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February 1st, 2012

New Canadiana :: Rhythm of Cruelty – Demo

Rhythm of Cruelty - Demo
From the ghastly hallows of Jared Majeski:
Skulking through distilled collages of glassy dreams are two lovers basking in high/low downstroke flanges and the beguiling hypnoses of analog motorik. Re-envisioning the heavier aural tropes of past projects, they tear down an oft-aped distinction to construct unencumbered bricks-and-mortar post-punk. Rhythm of Cruelty is a beautiful trashy-dash of battleship grey upon a black and white world.

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Rhythm of Cruelty – The Past

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Rhythm of Cruelty – Hollow Eyes

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November 14th, 2011

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

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.

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Duchess Says – Narcisse

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Duchess Says – L’ordre Des Secteurs

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September 15th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Peace – My Face

From the boned-out face-plant of Aaron Levin:
Huge late-pass on this beast of an LP from Edmonton ex-patriots Peace. Soaring wickedly within rippling bass-lines and jagged guitar wrenching, My Face bursts through every three-minute pop monopoly. Drawing their anthemic, addictive wave-wrought experience over enduring excursions into indie-rock jammery, My Face rips, shreds, and permanently damages every turntable lucky enough to jive with their vibrations. Pop Echo kept this one limited to 300, so grip fast while copies remain within the ether.

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Peace – The Aurora Hotel

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Peace – The Dark

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Peace – Pockets

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July 11th, 2011

New Canadiana :: World Club – Two Inputs EP

  • World Club
  • Two Inputs EP
  • (Self Released)
  • Vancouver, BC
  • ::web/sounds::
From the shift pitch of Aaron Levin:
Deep within World Club’s fluttering haze grows a wicked sensation. Dazzling arpeggio is laced with a syrupy lean; choralic spillage from the unseen arcade of absent minded pinball and jittery hit-men. Trapped within this lost cosmos, sinusoids bleed through temporal rifts and burn wild with disco Doppler. Grip where all the mirrors merge.

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World Club – Weight of a Mountain

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World Club – Eagle

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World Club – Exercise Yr Rites

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July 6th, 2010

Review :: RatTail – George Mounsey EP

RatTail
George Mounsey EP
(Unfamiliar Records)
Toronto, ON
::web/sounds::


From the ratty poncho of Aaron Levin:
RatTail have transplanted the wild jangles of DIY Britain to a pre-hippie dystopia (read: Toronto). Their debut EP is a roaring mellow of sub-tuned guitar clangor, burrowing drums, and singer Jasmyn’s signature baritone; all of it copulating in a fantastic bedlam of pop debauchery. Limited to 300 clear 7″s courtesy of Unfamiliar Records. Gripgrip!

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RatTail – George Mounsey

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RatTail – Poncho

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June 7th, 2010

Review :: The Bad Arts – The Bad Arts

The Bad Arts
The Bad Arts
(Self Released)
Halifax, NS
::web/sounds::


From the not-so-bad artistry of James Goddard:
Some philosophers believe in a unified totality. For them everything is one thing. That one thing might be something vague or something specific. The Bad Arts seem to believe that every individual song should contain as many musical ideas as possible. Moving through rock and roll tropes like an undergraduate survey course, The Bad Arts cassette is a terse treatise on abrasion tempered by that inescapable haligonian penchant for mathy pop.

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The Bad Arts – Drastic Measures

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The Bad Arts – Long To Repeat

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April 14th, 2010

Review :: The Poly Shores – White Fear b/w Hentai Is Too Art

The Poly Shores
White Fear b/w Hentai Is Too Art
(Self Released)
Calgary, AB
::web/sounds::


From the biodome of Jesse Locke:
Not since the mercifully short-lived local music in-joke Lorrie Matheson’s Cock has Calgary had a band name as ludicrous as The Poly Shores. All the same, don’t be fooled by their fondness for purple sticky punch as these scrappy, spazzy berzerkers mean their own brand of business. Pitched somewhere between Ponytail, Be Your Own Pet and Toni Basil their debut two-song blast is now available on CD and glorious cassingle. Listen for the stone cold funky basslines, shark-toothed guitars and smart/stupid sloganistic lyrics like “guns don’t kill people, love kills people…” Wheez the juice!

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The Poly Shores – White Fear

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The Poly Shores – Hentai Is Too Art

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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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July 1st, 2009

Pubescent tarnation!

Puberty - Live Puberty
Live
(Self Released)
Calgary, Alberta
::web/sounds::

Puberty sucks. Remember that sterile, confusing, and awkward time in every person’s life? Where they quickly discover just how ugly they really are. On the other hand, Puberty’s incarnation as three beautiful and awkward women from Calgary is exciting, inspiring, and everything that puberty isn’t. It’s hard to not become affectionate with their weird concoction of post-punk jangle and water-slide slurpee pop. Every time I see them in Calgary I want to shout with glee: “the pubes!” while the drummer bashes away on cymbals and microphones. They’re everyone’s favorite band and why the hell not? Their unadulterated approach to punk makes me think back to my experience with puberty. Maybe bus-stop boners and B.O weren’t so bad? This Live CD (#6 in an edition of 10) is pretty raw, but the sessions recorded at CJSW lead us in the right direction; Mac’s – let’s purchase cigarettes for minors and continue the trend.

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Puberty – Tarnation

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Puberty – Common Sense

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