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October 31st, 2011

New Canadiana :: Solids – Fog Friends b/w Blown Out

From the rolling credits of Gabriel Jasmin:
Excelling at a peculiarly potent bittersweet strain of end-of-the-movie, think-about-your-life-during-the-credits alt-rock, this 7” by Montreal powerhouse duo Solids cements their role as forerunners breathing fresh air into an aging genre. Here, Montreal’s premier production alchemist guru further magnifies their vigorous roar, and polishes the B-side’s neatly discordant harmonics to a glimmer unheard on their previous outing. 500 copies pressed on timely Halloween orange vinyl.

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Solids – Fog Friends

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Solids – Blown Out

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July 22nd, 2011

New Canadiana :: Chad VanGaalen – Diaper Island

From the vivid afterglow of Gabriel Jasmin:
Not a soul can predict the cascading disposition of Chad VanGaalen’s zany neurons. His fourth full length, curiously/awesomely titled Diaper Island, shies away from past electronic interferences to switch the focus towards thick, alt-rock minded studio production. Perhaps as an afterglow to his baroque noise-pop adornments for Women, VanGaalen maturely navigates between straightforward and dreamy, his mystical visions taking new shapes vivid as ever.

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Chad VanGaalen – Sara

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Chad VanGaalen – Blonde Hash

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October 15th, 2010

New Canadiana :: Jesuslesfilles – Une Belle Table

Jesuslesfilles
Une Belle Table
(Self Released)
Montreal, PQ
::web/sounds::


From the jangly jangle of Jesse Locke:
With their wiry guitars, hopped-up hooks and Fin du Monde-soaked boy-girl vocals, Jesuslesfilles bring to mind a wickedly francophone Pixies. However, blasting through the 90s jangle of their debut full-length are nuggets of Nuggets-style psych-fuzz, and it’s as much classic rock as it is Come On Pilgrim. From the downcast drift of “Tes Yeux” to the ghostly ringing chords of “Mercredi”, there’s a wealth of melody crammed into these 11 songs, all clocking in at less than four minutes. Even if your understanding of french is as embarrassingly lacking as mine, Une Belle Table will speak to you in the international language of riffs.

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Jesuslesfilles – Tes yeux

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Jesuslesfilles – Mercredi

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August 21st, 2009

Review :: Peace – Slow Children

Peace - Slow Children Peace
Slow Children
(Reluctant Recordings)
Vancouver, BC
::web/sounds::

The bombs were going off in my mind as I watched Peace for the first time mere hours ago. Peace has been Edmonton’s secret obsession since Dan Geddes, singer and guitarist from everyone’s favorite Bummers, left for Vancouver and formed this unique trek into hi-fi indie-rock pastures with a few other Edmonton ex-pats. Searing above Peace’s late-period post-punk jangle is Dan’s unique voice, recorded way in the front so his anthemic chants, hollers, and laconic-yet- surreal lyrics direct you to the corners of his frayed and ingenious existence. It’s easy to fall in love with everything Peace is about; it’s weird and hip, with their angular guitar riffs, rolling bass-lines, and Dan’s bizarre vibrato, but seemingly straight enough to blast in your mom’s car as you drive to Red Lobster waiting to suck down a juicy shrimp platter whilst convincing your litter sister that, yes, Peace will be her favorite band once she tires of Morrissey and The Fall. Which is why the bombs have gone off and I’m not going out on saturday night. Highly recommended. I want to keep gushing; so just listen to the damn mp3s already.

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Peace – I Forget

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Peace – Saturday Night

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