If you like tapes, local flavour, and the dreamy aesthetic of DIY check out this beautiful little cassette put out by my favourite brothers in all of Canada, the Leon bros over at Roses MP. Review coming soon of this local gem.
Entries categorized as ‘TWITCH’
do you own this yet? ROSESMP.COM TAPE #1
March 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Categories: TWITCH
Tagged: ben leon, roses mp, rosesmp.com, seth leon
flavour of the week: philip tarr of MESS FOLK
March 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
flavour of the week
philip tarr of MESS FOLK
Philip Tarr is the brain behind the magic and science of MESS FOLK, a Sydney Nova Scotia based noise rock band, that just happens to be my favourite Canadian band of the moment. Despite being based out of the middle of nowhere, Maritimes, Canada (sorry guys) Mess Folk has been doing some amazing national and international things. A 7 inch off of Chicago’s Hozac Records, a debut tape off of Scotch Tapes based out of Ontario, and rumours of soundtracking a Hollywood indie flick, Philip Tarr aint doing so bad promoting his self-proclaimed “noise and chaos. Check back for a giveaway & a review of their Hozac record and Scotch Tapes release!!! In the meantime, check out this yummy flavour of the week…
Kait Kucy (KK): When did you first realize you were destined to rock n roll?
Philip Tarr (PT): I don’t rock and roll. I just make noise and annoy people. I am destined for greatness!
KK: Was it always rocknroll? I would think hillbilly bop and bluegrass are the more favoured genres of music out in Sydney NS.
PT: I used to play in a grindcore band… I also liked to do noise, spoken word and improv music. One time I played a bar gig with a sand grinder and sheetmetal. I did have a rock and roll band one time called “The Abusive Step-Dads” we sung about child abuse, solvent abuse, violence and boredom. We played 5 shows and broke up. It was an awesome band to play in. The drummer Shaun was great, so was the bassist Vince. My brother did vocals and he made up awesome lyrics and we pissed everyone off. I played guitar.
KK: What is the babe situation like out in Sydney? Usually this is one of the first things I ask but I thought I would talk about music first for a change.
PT: I used to be involved in a lot of babe situations but now I have a really nice girfriend who keeps me happy… We even write music together. She’s one of my best friends.
KK: That is VERY sweet! I guess meant more of the MALE babe situation…y’know in case any of my rocker girlfriends decide to up and leave the prairies for a fisherman. Whatever… Could you easily state that you are the poster boy of garage rock in your town? Do you have a rival poster boy?
PT: When people think of me they probably think of noise and chaos more so then garage rock. I think there are a lot of rumors about me in my town. I’ve done some “crazy” things in my life but I’d say most people think I’m a “nice guy”. I just like to be creative. I don’t care about any genre of music. Besides, my face has been punched in too many times to be poster boy material.
KK: Its really customary that I ask how many times you comb your hair a week.
PT: I never comb my hair, it’s too thick. It’s like dog fur.
KK: So, tell me why on the MESS FOLK myspace page you have your location listed as the YUKON? Trying to geographically screw with the campus radio station radios stats or what?
PT: I have no idea why I listed Mess Folk as from the Yukon but I ain’t changing it.
KK: What are your favourite current bands? Do you try to stay Canadian like we do, or do you often fall victim to American rocknroll?
PT: I like the Stolen Minks… Alot of the stuff on Scotch Tapes… My trading buddy Embryo always sends me projects of himself. He created the best band ever “Gruesome Toilet”… check that out people. It’s the BEST. My buddy Tyler’s band “The Dunce Club”. I mostly listen to ancient bands though…
KK: If you were being tortured by Americans and part of the torture was to listen to the same record over and over, what would it be?
PT: Probably the band Opeth. Any release.
KK: Do you have plans to tour Canada anytime soon? Us kids out WEST wanna hang out and party with you.
PT: Yes I do. I want to get a good release out and tour on it.
KK: What about new releases? So far you’ve got your Hozac 7″ and your Scotch Tapes cassette….what should we expect next from MESS FOLK?
PT: I want to record an LP with a decent recording setup. Being broke and just using a four track is very limiting to my output. You can expect an LP as the next Mess Folk release. It’s going to be very, very different then the first four Mess Folk releases. I have new ideas in my head.
KK: What is your top played song on your iTunes? I hope its Katy Perry or something, even Lady Gaga would be fucking awesome. You’d definitely graduate from being Flavour of the Week to Flavour of the Month.
PT: I have an I-pod an ex gave me as a gift one time. When I go to work out at the gym, that’s the only time I use it. On my I-pod are a bunch of bands: DA SLYME (newfoundland band from the 70’s) DISCHARGE, ELECTRO HIPPIES, THE GIZMOS, NO TREND, SIMPLY SAUCER, THE LEWD, REPULSION….
KK: Besides being “Philip Tarr”, if you were an ice cream flavour what would you be?
PT: Fiberglass insolation.
Stay tuned for my review of MESS FOLK’s debut 7 inch off of Hozac Records
Categories: ACEFACE · TWITCH
Tagged: hozac records, mess folk, philip tarr, scotch tapes, sydney
you should go: 3 deadly shows in one night!!! TONIGHT!
February 26, 2010 · 1 Comment
is this friday black & white design day? the posters oddly all work together very nicely. weird!
Categories: TWITCH
Tagged: bloodstains across alberta, february hop, fist city, grown-ups, jeremy clarkson, les dragues mothers, mammoth cave recordings co, myelin sheaths, new canadian modenr, roses mp.com, tension slips, the brenda vaqueros, the ex-boyfriends, the palomino, the poly shores, the von zippers, topless mongos
you should go today: ROCK FOR DOLLAR$ @ Broken City
February 21, 2010 · 1 Comment
What in the hell (tarnation) is Rocking For Dollars? You may be asking yourself. Put simply, it’s a fantastic and monumentous event that combines high stakes rock and roll with high stakes everything. Bands sign up to play; and by bands it can be the band you just started that afternoon, once everyonoe has playedeach band gets a turn to spin the wheel (come on down!), on the wheel there are prizes as well as skrilla ($$$). If none of the bands land on the skrilla it’s heldover to the next week and so on and so on, until someone wins.
This is a great opportunity to see some great music, play a show, have fun on a Sunday afternoon, blah blah blah
Rocking For Dollars is a veritable institution in the mighty city of Halifax. It’s been a focal point in building the local music scene there and is responsible for low attendance at work and school, and the related drop in productivity, for days following R4$.
Categories: TWITCH
Tagged: broken city, rock for dollars
True Fact: Surf Rock found on Mars!
February 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It’s not too often I get to plug my day job on here but I just wanted to let all you sun-deprived, toe-headed, surf rock lovers that The Bigfoot Rocketship is playing a special gig in April. On April 1st at the First Thursday Evening at Art Central, those crazy rock’n'rollers will be knocking our soxx off from 5-9pm. They don’t play too often so when you do get to see them its a real treat. Yum!
Categories: TWITCH
Tagged: art central, first thursday, the bigfoot rocketship
you should go tmrw nite: two wicked shows!
February 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
How many times is there ever two wicked wicked shows on the same Thursday night? Good thing the Republik and Tubby Dog are both on 17th Avenue so you can zip back and forth between shows, because thats what you are gonna need to do! The Shitfits are a fantastic Misfits cover band made up of some Calgary’s top shitty rock royalty, while the Jeremy Clarkson features Ben and Seth Leon (of the Nymphet Clan!) dueling hard and dirty garage rock.
Hop on your skateboard (or snowboard actually — its snowing hard out there today!) over to the Republik to check out Grown-Ups and Les Drague Mothers, two of my new favourite bands spearheaded by Josiah Hughes, writer and musician. Haven’t heard Stalwart Sons yet, neither Fuck the Tundra so I am lookin’ forward to checking both of them out.
See ya’ll there!
kait
Categories: TWITCH
Tagged: fuck the tundra, grown-ups, jeremy clarkson, shitfits, stalwart sons, tubby dog
you should go today! ROCK FOR DOLLARS @ Broken City!
February 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
What in the hell (tarnation) is Rocking For Dollars? You may be asking yourself. Put simply, it’s a fantastic and monumentous event that combines high stakes rock and roll with high stakes everything. Bands sign up to play; and by bands it can be the band you just started that afternoon, once everyonoe has playedeach band gets a turn to spin the wheel (come on down!), on the wheel there are prizes as well as skrilla ($$$). If none of the bands land on the skrilla it’s heldover to the next week and so on and so on, until someone wins.
This is a great opportunity to see some great music, play a show, have fun on a Sunday afternoon, blah blah blah
Rocking For Dollars is a veritable institution in the mighty city of Halifax. It’s been a focal point in building the local music scene there and is responsible for low attendance at work and school, and the related drop in productivity, for days following R4$.
This week there’s $150 on the wheel as well as three hours of rehearsal time at The New Black and a custom made guitar strap!!!!
Categories: TWITCH
Tagged: broken city, rock for dollars, roses mp
you should go: BLOODSTAINS ACROSS ALBERTA
February 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It’s finally happening! New Canadian Modern and Mammoth Cave Recording Co. is putting on a show! February 26th at the Palomino in downtown Calgary, Myelin Sheaths, Grown-Ups, Tension Slips, and Topless Mongos will be taking the stage in anticipation of the compilation 7″ we are putting out this spring called Bloodstains Across Alberta! I am pretty excited about this whole deal, not only working with Paul Lawton, but being a part of music history. Since I have literally no musical talent myself it is very exciting that I get to “put out a 7″ record” and help promote some of Alberta’s top garage and punk rock acts. Anyways, you should definitely come out to the show and check out these fantastic bands. I will be there reprezentin’ probably at the Merch booth so come on by, grab a pin, and we can talk about our favourite junk food and shitty bands we love.
xo
Kait
Categories: TWITCH
Tagged: bloodstains across alberta, grown-ups, kait kucy, mammoth cave recording co., myelin sheaths, new canadian modern, paul lawton, tension slips, the palomino, topless mongos
twitch: the failed pilot 02/11/10
February 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Awww SNAP! Here’s the Failed Pilot playlist for February 11, 2010.
1. Magic Sam – 21 Days In Jail
2. Tommy Tucker – High-Heel Sneakers
3. The Love Bullies – Swang
4. The Primitives (UK) – Johnny No
5. Donnie & The Outcasts – Big Fat Alaskan
6. The Motions – Land Beyond The Stars
7. Debbie Lorikaye – Iron Cross
8. Sir Bald Diddley & His Wigouts – She’s So Illusive
9. The Neckbones – Sick Twist
10. The Move- Hello Suzie
11. Angel City – Comin’ Down
12. Bilbo Baggins – Saturday Night
13. Personality Crisis – Namedropper
14. Sonic’s Rendezvous Band – City Slang
15. The Amboy Dukes – You Talk Sunshine, I Breathe Fire
16. Big Black – Ugly American
17. Foon Yap & The Roar – I Come
18. A – Frames – New Punk
19. Nerve City – Red Tops
20. The Wicked Awesomes – Eyeball Kicks
21. Flight – Feels So Good
22. The Parallels – Skinny Little Arms Made Of Paper
23. The Neckers – Can You Break A 20?
24. Thomas Function – Day In The Shade
25. The Real Kids – Up Is Up
26. Mickey – She’s So Crazy
27. The Action Swingers – Bum My Trip
28. The Dictators – I Stand Tall
29. The Wet Secrets – Boat Gas Death Train
30. Quintron – God Of Thunder
31. Yoko Ono – Kiss, Kiss, Kiss
32. Homostupids – Nighttime Flies
33. Devil Eyes – Rip My Heart Out
34. Gil Scot-Heron – Me And The Devil
……thus endeth another Failed Pilot. Tune in two weeks from now on CJSW 90.9 FM for another crash course in college radio!
Categories: TWITCH
Tagged: adam kamis, CJSW, the failed pilot
you should go: February Hop @ Broken City!
February 2, 2010 · 1 Comment
Okay, so you guys all remember the Roses MP guys and the cool message board they run and the cool night they put on at Broken City on Sundays to promote local talent called Rock For Dollars…..well they are doing MORE! They are putting on an awesome sock hop at Broken City on February 26 and some really wicked bands are playing! You’ve got FIST CITY, the Jeremy Clarkson, The Poly Shores, Les Drague Mothers (my new favourites!) and more! Apparently, I am even going to be DJ-ing! Me? A deejay? I guess you’ll have to see it to believe it. Also, they will be screening John Waters’ Hairspray which is gonna be fantastic! Also free Mac N Cheeze! All of this for only $5! Am I sounding like an infommerical yet? Anyways, you should come and rock out! xo Kait
Categories: TWITCH
Tagged: broken city, fist city, jeremy clarkson, les dragues mothers, poly shores, roses mp
