Friendo Canadians Friendo capture so gracefully that hazy, other-worldly quasi-spiritual tone that made me so obsessed with Panda Bear's Young Prayer at the time, elevated here by the contrast with the sparse rhythm section that reminds me somewhat of Slint in its foreboding guitar tones. They feature on the excellent UK compilation Oh Canada! (a brilliant song in itself which I used to need to sing in school everyday, followed by the principles 'joke of the daily' broadcast over the speaker system and always hilarious), which [...]
Calgary seems to be the current buzz town for Canadian indie music thanks to Chad VanGaalen and his close Flemish Eye brothers Women . There are several bands defining Calgary's lo-fi sound, such as Hunter-Gatherer , Manchild , and Puberty (who lends it's bassist to today's featured band). Friendo is based out of Calgary and includes the drummer from Women. Their sound is a hybrid of lo-fi noise, rock, and pop and the vocals are shared by all members adding an interesting dynamic. After a few [...]
Puberty Another fun lo-fi garage racket from Canada, this 3-piece certainly know how to make taut and effective post-punk with more than a hint of Sonic Youth-alt-riffage holding it together nicely. Puberty - Put Your Face Demo ( mp3 )
I started off yesterday by catching (or I guess "attempting to catch" is more correct) Monotonix at Tubby Dog (aka the best hot dog place, this side of Japadog). It took us a little longer than expected to saunter our way down there, so unsurprisingly, the rather tiny "venue" was packed to overflowing when we arrived. One thing about hearing Monotonix while not being able to see them is that you quickly notice that they're much better performers than they are a band. Speaking to the former though, they made sure all the people stuck outside [...]
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