton‘s soaking echo, Doc Dunn eschews in a new dawn of steel string reveries. As Dunn wades through the Takoma streams, he permeates the finger-picked tradition with standing waves of lysergic ether, free-basing his way into a tradition too bleak for the soft shores of the Rooted mind. Triplic layers of twang will melt their way through wires and speakers before their murky waters settle inside our distant (ear) drums. More fantastic screen-printing from the folks at Medusa. Tuned to G-R-I-P.

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Doc Dunn – Track 06

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Doc Dunn – Track 07

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June 15th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Dog Day – The Scratches EP

From the heart furrows of Alison Lang:
The title track from Dog Day’s latest release as a two-piece steps between the swirls of dreams and the maddening grip of stupid insomnia. The spiraling keyboards from the band’s previous incarnation are no longer present, and in their stead we have Seth’s guitars and Nancy’s drums beating out a crunchy refrain while their pure wondering kid-voices bemoan all the thoughts of money and friends and old lovers circling around and around, wearing grooves in the brain along with the ticking of the hours. “Belle” is a wilder, more anxious jam that chugs forward and whispers a story of psychedelic, beautifully skittish bird-love. In the last song, “Give Me the Light,” Nancy’s tiny voice hums while the guitars groove roughly and Seth sighs and grumbles a little until the chorus tears a little crack open and a slip of daytime appears. Oh Dog Day. These three perfect songs stay heavy while easing the weight and softening the furrows of the heart.

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Dog Day – Scratches

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Dog Day – Belle

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June 14th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Héliodrome and Jayrope – Swearing At The Sun

From the Kaoss pouch of Jesse Locke:
Drifting in on a gust of sighs, this unclassifiable team-up between a gang of gettin’ gone voyagers offers an eerily melodic hour of splayed sounds. According to the liner notes, the four movements of this wanderlusting c60 were recorded in a single afternoon inside Jayrope’s apartment, utilizing everything from an Appalachian dulcimer to a modified Gameboy, bouncing jaw harp, Kaoss-pad and Gakken synth. I swear someone even flicks their Bic at one point. It’s a heady trip through the fourth world electroacoustic hemisphere, sweltering from rise to set.

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Héliodrome and Jayrope – Nerfs Divins Detachés De La Masse

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Héliodrome and Jayrope – Ombres D’Hommes Baclés A La Six Quatre-Deux (excerpt)

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June 14th, 2011

Expansion :: Weird Canada + Flemish Eye NXNE Showcase!

From the eastern travels of Aaron Levin:
Weird Canada’s expansion into the eastern cosmos won’t stop at Wyrd MTL. On the Saturday before, we’ll be stopping in Toronto for a very, very special show with the perennial Flemish Eye to celebrate Weird Canada’s Searchlight victory. For easterners within the vicinity of Toronto, prepare for some heavy wig peeling:

9:00 :: GRIMES (Montreal, QC)
– Cosmic pop deity
– why we love her: here.

10:00 :: JENNIFER CASTLE (Toronto, ON)
– Mystic folk moves
– why we love her: here.

11:00 :: BRAIDS (Montreal, QC // Calgary, AB)
– Complex, undulating pulses
– why we love them: here.

12:00 :: CHAD VANGAALEN (Calgary, AB)
– The man. The mystery. The magnetism.
– why we love him: here.

01:00 :: DUZHEKNEW (Halifax, NS)
– Interdimensional pop warble
– why we love them: here.

Date: Saturday June 18, 2011
Location: The Great Hall
Doors: 8:00pm

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June 13th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Microdot – Lamps Not Amps

From the lamptitude of Taylor Burgess:
If I’m on a Hüsker Dü kick, is it proper to compare these two guys and lady to them? Here’s the low-down: they’re made up of two members of the Transistor 66 family and one music journalist. The trio rides a balance between fuzz and atmosphere, though they don’t go so far as to dive into any crazy tape loop shit. These are all straight-ahead punk numbers. The vox-in-the-red hit hard when the lyrics connect, and when they don’t, Bill Northcott’s screechy guitar and throaty delivery will still make you go ballistic.

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Microdot – You Think I’m A Liar

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Microdot – Teepee in the Forest

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