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Jolie Laide
https://jolielaidemusic.bandcamp.com/
Creatures is the lush, sprawling new album from Jolie Laide, a band who came together under some cool circumstances and have grown into a vibrant, unpredictable unit, revealing new dimensions for a group of seasoned musicians and writers. Their story is both the closing of a decades-old circle and one of the evolution of a quasi supergroup.
Comprised of revered American indie singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia (who has amassed a stunning and critically acclaimed discography of unique, darkly melodic albums), and Jeff MacLeod, Clinton St. John, and Morgan Greenwood (also of the band Florida BC), Jolie Laide planted its roots some two decades ago through a mutual connection. The lion's share of Nastasia's solo albums were masterfully recorded by the late, great Steve Albini, and in the mid-00s, MacLeod and St. John's old band The Cape May had just finished recording their album Glass Mountain Roads with the veteran engineer. Nina was next in line for the studio. A night of commiserating in the studio led to Albini’s suggestion that The Cape May become Nastasia’s touring band for her upcoming North American and European tours and this pairing turned into a fruitful collaboration and a longstanding friendship.
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Meko Brain
https://mekobrain.bandcamp.com/
Meko Brain is the fantastic new solo project from Mike O’Brien. Keen observers of Canadian indie music will know his work through an impressive list of projects, first and foremost his long-running pop outfit Zeus, which since 2009 has produced an encyclopedic style of pop/rock music, and they've amassed a pile of much-loved albums on the venerable Arts & Crafts label. And you’ve likely seen him as a sideman with other Canadian stalwarts such as Dan Mangan, Bahamas, and Jason Collett.
Wonderment is a picture of economy: the words, arrangements, and instrumentation are all directly aimed at serving the song, whose inner core is formed by O'Brien's clean, mellow acoustic guitar alongside melodic, gently probing basslines (care of Zeus sideman and Yaehsun's Jason Haberman), and the wonderful Ringo-meets-Levon Helm drumming of the legendary Don Kerr (Ron Sexsmith, Rheostatics). This stage of the album was masterfully recorded by Gavin Gardiner (MOONRiivr, Wooden Sky) at his All Day Coconut Studios, home to many recent projects coming out of Toronto and beyond.
19+
$22.70 (includes taxes/fees)
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