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July 29th, 2011

Festivities :: SappyFest 2011

From the cult-like gathering of James Goddard:
The small college town of Sackville, New Brunswick harbours a secret. Every summer while students shop for discount books in major cities, a cult-like gathering of outsiders convenes to celebrate strange sounds in large tents, vaudeville theatres, small town cinemas and railside taverns. Turning the concept of a multi-venue festival on its head each year, SappyFest finds not the alterna-side spaces where loud noises are welcome but puts all the plaid shirts, fuzz peddles and puddles of beer right on the main street. First hosting the reunited Eric’s Trip in 2006, Sappy has grown and grown. This year’s lineup promises not to disappoint, showcasing the luminaries of independent Canadian culture both new and old, familiar and not. Alongside as yet un-tauted gems such as Cannon Bros, Hash Jesus, SILKEN LAUMANN and Wooden Wives, this year’s lineup boasts sets by current Weird Canada favourites Jennifer Castle, Chad VanGaalen, Rich Aucoin, Gobble Gobble, Grimes and Quaker Parents. And that’s just the pop music. See you there?

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May 31st, 2011

New Canadiana :: La Part Maudite // Dios Mio! – Our Balls Are Like Dead Suns EP // Leçon practique d’hypnotisme

De le 115ième cauchemar de James Goddard:
POTT 004 est au-delà de toute description. Chaque face révèle les travaux d’un groupe qui repousse les limites du genre, de la musique, et même du son. Dios Mio, en utilisant une guitare, un clavicorde, un theremin et un magnétophone à bobines crée la bande sonore pour un film qui n’existe pas. C’est le 115ième cauchemar de Franz Anton Mesmer. Sur la seconde face, La Part Maudite crée cet espèce assez rare — une fusion agéable à écouter. Il se produit une synthèse qui emprunte également au thrash-punk et au jazz. Imprimé en édition limitée, ceci est une cassette qu’il faut gripper immédiatement.

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Dios Mio! – Leçon Practique D’Hypnotisme (excerpt)

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La Part Maudite – Boxerblood

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January 19th, 2011

New Canadiana :: WHOOP-Szo – What I Dream is Where I Live

From the feedback hand gestures of James Goddard:
What I Dream is Where I Live will toss you into accidental chatter. It’s warm, hazy strumming inviting conversation. Yet, this is no shrinking violet. It makes radical declarations with pummeling rock; the feedback hand gestures and swirling synth washes robbing your attention. Look away and it’ll smite you with strange pop projectiles, swaying you back into its bewildering dialogue. This royal city wonder features members from ESBC.

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WHOOP-Szo – Where I Live is What I Dream

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WHOOP-Szo – Snowfall

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December 30th, 2010

New Canadiana :: Construction & Destruction – Mutatis Mutandis

Construction & Destruction
Mutatis Mutandis
(The Quarantine)
Port Greville, NS
::web/sounds::


From the mutant mutandis of James Goddard:
Rural art-rockers radiating traces from a secluded homestead hanging over the Atlantic Ocean. Fresh like the crunch of first steps in burnt snow. Mutatis Mutandis is Construction & Destruction’s fourth bass-led caravan of hyper-text lyrics, dense guitar riffs, detached drumming and Kohakian meditations. It takes a moment to reach the place they’re coming from. Venture forth and see for yourself.

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Construction & Destruction – The Oracle

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Construction & Destruction – Bear

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December 28th, 2010

New Canadiana :: Metz – Negative Space

Metz
Negative Space
(We Are Busy Bodies)
::web/sounds::


From the megative zpace of James Goddard:
Negative Space‘s blistering, all-offense Punk’n'Grunge proudly pushes Metz’s noise crusade forward. Opening with a series of carefully timed guitar shrieks – like a call to the ramparts of the pre-medieval French city with which they share their name – and continuing with relentless drumming, six-stringed wizardry, Constantinian vocals, and what might be the auditory equivalent of burning oil, the cuts on this gorgeously coloured vinyl are taking no names as they storm your aural countryside. This is the last of their three 7″ opening salvo, get in on the ground floor.

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Metz – Automat

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Metz – Negative Space

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November 11th, 2010

New Canadiana :: Seth Smith – New Problems

Seth Smith
New Problems
(Yo Rodeo)
Halifax, NS
::web/sounds::


From the reducible logic of James Goddard:
Gottlob Frege committed his life to one problem: demonstrating that mathematics is reducible to logic. With New Problems Seth Smith, takes a break from dealing with his regular problem to tackle some amazing new ones. The album creates its own geometric space, a slowly unfolding shape built of tape-hiss, song fragments, actual songs and found sound. The warm strum of the guitar, the unfaithful percussive notes, and the other near constant noises consume the listener like Notes From The Underground or Dreamies. In one particularly evocative moment Smith presents us with a crescendoing series of voice-mail messages. Ultimately, Frege died without finding the solution to his problem. Smith, on the other hand, appears to have discovered a fruitful new direction for exploration.

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Seth Smith – Answers

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Seth Smith – Make the Right Decision

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August 17th, 2010

New Canadiana :: Jom Comyn – Balcony

Jom Comyn
Balcony
(Champion City Records)
Edmonton, AB
::web/sounds::


From the comyn-spiced balconies of James Goddard:
This EP from Edmonton’s Jom Comyn (sometimes Jim Cumming) speaks to the concerns of young adults in the 21st Century – I mean actual young adults, not the browsers of Gordon Korman – unemployment, cigarettes, sloppy romances, late-nights, and (of course) almost condemned balconies. The guitars carry the tunes lethargically; apathetic tones, sketchy feedback, and non-committal fuzz over dusty, stilted drumming. Jom’s vocals shine through the nest like a retired lounge singer; an odd, weathered voice spouting the words of a quarter-life savant. “You don’t know what you are doing until years after it’s through.” On Sunday morning, in a hungover haze, it all sounds like it might be the truth.

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Jom Comyn – New Raincoat

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Jom Comyn – Roomie

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July 28th, 2010

Music :: Gyre Spire & Spindle – Nuggets

Gyre Spire & Spindle
Nuggets
(Bart Records)
Edmonton, AB
::web/sounds::


From the spindly gyrations of James Goddard:
While we’re on the topic of Bart Records, can I mention the tragically short-lived Gyre, Spire & Spindle? Technically savvy and hyper-literate, they’re a fitting realization of the fables their name conjures. The recipe was simple: one folkie turned post-hardcore screamstress, several journey-men Edmonton musicians, and a penchant for pairing words. Simmer in a large, black, cauldron. Serves up one brain-melting five-song cassette. Nuggets is proof that once upon a time there was Gyre, Spire & Spindle. Grip it while it lasts.

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Gyre, Spyre & Spindle – Wishy Washy

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Gyre Spyre & Spindle – Splishy Splashy

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July 27th, 2010

Music :: Meat Curtains // Pompoir – Blue Rare

Meat Curtains // Pompoir
Blue Rare
(Isolated Now Waves (INW 235))
Halifax, NS // Vancouver, BC
::web/sounds:: // ::web/sounds::


From the blue-label rarity of James Goddard:
There is the music – loud, thrashed out, punk descended, riff heavy tunes held together by cacophonous percussion and throat tearing vocals. Then there is the politics – re-appropriating pejorative terms for female anatomy and sex acts, a jaded DIY nihilism, and the revolutionary potential of punk itself. There is the A Side – Halifax’s critic-baiting, charcuterie-themed, absurdist fem-core four piece Meat Curtains. Then there is the B Side – Vancouver’s sex-positive, weird punk, all-stars. There is…you’re still reading this crap? You should probably listen to the fuckin’ traxxx. Now. It’s imperative.

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Meat Curtains – Dead Dog

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Pompoir – Side B [excerpt]

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Meat Curtains – Get Rebel

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Meat Curtains – Pepperoni Ghost

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June 16th, 2010

Review :: Kingdom Shore – …and all the dogs to shark

Kingdom Shore
… and all the dogs to shark
(Black Bough Records)
Ottawa, ON
::web/sounds::


From the shark-dog feathers of James Goddard:
Kingdom Shore eviscerates with tense, calculated string slashes. Ultra-violent. Tightly wound. Subtly disorienting. …and all the dogs to shark is a visceral listening experience; unrelenting sharp edges, protruding corners and just enough quiet. There is undoubtedly a sophisticated theoretical framework to analyze here, but that isn’t the point, this album hits you on altogether different level. This is violent music. This is the soundtrack to Saw 18. This is the soundtrack for your next UFC viewing party.

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Kingdom Shore – Stray Bullets Singing “It’s now what you say, but who you give it to”

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KIngdom Shore – Fire knows no one house; fire knows no one woman or man

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