It’s difficult to call Dumb veterans, but in the high turnover Vancouver indie scene, any band nearing a decade of consistent music-making surely deserves some respect. The punk outfit’s latest album, last year’s Pray 4 Tomorrow, proves that their well has certainly not run dry, and may have been hiding gold all along. While 2018’s Club Nites was a cut above the average Bandcamp rock release, its in-your-face stylings wore slightly thin as the band settled into a comfortable sonic palate. In comparison, P4T’s first track, “Foot Control,” with its earworm bass line and angular guitar interplay, shows just how much the band has grown in the intervening four years. “Pull Me Up” might be Dumb’s first radio-ready hit— its effortless slacker riff hiding a bevy of hooks which make it a perfect fit for parties, car rides and summer playlists. “Strange is the Morning” finds the band flirting unabashedly with
Alex G s score to the 2021 horror film We re All Going to the World s Fair sorta extends our usual Hallowe en October theme a bit but the emphasis here is more on indie rock. We also pay tribute to Rodney Graham and Mimi Parker. 1. Sparks: Pacific Standard Time (A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip, 2020) BMG 2. Offseason: Snakedriver (2022) self-released 3. UJ3RK5: Naum Gabo (Vancouver Complication 1979, 2005) Pinned/Sudden Death 4. Rodney Graham Band: Walking to Walgreens (Gondoliers, 2017) self-released/The Vinyl Factory 5. Rodney Graham Band: Theme from The Photokinetoscope (Rock is Hard, 2003) self-released 6. Low and Dirty Three: When I Called Upon Your Seed (In the Fishtank 7, 2001) Konkurrent 7. Low: More (Hey What, 2021) Sub Pop 8. Low: Will the Night (Songs for a Dead Pilot EP, 1997) Kranky 9. Shudder to Think: Just Really Wanna See You [w.Mimi Parker] (First Love, Last Rites OST, 1998) Epic/Sony 10. Low & Tomandandy: Half Light [single version] (The Mothman Prophecies OST, 20
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NATIONAL - BRASS / Dumb / The OBGMs / Bad Waitress / Blessed / Vagina Witchcraft / Respire
ABROAD - Spirit of the Beehive (but Cushy supported them at Static Jupiter once upon a time) // Divide + Dissolve (from Melbourne)
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