A group of Toronto music veterans have spent the past year or so playing lower key psych under the name The Saffrom Sect. Among them are Gaven Dianda, formerly of the late great Flashing Lights, and Jay Anderson. drummer in the infamous, unstoppable jamboree outfit known as The Old Soul.



Describing themselves as "modieval music" for dwellers of the "twilight parlour", the Sect might just be the spark to bring out Toronto's brewing psych scene. They have released their first EP, Phosphorous Flash, and it's so beautifully self-produced, one wonders why more music like this can't be made more often. It's available at Fig Records, run by the lovely Sara, who once hosted "The Tender Parade" a show that used ot be on the same day as ESB on CIUT. It's the first release on the label, but if Fig turns out to be anything like her old radio show, it wouldn't be a surprise if her endeavour reaches, or even surpasses levels concurrent with the likes of Paper Bag or the defunkt Three Gut.

Tune in to ESB this Friday to hear the EP in its entireity. It will hit you like salvia...you'll turn it on, fall right in, and then realize the whole crazy trip only lasted for about 13 minutes.

ESB PLAYLIST 6/23/06

LADY SOVEREIGN - Gatheration
SIKTRANSIT - Lindsay Wants What in the Face from lionel Richie?
DELIA GONZALEZ + GAVIN RUSSOM - Revelee (DFA Remix)
MATTHERW HERBERT - Moving Like a Train
MATTHERW HERBERT - The Movers and the Shakers
ROISIN MURHPY - If We're in Love
CANSEI DE SER SEXY - This Month Day 10
PINK MOUNTAINTOPS - Lord Let Us Shine
CODE PIE - Cement Truck
CITY FIELD - Make That Shape
THE HIDDEN CAMERAS - Awoo
THE HIDDEN CAMERAS - Learning the Lie
TINCTURE - Stanky Love

And now for your listening enjoyment, some Soviet-Bloc psych from Czechoslovakia's Prudy.

PORÃO DE SONS

Much thanks to Mike McCulloch of KRLX and Gabe Knox from Ryerson RTA for joining us today on ESB Brazil. Their expertise on everything from favela funk to tropicalismo was superb and I hope to have them on the show again in the future. Here's a track list:

MC MARCINHO - Princesa
EXALTA SAMBA - Graca
JORGE BEN - Ponta de Lanca (Umbabarauama)
GILBERTO GIL + OS MUTANTES - Geléia Geral
CAETANO VELOSO + CHICO BUARQUE - Tropicalia (Live)
GILBERTO GIL + OS MUTANTES - Domingo no Parque
ESCOLA DE SAMBA - Jongo Jade
MARACATU NUNCA ANTES - Moro-mi-ma
MARACATU NUNCA ANTES - Seque Embaixador
MARACATU NUNCA ANTES - Baques de Maracatu
OS MUTANTES - A Minha Menina



* Note: as mentioned on the show, Diplo's Favela On Blast was spinning as a bed track during our discussions. Unfortunately there is no available track list for this comp but you can read a partial list here.

Make sure to check out Pass the Dynamite at Stone's Place if you're in the Toronto area. What was originally supposed to be a one-off night of smashin' soul and rock from the 50s and 60s is now making its way to the club for a second go. Come out and dance to the music provided by Serge Cassano, Dionne Warpig and the lovely Elaine Banks of CIUT 89.5FM.

Also, at College and Shaw they're throwing the World Cup Weekend which will more than likely feature some street performances by the aforementioned Maracatu Nunca Antes, the hottest (in both sound and looks) rhythm group in Canada.

ESB PLAYLIST 6/9/06

YIP YIP - High Heel
MSTRKRFT - Work On You
SHIT ROBOT - Triumph
CHROMEO - Needy Girl (Paper Faces Remix)
FEUERMUSIK - Movement
PINK MOUNTAINTOPS - Bad Boogie Ballin'
LOSCIL - Steam
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE + BURNING PARAISO U.F.O. - Buy the Moon of Jupiter
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE + BURNING PARAISO U.F.O. - Interplanetary Love
SADOCEANSPACEBEAR - High One
SICK LITTLE SLINKY - Keys in the Key Of
WOOLY LEAVES - Walk With Light

ESB PLAYLIST 6/2/06

NEXT LIFE - Vanished
SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO - Hustler
TRIPPY DISCO - Robot Strut
NOUVELLE VAGUE - Fallen in Love
NOUVELLE VAGUE - Don't Go
THE WET SECRETS - Mr. Rimjob 1999
THE WET SECRETS - Boat Gas Death Train
THE WET SECRETS - Karate Space Tiger vs. The Humpin' Jumpmaster (Swordfighting in the Jungle)
WYRD VISIONS - Freezing Moon
DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES - Sailing By Night
AQUAMUFFIN - Yr Mother
MAX GALACTIC + THE CLOUD OF EVIL - Blind Czar

* Everyone check out The Creeping Nobodies tonight at the Horseshoe, where they'll be releasing their new album Sound of Joy, accompanied by The Wharton Tiers ensemble and Wyrd Visions. $10 at the door.

PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE

Sorry for the delayed update. Last week, we were away in West Virginia livin' it up in luxury, which, as I'm told, is not something that can be done very often in the old mining state to the South.



But now it's back to life in smoggy Toronto, where subways explode. Of course, while we were away, we made sure y'all were good n' taken care of. Hence, the pre-recorded wondershow that is ESB Classics...

ESB CLASSICS 6 (5/26/06)

13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS - Rollercoaster
DEMON FUZZ - Past, Present and Future
SILVER APPLES - Dancing Gods
DAVID STOUGHTON - I Don't Know if it's You
ROBERT CHARLEBOIS - Long Flight 500
MODERN PICKLES - Rock n' Roll Pas Complique
COWBOY JUNKIES - Sweet Jane
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III - Swimming Song
THE LANGLEY SCHOOLS MUSIC PROJECT - Desperado
THE LANGLEY SCHOOLS MUSIC PROJECT - Rhiannon
GUIDO + MAURIZIO DE ANGELIS - New Special Squad



The Demon Fuzz track was the psych rock tune that "rose to a crescendo" in an earlier review of the No Dynamics Conical Revolution show. Dan Vila was nice enough to hook us up with the track, so let's share it, cause sharing is fun, and the record is virtually impossible to find.



The De Angelis Brothers track comes to us from Beretta 70 of the brilliant Crippled Dick Hot Wax label.

You can get a large swath of the Modern Pickles collection at Satan Belanger's rare Montreal music archive.