Gladys Lazer - Way Imperfect EP
Gladys Lazer blends the experimental with the harmonious. Widely known for his virtuosic otherworldly drumming, Lazer creates melodic delights with rampaging drum patterns against the backdrop of flourishing soundscapes. The results are combustible energy capsules of impressionistic, full sensory sound paintings.
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Sessa - Grandeza LP
Grandeza, the debut album by Sao Paulo's Sessa, points to new, subtle directions for modern Brazilian music – a deep, minimalist, almost insinuated use of the rich textures that define the songwriting history of Brazil, one which Sessa now joins among its most promising new voices. His songs are sung in Portuguese, with visceral, sensual lyrics in the vein of Caetano Veloso, and the melodic flourishes of Tom Jobim and Arthur Verocai. However, the music gets a deliberate minimalist treatment rarely found in contemporary Brazilian music, more reminiscent of the bareness of Leonard Cohen, with touches of tropicalia, psychedelia, and the mystic jazz of Moondog. Recorded in various locations between São Paulo and New York City.
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FET.NAT - Le Mal LP
"FET.NAT is basically constructing their own language" - Toronto Star Since founding in 2010, FET.NAT has created a musical universe all its own, crossing leftfield punk, trip-hop, free jazz and afrobeat, on a backdrop of absurdist humour lit by the Rock In Opposition movement. The veteran Hull, Quebec, foursome – featuring the franglais poetics of JFNO, Pierre-Luc Clément on guitars, Linsey Wellman on saxophone, and secret weapon Olivier Fairfield (Last Ex, Timber Timbre, Andy Shauf) on drums – has made its name on fiery live performances that clash maniacal theatrics with confounding musicianship. Today, with the release of Le Mal – a concept record with one side containing MIDI interpretations of the other – FET.NAT delivers a stunning document of their musical connectivity and precise recording vision. Instrumentals of experimental restraint, with menacing electronics and flashes of polyrhythm underscore JFNO’s warped, possessed poetry. The result is a full-player of discernible variety – an illusory mirror image of itself – with familiar but offset halves that consume each other.
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Eric Slick - Bullfighter
In his own words: This piece of music is important to me. It’s not light-hearted. After releasing my first record, I realized that I had to tap into my own vulnerabilities more. I re-wrote the lyrics to Bullfighter over and over again in the hopes that I could get closer to my version of the truth. Writing it brought me closer with members of my family that I hadn’t spoken with in years. I hope that it will be transformative for the listener. It’s a document of working through my own personal trauma. I wanted it to feel circuitous. In the end, I realized that death and life are all the same, and that suffering is fleeting.
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Ape School - Old Mike 2018
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Pulgas - Open to Most Things
With their second effort "Open to Most Things", Pulgas showcases an extraordinary ability to evolve. In layman's terms, their first album might be viewed as a dirty hobo whistling an enchanting tune. You come along, and you're intrigued by his sheer talent and potential, so you take him home, give him a bath and a shave, dress him up in new clothes and (as is tradition) fuse him with cyborg technology. A gold pocket-watch and a stovetop hat later, you've got the same energy and inventiveness of that original strain, but now it's a sleek machine. THESE BOYS CLEAN UP NICE. There are hints of menace and motorik among the experiments on this record. The sonic palette is vastly expanded from their debut. It's a little raunchy, a little cold and a little bit wiggly. All in all, it's a banger, and hints at bigger and better things to come for these two young garbage wizards.
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Scattered Clouds - 5xx
Scattered Clouds is the sound of post apocalyptic romanticism. The Hull, Québec experimental band underscores auto-fictional narratives with brooding rhythm, cavernous vocals, and precise noise. Terse retro-synthetic soundscapes call to mind the works of Vangelis or Tangerine Dream, paired with the uneasy ecstasy of Suicide or the tense, thundering underbelly of SUUNS.
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Ape School - Death is Messy
It's a long story. Go to the Bandcamp and read all about it, but beware for there is little cheer involved.
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Absolutely Free- The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore Releases August 21 on Absolutely Free has released its cover of the classic "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" in honour of today's solar eclipse. The Toronto 'astro-beat' trio gives a celestial tint to the song originally recorded by Frankie Valli in 1965 and later popularized by The Walker Brothers. This version for August 21, 2017 is auspicious and serene, tape degraded yet futuristic, shot skyward by starry synthesizers, cavernous bass, shimmering highs, and Matt King's atmospheric vocals. The single is out now digitally and available for purchase as an extremely limited 7" picture disc. Proceeds will be donated to Earthjustice, a non-profit environmental law organization that protects natural resources and promotes healthy communities.
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Gladys Lazer - Candy World/Bye Past EP Releases July 20 on Gladys Lazer is nomadic music. The solo project of Tel Aviv born musician Gal Lazer – known for his unfathomable drumming with Yonatan Gat of Monotonix – distills Lazer's memories of a time when he had no home and travelled the world solely on music. Recorded in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and in the countryside of SW Georgia, the debut EP, Candy World/Bye Past, features eight instrumental pathways: sonic vignettes that combust breakbeat, post-jazz, krautrock, and trip-hop in a cycle of pastoral daydreamscapes and electronic dirges: all percussive, melodic delights.
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Pulgas - S/T Released May 25 on Pulgas is undeniable garbage wizardry. Their self titled debut release sounds like it was recorded in a trashcan with a modified trash-mic by trash people, but that belies the boundless creativity and musicianship contained within. Guitar record of the year? If you smoke trash, DEFINITELY. Hot licks galore, meaty beats and hooks that wouldn’t sound out of place in 1974 Philly soul. (More accurately, a soul hopped up on huffed fumes from that undeniable summer Philadelphia stench. Nacho cheese and boiled hotel washcloths, folks. You know what I mean.) It’s not easily classifiable, but it fucking rules.
Pulgas - "Out of the South" video by Julia Harley
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Fet.Nat - Gaoler EP Releases May 19 on FET.NAT is a Hull, Quebec band that creates a bombastic and off-kilter mix of punk, free jazz, and noise. Punctuated by the nihilistic franglais poetics of vocalist JFNO, the four piece (bass, drums, sax, machines) evokes the absurdist humour of American Wrestling and kung fu movies, while carrying the torch of the Rock In Opposition movement.
TOUR DATES | SUMMER 2017
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VanillaLord - Macro Plaque PAC Released May 25, 2016 on First 25 8 inches packaged
Vanillalord - Toroidal / Mouth Organ (Studio Session) from Boiled Records on Vimeo. |
FUTURE: Scott Churchman - Fear Everything Ape School - Death is Messy
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