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KAPPA CHOW (http://weirdcanada.com/2013/12/new-canadiana-kappa-chow-kappa-chow)
Sackville garage punk weirdos featuring Joe Chamandy (Astral Gunk) return to Toronto & celebrate calling our fine city their new home. Raw gnarly vocals gloop over distorted guitar riffage & sax interplay. Weird grooves & dissonance. If you have a pirate ship & you need a band to entertain the hordes illegitimate children, this is the band you should get. Their new single “Jump” feels like a surreal 80’s uplifting meditation jam recorded by a bunch of languid avant garage shredder dudes, who just hang out & build illegal motorbikes. Come make these homies feel welcome & scope their new 7″
CENTURY PALM (https://centurypalm.bandcamp.com/)
New wave-y post punk act Century Palm (members of Ketamines), play with a nostalgic pop sensibility, an almost naive sense of playfulness teeters on rough punk groove. Mystic oozing synth lines meander and a unstoppable rhythm section, occasionally zapping to the forefront to dance with the lyricism. Century Palm sounds like they’ve crawled out of some dimensional warp that bleeds from the nascent 80’s punk & new wave scene. Full guitar chords bounce around in a swamp dissonant guitar & synth fuzz. Frantic, energetic with enough breathing room, this quintet breathes new life into old territory.
GERMAPHOBES (https://germaphobes.bandcamp.com/)
The newest outing from weird pop masterminds Neil Rankin & Paul Erlichman (both formerly of Gay) sees them play with a sound that is slightly less full, but offers many more opportunities for interplay. Paul’s guitar work is warm & welcoming, but still has an angular edge, creating a nice juxtaposition as the band weaves heartfelt harmonies with idiosyncratic interplay. Grooving bass lines carry forward their slightly off kilter pop songs, recalling The Talking Heads or even some of Brian Eno’s earlier work. Never overstated, but masters of their domain. Don’t miss this!
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