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May 21st, 2010

Review :: Grand Trine // Black Feelings – Radio Frequency Identification b/w Magic Feeling

Grand Trine // Black Feelings
Radio Frequency Identification b/w Magic Feeling
(Blue Skies Turn Black)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds:: // ::web/sounds::


From the Black Magic frequencies of Jesse Locke:
Continuing in their 10th birthday brew-ha-ha, Montreal’s busiest promotion company and occasional record label has dropped this doozy of a 7” split. Grand Trine get the A-side with a fuzzy caveman rocker of Stoogian proportions, teeming with ‘tude, revved-up guitars and a middle section washout of snowstorm static (now the song title makes sense). On the flip, Black Feelings submit an underwater-fi take on the song they’ve been playing as a closer the last few times I’ve seen ‘em live, complete with stroboscopic rhythms and chiming guitars that ring out like steel drums. Still, when that triumphant riff kicks in for the first time at the 1:50 mark, life is a NES and you’re Kid Icarus.

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Black Feelings – Magic Feeling

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Grand Trine – Radio Frequency Identification

December 23rd, 2009

Review :: Greyscreen – Permastruct

Greyscreen - Permastruct Greyscreen
Permastruct
(Bart Records)
Calgary, AB
::web/sounds::


From the Gameboy™-gripping hands of Jesse Locke:
As far as music made on old school handheld video game systems goes, GreyScreen (a.k.a. Bart Records founder and retro pop culture fanatic Kevin Stebner) is the Michael Jordan of Caddilacs. The Charles Bronson of Chiptune? From the immaculate Value Village bargain bin packaging to the poetic RPG-inspired song titles (and of course the 8-bit chirps, burps and bleeps that make up these 22 songs), everything about GreyScreen’s debut tape reminds of a more innocent time spent agonizing over Alien Olympics 2044 AD in your parents’ basement. Of course, Stebs also uses modern technology like Nanoloop and LSDJ to concoct these micro-epics, but his DIY punk rock ethos is maintained all the same. Need more proof? Check his killer cover of Black Flag’s “Spray Paint” by downloading this comp.
[Levin's Note: The world was so much simpler when everyone had a Gameboy™. All a we had to do was level-up and the monsters went away. How do the kids sleep at night today? Look back to the dot-matrix; listen to the trailing ends of MIDI; and always remember to keep a fairy in the jar. Poppa don't hit me no mo'.]

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Greyscreen – The Sea in Jars

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Greyscreen – Water Drawn from Wells

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Greyscreen – From Heaven Fought Stars

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