The year is 2016 and with that comes an understanding. That humans, plants, animals, lakes, rivers, streams, oceans, trees, forests, and the land itself have been making music for a very long time. Yes, even before the 20th Century! Some do it naturally, others with much dedication and practice. They either get there or they don’t, and there’s definitely no shame in trying, but certain entities just have that gift. From his Island home to the mainland, Victoria to Vancouver transplant Iceberg Ferg is a rare breed. He certainly didn’t invent the wheel, but has crafted his own with precision, passion, and a special grace. He has soul. He has taste. These are things, like Mother Nature, that can’t be faked. Did you peep the young man opening for Idaho’s Built To Spill recently? Ferg has that exceptional ability to silence - and I mean as quiet as to hear a pin drop silence - an obsessive and dedicated indie rock mob. Lazy journalists may throw out the names of once ignored and now revered 1960’s folk greats in comparison, but brothers and sisters, for this old beat’s sake, just listen to Ferg’s voice. Listen to his guitar. All else becomes irrelevant. You have taken your first steps In The Valley Of The Purple Prince, Iceberg Ferg’s transcendent debut LP album on Triple Crown Audio Recordings of Canada (recorded at The Dispensary studio on Salt Spring Island by his brother Duncan from the band Slam Dunk). Just do yourself a...
LP $18.50
10/21/2016
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10/14/2016
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10/14/2016
***“It’s late afternoon, April 28, 2013 and I’ve just gotten off the phone with Toronto-born and bred singer-songwriter SIMONE SCHMIDT, recently returned from a couple of weeks on the road fronting THE HIGHEST ORDER) and gradually settling back into daily city life. We talk of travel, our support of the Idle No More movement, and even what’s cooking for dinner. Still, this call was spurred on by inspiring news from the grapevine, yet another creative creation on the horizon for Schmidt—the anticipated debut long player from FIVER. Never one to remain stagnant, Lost The Plot puts the proof right in the pot for all to taste. Transcending genre and preconceived notions in equal measure, Schmidt’s latest sonic turn is a haunting album that showcases an organically crafted and otherworldly range of well-deep feeling and nerve-ending emotion, all captured on 2” tape in the fashion of her highly respected musical elders (George Jones, RIP). Always evolving, FIVER was birthed in 2012 as a medium for Schmidt to write and record original material unencumbered by outside aesthetic or group ideology. It’s a place of reflection and an outlet to tell new and old tales with clear fidelity and control. FIVER is a band. FIVER is a solo act. FIVER takes many shapes and forms. It’s dynamic, sometimes personal, andundoubtedly political. The nine songs on Lost The Plot engage the spirit and soul. They are introspective at times, others, outgoing and frenetic, even treading into madness.”
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09/17/2013
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09/17/2013
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09/10/2013
***There is an audible joy and innocence to the sound of PRAIRIE CAT that is quite refreshing amidst the cynical indie rock of its peers. This collection of songs has almost managed to capture the very sound of summer days and hot August nights with a gift for melody that is practically splayed out on the hood of a sonic Camaro here (top down). CARY PRATT (aka Prairie Cat) is the incredibly gifted musician behind this infectious pop offering which plays host to some deceptively complex and masterful arrangements. "Got Nothin'" exhibits an unapologetic and unabashed musicality. The sophisticated yet whimsical Rhodes and piano work reminds one of a pop version of Allen Toussaint. In contrast to the records brightness, the drums and pianos were recorded after hours in an historic, haunted downtown Vancouver theatre. While listening closely to the empty theatre’s natural acoustics, one can clearly hear whispers of captured EVP (Electronic-Voice Phenomenon).
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08/06/2013
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08/06/2013
BACK IN STOCK!!! Received a 7.5 rating from Pitchfork. The third studio full-length album from Vancover’s LADYHAWK, and the band’s most assertive and soul-stirring yet. “Featuring 10 DUFFY DREIDIGER (lead vocals, guitar) penned songs performed in the telekinetic way only DARCY HANCOCK (lead guitar, vocals), SEAN HAWRYLUK (bass, vocals), and RYAN PETERS (drums, vocals) can, No Can Do rips hard an harder. Having watched Ladyhawk evolve from ‘The Dugout’ (Ladyhawk, 2006), ‘War’ (Fight For Anarchy EP, 2007), and ‘You Ran’ (Shots, 2008) to its current perch as grizzled (but always lovable) veterans of the Canadian music landscape, I can guarantee that this album will fuck you up something good.”—Kevin “Sipreano” Howes (Voluntary In Nature / Light In The Attic). Previous releases on Jagjaguwar.
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10/09/2012
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10/09/2012
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10/09/2012
***In 1997, Granted Passage Cassettes (now Triple Crown Audio Recordings) asked Vancouver-based singer songwriter DAN BEJAR for a contribution to a various artist compilation under his DESTROYER moniker. Bejar responded with over twenty-tracks for consideration, which eventually became a sixteen-track private press Destroyer cassette titled Ideas For Songs, and was distributed amongst music fans acros British Columbia. Now Triple Crown is giving Ideas For Songs new life with a legitimate vinyl release. Recorded between 1995-1997, these remastered tracks provide insight into Bejar’s creative mind and far exceed the lowlife quality of current bootleg downloads. Packaged with a fresh transfer of Welsh-born painter SYLVIA SLEIGH’s (1916-2010) original nude Bejar portrait artwork. Includes a free download.
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04/05/2011
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04/05/2011
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04/05/2011
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! Scriptural Supplies features nine new songs by DUFFY DREIDIGER, frontman of Jagjaguwar recording artists LADYHAWK. Originally released August, 2010. Includes a download card and a 24-page 11”x17” newsprint booklet of photographs by NYC-based photographer JASON NOCITO. Edition of 300 copies.
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03/29/2011
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03/29/2011
***NOW AVAILABLE!!! SPORTS features the songs of RYAN PETERS & DARCY HANCOCK of Jagjaguwar recording artists LADYHAWK. Originally released November, 2009. Includes a download with an exclusive bonus track featuring AMBER WEBBER of BLACK MOUNTIAN. Edition of 300 copies.
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03/29/2011
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03/29/2011
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03/29/2011