August 24th, 2010
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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’
File under: aaron levin // bad vibrations // divorce records // electronic // halifax // obey convention // pop // psych // washed-out
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: cassette :: nova scotia | 1 Comment »
January 26th, 2010
From the wish-I-had-a-tough-guy-leather-jacket stylings of Aaron Levin:
Monochromatic Youth, the vanguard of Grand Trine’s Bruised Tongue debut, captured their synthetic sans-wave pedigree at the cusp of their existence, posing the question: where now? Defying all expectations, Grand Trine returned with a barrage of brilliant psychedelic biker-punk transplanted from their phantasmagoric Montreal freak-clinic. Some wastoid time-warp seizure has them sounding like Marty McFly opening for the MC5; face-melting genre-collages, bursting celluloid solos, and decimating saxophone freak-outs; all of it wrapped in layers of frayed leather, busted zippers, and skitched sunglasses. Translation: Sunglasses is not for the faint of heart, mind, spirit, or stomach. All orifices will succumb to their unwholesome mutant hard-rock and I suggest you send all litigations directly to Divorce Records c/o Weird Canada legal services (but make sure to grip the 12″ vinyl (limited to 600 copies) as evidence of their crime). Now, if you don’t mind, I have a large mess near my stereo system to attend to.
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Grand Trine – I Am a Magnet
File under: biker punk // divorce records // punk // punk punk // synth punk // weird punk
Categoria!! 12" :: New Canadiana :: quebec | 1 Comment »
December 1st, 2009
From the portal-books of Jesse Locke:
For those keeping track at home, Aidan Baker’s discography is starting to stretch longer than both his beard and onstage guitar jams. On this split LP, the multi-instrumentalist and founding member of “Ambient Doom” duo Nadja is in full-on minimalist mode, filling the entirety of his side with the soft-focus tone workout “Disturbances pt. 1 & 2.” Movement wise, it’s as unhurried as Eno or Stars of the Lid, and equally iridescent. On the flip, Brooklyn’s Sarah Lipstate (a.k.a. Noveller) – a member of Rhys Chatham’s Guitar Army, Glenn Branca’s 100 Guitar Ensemble and formerly Parts and Labor – contributes two shorter songs. In comparison to Baker’s piece, her haunting “White Rabbit” and ornate “Under The Color Cave” sound positively lively. This one could be a desert island pick, if that island happened to be Myst.
[Levin's Note: Having played Myst (blind subway!), Myst II: Riven (hang-man language thingy!), and Myst III: Exile (bee-hive!), I concur with everything Mr. Locke has stated, and more!]
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Aidan Baker – Disturbances [excerpt]
File under: ambient // avant-guitar // divorce records // experimental
Categoria!! 12" :: New Canadiana :: ontario | 1 Comment »
November 19th, 2009
The Old Line is dense; a desolate bus-ride on the midnight express to nowhere, culminating in the heaviest, trance-inducing psychedelic yogi-chant ever documented. Gown, the solo project of Thurston Moore collaborator Andrew McGregor (now residing in Nova Scotia), is not your paltry foray into distorted minimalism. Having cut the fabric of space-time and emerged as its own cosmic entity, Gown self-assimilates the reverberations of our universe and rebroadcasts them as soundtracks to our imagination’s self-deprecated autobiography. All the reverb-soaked, red-line meanderings underneath Andrew’s atonal murmurs resonate with the basement of our psyche. It’s challenging and absolutely impressive how deep The Old Line penetrates. I’ve spent three days with this record and I’m not yet ready for the world.
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Gown – roots
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Gown – here
File under: divorce records // experimental // minimal // noise // post-rock // thurston moore
Categoria!! 12" :: New Canadiana :: nova scotia | 1 Comment »
