Tag: London
MP3: Quinn Read-Baxter – What I Knew
Quinn Read-Baxter – What I KnewQuinn Read-Baxter, a live member of London weird electro pop fave New Zebra Kid, released a couple of singles back in February and we totally neglected to let you know about them. “What I Knew” is a loving but cold embrace from an ice queen in her echoey cave beneath a desolate tundra, where winds of compressed angst blow. Or it’s merely a great song, made by a normal human with tremendous talent. You decide.
MP3: Para Palabras – Mercy March
Para Palabras – Mercy March
Some pretty excellent atmospheric house from London, Ontario courtesy of Para Palabras. The self-titled track from the brand-new Mercy March EP, available as a free download from Soundcloud.
Top Songs of 2012: 75-51
2012 has been the strongest year in memory for Canadian electronic pop. Established artists started new electronic projects, amazing new talents appeared seemingly out of nowhere, and one of our shining stars became a superstar recognized the world over. Canada is clearly at the epicenter of the zeitgeist – it’s a testament to the unbelievable talent in this country that we have 100 songs to present to you as the best of the year, and STILL had to exclude so many excellent tracks.
Montreal and Toronto may still have the most representatives of any Canadian city, but dark electro is thriving everywhere, from Halifax to Calgary, Ottawa to Vancouver, and exciting new hotbeds appearing in London, Ontario, and Grande Prairie, Alberta. We’re not too exclusively nationalist here at Silent Shout, so border states (minus NYC) appear too, with artists from Minneapolis, Seattle, and Brattleboro, Vermont making our list.
A huge thank you to all our readers, the folks who attend our events, and the bands that make brilliant music across this land for making 2012 an unforgettable year for us. Here’s to an even bigger 2013 for Canadian electronic music.
Top 100 Songs: 100-76 /// 75-51 /// 50-26 /// 25-1
75. Electric Youth – The Best Thing
74. Elrichman – The Shah and I
73. Grapes Godly – No Storm
72. Le Roi Crocodile – Battles
70. Matthew A. Wilkinson – Skyscrapers in Paris
69. Purity Ring – Bellispeak II feat Danny Brown
67. Blanche Blanche Blanche – Fireworks
66. Renny Wilson – Could’ve it Been Me?
65. Moon King – Only Child
64. The Luyas – Fifty Fifty
63. Shadow Folk – Heaven’s Gate
62. Sally Dige – Doppleganger
61. Chairs – Indestructible Machine
60. New Zebra Kid – Go the Extra Mile
59. How Sad (formerly Goose Hut)- Stockholm Syndrome
57. Desire – Tears From Heaven
56. Rob Crooks – Hey! Hey!
55. Blanche Blanche Blanche – She’s Adopted
53. Grimes – Circumambient
52. Essaie Pas – 514 376-9230
51. Maylee Todd – Baby’s Got It
Top 100 Songs: 100-76 /// 75-51 /// 50-26 /// 25-1
Previously: Top 20 Albums /// Top 20 Videos /// Top 15 Remixes /// Top 10 EPs
Top 10 EPs of 2012
10. Majical Cloudz – Turns, Turns, Turns – Label
9. Phil Console – The Modern Fog – Bandcamp
8. How Sad (formerly Goose Hut) – Throw it at Your Dad’s House – Bandcamp
7. Mathias Mental – The Stateroom Scene – Bandcamp
6. Greggy Clypse – Easy 101′s – Bandcamp
5. Moon King – Obsession I – Listen
4. Chrome and the Ice Queen – Diane – Bandcamp
3. Brusque Twins – A Voice in the Night – Bandcamp
2. Dresden Dresses – ☹EP – Bandcamp
1. Essaie Pas – Tout Est Jeune – Bandcamp
Earlier: Top 20 Videos /// Top 15 Remixes Next: Top 20 Albums, Top 100 Songs
MP3: Greggy Clypse – Xxxmas
Greggy Clypse – XxxMas
Merry merry, all you dark pop weirdos. Year-end features start tomorrow. For now, run with Greggy.
Video: You’ll Never Get To Heaven – Reliable Effects
Here’s a new video for London’s You’ll Never Get To Heaven. These guys are so very very awesome. Their debut is out now on DIVORCE.
Video: You’ll Never Get To Heaven – It’s All Over
You’ll Never Get To Heaven are releasing their first LP today on DIVORCE records, and have given unto us a super spacey video for It’s All Over. It’s elegantly composed, apparently sample-based and an excellent use of three minutes and forty five seconds of your time.
New Release: Castledrum Companions
Greggy Clypse – Duh Duh Duh
New Zebra Kid – Go the Extra Mile
Man Made Hill – Physical
Castledrum Records is a brand new electronic label based in London and they’ve just put together their first compilation gathering together some of the wonderful underground talents there and nearby. Consider us blown away by Greggy Clypse and New Zebra Kid, and Toronto’s Man Made Hill provide an awesome Olivia Newton-John cover. The whole compilation is available PWYW on Bandcamp.
