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21st Century Schizos PT.1

"Now this would be a beautiful death."

One year ago Cecil Frena and I nearly died in a terrifying car accident. Moments before the time disintegration during the flip over we dissected at length how anyone could ever (quote unquote) make it in the world of music. The answer was murky then but now seems monumentally clear: do right. Don't just make good music but make great music. Just good enough is not good enough. Don't just perform your songs, die for them. Anything worth living for is worth dying for. These guys are living out a dream on the road, adventuring from city to city but don't be fooled, this is no game, they're on the frontline every single night wearing their hearts on their sleeve. They are making it by making it. Die for your passions. Irony and apathy are over. We have new sincerity. Believers know it already -every second of a Gobble Gobble show is a reminder of how you felt on the best day of your life.

GOBBLE GOBBLE @ Myspace
GOBBLE GOBBLE @ Tumblr
GOBBLE GOBBLE on Pitchfork 1
GOBBLE GOBBLE on Pitchfork 2
GOBBLE GOBBLE on Altered Zones
GOBBLE GOBBLE on Stereogum

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All we have is our HEALTH

Two years ago I was hanging out backstage trying to divulge the secrets of the Smell from the drummer. I knew some amazing stuff was coming out of L.A but I never expected it to be a futurist version of the lost art of math rock. So tech.

One year ago kids finally caught on. So much so that it felt like I was on the set of Teen Spirt - bodies flailing, rowdy crowd surfing, just capital "M" melee onstage and off. But the music we were moving to wasn't all melodic at all, oh it was dancey and poppy. No at the core it was actually just was noise, unadulterated fuzzed out noise.

HEALTH are the future of punk. dance. No, they are simply the future.

I just wish I could be there to see them trip out on Desi.

Oh followup: two years ago i gave the drummer the first Desi cd, one year ago Cherk got high with him and tonight they're playing with them.

If you miss this show all I can say is have fun loving in the past.

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Slip Through

Artwork by Landon Speers

What happens when a modern day Brian Wilson obsesses over technoise, frequencies and boom baps instead of cheeseburgers, L.S.D and destroying the Beatles? Slip Through, that's what. Master crafted by the most slept on producer in Canada, Réal Cardinal aka Comaduster isn't on the production game anymore, he's on the perfection game.

Download the full album at the official Comaduster site.

comaduster.com
myspace.com/comaduster23

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Never Slept

Hauschka Snowflakes and Carwrecks.jpg

You heard this Ennio Morricone record yet? of course you haven't, it doesn't exist. On your planet. That's what you can expect from Sombre Reptiles, music blog of Listen Records' Kris Burwash. Remember Alien Nation? Think of those dudes flashing forward to a 3rd generation weirdo alien kids making music in Mumbai...that's what Kris would turn you on to.

The Big Sandwich is electronics, straight-up. No question Markus Vuorensola can easily out-name you both 20 n0-wave live bootlegs and flying lotus beat tapes but dude knows blips and bloops to boot. no skronk electro here. Real, please.

CJSR superstar Aaron Levin's Weird Canada is the home of n0/new-school:freakbeat/psych/kooky.
Think Headphone-Bedroom.
This be all for the love of the basement.

listenrecords.net
sombrereptiles.tumblr.com
bigsammich.blogspot.com
weirdcanada.com

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Designarrs pt.3

Justin LaFontaine's geometry = New Math. No one can touch him on posters right now. That Obits print was the most iconic image of this year's Sled Island. It even became the face of the band's website - if it's good enough for Jehu-ligans it's good enough for every human.

Lando Speers is an immensely talented photographer with a keen sense for capturing energy and aggression. Little wonder that the best Red Hot Daggers photos were his. He also has an intimate understanding of gizmos, which makes his musical projects, "Headaches" and "St. Gilles" so fascinating.

omgjhq.com
landonspeers.com
myspace.com/headacheswontstop
myspace.com/stgillesandthehind

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Joe, Joe, JoeJoeJoeJoeJoe Joe!

Old Ugly is a cool new Edmonton label started up by swine-flu tattoo snackpack swagger jack backpacker spitter, The Joe. Peep game y'all, the label features not only raps but Joe's already on some d-i-versifying with fantastic stuff like Flora and Doug Hoyer's "Bike Month"

olduglyco.com

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Legendary Status

videos courtesy Jordan Phil Allan

Footage from the greatest basement show ever, watch Gobble Gobble perform "Meteor Eschat" and "Mountain of Flesh"

And click here to check out the other Gobble songs along with the Braids and the Champion City solo sets
www.myspace.com/braidsmusic

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Best Show Ever Times Infinity

photos courtesy of Calvin McElroy.

Thank You Gobble Gobble.
Thank You Castle Awesome.

myspace.com/gobblegobble

video coming soon!!!

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Castle Awesome Party

Aug 22: Gobble Gobble + Braids (ex. Neighborhood Council) at Castle Awesome. OMGZ!!!

Aug 21: Jom Comyn and Tyler Bulter at Leva. Swooncore.

click post for more details

Gobble Gobble Facebook event

Jom Comyn Facebook event

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Cuming atcha

Check out Edmonton's finest independent music scene videographer Jim Cuming.
He's shot tons of live footage of 780 bands, some of which no longer exist. Man's a legend, nuff.

dailymotion.com/jomcom
youtube.com/jimbocumdog
vimeo.com/jimcuming

Click the entry to watch Eamon McGrath's cover of Death Letter by Son House.

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Cassettes Records

Check out Cassettes Records, the DIY CDR label that's home to Holzkopf, Eamon McGrath and more
http://cassettesrecords.googlepages.com

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The Hydeaway CD Newsletter No.1

Stream and download tracks from the Hydeaway CD newsletter featuring High Jinks, Michael Rault, Belgium, Holzkopf and more!

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into the fold

Upcoming shows for Likewise Vultures & Eamon Mcgrath
and the premiere of RATKNUKKL and Baltimore

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Tapes Tapes Tapes

Listen to all of the Hills Like White Elephants recordings, including the super rare "Paper Tigers Cas-single" featuring remixes from Westfalia and Artful Dodger

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Official Selection #3 online

Somedance Festival Official Selection #3 now streaming online!

1. Drums - Niagra
2. Cussin', Cryin' And Carryin' On - Tina Turner
3. Time Will Tell - Lafayette Afro Rock Band
4. I Know You Will (Larry Levan Mix) - Logg
5. Kiss Me Again (Original Edit) - Dinosaur L
6. Drive My Car (Beatles Cover) - Ccristina
7. Don't Stop Til You Get Enough (live Michael Jackson Cover) - James Chance
8. Almost Black - James White & The Blacks
9. Tobacco Road - Bob-A-Rela
10. See Aunt Dinah - Bessie Jones & Group
11. Times Done Changed - Dora Alexander
12. Satisfied - Florence Stamp and Group of Girls
13. Hammer, Ring - Jesse Bradley
14. Tobacco Road - Tommy Youngblood
15. Is It Because I'm Black? - Sly Johnson
16. We've Had Enough - Arnie Love & The Lovettes
17. Did You See the Words? - Animal Collective

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Electronic

August 02, 2010

21st Century Schizos PT.1

February 05, 2010

All we have is our HEALTH

September 28, 2009

Slip Through

September 24, 2009

Never Slept

September 18, 2009

Designarrs pt.3

September 15, 2009

Joe, Joe, JoeJoeJoeJoeJoe Joe!

September 04, 2009

Legendary Status

August 25, 2009

Best Show Ever Times Infinity

August 11, 2009

Castle Awesome Party

August 05, 2009

Cuming atcha

July 31, 2009

Cassettes Records

July 30, 2009

The Hydeaway CD Newsletter No.1

July 13, 2009

into the fold

June 28, 2009

Tapes Tapes Tapes

June 23, 2009

Official Selection #3 online

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