Oh, May is such a lovely month—-not only due to the birdies chirping and the bees and flowers fornicating, but because it’s rounded out by the annual Obey Convention, Divorce Records’ feast of wild music and art. This year’s lineup features some treats, including Sue Carter Flinn fave Slim Twig who boasts a spooky Lux Interior/Nick Cave vibe, which in turn makes our loins scream “yes.” More pompadour, please. We’re also stoked to see Cape Breton’s Mess Folk, who we’ve missed about six hundred times, and Ottawa’s Holy Cobra, who sound like sunny garage dipped in poison.
It’s really early, I haven’t had coffee yet and I’m busy as fuck at work, so I hope you’ll forgive the lack of embedding and educate yourself on all these lovely bands based on the Myspace links provided. It’s Friday and I’m in love.
U.S. Girls (Philadelphia – Siltbreeze) http://www.myspace.com/usgirlsss
Slim Twig (Toronto – Paper Bag) http://www.myspace.com/slimtwig
Paul Metzger (Minnesota – Locust) http://www.myspace.com/paulmetzger
Pierre Bastien (France) http://www.pierrebastien.com/
Amen Dunes (Beijing/New York – Locust) http://www.myspace.com/amendunes
Homostupids (Cleveland – Load) http://www.myspace.com/homostupids
Holy Cobras (Ottawa) http://www.myspace.com/holycobras
Dirty Beaches (Vanvouver) http://www.myspace.com/dirtybeaches
Dog Day http://www.myspace.com/dogdaytheband
Ultrathin (Montreal) http://www.myspace.com/ultrathinmtl
Play Guitar (Montreal) http://www.myspace.com/playguitarplayguitar
Purple Knight (Moncton) http://www.myspace.com/purpleknight1974
Les Beyond (Montreal) http://www.myspace.com/lesbeyond
Mess Folk (Cape Breton) http://www.myspace.com/messfolk
Gown & Ryan Kirk http://www.myspace.com/divorcerecords
Bad Vibrations http://www.myspace.com/bdvbes
Omon Ra II (Montreal) http://www.myspace.com/theyproject
Cop Shades (Moncton) http://www.myspace.com/copshades
Cold Warps http://www.myspace.com/coldwarps
Catbag http://www.myspace.com/catbagsurfpunk
Duzheknew http://www.myspace.com/duzheknew
D/A A/D http://www.myspace.com/analogdoom
Meat Curtains http://www.myspace.com/meatcurtainsband
L/P http://www.myspace.com/bitemylp
Charles Blazevic http://www.myspace.com/accentblue
Chanteuse http://www.myspace.com/moresift
Tim Crofts http://www.myspace.com/timcroftsmusic
Chik White http://www.jewsharpguild.org/
Buddha Box 2.0 (Guitar Orchestra)
Radiator Collective Showcase
Campaign for Infinity Showcase
Installations by Kevin Hainey, Eleanor King, & Stacey Ho
Crowd Control Sound & Art Fair
Light Shows by Jacqueline Lachance
Sunday Morning Free Noise Worship
Festival Art by Lisa Czech
Czech Tapes??
Workshops
This article appears in Mar 11-17, 2010.