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April 11th, 2012

New Canadiana :: Ollie North – Lindenfels EP

Ollie North - Lindenfels EP
  • Ollie North
  • Lindenfels EP
  • (Self Released)
  • Montreal, QC
  • ::web/sounds::
From the straynge mellows of Aaron Levin:
Heady, meditative northern-folk excursions bind Ollie North’s sophomore EP to a deeper, holographic mood. Strange visions extol the steel-picked perturbations as distorted vocals quiver between grooves of acoustic mellow. A strange and welcomed occurrence within the haloed streams of the folk ritual.

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Ollie North – Aurochs II

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Ollie North – Lindenfels

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March 1st, 2012

New Canadiana :: Elsa – (1)

Elsa - (1)
From the Tresvant sensitivity of Aaron Levin:
Between the blanketed 90s vibez lurks a definitive mellow eschewed by these Toronto mysteries. Layered guitars glide along powdery tracks paved by staccato bass and infinite drum machinery, making it too easy to whirl endlessly within their chorus of liquid vox. Quite frankly, the dub see has never been softer.

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Elsa – In Two

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December 6th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Jessica Jalbert – Brother Loyola


From the southern warmth of Aaron Levin:
Deep within Canada’s tundradic core lies a lush gully of acoustic majesty. As these warm vibrations pierce the embittered cold, their very migration needs a soundtrack; hymns to carry us while our ancient graves turn barren lives to eternal dust. While the sky turns Paris Green and our eyes drift softly into slumber, Jessica’s hymns persuade; Brother Loyola‘s warmth and gorgeous mellow shall swallow us in a liquid sun of minor-key mourning. The cover says it all: grip.

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Jessica Jalbert – Paris Green

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Jessica Jalbert – Necromancy

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December 5th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Matthew A. Wilkinson – Namers

  • Matthew A. Wilkinson
  • Namers
  • (Self Released)
  • Grand Prairie, AB
  • ::web/sounds::
From the brittle hands of Jesse Locke:
Surprise grip of the year. Softly diffusing from the northwestern margins of the Swan City (Grand Prairie), Matthew A. Wilkinson has upended Weird Canada HQ with his numinous folk incantations. Wordless murmurs melt into wasted drum circles, twinkling pianos and bent acoustic chant, as this boreal basement ritual summons malevolent deities of wavering gender. Songwriter, filmmaker and maybe even oracle, Wilkinson wields an unruly power. Lend him your ears.

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Matthew A. Wilkinson – Hand Over Hand

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Matthew A. Wilkinson – Like This

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Matthew A. Wilkinson – Yes, My Knees Say

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November 9th, 2011

New Canadiana :: LOOM – Epyllion

From the wondrous elipsus of Aaron Levin:
After several iterative imaginations, LOOM’s hypnotic perturbations are wholly realized within Epyllion‘s twilight embrace. Tenuous cinders warm the mesmeric dissonance embedding LOOM’s succession into dactylic grace and splendid nylon minimalism; a transfiguration well worth Epyllion‘s meditative endurance. Existing in a plane beyond idyllic notions of folk, pop, and mellowtude, the album emerges between disparate walls of sinusoidal classification, unveiling the lingering ashes of lysergic ritual. Grip gently.

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LOOM – There is Blood in My Body

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LOOM – Is It Love

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March 21st, 2011

New Canadiana :: Foxes in Fiction – Alberto

From the aeolanic praise of Aaron Levin:
There is a new soft embodied by Foxes in Fiction. Warm flourishes of marino-laced lysergia, tiki-tap drum machines, and an easy coastal choral wash Alberto into a definitive mellow, soaking your woes in a bath of popular splendor. Being filed somewhere between Eubank and Hall and Oats, it’s hard to believe such a soundscape survive the cold-hearted streetz™ of Toronto. Grip fast while their satiated waves still wash our shores.

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Foxes in Fiction – School Night

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Foxes in Fiction – Bathurst

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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 16th, 2010

Review :: Fuck The Tundra – Grin Diesel

Fuck The Tundra
Grin Diesel
(Bart Records)
Edmonton, AB
::web/sounds::


From the teen steamings of Jesse Locke:
Midway through their final set at the Bart Records showcase for Sled Island 2010, Fuck the Tundra’s hyperactive frontman pushed the crowd back, tucked to his toes and hucked a massive flat ground back flip. That gymnastic feat was impressive enough, yet it was still overshadowed by a pitch-perfect performance of all six songs from their debut cassette, one of this year’s most jaw dropping releases. Throughout Grin Diesel’s succinct 16 minutes, the quartet tears into 31G-style post-hardcore with pulse quickening drum fills, spidery dueling guitars and mathematical change-ups, all peppered with their bizarre sense of humor. Most surprising is the serenely summery yet still mathy instrumental “Eliminator Boat Duel,” an ear-pleasing interlude amidst the chronicles of ridiculous.

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Fuck The Tundra – Gintro

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Fuck The Tundra – Eliminator Boat Duel

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June 18th, 2010

Review :: Blue Hawaii – Blooming Summer

Blue Hawaii
Blooming Summer
(Arbutus Records)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::


From the summery low-life of Aaron Levin:
Arbutus Records is at the centre of a monstrous pop vortex. Sean Nicholas Savage, Silly Kissers, Braids, Pop Winds, Grimes, and now Montreal’s Blue Hawaii showcase the breadth of avant-pop nuances circulating in their sphere of electromagnetic influence. Every burnout needs a soundtrack to escape the sun; a reason to ride the swashes of summery circuitry and gluey harmonies that crest upon Blooming Summer‘s self-referential manifesto. With Blooming Summer they will reach a chromatic zenith and swim in a stew of summer evenings and midnight exotica. So can you. GRIP.

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Blue Hawaii – Blue Gowns

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Blue Hawaii – Dream Electrixra

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April 6th, 2010

Review :: Frederick Squire – Friday March 12

Frederick Squire
Friday March 12
(Self Released)
Sackville, NB
::web/sounds::


From the tantramaratic marshes of James Goddard:
There is a special bite to the wind that blows off the Tantramar. Fred Squire’s songs are modeled after that marsh wind. They wake you up. Expertly positioned, every layer arranged like a plate in a drying rack. The voice, guitar, drums, piano; one after another. Fred wants you to watch him build these songs. He draws your attention to the process, to the pedals and the microphones, the tape and the instruments; it’s an attention to recording. He’s showing you how to make something sound ecclesiastical, reverential, like the wind. While at the same time never allowing one to losing sight of the fact that underneath all that is a man with a guitar and a voice like a paragon.

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Frederick Squire – You Sing High We Will Sing Low

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Frederick Squire – Theme From a Northern Movie

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