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September 1st, 2010

New Canadiana :: PiG – Tragic Venus b/w Immanent Deity

PiG
Tragic Venus b/w Immanent Deity
(Campaign for Infinity)
Truro, NS
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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

September 1st, 2010

New Canadiana :: Bronze Leaf – Bread Crumbs

Bronze Leaf
Bread Crumbs
(Champion City Records)
Edmonton, AB // Montreal, QC
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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

August 27th, 2010

New Canadiana :: Induced Labour – Induced Labour

Induced Labour
Induced Labour
(Self Released)
Toronto, ON
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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]

August 24th, 2010

New Canadiana :: Secret Colours – Blackest Blackest

Secret Colours
Blackest Blackest
(Brotherhood Cassettes)
Halifax, NS
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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’

August 11th, 2010

SONDE :: Long, Long, Long – Shorts

Long, Long, Long
Shorts
(Self Released)
Halifax, NS
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From the quantized oscillators of Aaron Levin:
Halifax’s hypernetic double-pop quartet continues to push the limits of catch. This time the eccentric youngians are deep-ear diving in a power-pop tornado, channeling chaotic waves into torrential harmonies and six-string rhythmania. They’re conjuring a vortex of guitar leads with every steadfast listen, so hit play and dance until their magnetic overtow engulfs you.

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Long, Long, Long – Ponytail Ambition

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Long, Long, Long – Cuba Gooding Jr.

August 4th, 2010

Reverberations :: Flash Palace – Some Misinterpreted Sunsets

Flash Palace
Some Misinterpreted Sunsets
(Mayan Chorus)
Vancouver, BC
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From the flashing teenage fantasies of Aaron Levin:
Brilliant genre-pollination from this out-of-left-field Vancouver quartet. Their highly visceral pressure waves ooze a strange hybridized pop-psych with flashes of electro digitalia and sampledelic cut-ups. The blotted magnetic threads of Flash Palace’s debut tape are filled with this phenomenal pilgrimage into pomo-pop principalia and has me excited beyond most hyperbolic means. A voyeuristic adventure into a genre-less future. GRIP÷0.

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Flash Palace – Slow Beams

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Flash Palace – Sasa

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Flash Palace – Seventy Lives

July 28th, 2010

Music :: Gyre Spire & Spindle – Nuggets

Gyre Spire & Spindle
Nuggets
(Bart Records)
Edmonton, AB
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From the spindly gyrations of James Goddard:
While we’re on the topic of Bart Records, can I mention the tragically short-lived Gyre, Spire & Spindle? Technically savvy and hyper-literate, they’re a fitting realization of the fables their name conjures. The recipe was simple: one folkie turned post-hardcore screamstress, several journey-men Edmonton musicians, and a penchant for pairing words. Simmer in a large, black, cauldron. Serves up one brain-melting five-song cassette. Nuggets is proof that once upon a time there was Gyre, Spire & Spindle. Grip it while it lasts.

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Gyre, Spyre & Spindle – Wishy Washy

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Gyre Spyre & Spindle – Splishy Splashy

July 27th, 2010

Music :: Meat Curtains // Pompoir – Blue Rare

Meat Curtains // Pompoir
Blue Rare
(Isolated Now Waves (INW 235))
Halifax, NS // Vancouver, BC
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From the blue-label rarity of James Goddard:
There is the music – loud, thrashed out, punk descended, riff heavy tunes held together by cacophonous percussion and throat tearing vocals. Then there is the politics – re-appropriating pejorative terms for female anatomy and sex acts, a jaded DIY nihilism, and the revolutionary potential of punk itself. There is the A Side – Halifax’s critic-baiting, charcuterie-themed, absurdist fem-core four piece Meat Curtains. Then there is the B Side – Vancouver’s sex-positive, weird punk, all-stars. There is…you’re still reading this crap? You should probably listen to the fuckin’ traxxx. Now. It’s imperative.

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Meat Curtains – Dead Dog

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Pompoir – Side B [excerpt]

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Meat Curtains – Get Rebel

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Meat Curtains – Pepperoni Ghost

July 20th, 2010

Music :: White Dog – White Dog

White Dog
White Dog
(Prairie Fire Tapes)
Edmonton, AB
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From the dogless white of Jesse Locke:
Barking at the moon from the heart of middle Canada, White Dog’s Chris Jacques doubles as the co-founder of Prairie Fire Tapes and its off branch Dub Ditch Picnic. This four-song c30 is the latest ear-clot from his ambient/drone project, and finds Jacques in a meditative mood while maintaining trademark murk. Following three storm and stress instrumental creepers, the clear culmination is closer “A Forest”. Here, haunted vocal samples sink into plaintive acoustic plucks, mystical wind chimes and ominous horror movie hums for a spirit animal ceremony that’s both mesmerizing and mysterious.

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White Dog – A Forest [excerpt]

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White Dog – The Return of Light [excerpt]

July 19th, 2010

Music :: Bloodhouse – Bloodhouse

Bloodhouse
Bloodhouse
(Self Released)
Halifax, NS
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From the bloodied home of Aaron Levin:
A churning swamp of distortion oozes from Bloodhouse’s debut cassette. It pushes their thunderous pop monstrosity into new dimensions of intensity, molding the Haligonian pop-vocal-phenomenon into walls of spectral noise and sinusoidal chaos. Tracks like Eerie Power tear apart the murky folds of reverb, bearing witness to a brash group of teens spawning havoc within our audio organs. HEAVY.

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Bloodhouse – Eerie Power

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Bloodhouse – Grave Mind

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