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New Canadiana :: Mary Jane Stole My Girl – Mary Jane Stole My Girl

Mary Jane Stole My Girl
  • Mary Jane Stole My Girl
  • Mary Jane Stole My Girl
  • (Self Released)
  • Winnipeg, MB
  • ::web/sounds::
From the Friday soundtrack of Taylor Burgess:
What’s the matter, cuz? Bf/gf gone due to drugs? Well, MJSMJ’s here to give you auditory hugs, in the form of earnest 4-track fuzz. When you’re down and when you’re blue, this lo-fi harmony bliss would be your blesséd tissue. Or let your hair down, shuffle off your mortal frozen mind, and rock out with your junk out (Of control, but still in your shorts—despite best efforts of your unholy cohorts). Unlike those jerks, MJSMJ genuinely has your emotional liberation at heart — from now until that Dylan Thomas-referencing light departs.

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Mary Jane Stole My Girl – The Last Days of the Revolution

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Mary Jane Stole My Girl – Dylan Thomas

New Canadiana :: Cannon Bros – Firecracker/Cloudglow

Cannon Bros - Firecracker/Cloudglow
From the cloudbursting cannon of Taylor Burgess:
This album’s ambiguous and visceral title pops like some insta-nostalgic mixture of The Zit Remedy, a nearly forgotten Eric’s Trip video and your overwrought LiveJournal entries from high school (which, upon second glance, are much more heartfelt and less embarrassing than you remember). Alannah W. and Cole W. have been making these one-, two-, and three-chorders for a few years now, apparently writing songs tallying into the hundreds, but have pared the laundry list down to 12 for this release. Switching between cymbals, skins and strings, they take turns singing about soft-shoeing through their lives and dealing with, y’know, the shitty stuff, but glossing it over. It all sounds peachy keen, albeit sometimes frantic.

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Cannon Bros – Take

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Cannon Bros – Out of Here

New Canadiana :: Smoki Tygr – Cybrtygr

Smoki Tygr - Cybrtygr
From the cyber stripes of Taylor Burgess:
Smoki Tygr (a.k.a. Smoky Tiger) was sent on a mission to follow the gospel of our holy prophets and save the rest of Manitoba, the prairies, and possibly North America. Meanwhile, he’s fighting with copyright laws for the good and entertainment of the common person, leading an ornery crowd in a sing-a-long and making them roll around in laughter, incapacitated. Finally, after a long bout of crime fighting, at some drinking establishment or art space, he sings our Canadiana lessons. Yes, ‘tis nothing but a peaceful day here in the greater Manitoba area, thanks to Smoki Tygr and his robotic companion.

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Smoki Tygr – 300 pds

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Smoki Tygr – Terry Fax

New Canadiana :: Philia – Arma Tribute 1. and 5 Pieces

Philia - Arma Tribute 1. and 5 Pieces
  • Philia
  • Arma Tribute 1. and 5 Pieces
  • (Self Released)
  • Winnipeg, MB
  • ::web/sounds::
From the atonal arsenal of Taylor Burgess:
Not all of us can take the trip that is the Assiniboine Music Armada, canoeing from Brandon to Winnipeg with psych-folk band Twin to communities through wilderness, but some can certainly admire the spirit, for those of us who believe in spirits anyhow. Phantom embodied, Greg Hanec’s tribute to the tour (performed and recorded at Twin’s return show to Winnipeg) plays like an NFB nature doc — expansive, quiet stretches, sounds of water splashing, and birds chirping — accompanied by Philia’s concentrated atonal arsenal. Elsewhere, he’s making music out of whatever he can get his hands on: cello samples, the open back of a piano, and his own field recordings of a bus door opening and closing. What’s at play is what usually isn’t played, and the subdued floats on down, up, and by.

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Philia – Arma Tribute 1

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Philia – Cellogroove

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

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?

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

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

New Canadiana :: Mallory Knox – Pus Crunk Luv

  • Mallory Knox
  • Pus Crunk Luv
  • (Self Released)
  • Winnipeg, MB
  • ::web/sounds::
From the technicolour yawn of Taylor Burgess:
HEY YOU GENDER-FLUID, CAPITALISM-REVOLTING, QUEER-FRIENDLY THING. Are you and your friends sick of dirty cops and how they crack down on the unprivileged rather than white collar crime? Does your punk scene have wayyyyyy too much machismo? Do you get strange looks any time you put on Top 40 hip hop at a party (To steal back the sweet beats, disregard the hateful lyrics n tweets!!)? Well Mallory Knox is an anarchistic dose of sensibility. She makes tunes ranging from straight-up Top 40 auto-tune covers to blistering original folk punk anthems, and every modulation in between. Shoplifting lyrics from Cormac McCarthy and beats from Black Eyed Peas, no copyrighted content is safe. Mallory Knox doesn’t really trust me, you, or anyone either, but she probably has faith in us, otherwise she wouldn’t hand out these tapes for free.

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Mallory Knox – I Hate You

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Mallory Knox – Puke Shit

Imprint :: Prairie Fire Tapes // Dub Ditch Picnic

Winnipeg cassette label Prairie Fire Tapes and its bratty little brother Dub Ditch Picnic might be relatively new on the scene, but both have staked a claim with their ongoing stream of head-tweaking sounds. From the warped pop of Bill Northcott and his various aliases (F.P. Tranquilizer, The Incinerators, Microdot) to heavier hitters like Fossils, Mongst and Worker, Weird Canada favourite Fletcher Pratt, the unclassifiable No UFO’s and so much more, co-founders Chris Jacques (White Dog) and Cole Peters (Gomeisa, Secret Girls) are carving out their own piece of the pie. We spoke to Chris about PFT and DDP’s past, present and future.

Jesse Locke
Managing Editor
Weird Canada // Texture Magazine
http://weirdcanada.com // http://texturemagazine.ca/wordpress

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Mongst – Negative Liberty

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Secret Girls – Ten Thousand Winters

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Fletcher Pratt – Weird Dub

1 :: How did you launch your label and why? C.R.E.A.M.?

The story begins Jan. 2010 when Prairie Fire Tapes hit the scene. Cole Peters and I were talking about releasing a split cassette. We had distributed the workload to me sourcing the tape and production and Cole would do the art and have the j-cards made up. I think a day after we decided to do the tape we thought, well, let’s give running a label a shot. A few months in, I started to become aware of bands that I wanted to work with that I couldn’t justify having as part of the PF roster. So in order to keep Prairie Fire focused on drone, noise, and experimentalism, I launched Dub Ditch Picnic in June of 2010. The releases on DDP really mirror my record collection — it’s pretty vast and varied. I have a dream of being able to have one or both of the labels make the leap from cassettes only into pressing LPs in the next year or so. But vinyl is pretty time consuming and my time is pretty limited. So once I have completed a few other major projects that currently have my attention, I will look at releasing a slew of really weird records.

2 :: To date, which of your releases has been: a) the best-seller, b) your favourite and c) the biggest bummer?

The best sellers have all been on Prairie Fire — Tom Carter, Kplr, Worker, and the Gomeisa tapes consistently flew out the doors. Picking my favourite would be much harder — the Solars tape was stunning. I still get goosebumps when I jam that. The Krautheim cassette on DDP would have to be one of my all time faves. Those guys turned in one awesome recording. No bummers really. There have been a couple releases that didn’t resonate with folks for one reason or another. Take the last batch of PF tapes. I think all five are solid — Alms, White Dog, Secret Girls, Mongst, and White Creeps. We released those right around the time of the mail strike and we’ve had a real time trying to get them in the hands of people. The biggest bummer is releasing a great tape to a disinterested public. I haven’t been disappointed by any of the artists we’ve worked with. I stand behind every single tape we’ve done.

3 :: What sets you apart from other labels? Music, art, liner notes, posters, glossy 8.5” x 11” head-shots?

The art direction, design and our approach to making the best sounding tape possible sets us apart from other labels. I buy a lot of stuff, and much of it on cassette. I feel really let down when I get a tape that was mastered poorly or duplicated with more hiss than music. I have sourced out some professional grade duplicators as well as some higher end decks to for mastering. I do checks throughout the process to make sure that the tapes are sounding the way they should. I have redone a few runs because that tape was too quiet or had too much hiss or whatever. We are musicians and music fans — we treat our bands and our customers the way we want to be treated.

4 :: Future plans? What can grippers look forward to gripping?

On Prairie Fire we’ve been setting up releases with Misner Space, Sundrips, and a full length Horders cassette. Dub Ditch has been working on a few comps, one of new Finnish and New Zealand underground music. We also are in the midst of making masters for an Auntie Dada/Preanderthals release, a Velvet Chrome retrospective, a Shaker Hymns cassette, and new recording by DJ Co-Op/Tim Hoover.

5 :: Kim Mitchell vs. Randy Bachman?

I’m a prairie guy, born and raised. So even though Vinyl Tap is the worst radio show ever — Randy B. all the way.

Prairie Fire Tapes Discography (to date)

  • PF-001
  • ::
  • White Dog // Gomeisa
  • –
  • Split
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-002
  • ::
  • Art Muscle // no Rgans
  • –
  • Split
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-003
  • ::
  • Repulsive Bile
  • –
  • Emetophilia
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-004
  • ::
  • Solars
  • –
  • Mist
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-005
  • ::
  • White Dog
  • –
  • Retribution
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-006
  • ::
  • Museums of Sleep
  • –
  • Self Titled
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-007
  • ::
  • Pretty Princess // Secret Girls
  • –
  • Split
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-008
  • ::
  • White Dog
  • –
  • Holodomor
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-009
  • ::
  • Gomeisa
  • –
  • Blossoming Flesh
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-010
  • ::
  • Peter J. Wood Free Jazz Ensemble
  • –
  • Like Lions
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-011
  • ::
  • Vomir
  • –
  • Untitled
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-012
  • ::
  • Unearthed
  • –
  • Death Kiss
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-013
  • ::
  • White Dog
  • –
  • The Harvestman
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-014
  • ::
  • KkrakK!
  • –
  • Subatomic Vibrations
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-015
  • ::
  • Dried Up Corpse
  • –
  • Death March
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-016
  • ::
  • Greenhouse
  • –
  • Golden City
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-017
  • ::
  • Fossils
  • –
  • Flame Disc Revisited
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-018
  • ::
  • White Dog
  • –
  • Self Titled
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-019
  • ::
  • Tom Carter
  • –
  • Numinous
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-020
  • ::
  • Gremlynz // Ajilvsga
  • –
  • Split
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-021
  • ::
  • Dim Dusk Moving Gloom
  • –
  • Blinded by the Natty White
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-022
  • ::
  • MSSNG // Greenhouse
  • –
  • Split
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-023
  • ::
  • Pink Priest // Horders
  • –
  • Split
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-024
  • ::
  • Gomeisa
  • –
  • Tourniquet
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • PF-025
  • ::
  • Jane Barbe // Akrotiri Poacher
  • –
  • Split
  • (2011, Cassette)
  • PF-026
  • ::
  • Kplr
  • –
  • Mechanical Mind Space b/w Mechanical Motion Simulator
  • (2011, Cassette)
  • PF-027
  • ::
  • Shiver
  • –
  • The Taste of Repent
  • (2011, Cassette)
  • PF-028
  • ::
  • Worker
  • –
  • Dream Dead
  • (2011, Cassette)
  • PF-029
  • ::
  • Black Hippies
  • –
  • Wicker House
  • (2011, Cassette)
  • PF-030
  • ::
  • White Dog
  • –
  • Resistance
  • (2011, Cassette)
  • PF-031
  • ::
  • Alms
  • –
  • Annihilation of the Self
  • (2011, Cassette)
  • PF-032
  • ::
  • Secret Girls
  • –
  • In Hiding
  • (2011, Cassette)
  • PF-033
  • ::
  • Mongst
  • –
  • Water Water Everywhere But Not a Drop to Drink
  • (2011, Cassette)
  • PF-034
  • ::
  • White Creeps
  • –
  • White Sleep
  • (2011, Cassette)
  • PF-035
  • ::
  • White Dog Family Band
  • –
  • Escape the Mystery II
  • (2011, Cassette)

Dub Ditch Picnic Discography (to date)

  • 1971.001
  • ::
  • The Incinerators
  • –
  • The 90s Wuz Awesome
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • 1971.002
  • ::
  • Art Muscle
  • –
  • No Emulsion
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • 1971.003
  • ::
  • F.P. Tranquilizer vs. The Incinerators
  • –
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • 1971.004
  • ::
  • F.P. Tranquilizer
  • –
  • Summer Tape
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • 1971.005
  • ::
  • Outer Spacist
  • –
  • Tape
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • 1971.006
  • ::
  • No UFO’s
  • –
  • Mind Control
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • 1971.007
  • ::
  • Krautheim
  • –
  • Mädchen auf der Rennbahn
  • (2010, Cassette)
  • 1971.008
  • ::
  • Fletcher Pratt
  • –
  • Dub Sessions Vol. 1
  • (2011, Cassette)
  • 1971.009
  • ::
  • xNoBBQx
  • –
  • Live @ Louie’s
  • (2011, Cassette)
  • 1971.010
  • ::
  • Microdot
  • –
  • Lamps Not Amps
  • (2011, Cassette)

New Canadiana :: Fletcher Pratt – Dub Sessions Vol. 1

From the haunted thickets of Taylor Burgess:
If I dared leave this cassette playing while I stepped off my porch and these ominous drawls trailed me down the street, I’d be scared to see the haunted thickets they would conjure. The first second of opener “Weird Dub” lets you know what this isn’t: Your hazed-out guitar coasting in on the Black Ark. Instead, Pratt slows everything the fuck down, throwing trademark delay over drums and otherworldly sax. “Sherwood Dub” has a cranked-down sample of “Eastside, Westside” mixed with his own percussion and plays more like a Midwestern spirit returning from the Middle East. The second side? Hell, don’t even…

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Fletcher Pratt – Weird Dub

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Fletcher Pratt – Sherwood Dub

New Canadiana :: Microdot – Lamps Not Amps

From the lamptitude of Taylor Burgess:
If I’m on a Hüsker Dü kick, is it proper to compare these two guys and lady to them? Here’s the low-down: they’re made up of two members of the Transistor 66 family and one music journalist. The trio rides a balance between fuzz and atmosphere, though they don’t go so far as to dive into any crazy tape loop shit. These are all straight-ahead punk numbers. The vox-in-the-red hit hard when the lyrics connect, and when they don’t, Bill Northcott’s screechy guitar and throaty delivery will still make you go ballistic.

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Microdot – You Think I’m A Liar

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Microdot – Teepee in the Forest

New Canadiana :: Alpha Couple – STALINGRAD

From the Pink Moon disintegration of Taylor Burgess:
Alpha Couple carry themselves like blossoming aristocrats until they have crying breakdowns as pauper existentialists — at which point they whip out the digital SLR and take pictures. Maybe cuz of this heightened self-consciousness, their realm of music is informed and effective: arty/singer-songwriters that wail on about their innermost feelings of insecurities and infidelity; or an allegorical pop song about miscommunication; or something like a Pink Moon instrumental disintegrating into a sound collage; or whimsical despondency over “the scene.” With a thick gauze of reverb, Kristel Jax and Mark Wohlgemuth sing obscurely because they have so much to hide — but they irresistibly hate to admit it to you, the prying listener, at the same time.

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Alpha Couple – Four Eyed Monster

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Alpha Couple – Jasper Johns


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