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November 29th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Odonis Odonis – Hollandaze

Specters of surf-beat and apparitions of the brothers Reid linger between supercharged shards of feedback from this brazen Toronto trio. Hollandaze channels decade-faded six-string anthemia smoke-ringed into the present like a resinous blast of chromium dioxide. The holy triumvirate of Buzz, Daps and Pleasence group grope the O boys to present this late ’11 stunner in all three formats a gripper could desire. Our only question: who’s dropping this shit on eight-track?

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Odonis Odonis – Handle Bars

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Odonis Odonis – Blood Feast

October 7th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Les Nitrates de Madame Mimieux – Rien n’est moins grave

Une comète qui a fui la grand ville (Montréal) pour échapper au malheur, Les Nitrates de Madame Mimieux (R.I.P. 2011-2011) se sont retrouvées à Sutton dans les Cantons de l’est et, en retrait, ont tranquillement travaillé sur un premier opus de slacker folk-pop fusant de vieux synthés, aussi vaste et charnu que leur région d’adoption, et autant capable d’envolées rédemptrices, vives et libérées que d’ambiances douces ou préoccupées. Musique de pluie avec une ferme intention de te prendre par la main, variable comme les saisons sans jamais être complètement sombre, comme si Sonic seasonings de Walter Wendy Carlos étaient interprété par Chad VanGaalen ou Avec pas d’casque avec quelques moments de fuzz 90s.

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Les Nitrates de Madame Mimieux – Lumière Rose

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Les Nitrates de Madame Mimieux – DSO 4-1

September 7th, 2011

New Canadiana :: The Pink Noise – Gilded Flowers

Once again, Pink Noise mastermind Mark Sauner sounds like a laid-back, drug dealing, cartoon street hustler leaning against a brick wall trying to sweet-talk you. Are you going to get inside his black Cadillac and go for a cruise? I warn you he’s headed for a futuristic district. The windows to this man’s soul may be tinted, but it’s a luxury ride to the finish line. This is mutant-making music. These anthems would provide the suitable soundtrack for a dystopian inner-city youth centre with a poisoned water supply. The Pink Noise is truly a national treasure and sorely under recognized for its achievements in the field of sleaze.

[Ed’s note: Yes, we already posted about this album in its original format. This is its fourth pressing and first on wax from the good folks at Pleasence, and it sounds sleazier than ever…]

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The Pink Noise – Shy Guy Beach

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The Pink Noise – Black Cadillac

August 4th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Extra Happy Ghost!!! – Modern Horses

Slack-pop philosopher Matt Swann stays true to his school. On the full-length follow-up to last year’s sweet little split with fellow ramshackle charmers Lab Coast, the Ghost with the most emerges from Plato’s basement with another resonant collection of melodic melancholia. Recorded and mixed with the deft touch of Chad VanGaalen, the swirl of overdriven anti-solos, vintage organ squelch and mesmeric harmonies from the golden pipes of Laura Leif shine brighter than ever. Timeless tunes for modern lovers.

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Extra Happy Ghost!!! – Mercy, Mercy

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Extra Happy Ghost!!! – So At One

July 21st, 2011

New Canadiana :: Young Truck // Man Made Hill – Work Stress // Disco Prison

Two sides of basemental groove thread Pleasence Records‘ latest three-three-one-three oblation. Young Truck assaults with vibronic angular disco, littering their rhythmic chaos with atonal shreddery and mystic digitalis. On the flip, wigs get a second pealing after dual doses of Man Made Hill’s tweaked bone. Hypothetical damage and degenerate groove spring Disco Prison into an ultraverse of mutant Prince and casio-Konrad. Heavy grippage.

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Young Truck – Brown Bag

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Man Made Hill – Hard Breeze (Is Gonna Blow)

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Young Truck – Mouth Pain

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Man Made Hill – Serve Them Virgins

June 2nd, 2011

New Canadiana :: Man Made Hill – Future Florists

On the brink of a sexual explosion, Man Made Hill’s warbled army of synthetic bone tweak the subconscious with unmitigated groove. Only Toronto could provoke such a paramount of reductive funk bursting with subterrestrial bass and xenomorphic rhythm, paving the way for incumbent beings of radiant grind. Brought to you in finely compacted form by Inyrdisk. Ultragrip.

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Man Made Hill – Sage

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Man Made Hill – Tape Vacation

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Man Made Hill – Maximum Defeat

May 16th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Cocobeurre – Landing

Cocobeurre c’est le projet solo de la claviériste Coco Khan (la sœur de King Khan) qui a auparavant sué ce qu’elle savait faire dans les bands garage les Del-Gators et les Milky Ways. Nouvelle maman qui a appris à prendre son temps, elle s’entoure ici de synthés vintage et de collaborateurs confortables (King Khan et Choyce, entre autres) pour flotter sur ou se baigner dans une électro-pop faite de berceuses abstraites et de comptines ludiques qui évoquent des carrés de sable flous ou le souvenir d’une plage. D’une inquiétude apaisante rappelant Passe-Partout ou comme si Brian Eno avait destiné Another Green World aux enfants, ces 10 chansonnettes maison vous font glisser dans la félicité de la fin d’une chaude journée d’été.

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Cocobeurre – Les Bulles

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Cocobeurre – Is This How

May 13th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Dirty Beaches – Badlands

Badlands is quite a venture. From swaying croons to strenuous screams, we continue to follow Alex Zhang Hungtai’s solo foray into personal fiction. More mature than previous outings, this LP contains his best songs yet, and reveals a more aggressive side to his traditional film noir chic. It’s a scratchy and loopy ride, revisiting the past while staying firmly grounded in a singular breezy headspace of conceptual avant-garde. I’m so glad everyone seems to be enthused on just how good Dirty Beaches’ sounds are right now.

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Dirty Beaches – A Hundred Highways

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Dirty Beaches – Lord Knows Best

May 3rd, 2011

New Canadiana :: Lab Coast – Pictures on the Wall

For us Canadians, spring comes with a peculiar feeling of delight, and this is precisely the kind of soundtrack you need when waking up from winter hibernation. Lively yet relaxed, Pictures on the Wall is jam-packed with hooks, sunny vocal harmonies and smooth bedroom-fi fuzz. With 12 short songs packed into 19 minutes of tape, Lab Coast show excellent focus and economy in crafting fine laid-back pop. It’s springtime, life is good again, so stay in bed a little longer and then go ride your bike or something.

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Lab Coast – Radio

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Lab Coast – On My Jeans

March 23rd, 2011

New Canadiana :: Lab Coast // Extra Happy Ghost!!! – Lab Coast / Extra Happy Ghost!!!

There’s always been a certain charm to bedroom recordings. Both Lab Coast and Extra Happy Ghost!!! wear their affinity for this homespun aesthetic on their sleeves, and it’s this shared dedication to lo-fi home recording that makes them an ideal pair for this split from Calgary’s Saved by Vinyl. Lab Coast tears a page straight out of the Guided by Voices handbook with a pair of sundrenched slacker-pop tunes, while Extra Happy Ghost!!! slows things on the flipside with a couple of decidedly more introspective tracks. But even when the songs begin to chill out, the fuzz and jangle remains strong in the mix, reminding us that this is the sound coming from the basements and bedrooms of our own land. Robert Pollard would be proud, and you know what? So should we.

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Lab Coast – For Now

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Extra Happy Ghost!!! – Mechanical 111

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