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August 29th, 2011

New Canadiana :: The Shrapnelles – Asscalibur

From the too-short shorts of Alison Lang:
This three-song debut EP by four gloriously greasy Calgarian trashwomen will remind you of all things dirty, bad for you and therefore irresistible: the burn in your throat after a shot of SoCo; the oily bartender with prison tats who pours your pint in a way that loosens your knees; your friend’s mom who wears too-short shorts, makes jokes about anal sex and always shares her menthols. Opener “My Mom is Hot” is a bristly beast, off and running with nary a word, but out of nowhere comes “Desert Furs”, which begins as a swooning ballad and suddenly lurches into a galloping, howling expression of hot-blood love (or maybe it’s hate). This record rips with a snarling beauty. Please mummies, I want some more.

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The Shrapnelles – Desert Furs

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The Shrapnelles – My Mom Is Hot

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August 2nd, 2011

New Canadiana :: Red Mass – Sadness

From the sonic hiss-flames of Alison Lang:
The latest release from Red Mass kicks off with the bluesy groove-mare “Mule Stone Hourly.” Above a froth of warbling riff and fuzz, bandleader Choyce calls across the muck. “I work these hands/Bloody hands,” he moans, breaking off into a Sabbathy solo overlaid with searching slide guitars far from the flesh and far into the ether. From here, we hear a rasping spoken lament for Arlis Perry, a woman murdered by ice pick at Stanford University in 1974, intoned over a crackling bed of white noise and sonic hiss-flames. There’s also a bleakly romantic reflection on mercy — the ugly, Nick Cave-ian kind — and the jingle-stomper “Mamie’s Got the Moves,” a “Papa Oom Mow Mow” for a generation of consumptives. It’s the happiest song on a tape called Sadness, and yet somehow it prowled my dreams, lingering and restless, for weeks.

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Red Mass – Mule Stone Hourly

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Red Mass – Mamie’s Got the Moves

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May 5th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Ultrathin – Glass City b/w Don’t Mess

From the broken glass diet of Benoit Poirier:
There once was a time when Ultrathin were taking things a bit smoother as a four piece. As a trio, these Montrealers present this 7” of ripping garage punk with pummeling drums that will take you through both sides of the wax without the hope of a Sunday brunch. “Glass City” charges with no fear of what’s ahead and ends with scars in the face (plus a shredding solo). The cadence slows down on the other side for the ridiculously heavy “Don’t Mess” so those bros can play, hit and shout louder. There’s something slightly evil in the band’s energy, and this is for the lion, not the lamb. Because you have it better when your middle name is Danger.

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Ultrathin – Glass City b/w Don’t Mess

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April 1st, 2011

New Canadiana :: Topless Mongos – Hey My My b/w Theme from Human Centipede

From the human centipede of Mike Deane:
These mongos mix furiosity, intensity, hooks, throw back and right now! You’ll fall in love with your tormentor. Hard boiled garage punk on the A-side, full of slurred, straight-up, brief-and-rough hooks that’ll dig deep into your brain. Side B is similarly grimy and tight, with some pervey muffled vox over old-but-new gar(b)agey riffs, with nods to the sickest flick. After 60 years, rock ‘n roll is still exciting, and you have bands like the Topless Mongos to thank.

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Topless Mongos – Hey My My

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Topless Mongos – Rowena

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March 1st, 2011

New Canadiana :: Fist City // Moby Dicks – Blow b/w All The Time

From the bad-daditude of Jesse Locke:
The Scotch Tapes (Cas)Singles Club launches like a wrist shot straight to the top shelf where grandma keeps the peanut butter. By now, regular readers of Weird Canada should be intimately familiar with the Fist City formula, and once again the razor-wire gtr-punks keep up their sister act with heart-racing panache. After an ear-piercing, amp-squealing intro, “Blow” dissolves into double-speed Daydream Nation sprawl, while the spoken-squawked vocals ring the alarm. Side B sees Southern Alberta brother band The Moby Dicks smudge and fudge through two minutes of B.T.F.O. bad-daditude, as frontman Joel Butler barks out commands over brain-buzzing riffs. Grip it and flip it and flip it again.

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Fist City – Blow

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Moby Dicks – All the Time

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December 3rd, 2010

New Canadiana :: Dead Ghosts – Dead Ghosts

Dead Ghosts
Dead Ghosts
(Floridas Dying)
Vancouver, BC
::web/sounds::


From the living dead of Aaron Levin:
Bursting from the desperate vaults of R&R’s discrete past, Dead Ghosts is a shattering testament to the janglophone origins of pop. Reverberated country twang, phantasmic R&B, gnarly jangled garage, and indelible pop hooks bespeckle this game-changing thesis, throwing a Hegelian bomb into your square neighbor’s pool party. Grab the telephone, kick-down the door, wave your 4-4 and keep yelling: pop music ain’t gonna hit me no more. There ain’t nothing new without something old so grip it all while you’re still here to party.

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Dead Ghosts – Off The Hook

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Dead Ghosts – How The West Was Fun

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Dead Ghosts – I Want You To Know

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November 2nd, 2010

New Canadiana :: Phil Console – Je fuis la vie

Phil Console
Je fuis la vie
(Les Records Public Squaw)
Montréal, QC
::web/sounds::


De la fuite de Benoit Poirier:
Avec une générosité qui n’a d’égale que ses 6’quelques”, Phil Console approche ses tounes post-garage avec une légère intention no-wave, soulignée entre autres par un instrument qui remonte à la source du tapage de pied : le banjo. Avec des riffs serrés qui traversent formellement les âges (tout le monde aime le banjo), une batterie floor-tom + caisse claire minimaliste mais implacable et des chœurs inspirés d’un (son) bébé qui pleure, ce deuxième d’une série de 4 maxis est le plus punky du lot, mais M. Console vous invite à apprécier (télécharger) le reste aussi : http://www.mediafire.com/philconsole

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Phil Console – Je fuis la vie

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Phil Console – FlÉmes puissance explosion

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October 14th, 2010

Departures :: The Ugly Ducklings – Nothin’ b/w I Can Tell

The Ugly Ducklings
Nothin’ b/w I Can Tell
(Yorktown Records)
Toronto, ON
Originally Released: 1966


From the null set of Aaron Levin:
Thee quintessential garage-punk single. Much has already been written about this snarly five-piece from the centre of the world, so I’ll let the wild guitar tones and hurling vocals do the screaming. Aspiring youngsters: take note. Black-label, silver-letter variant pictured above is the first pressing. Classic Yorktown colour-label indicates a 2nd pressing. Their LP Somewhere Outside is highly recommended. It really doesn’t get better than this.

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The Ugly Ducklings – Nothin’

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October 13th, 2010

New Canadiana :: Sans AIDS // Lake Country – Sans AIDS / Lake Country Split Tape

Sans AIDS // Lake Country
Sans AIDS / Lake Country Split Tape
(Fan Club Music Club)
Edmonton, AB // Victoria, BC
::web/sounds:: // ::web/sounds::


From the northern lights of Aaron Levin:
For anyone unable to witness the pantheon of talent germinating within 2010 Alberta, the Sans AIDS // Lake Country split is prime listening. Edmonton’s drowned-out, heel-stomping bass-tone mastermind Sans AIDS fills 28 minutes of blistering summertime pop nostalgia; a sound I’ll forever associate with the year we all yelled “I Can’t Handle This.” On the flip-side, Medicine Hat, Alberta ex-pats Lake Country harvest their broiling garage-punk rural jams, a hallmark signal from the infamous Mt. Royal beast that wreaked havoc through Edmonton’s sinusoidal consciousness. Essential grippage.

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Sans AIDS – Big Nothing

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Lake Country – Riversong

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Sans AIDS – But The Boat

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Lake Country – Crushin’

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September 30th, 2010

New Canadiana :: Slam Dunk – Slam Dunk

Slam Dunk
Slam Dunk
(Fan Club Music Club)
Victoria, BC
::web/sounds::


From the bear cub of Joni Sadler:
Slam Dunk may still be fairly young as far as bands go, but this gang of scrappy Victorians has certainly lost no time in recording some killer jams and taking the road by storm. With gang-shouted choruses, twisting fuzz guitar melodies, and seemingly endless energy, these dudes are proving seriously hard not to love. Viva Slam Dunk, indeed.

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Slam Dunk – Only Fun

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Slam Dunk – Feral Child

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