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January 23rd, 2012

New Canadiana :: Denim Reptile – Custody

From the second puberty of Simon Frank:
From the manufactured landscape of Southern Ontario a new hybrid emerges. The Denim Reptile moves nimbly on warbling electronic feet across man made hills, but its tough exterior is defined by unabashed parking lot guitar solos. Donning an Iron Maiden T-shirt, the lizard king compresses roadhouse blues through a Windows 95 soundcard. A much needed flashback to basements of the early digital era.

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Denim Reptile – Smokin’ Broken Glass

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Denim Reptile – Heavy Duty Mama

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Denim Reptile – Bodice Ripper

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January 19th, 2012

New Canadiana :: Dixie’s Death Pool – The Man With Flowering Hands

Dixies Death Pool - The Man With Flowering Hands
From the wilting wisps of Jesse Locke:
Shuffling and smiling through a moon-hung Ren. Faire when the dandelion wine has kicked in for the minstrels, electroacoustic jazzbo Lee Hutzulak dips into that crazy river. Tucked underneath his faded poncho, the twinkle-eyed lifeguard of Dixie’s Death Pool unleashes a squadron of steam punk arachnids to undertake his mystical bidding. Rev up your electric flute, grab a Mackie Blackjack and get jiggy.

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Dixie’s Death Pool – Paper That Folds Itself

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Dixie’s Death Pool – Tranquilizer

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January 11th, 2011

Video :: Heinz Und Herdzvelt – Plastic Flowers

Heinz und Herdzvelt
Plastic Flowers
[Directed By: Heinz und Herdzvelt]
Montreal, QC
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From the confused mind of Aaron Levin:
Totally bizarre throwback shrouded in 80s mystery and 90s burnitude. Don’t be fooled by the Encino Man mic-gripper or the vibrantly damaged key player, the sinusoids emanating from your speakers are almost more wasted than the visuals. Bass-throttled drumfoolery, pulsing digi-synth, red-washed dread-locks, top-of-the-line-wine green-screen, etc. Just amazing. And certainly not made in 1987 but incredibly difficult to tell either way. From a pseudo-secret society meandering around Montreal under the moniker Haunted Clockwork. CANTGRIPBUTWISHICOULD.

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October 11th, 2010

New Canadiana :: JLK – Cold City Country

JLK
Cold City Country
(Hobo Cult Records)
Montreal, PQ
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From the country karaoke of Aaron Levin:
Blown-out wastoid guitaroke from the femme half of Velvet Chrome. Using forgotten country tapes as a back-drop for her destructed guitar explorations, Jane L. Kasowicz croons for the disparate nihilism of urban cowboys. Swirling vocals float above dusted guitar riffs while the steel clamour of JLK’s exploration drills into your psyche. Her western reconnaissance hits hard mid-way through “Shake The Devil Out” and solidifies the experiment as a piece of reverberated genius. SADDLE UP.

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JLK – Shake the Devil Out

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JLK – Distortions For Frankie Laine

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June 22nd, 2010

Review :: Tonetta – 777

Tonetta
777
(Black Tent Press)
Toronto, ON
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From the there-is-no-describing-this-confusion of Paul Lawton & Aaron Levin:
Long overdue debut LP from Toronto-based sexual hyperbole that collects material recorded between 1983 and 2009. Tonetta’s recipe for success consists of wasted erotic lo-fi dripping in wet bass, fruity drum loops, and occasional 80′s guitar sleaze; backdrops for his variety show of graphic sexual acts, perverts, prostitutes, drug use, hedonism and occasional political rhetoric. Once a song is recorded, Tonetta dons a costume (g-string, Kabuki mask, demon makeup, etc), takes off most of his clothes, and dances. After the initial sexual overload, a gripping desire to break through the facade takes over. The songs are compelling enough to dive right in and the LP, removed from the visceral overload, allows a new entry-point into Tonetta’s garish existence. As a compilation of material spanning 25 years, the album is one highlight after another, from the soaring 80’s cheese of “Drugs Drugs Drugs” and “I Want to Marry a Prostitute” (which could be a viagrafied Jimmy Buffett song), to the Bowie-esque album standout “I’m Still a Slave.” In the tradition of musical oddities like Jandek, J.T. IV, or more recently Blank Dogs, Tonetta is a mystery best left unsolved. Weird Canada grants this our highest recommendation.

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Tonetta – Still A Slave

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Tonetta – Drugs Drugs Drugs

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Tonetta – John And Yoko

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August 17th, 2009

The Pizza Box-Set Volume 2: White!

The Pizza Box-Set Volume 2: White! White!
!!!!!!!!!WHITE!!!!!!
(Self Released)
Edmonton, AB
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In this installment of The Pizza Box-Set (the second volume, if you will) we will investigate the back-yard freak-out ramblings of White! featuring Lucas, Owen Gaudin (ex-Wicked Awesomes! bass player), Jesse Wilkinson, Russel (Wicked Awesomes! drummer), and Logan Gilmour. White! provides a cheaper-than-25-cents peep into the deranged habits of these ruffians in their most wasted state. It’s shear, unadulterated teenage expression at its finest; improvised, absurd, non-linear, poorly recorded and difficult to listen to; sounds that would have found a welcoming home on ESP-Disk in the 60s. Nevertheless, it’s an exciting experience that should remind us of what it was like to be young and attempt to capture everything at all costs. Thoughts running through my mind whilst listening: Was I there? Did that just happen? Ham sandwiches in the sky? Are you serious? How can I hang out with these dudes? Can I be down?

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White – We’re All Stars

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White! – Good For Them

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June 3rd, 2009

Drum machine psych.

Feral Children - Hits and Improv (Self Released, Saskatoon, SK, 2008) Feral Children
Hits and Improv
(Self Released)
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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Viewing the Feral Children spectacle is a truly singular experience; emotional bellowing from the bottoms of a psychedelic vortex. Creating detailed lysergic textures on the fly with the usage of a looping pedal and sampler whilst strumming his uniquely tuned, de-strung guitar. This album got heavy play while I was finishing my thesis, putting out a record, and working full-time. I managed to avoid dropping acid but the album was a certified trip each time I took a break from hell to listen. Highly recommended. A top release from 2008.

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