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New Canadiana :: Andy Boay – Evil Masters

admin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:30:22 +0000

Andy Boay
Evil Masters
(Does Are)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::

From the gripping overlord of Aaron Levin:

The infinitely astonishing half of the Brothers Tonstartss has unleashed a prophetic tome of popular drone. Andy Boay’s disharmonic orchestra eschews a wondrous pop dialectic; streams of incredible catch coalesce within tempered vibrations and dense bowed riffery while swathes of warm, ecclesiastical timbers mellow with hypnotic ease. Evil Masters brings us mere nanometers towards understanding the creative behemoth that is Andy Boay; yet the face doth melt and the hand grippeth ever more.

Andy Boay – Evil Masters
Andy Boay – Tucson
Andy Boay – Done Deal

New Canadiana :: Sean Nicholas Savage – Flamingo

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:30:56 +0000

Sean Nicholas Savage
Flamingo
(Arbutus Records)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::

From the carnie games of Pam Haasen:

If small town fairs were hip to the culture of cheap thrills and cheese appeal that speaks to my inner child, I’d hear Flamingo on the tinny speakers beside my head while I wait in line for elephant ears and ride vouchers. Sean Savage is calmer and quieter here than I’ve known him to be. These are vaguely erotic hand-holding and ferris-wheel-secret-telling songs. I want to win the big bear prize for my gal and make promises to her while the sun sets. Lovely meets funny as Sean trills, woos and oohs you.

Sean Nicholas Savage – She Was The One
Sean Nicholas Savage – Chin Chin

New Canadiana :: Rebecca’s Room – The Burned CD II

admin — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:30:35 +0000

Rebecca’s Room
The Burned CD II
(Self Released)
New Waterford, NS
::web/sounds::

From the glass menageries of Aaron Levin:

With wild strokes of coloured psychedelia, Rebecca’s Room return with another lazer-graphed tome brimming with pop-lysergia. Languishing within their popular bedlam, the bedroom-laced mono-pop sizzles with uncanny waves of Eastern abandon; Dylonian moves displaced by a wicked array of tabla pounding beneath the devil’s anvil. A ridiculously curious leap forward for the New Waterford native. Deft grippage, please.

Rebecca’s Room – Happiness Rings
Rebecca’s Room – Song Bird

Dual cannon pony-tail.

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:09:13 +0000

HolzkÃ¶pf
Fat in the Sun b/w I’d be a Fool (Isolation Dub)
(nOnCapable)
Vancouver, BC
::web/sounds::

The heaviest dance music on earth is composed live with pedals and samplers by this dual-pony-tailed Vancouverite performing under the elusive HolzkÃ¶pf moniker. Originally from Saskatoon, HolzkÃ¶pf’s ghetto-techno took years to craft into its current state (spending some time in Edmonton in the process); a blend of harsh noise, lo-fi, and improvised tech. It’s really something you need to see and hear live, but this two-track CDR contains the best recordings I’ve heard of his work to date (for his dancey stuff). Layers of distorted tape-squeal hover above truncations of drum loops programmed on the fly by HolzkÃ¶pf as he takes the mic and screams into DIY-fischerprice-dom. The reggie-fused I’d Be A Fool (Isolation Dub) is a definite favorite. Does it get any better than a no-bit quantized dancehall riff?

The MP3s I’ve posted are super low-quality (96kbs) as the files were too big. You should support HolzkÃ¶pf on his Canadian tour and pick up a CD when he comes to your town! He is definitely one of the best live performances I’ve ever seen!

HolzkÃ¶pf – I’d Be A Fool (Isolation Dub)
HolzkÃ¶pf – Fat In The Sun