September 1st, 2010
From the diocese of Aaron Levin:
On (possibly) their last release, PiG drill into a heady mix of miscreant-skiddery and Lorca-era Tim Buckley. It’s sundown at the crest of oblivion and PiG remain defiant, twisting the threads of their home-brewed, basement psychedelia for your voyeuristic pleasure. Their spastic death-punk has fermented into an outerworld sonomoly; a dialectic entombed by Matt Samways’ fearless mantra. “Tragic Venus”‘ piercing bass and shimmering clamour populate your neural pathways with the lysergic elements required to process the droning “Imminent Deity.” This new, indivisible sound is surrounded with “Outro”‘s industrial racket and solidifies their shrine within Canada’s fringe vortex. PiG remain a huge inspiration for Weird Canada. For that, and so much more, we will miss them dearly. XOXOGRIPXOXO.
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PiG – Tragic Venus
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PiG – Immanent Deity
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PiG – Outro
File under: aaron levin // campaign for infinity // death // metal // psych // punk
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: cassette :: nova scotia | 3 Comments »
August 31st, 2010
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The Acid Archives [2nd Ed.]
Edited by: Patrick Lundborg
(Lysergia)
Stockholm, Sweden
Published: 2010
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From the acidic archives of Aaron Levin:
The Acid Archives is the definitive guide to North America’s musical underground. In succinct and thrilling prose (from which Weird Canada took much inspiration) an entire generation (1965-1982) of diy and minor-to-major-label long-playing visionaries across all boundaries are captured and documented. Scattered within the 5,000+ reviews of fringe-psych curiosities lies the ultimate guide to the Canadian underground. From Aaron Space to Warpig, Bent Wind to John Lyle, and Jeremy Doremouse to Christmas, the Acid Archives enshrines vintage Canada’s unique indie soundscape. It’s a crucial document of vintage Canadiana and a must own for anyone remotely interested in the indie culture of yore. I estimate approximately 400 reviews of archaic Canadiana. The 2nd Edition is a welcomed improvement on the black-and-white original; 400 colour pages, 1,000 additional reviews, essays and the fan-favorite top-ten lists. There are two Weird Canada references in the book; if you can find them I’ll send you an LP reviewed in the archive. An exciting and phenomenal read. If you’re on this website, you should own this book.
File under: aa // aaron levin // acid archives // books // diy // fringe // outsider // patrick lundborg // psych // waxidermy
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August 25th, 2010
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King-Beezz
Found and Lost b/w Now
(Quality)
Edmonton, AB
Originally Released: 1966
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From the Lost and Found of Aaron Levin:
The King-Beezz’s third single is the toughest polyvinyl artifact from Edmonton. “Now”‘s snarling, wrangled guitar leads, put-me-down harmonies, and screaming, postured ad-libs trash every punk archetype in the purest teenage pursuit of attitude. On the A-Side, “Found and Lost”‘s jangly, loner lament, bass-walkery and bedroom percussion craft a brilliant bizarro pop-psych excursion into the recesses of vintage fringe culture. Just ridiculous stuff. ‘Twas the bees-knees (!) finding a copy complete with the glorious Quality company sleeve. A full history of the King-Beezz can be found here.
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King-Beezz – Found and Lost
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King-Beezz – Now
File under: 1966 // aaron levin // garage-punk // pop // pop-psych // psych // punk
Categoria!! 7" :: Departures Revisited :: alberta | 1 Comment »
August 24th, 2010
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Secret Colours
Blackest Blackest
(Brotherhood Cassettes)
Halifax, NS
::web/sounds::
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From the blackest black of Aaron Levin:
Totally washed-out cultic vibrations beam from every inch of Secret Colours’ magnetic debut. It’s the perfect weirdo basemental projection radiating from the brightest fields of cassette culture; blankets of ethereal synth, tape-warbled choralic vocals, and Tresvant sensitive low-end. From the brilliant mind of Evan Cardwell. Double grip!
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Secret Colours – Bad Vibrations
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Secret Colours – Worst Fear
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Secret Colours – Lightnin’
File under: aaron levin // bad vibrations // divorce records // electronic // halifax // obey convention // pop // psych // washed-out
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: cassette :: nova scotia | 1 Comment »
August 22nd, 2010
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The Brazda Brothers
The Brazda Brothers
(Dominion)
??, ON
Originally Released: 1973
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From the Russian imports of Aaron Levin:
These two Russian hippie-bros emigrate to Ontario and release an album celebrating the pastoral scenery of their new home. With thick, stilted Ruskie accents and strange instruments (Cordovox?) they weaved twelve streams of folk-rock textures in dedication to our unique landscape. Their foreign perspective is the album’s greatest strength; take their journey and visualize the vast industrial heartland through outside, lysergic eyes. The resulting innocence, both serene and moving, place the Brazda Brothers alongside other nationalized fringe-folk canon whose trails into uncharted territory shaped our anomalous soundscape (Riverson, Ptarmigan, PCC, etc). The band claims that 5,000 copies were pressed but the number of known copies states otherwise. Released on a budget label concerned mostly with fiddle and children LPs. I flipped my lid when I found a sealed copy of this!
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The Brazda Brothers – Gemini
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The Brazda Brothers – 20th Century
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The Brazda Brothers – Blooming Flowers
File under: aaron levin // acid // folk // folk-rock // private // psych
Categoria!! 12" :: Departures Revisited :: ontario | 6 Comments »
August 20th, 2010
From the cosmic slop of Aaron Levin:
If Grimes’ tour CDR (to be officially released via Arbutus on September 30th at Pop Montreal) is any indication, the cosmic-pop deity is transcending into a vocal-cruising eidolon of celestial proportions. Layers of wyspy vocals form the cooling galaxies of Halfaxa while her minimal drums synthesize Enja‘s lingering espers into a club anthem fit for the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Or the Mos Eisley Cantina. Either way, Grimes’ future-stream sinusoids are peeling wigs.
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Grimes – devon
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Grimes – wereglid
File under: aaron levin // cosmic // electro // electronic // pop // psych // psychedelic // vocal-pop // weird
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: compact disc :: quebec | 2 Comments »
August 4th, 2010
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Flash Palace
Some Misinterpreted Sunsets
(Mayan Chorus)
Vancouver, BC
::web/sounds::
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From the flashing teenage fantasies of Aaron Levin:
Brilliant genre-pollination from this out-of-left-field Vancouver quartet. Their highly visceral pressure waves ooze a strange hybridized pop-psych with flashes of electro digitalia and sampledelic cut-ups. The blotted magnetic threads of Flash Palace’s debut tape are filled with this phenomenal pilgrimage into pomo-pop principalia and has me excited beyond most hyperbolic means. A voyeuristic adventure into a genre-less future. GRIP÷0.
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Flash Palace – Slow Beams
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Flash Palace – Sasa
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Flash Palace – Seventy Lives
File under: aaron levin // electro // electronic // lo-fi // mayan chorus // pop // pop-psych // psych
Categoria!! New Canadiana :: british columbia :: cassette | 1 Comment »
July 22nd, 2010
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Morley Loon
Cree Songs
(CBC Northern Service Broadcast Recording)
??, NWT
Originally Released: 197?
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From the northernly service of Aaron Levin:
Mystic folk-psych drifting between a Native American tradition and the first wave of acoustic lysergia. Morley’s intimate Cree singing is augmented by woven strands of ethereal flute, hand percussion, and melancholic guitar, conjuring a dense empathetic miasma. One of the most affecting records I’ve ever heard. Found in a pile of CBC Northern Broadcast Recording 7″s I received from a friend and the only of its kind I’ve ever encountered. If you know anything about Morley Loon (who unfortunately passed away some years ago), please get in touch. A short history of recording sessions in this series can be found here (PDF). 500 copies pressed and distributed as promos.
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Morley Loon – Agajee Dona Nooch (To hunt no more?)
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Morley Loon – Deb Skum (My Own)
File under: aaron levin // cbc // folk // folk-psych // inuit // native // psych // traditional
Categoria!! 7" :: Departures Revisited :: northwest territories | 2 Comments »
July 15th, 2010
From the freed mind of Aaron Levin:
Swagger along the cresting death wave as the latest synthetic offering from Ottawa’s Holy Cobras prefabricates our lost dimensions. The freakbeat wastoids continue to push the anthrax envelope and engulf listeners in their near-death sonic perturbation. Let the rush of their lysergic prowess flow as Feed Yr Head‘s droning rhythms pace the polyvinyl groove and ignite the mind’s inner druid. Highly recommended for readers tuned into the third speaker. Self-titled by design.
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Holy Cobras – Feed Yr Head
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Holy Cobras – May You Be Free To Roam
File under: aaron levin // druid // poncho // psych // punk // telephone explosion records
Categoria!! 7" :: New Canadiana :: ontario | 3 Comments »
July 8th, 2010
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Huckleberry Friends
2010 10″
(Nimbostratus)
Toronto, ON
::web/sounds::
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From the hidden burials of Aaron Levin:
Huckleberry Friends continue wayfaring through the mystic burial grounds of druidic psych. Drones of timbre, pulsing æther, and ceremonial groove permeate their latest 10″, pushing the coven of femme-pop conjuring into heights of lysergic divinity. The EP is delicately packaged in a textured black triple gatefold complete with ephemera, clear bronze vinyl, and a download. Listen at full stone.
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Huckleberry Friends – WWHBF
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Huckleberry Friends – Feasting Ceremony
File under: aaron levin // lo-fi // nimbostratus // pop // psych // weird // wiccan // witch
Categoria!! 10" :: New Canadiana :: ontario | 2 Comments »
