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Facebook Nestled amidst some concert announcements in a post last week were a couple of odd one-offs for No Joy and PS I Love You which were not part of any announced tour or timely promotional cycle. It didn't occur to me to ask why, but just a little bit of thought would have made the answer obvious - Wavelength . The dates of their shows corresponded to the four-day weekend of the Toronto music series' twelfth anniversary festival, and though neither of those acts is properly local - they [...]
by nashawa Silver Dapple maks me think of Lemuria, if they had grown up listening to The Innocence Mission and other 902s alt rock acts instead of whatever it was Lemuria listened to (I assume it wasn't these bands and if it is, well, then I feel dumb). Somewhat atmospheric and very mid 902s sounding (not mid 902s radio rock though, mind you), "Slip Stitch" is a great mellow track for when you want something relaxing to listen to that is wholly enthralling at the same time. Silver [...]
God damn. If 2011 sat in a confessional, it would beg forgiveness for the ocean of shoegaze acts offering the same reverbed guitars, precious melodies and universal adoption of shitty sounding recordings. Being an old ass dude, I'm ok with a return to 902s guitar rock, but even I have to say enough is enough. Thankfully, when a band like Montreal's Silver Dapple muscles up and bullies their way to the top of the playground equipment, it shows that the genre can still sound fresh and stand out. [...]
Silver Dapple - (Pauses) Feeling this girl grunge pop from Montreal in my gut. Beautiful 'dance celebration' video by ModuliTV . Grab their brand new English Girlfriend LP digitally or on ltd wax from the band.
I really don't know how to sum up Silver Dapple better than how the band does it themselves in their bio, as being "raised on shoegaze, Brit pop, slacker rock and a healthy dose of The Wedge." Indeed, much of their English Girlfriend debut is informed by the UK's mid-'90s fuzz-soaked shoegaze era, but unlike so many of their present-day peers, this Montreal four-piece works it through sheer adrenaline and energy, not content with hiding in the haze of its own atmosphere. English Girlfriend is out today via the band's own FORCHRISTSAKE imprint, and it's rife with cuts like [...]
Silver Dapple 's new LP English Girlfriend has quickly become one of my favourite albums of 2011. It's full of noisy fuzz-soaked ragers, but unlike so many other contemporary shoegaze bands, this Montreal outfit gets by on pure muscle. Below, watch the video for "(Pauses)," a raucous cut with raw, echo-laden vocals that sound like they were recorded through a cranked-up guitar amp. Go to Exclaim! to stream the whole album and read my words about it.
After their excellent single "Slip Stich" that we'd featured back in April , Montréal four-piece Silver Dapple finally return with another foretaste from their forthcoming debut LP English Girlfriend (that's the cover art above), originally set for September already but now due November 25 as the first-ever release by the brand new, also Montréal-based imprint Forchristsake. The video for "(Pauses)", just another brilliant, early 90s-dripping fuzz-pop gem with propulsive chord progressions behind a huge wall of noise, was done by one of our favorite visual artists, Frank Ouellette of Moduli TV . [...]
It was a hot Saturday long Labor Day weekend at Raw Sugar Cafe on September 3, 2011. It was a mix of loud rock and experimental music. Playing at the show: Extra Happy Ghost!!! Silver Dapple Roberta Bondar [...]
Kinda wonder what the citizens of Toronto are up to nowadays. Not making music, apparently. While here at NFOP we continue to celebrate the thriving scene over in Montréal (see here , here , here or here , or here indeed) and are quite regularly blessed with splendid submissions from the western parts of Canada, Vancouver in particular, from the country's first city we hear exactly this (prove us wrong, Toronto). Anyway. Honestly, we don't care too much as long as there's that wonderful city on the banks of [...]
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