***Boasting recent releases from awesome groups like Needles/Pins, Maniac, and the Steve Adamyk Band, La Ti Da Records has to be considered one of the best labels out there. What a roster! The latest essential release from La Ti Da is the debut EP from THE FLINTETTES. With a lineup including MIKE FLINTOFF (THE TRANZMITORS), CC ROSE (VANCOUGAR), AND MARISSA JOHNSON (DIZZY EYES), this star-studded Vancouver trio arrives with considerable promise. And they do no disappoint! By all means, I think Tranzmitors fans will approve. But the two bands are quite different. The Flintettes are less powerpop/punk and more pure pop—like if you took those Costello/Weller influences and fast forwarded them from 1977 to 1980. Think jangly pop with a touch of northern soul in the vocal arrangements. I'm warning you now that if you listen to "Open Your Eyes" a couple times, it will be stuck in your head until next Tuesday. It has a great melody, and those backing vocals are so on point. "It Could've Been Love" is equally stellar and hearkens back to Elvis Costello's classic period without coming off like an imitation. Edition of 300 copies.
7" $5.40
07/01/2014
***Power pop/punk pop from Ottawa. Two LPs on Dirtnap.
7" $5.40
01/28/2014
***THE BALLANTYNES are a seven-piece band and labor of love formed in East Vanciuver in 2011. With a sound best described as “garage/gospel,” the band delivers their first 12” EP following three out-of-print 7-inches Liquor Store Gun Store Pawn Shop Church is a record about falling in love with mixed results and was produced by FELIX FUNG (Chains Of Love). Six Hammond-organ soaked tracks.
12" $11.00
11/19/2013