Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Let ICFC Die

It Came From Canada Five killed the series. It wasn’t the quality of the entry: each of which rocks (my personal preference for numero four aside). Instead, like almost every one of their bands, the label found they had emptied the cultural morgue. Even Deja Voodoo showed contempt for nostalgia in its final track, “Let Elvis Die.” The many highlights of this final volume include RipcordZ (described by Gerald as “‘77 punk with ‘66 chord progressions”) who are one of the few ICFC bands to have never quit (Paul Gott cannot be killed), the hyped up-country of Hard Rock Miners (whose Michael Turner wrote the brilliant poem-novel Hardcore Logo). As well, Gordon Lightfoot finally shows up in the form of the Supreme Bagg Team’s rocked-out cover of “If You Could Read My Mind”, 64 Funycars ape The Dik Van Dykes (we here at MRML can appreciate an homage to an homage) and pop-punk rears its bespectacled head in the form of the Stand GT (more later). Taken as a whole, it’s a suitable epitaph.

In 1989 Og died, shot in the head by the indifference of their era. If only they could have seen the indie-grave-robbing orgy that was coming - in which case they might’ve pulled the trigger themselves!


Download V. 5

3 comments:

  1. thanks for # 5 - i actually had 1 - 4 on vinyl (have, still... in storage.) i guess i just got distracted before vol. 5 came out. interesting....

    (ps - is there an obvious password for v. 3 that i'm just missing?)

    -m

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  2. Don't know how that password biz happened.

    Try the new link.

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  3. Mary Shelley Overdrive has a new EP available for FREE download. It's a collection of cover songs recorded during practice sessions, rehearsals, etc. during the recording of our (as yet untitled) LP.

    Included on the album are covers of songs by Blue Oyster Cult, Antiseen, Black Flag, Devo, Bo Diddley, The White Stripes and The Vaselines, as well as an interpretation of the '60s Batman theme. No money should change hands for this album. Feel free to post it on your blog or share it however you choose.

    You can download Hideous Sexy here:
    http://www.2shared.com/file/3363511/69b6ce66/Hideous_Sexy.html

    (2Shared is a bit clunky, but we opted for this service because it allows us to track download numbers.)

    You can find us online at www.maryshelleyoverdrive.com
    If 2shared gives you problems, there is a Megaupload mirror at our main website.

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