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New Canadiana :: AIDS Wolf – Ma vie banale avant-garde

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:00:35 +0000

AIDS Wolf
Ma vie banale avant-garde
(Love Pump United)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::

From the soylent husks of Pierre Richardson:

Recorded in Calvin Johnson’s Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, WA, Canada’s most progressively potent gang of art-damaged grumps have created what could be their masterwork. After years of touring Rollins style and unleashing countless slabs upon the mound, AIDS Wolf have pared it down to the bare wires pulsing and robbing us of the horizon. Chloe Lum’s vocals are louder than ever, yet processed in robotic jabs to the eardrums, playful, violent, while Alex Moskos floats and meanders through a valley of oozing moans, all on top of the unrelenting smash provided by Yannick Desranleau. Every time they get into the studio they take it out to the left field for another round of “how insane am I/how insane is the world”, barefoot and lost. Finding new meanings inside the sullen husks of human interaction, focused on the future and destroying the past relatives we had known. Repetition. Repeater. Realized. Where do we go from here?

AIDS Wolf – Pop a Candy Drop
AIDS Wolf – Despair Ritual

New Canadiana :: Depatterning – The Blasted Health

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:30:10 +0000

Depatterning
The Blasted Health
(Wist Rec.)
Preeceville, SK
::web/sounds::

From the monstrous constellation of Jesse Locke:

Wist Rec.’s clever Book Report series earns a crackling, bubbling 3” CD soundtrack from prairie elder label chief Gary Mentanko. The stately soundwaves coaxed through the ether of H.P. Lovecraft’s 1927 tome spew forth from the disk tray with m-Log outerspacials, disembodied radio plays and guttural gurgles from the belly of the bog. A cherished grip for literati and object fetishists alike.

Depatterning – Framgent 1
Depatterning – Fragment 2
Depatterning – Fragment 3

New Canadiana :: Shaker Hymns – Dub Sawyer EP

admin — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:30:48 +0000

Shaker Hymns
Dub Sawyer EP
(Dub Ditch Picnic)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::

From the reggae rush of Pam Haasen:

Imagine following that silly rabbit down a hole and never finding the bottom. A soundtrack to your descent may sound frightening but in fact, after about two minutes of free falling, a sense of peace licks your brain and you forget what it feels like to keep two feet on the ground. Shaker Hymns whoop and flip chords to penetrate typical guitar riffs for the ultimate in desert spy movie darkness. A voice squelches from behind a dune but the bass ‘n’ drums are your canteen of agua. Lifesavers in a strange place that leave you afraid but intrigued. A plane in the sky writes a message that reads: “keep going”.

Shaker Hymns – Juanita
Shaker Hymns – Dub Sawyer

New Canadiana :: Indigenous Nudes – Cleaning Up For Al

admin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:00:40 +0000

Indigenous Nudes
Cleaning Up For Al
(Girl Boss)
London, ON
::web/sounds::

From the forced city freak-out of Pam Haasen:

Tech Supporters Nicholas and Cheddle channel all thoughts of “kill roommate” into buzz, wind, fire, distortion and incantations. Indigenous Nudes play with heat guns as séance sounds churn from their guts; writhing a full-term demon baby from underwater delivery through the annals of time/space. Cheddle’s glasnost lingers in the box on the floor that reads “fragile” while ichola scoops up broken glass to throw at anyone who gets too close. To listen is to watch a candle burn with the TV on while mother bakes rotted mincemeat pies and calls from a distance that dinner’s ready.

Indigenous Nudes – God, Forgive Satan

Indigenous Nudes – Boots Pissed Blood

New Canadiana :: Bitter Fictions – Looper Pedal Blues

admin — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:00:41 +0000

Bitter Fictions
Looper Pedal Blues
(This Is Shaking Box Music)
Calgary, AB
::web/sounds::

From the strange nerves of Jesse Locke:

Revelling in the unabashed pleasures of record collection rock, alt-weekly barnstormer and vinyl slinging stalwart Devin Friesen has hit a stride with his effects-laden solo flight. Looper Pedal Blues is one of two new cassettes from Friesen’s own Gerogerigegege-inspired imprint, pairing epic instrumental fuzz-outs and guitar-damaged confessionals abuzz with post-SY hookery. We love the jams and the jams run free.

Bitter Fictions – Nervous Stranger

Bitter Fictions – The Aquarium

New Canadiana :: Duchess Says – In a Fung Day T!

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:00:30 +0000

Duchess Says
In a Fung Day T!
(Alien8)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::

From the submission of Gabriel Jasmin:

Machete-cut chunks sliced straight out of the post-punk ether, Duchess Says reiterate their whirlwind shrieks and jabbing throbs, rousing your tendons into unconditional muscular praise. Join the noise-wave church of switchblade synths and bass bullies, their tortures involving dissonant Moog squelches, sweaty mosh pits, frantic dancefloors and a few slower songs. Oh, and of course everything singer Annie-Claude hurls at you.

De la soumission de Gabriel Jasmin:
Puisées de l’éther post-punk, puis découpés à la machette, les nouvelles pièces de Duchess Says réitèrent leur boucan orageux à grands coups de poing, martelant tes tendons vers la louange musculaire inconditionnelle. À l’église du noise-wave, les synthés sont bien aiguisés et la basse est une brute à gros bras, leurs tortures impliquant la dissonance vacillante du moog, l’humidité aromatisée des mosh-pits, les dancefloors frénétiques et quelques pièces presque calmes. Aussi, bien sûr, tout ce qu’Annie-Claude te lanceras à la figure.

Duchess Says – Narcisse

Duchess Says – L’ordre Des Secteurs

New Canadiana :: White Dog Family Band – Escape the Mystery II

admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:33:49 +0000

White Dog Family Band
Escape the Mystery II
(Prairie Fire Tapes)
Winnipeg, MB
::web/sounds::

From the munchkin motorik of Taylor Burgess:

Chris Jaax, the patriarch of Winnipeg’s noise scene, is also the patriarch of the White Dog Family Band. More motorik than mere mortals, his eight-year-old munchkin Magnus meanly rocks the mic, mocking music as you know it. You’ll be thrust headfirst into hypnotheraphy through this cassette, the final White Dog release and one of his easiest on the ears. Obey the mountainous composition and its ganja man “de-mix” version on the flip to escape all mysterious matter into hyper-awareness of the meaningful mendacity of your senses. White Dog, what is your secret?

White Dog Family Band – Escape The Mystery II Pt. 1

White Dog Family Band – Escape The Mystery II (Version) Pt. 1

New Canadiana :: ManyMental Mistakes – Trois

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:00:12 +0000

ManyMental Mistakes
Trois
(ManyMental Records)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::

From the urban battleground of Pam Haasen:

Music to weld to. I can accomplish many things whilst listening to Trois, such as rebuilding a motor, base-jumping or scrambling the shit outta eggs. Let ManyMental Mistakes take you over the edge of reason. Come screaming down from Mount Royal and fear no wrath, for you are a titan of the urban jungle with a battle-axe to shred and bleed onto. If MMM is your conscience, listen and run, jump, stab, flail, surf and Kill Kill Kill. Faster, Pussycat! You can’t outrun the devil forever but you can beat him at his own game.

ManyMental Mistakes – CCC

ManyMental Mistakes – Death Proof

New Canadiana :: Jom Comyn – Sunstroke EP

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:54:13 +0000

Jom Comyn
Sunstroke EP
(Old Ugly Recording Co.)
Edmonton, AB
::web/sounds::

From the brutalist centre of Jared Majeski:

Mentioned before are the utterances and inspirations one communicates through simple habitation of an isolated, brutalist centre like Edmonton. Pleasantly mercurial, Jom Comyn’s disparate croonerism makes us venture not waaaaaaay up, but way in; another rural-reared summation of despair, darkness, love and family. Sunstroke fuses steady melody (“Hatchet in the Garage”), sharp-toned proggy instrumentation (“Heatstroke”) and neighbourly back-up; all of course lathed with that familiar subtly of Jim Cuming’s monochromatic vocals. Wherever your tiny existence rests each night, remember to collect dust, soak up the eternal cold and take heed of your surroundings.

Jom Comyn – Hatchet in Garage

Jom Comyn – Heatstroke

New Canadiana :: Chief Thundercloud – June Street

admin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:30:27 +0000

Chief Thundercloud
June Street
(Radiator Collective)
Halifax, NS
::web/sounds::

From the door crack of Gabriel Jasmin:

A collected batch of strung out six string slumps, some barely audible and some blown-out noisy, sewn together to give a rough impression of Chief Thundercloud’s inner demons. At times so very close and personal, it feels like listening in through a door crack to your roommate playing silently. Side A holds 19 short originals and the B side is 12 surprising, hollowed-out cover songs, ranging from the Spice Girls to CCR to the most uncool, anti-wanker version of Freebird ever recorded.

De la porte entrouverte de Gabriel Jasmin:
Une collection de pièces acoustiques fantomatiques, certaines à peine présentes et d’autres jouant du coude avec le noise, qui esquissent un portrait brut des démons intérieurs de Chief Thundercloud. Certains passages très fragiles donnent même l’impression d’écouter secrètement, par une porte entrouverte, quelqu’un gratter silencieusement sa guitare. La face A contient 19 courtes pistes originales et on trouve 12 covers surprenants et épuisés sur la face B, des Spice Girls à CCR à la version la plus anti-cool et anti-vantarde de Freebird.

Chief Thundercloud – Almost Gone

Chief Thundercloud – Freebird

Chief Thundercloud – Stuck Underwater