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October 14th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Tonstartssbandht – Sinkhole Storm and Sandwich

From the monster waves of Gabriel Jasmin:
Two brotherly blazing long-form jams. Sinkhole Storm and Sandwich finds trashcan twang and dirty tremolo swells surfing atop monster waves of endless pulsing momentum. Amps cranked so far beyond breaking point, it’s a miracle such scorching tones didn’t eat right through the four-track tape. “Hotel For Gods” cools off from the acid heat wave with a steady, heady mixture of opaque synth and guitar ripples. A lasting, slow burning summer haze, and real tonal sludge.

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Tonstartssbandht – Sinkhole Storm and Sandwich (Excerpt)

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Tonstartssbandht – Hotel For Gods (Excerpt)

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June 29th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Andy Boay – Born to Fully

From the sprawling head jams of Joni Sadler:
The sibling super-duo Tonstartssbandht are a certified favourite within the Weird Canadian cosmos. With their prolific writing style and consistently murderous jams, it comes as little surprise that brother Andy’s solo release is such a wild listen. The blistering guitar and echoing vocals may strike a familiar chord with Tonstartssbandht fans, but the lack of driving percussion gives these songs room to sprawl all the way out into full-on psych territory. Grip and bliss out.

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Andy Boay – Born to Fully

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Andy Boay – Own Myn Own

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June 9th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Tonstartssbandht – Now I Am Become

From the Sean Connery of Jesse Locke:
The Tonstartssbros continue their plea for shred-head redemption with this fully zoned follow-up to the Russian tour tape. Hooting and hollering like a pair of chimps freed from captivity, they Jumanji through the streets while guitars wail the distress call. “Big Day Today” juxtaposes boys’ choir harmonies with undulating amp noise, “Eifdn A AOD Sulie” is a six-minute ramble through Newer Weirder Americana, and “Shot To La Parc” is my pick for Big Shiny Tunes 47. Grip with both hands and become.

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Tonstartssbandht – Big Day Today

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Tonstartssbandht – Shot To La Parc

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May 12th, 2011

New Canadiana :: Tonstartssbandht – Hymn

From the cinematic communications of Emily Robb:
Wholly boys, these brothers can shred like angels. So it goes on their new tour tape, Hymn. Kicking it off with “Suzie” and “Jesse,” get excited for a whole lotta love: best classic rock guitar tone EVER, echoed hawk calls, phased drums, and rolling toms. They rise to new levels of godliness with two (plus a hidden) hymns, in which New Agey synths are laced with choir singing and cinematic communication from above. (Am I sensing Purple Rain vibes in “Hymn Our Garden”?) Tonstartssbandht are apparently willing to sacrifice themselves to any genre. Expect their iconic layering and weird chanting but born again and with some psychedelic fuzz. WE WANT MORE! WE WANT MORE! from the annals of classic and soft rock radio.

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Tonstartssbandht – Hymn Our Garden

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Tonstartssbandht – Susie

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May 12th, 2011

Wyrd III :: Announcing Tonstartssbandht!

  • Wyrd III Special Guest
  • Tonstartssbandht
  • (Weird Canada)
  • Edmonton, AB // Calgary, AB // Vancouver, BC
  • ::web/sounds::
From the secreted keystrokes of Aaron Levin:
We are more than proud. We are more than excited. We inexplicably lack the hyperbole necessary to elucidate the subtle vibrations coursing through our bodies as we announce Wyrd III‘s very special guest. They are Tonstartssbandht. For the first time, Western Canada shall bear witness to a wild choralic thunder; irradiated psychedelic punk emanating from a gnarly brotherhood. Let the face-melting begin. Grip your wyrd tickets NOW.

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March 1st, 2010

Interview :: Andy and Edwin White of Tonstartssbandht

Interview with: Andy and Edwin White
From: Tonstartssbandht
(conducted by: Jesse Locke)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::

Since transplanting themselves from the sunshine state of Florida to the frosty French Canadian north, pizza-lovin’ brothers Andy and Edwin White have been recording and releasing tunes at an almost nonsensical pace. On top of sparking up psych burners and daffy rappin’ trip-outs with their best-known band, Tonstartssbandht, the bros maintain a plethora of side projects/aliases (High Rise II, NASA, Superbud, Bladestoner, etc.) while also running the boutique labels Does Are and Black Cheeks. For this Weird Canada exclusive, they’ve remixed our interview with wonky vocal FX, answers read by Jason Harvey™ and what sounds like a chopped and screwed version of their posi-vibes anthem “Andy Summers.”

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Weird Canada Exclusive :: Tonstartssbandht – Inferred Views

Jesse Locke
Texture Magazine / Weird Canada
texturemagazine.ca / weirdcanada.com

/////////////// TONSTARTSSBANDHT INFERRED VIEWS ///////////////

J. = Jesse Locke (Texture Magazine // Weird Canada)
T. = Andy and Edwin White (Tonstartssbandht)

J. :: What was life like growing up for you guys as brothers? Did you have any made-up games you would play, sibling rivalries or weird family inside jokes?
T. :: We were related, and then fed by older people. Andy knew all the secrets to life early because I let him drink from my brain after school everyday. I’m his ancient angel. We spent all of our time outside climbing ropes and making mud to prepare for the apocalypse. On a ranch, our grandpa makes great kielbasa and eggs.
J. :: When did you start making music together? Were there any other bro projects prior to Tonstartssbandht?

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November 18th, 2009

Review :: Tonstartssbandht – An When

Tonstartssbandht - An When Tonstartssbandht
An When
(Dœs Are)
Montreal, QC
::web/sounds::


From the brotherly womb (?) of Jesse Locke:
Any brother with a brother will tell you that brotherly love is some of the best love there is. Bare chested wrestling in the basement, giving each other noogies, pickin’ on your little sister and pickin’ boogers from your nose are all timeless ways to have fun, but bros Andy and Edwin White have translated their sibling revelry into some of the freshest music coming out of Montreal. Alongside their military grade crew cuts, baggy white t-shirts and Too $hort pants, you can see the love in their eyes when they take the stage in either this guise or as their High Rise tribute band, High Rise II. You can hear it in their music as well, in An When‘s mix of trippy vocal loops, daffy raps and lo-fi loner rock, packing in 10 originals with inspired re-imaginings of Spacemen 3′s “Walkin’ With Jesus” and the Bambi soundtrack’s “Little April Showers” (no joke!). I’d be remiss not to mention the sonic similarities Tonstartssbandht share with the Animal Collective – or maybe Panda Bear’s “Bros” is a more fitting reference point – but they’ve carved out their own little cave in the wilderness as well and seem to be cranking out releases at the pace of Guided By Voices in their heyday. Guess the crew cuts run in the family too, ’cause that’s their Dad on the cover. A+++.
[Levin's Note: Weird coincidence? I had this jammy bumping in my car when Jesse e-mailed me with the review. That's because Jesse and I are bros, too.]

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Tonstartssbandht – Black Country

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Tonstartssbandht – Andy Summers

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Tonstartssbandht – Little April Showers

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