Mammoth Cave Recordings is having an incredible party this Sunday November 1st at the legendary BAMBOO room, attached to the Drum & Monkey ( corner of 12th Ave and 1st St SW, Calgary). This record release party will be celebrating the release of TWO brand new slabs of wax — one from Calgary’s SHARP ENDS and one from Lethbridge’s rocknroll kings, Moby Dicks! Doors are at 9PM, no cover, save your money for records and cheap beer!
Also! If you can’t make it to this super fun Sunday night show, New Canadian Modern is giving away a set of the two records! Head over to our contest section and enter to win!!!
Sharp Ends:
Fresh off their debut on Chicago’s Hozac Records, Sharp Ends deliver their 2nd of three 7″s coming out in Fall 2009 (with each single decreasing in availability). For this single, Sharp Ends combine their post-punk vibe with decidedly more of a pop sensibility, even displaying elements of power-pop on the b-side, Loaded Hearts. The killer here is the a-side Crack Trap, which has one of the catchiest guitar hooks we’ve heard in some time. Essential.
http://www.myspace.com/sharpends
Moby Dicks:
The Moby Dicks are a three piece (bass/guitar and two super shitty tom drums duct taped together) featuring two current members of Myelin Sheaths (HoZac single coming soon!) and two past members of Endangered Ape (RIP).
I wont hesitate to say that this 7″ has it all – songs about a rad French-Canadian Hot Dog joint in the heart of the Canadian Bible-Belt (“Ballad of the Red Dog”), girls (“Fuck Off Baby” and “Mike Molloy” – a song named after the proprietor of the local record shoppe, but actually about girls) and a mythical Lake Monster (“Ogo Pogo”, which is actually a cover of Hubble Bubble’s “Pogo Pogo” with the words changed around). Fans of Nobunny, Hunx, Personal and the Pizzas will love this.
http://www.myspace.com/mobydicksandstuff
Friendo:
Tough going for any band that automatically assumes the rank of “supergroup”, especially when only one member of said band is in group of international renown (band in question: Women, who currently hold rank of “biggest band in Calgary”, though they would all be pretty embarrassed if you brought that up in polite conversation). For those paying attention to the (at times) white-hot Calgary music scene, the other two members of Friendo hail from noted groups Puberty (on hiatus until further notice) and Beija Flor. Like the best groups that achieve rank of “super”, Friendo retain the elements that make all respective groups compelling in the first place – the swirling, lo-fidelity soundscapes of Women (though, like Women, this is a warm and crisp lo-fidelity), the angular-yet-soft abrasion of Puberty and the gentleness and sense of melody of Beija Flor. Cold Toads could very easily be a lost K-Records release, the recording of these songs giving them a timeless-yet-dated feel, where you can’t help but feel like you’ve already fallen in love with these songs and they are coming back into your life at the exact right time. A stunning debut if there ever was one.
