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February 27th, 2012

New Canadiana :: Police des Moeurs – Police des Moeurs EP

Police Des Moeurs
From the noble purity of Simon Frank:
Police Des Moeurs may be Alphaville’s greatest export since Lemmy Caution and Anna Karina. The duo intuitively know when to let sequencers speak for themselves, when to chime in, and when to command their drum machines to play another remorseless fill. Best experienced while observing Brutalist architecture, a worn existential paperback in your pocket. [Note: Certain copies of the 7" may come packaged with a page from Georg Orwell's 1984.]

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Police des Moeurs – Il vient d’un pays qui n’existe plus

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Police des Moeurs – Ville souterraine

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November 30th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Silver Dapple – English Girlfriend

From the psychocandy of Gabriel Jasmin:
Caked from top to bottom in a thick simmer of fuzz, Silver Dapple choose to fight amplifier feedback with massive walls of unclean guitar overdrive. English Girlfriend’s honey dripping sounds echo back two decades at Black Tambourine’s feminine noise-pop, its finely wound songwriting tangible through humble hooks and fairly removed expressionism. À dévorer à pleines dents.

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Silver Dapple – Want To

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Silver Dapple – Song For The Boys

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November 2nd, 2011

Video :: Silver Dapple – (Pauses) [Dir. Moduli TV]

From the mild drug dependence of Michael Deane:
Cut up collage comp vids of found footage and cable access standouts are good even when they’re done lazily, and they’re endlessly entertaining when someone puts in the effort. Moduli TV has done it well for Silver Dapple, infusing random clips with a thematic narrative. There’s purpose and flow in the shaking, distorted images, and it’s matched by fuzzed-out shoegazing guitars plus stomping and running drums. With strange breaks, disconcerting dance and exercise videos and quick excerpts of VHS garbage, the video is a stand-out on its own; it changes enough to keep you guessing, and every frame seems picked for intrigue and discomfort. The song itself is a mild drug that slowly builds dependence. Female vox soar over thick guitars and bass and the punctuating drums make you pay attention. Altered collage rock done right, and a full-length coming out soon. Get ready to grip, or grip now in advance.

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March 22nd, 2011

New Canadiana :: Aunty Panty – AP EP

  • Aunty Panty
  • AP EP
  • (yo’ mama$ ¢redit ¢ard rekkid$)
  • Saskatoon, SK
  • ::web/sounds::
From the red-ink briefs of Aaron Levin:
Scanner-destroying sans-wave from the antagonizing wastelands of Saskatoon. Aunty Panty’s digital halo debut is a dualic descent into derelict guitar destruction and vocal annihilation. Hammered strikes against their metallic strings clangor amongst the concrete waves of red-lined vocals and four-four drummery. A severe peak into the marginalized sounds running rampant in our wheat-filled prairies.

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Aunty Panty – Mal Au Coeur

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Aunty Panty – Cunt

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March 16th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Deadhorse – Deadhorse

From the pentatonic reverence of Mark Teo:
Wedged in the purgatory between stations on the AM dial, Deadhorse’s ghostly Canadiana inhabits the interstitial gaps between smokehouses and smoke lodges. Celestine space waltzes (“Interstellar Remedies”) spike the punch of pissed-up blues stompers (“Glam Central” and the Jello Bia-fried “Big Blew Sky”), while “I’m a Lawyer” jitters like “Baba O’Riley”, were it an incantation to the open skies. Throughout, co-vocalists Jen Crighton and Danny Vescarelli weave Rigellian tapestries in pentatonic reverence that, somehow, avoids Crazy Horse Pentecostalism. Call it a collision of Calgary past and present, but this much is clear: Deadhorse understands that roots are meant to grow.

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Deadhorse – Interstellar Remedies

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Deadhorse – I’m a Lawyer

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June 2nd, 2010

Review :: Silver Dapple / Les Beyond – White Door By Carl

Silver Dapple / Les Beyond
White Door By Carl
(Planet of the Tapes)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::


From the white doors of Aaron Levin:
Two Albertans find each other in Montreal during a French class while an ex-Shearing Pinx member embarks on a solo project of ambient processed guitar and French language learning. Unexpectedly, the two groups, Silver Dapple and Les Beyond (respectively), share the sides of a brilliant c10 that forges the hidden links between 90s femme-pop and cerebral guitar work-outs. Silver Dapple inject their pop mastery into the hidden teenager scheming within your mind-sphere while Les Beyond thwarts your tomfoolery with twilight mellowtude. All of this accomplished in under 20 minutes care-of Montreal’s latest addition to the cassette scene, Planet of the Tapes.

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Silver Dapple – (Pauses)

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Les Beyond – Brass Knuckled

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Silver Dapple – 2 x 2

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April 27th, 2010

Review :: Dead Wife – Dead Wife

Dead Wife
Dead Wife
(Psychic Handshake / No Vacation)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::


From the DxWxSxYxHxF of Jesse Locke:
Copping the speed, angst and Xeroxed b&w paste-ups of classic 1980s crust, Dead Wife’s latest 7” hearkens back to the time when a stuttering robot reigned supreme. There’s a healthy dash of Riot Grrrl in their breakneck skuzz as well, and these brats could go toe-to-toe with anyone lurking in East Van’s weirdo punk grotto. Co-released by the always hep Psychic Handshake, newcomers No Vacation and recorded with the help of Choyce from Red Mass, this is a must-grip for the whole family now that Mom is worm food.

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Dead Wife – DxWxSxYxHxF

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Dead Wife – Txt Me

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April 27th, 2010

Review :: The Peelies – Together Forever

The Peelies
Together Forever
(Lava Dance Records)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::


From the jingle-jango of Aaron Levin:
Post-Yé-yé garage jangle is rarely exported outside of Quebec, an odd fact given the adorable narrative Bande à Part threw together on Montreal’s The Peelies. Their debut album, Together Forever, has a summery, dissonant clangor and (oddly) prairie chic perfect for drawing all over your bud’s face and lighting a car on fire. Together we’ll douce the flames with a squinted, morning warble; it’s an indian summer.

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The Peelies – Merde In French

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The Peelies – Snake on a Man

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April 14th, 2010

Review :: The Poly Shores – White Fear b/w Hentai Is Too Art

The Poly Shores
White Fear b/w Hentai Is Too Art
(Self Released)
Calgary, AB
::web/sounds::


From the biodome of Jesse Locke:
Not since the mercifully short-lived local music in-joke Lorrie Matheson’s Cock has Calgary had a band name as ludicrous as The Poly Shores. All the same, don’t be fooled by their fondness for purple sticky punch as these scrappy, spazzy berzerkers mean their own brand of business. Pitched somewhere between Ponytail, Be Your Own Pet and Toni Basil their debut two-song blast is now available on CD and glorious cassingle. Listen for the stone cold funky basslines, shark-toothed guitars and smart/stupid sloganistic lyrics like “guns don’t kill people, love kills people…” Wheez the juice!

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The Poly Shores – White Fear

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The Poly Shores – Hentai Is Too Art

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July 1st, 2009

Pubescent tarnation!

Puberty - Live Puberty
Live
(Self Released)
Calgary, Alberta
::web/sounds::

Puberty sucks. Remember that sterile, confusing, and awkward time in every person’s life? Where they quickly discover just how ugly they really are. On the other hand, Puberty’s incarnation as three beautiful and awkward women from Calgary is exciting, inspiring, and everything that puberty isn’t. It’s hard to not become affectionate with their weird concoction of post-punk jangle and water-slide slurpee pop. Every time I see them in Calgary I want to shout with glee: “the pubes!” while the drummer bashes away on cymbals and microphones. They’re everyone’s favorite band and why the hell not? Their unadulterated approach to punk makes me think back to my experience with puberty. Maybe bus-stop boners and B.O weren’t so bad? This Live CD (#6 in an edition of 10) is pretty raw, but the sessions recorded at CJSW lead us in the right direction; Mac’s – let’s purchase cigarettes for minors and continue the trend.

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Puberty – Tarnation

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Puberty – Common Sense

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