DIVORCE RECORDS | Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada: Obey

NEW FROM DIVORCE

Grand Trine - Sunglasses 12" (Pre-order)
The Sunglasses EP finds Montreal's leather clad, psych delinquents Grand Trine injecting the energy of rock with the liberating sonic adventurism of the avant-garde. They do it with violence, piss, life, bleakness and primitivism. And they do it well. Led by agitated frontman Tobias Rochman (formerly of Be Bad) and featuring free jazz sax player Cabral Jacobs, this 5 song EP captures that primal four-on-the-floor frenzy epitomized by proto-punk outfits like the Stooges, MC5, Electric Eels, and early Velvet Underground, bands that lit the spark for the initial punk movement. >>more

Noveller/Aidan Baker - Colorful Disturbances LP
Guitars warped so hard they dissolve into pure consciousness! Seriously, this record had to happen because these two are the NOW of transcendental guitar weirdness. In families like ours where deformed music of one kind or another pours out of the speakers all day long, Toronto's Aidan Baker is a household name. He is no doubt one of the most imaginative experimental musicians of the new generation, quickly creating a universe of limitless sound with his bursting discography. >>more

OBEY CONVENTION
halifax, ns

The OBEY Convention is an annual festival of free ideas in both music and art. Some of the acts from the last three years include Bastard Noise, Tyvek, Career Suicide, Nadja / Aidan Baker, Shearing Pinx, Noveller, Grand Trine, Black Feelings, Sex Negatives, Attack Mode, Totally Ripped, Cosmetics, Gown, Be Bad, The Hold, Torso, Broken Deer, Secret Colours, Dog Day, Lukas Pearse, Husband & Knife, Omon Ra, Die Brucke, D/A A/D, VKNGS, Vennt, Memories Attack, Stolen Minks, ECT, Scribbler, Genetic Angry, Combat, Dead Dog, and more. The festival has also hosted art openings, zine fairs, workshops, and video/film screenings.

Please email us at chikwhite@gmail.com for information on OBEY Convention no. 4.

** photo by paul hammond