SLIM TWIG IS A MAN, NOT ALWAYS A BAND.
I'VE PLAYED WITH OTHER MUSICIANS, AND STILL DO
SOMETIMES. BUT MOSTLY I AM ONE DUDE NAMED SLIM.
BUT NOT IN A BULLSHIT CONFESSIONAL ACOUSTIC WAY.
Influences
CLICK ON COVERS TO PURCHASE, OR TO DOWNLOAD FREE MIXTAPES
SPIT IT TWIG! VOL. 2, FREE MIXTAPE DOWNLOAD & CD, 2009.
CONTEMPT!, FULL LENGTH CD, 2009.
CONTEMPT!, LTD EDITION LP, 2009.
SPIT IT TWIG!, FREE MIXTAPE DOWNLOAD & CD, 2009.
DD/VV COMPILATION, LTD EDITION LP 2008.
VERNACULAR VIOLENCE, EP 2008.
DERELICT DIALECT, EP 2008.
Sounds Like
“Slim Twig exudes the kind of cool we worshipped in Extra Width-era Jon Spencer's rockabilly punk chic and Genesis P. Orridge's extreme mixed-media weirdness, and that's hard to come by. ‘Gate Hearing’ sounds like it was recorded in an oversized oil drum with a mutant horse inside trotting the rhythm, a crew of zombies stumbling with the string section, a radiating synth cluttered with goo keeping it on repeat, and Slim's raging vocal - a howl that marries the uninhibited deliveries of Lux Interior and Ziggy Stardust.” – Cam Lindsay, Exclaim!
“For even more compelling evidence of Slim's progress, look no further than the EP's mesmerizing 10-minute centerpiece, 'Whiite Fantaseee', in which Slim's growing confidence as a performer dovetails with his early interests in exploratory composition, producing a future-shocked junkie-punk epic that plays out like Suicide's "Frankie Teardrop" re-cut with Lou Reed's "Street Hassle" string section... Like all fine actors, Slim Twig's real talent is making his fantaseee feel so real.” – Stuart Berman, Pitchfork Media
“Once you place his work within experimental music, his true strengths start to shine. No, you probably won’t ever find yourself singing along with his hallucinogenic deconstructions of early rock ’n’ roll, but you also won’t be able to hear Elvis or the Wu-Tang Clan in the same way again. It’s like someone gave Nick Cave a sampler and a pile of mescaline and locked him in a pitch-dark room for a week. He’s an avant-garde artist and not a pop songwriter.” – Benjamin Boles, NOW Magazine
"An unhinged rockabilly hound who sounds like a kid brother to Nick Cave, Jon Spencer and Suicide’s Alan Vega, Slim Twig mixes eerie electronics with bare-bones rock ’n’ roll." - Jason Anderson, Toronto Life
"The Slim Twig recipe mixes equal parts rockabilly punks the Cramps, the acoustic blues of Skip James and New York new-wave synthesizer nihilists Suicide, a combination that makes for noir drama and high camp. But what makes this emerging Toronto performer's self-described 'dissonant folk' compelling is his compulsive soliloquist's flair, a direct but static-filled line into a collective cinematic unconscious" - Carl Wilson, Globe & Mail
"Slim Twig’s incendiary, electrified inside-out blues sounds like what might happen if you left a bunch of Elvis Presley LPs on a radiator, smashed them to bits with a hammer and re-assembled them for play on a turntable. In a word, otherworldly." - Sarah Liss, CBC News
"Twig’s “songs” are like the oddly appropriate soundtracks to confounding four dimensional art installations where turning a corner impossibly reveals all sides of an object simultaneously. There are foundational elements of the Blues and Rockabilly skewed by dissonance and streaked with visceral cinematic devices that are both strangely attractive and disturbingly repellent." - Brian Baker, Citybeat Cincinnati
Slim Twig is a friend of abstraction. A performer, songsculpter and concrete-rockabilly rebel based out of Toronto.
Slim is also 50% of the shambling shattering art-punk defunkts Tropics.
He can be seen in Bruce McDonald's Tracey Fragments as Billy Zero, and composed music for the award winning short film Letters From R.
Twig has gigged all around Canada & into the States, and has opened for notable bands as diverse as Black Dice, Man Man, & Born Ruffians. In 2007 he self-released his acclaimed 'Whiite Fantaseee' EP. Since 2008 he has released two EP's and a full length album on Paper Bag Records. 'Derelict Dialect,' 'Vernacular Violence' & his debut LP 'Contempt!' have all been raved about and puzzled over in equal measure. Keep an eye out for further installments in his Spit It Twig free mixtape series.
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"BIRTHING & BIRTHING" - FILM/VIDEO COLLAB W/ DONA ARBABZADEH
The 'Birthing & Birthing' video was directed by Dona Arbabzadeh with assistance from Slim Twig. It was made using the standard experimental technique of abusing 8 & 16 mm film stock, projecting it, filming that and editing the results. 'Birthing & Birthing' can be found on Slim Twig's DERELICT DIALECT EP.
"GATE HEARING!" -
FILM COLLAB W/ EXPLODING MOTORCAR COLLECTIVE
The 'Gate Hearing!' video was created by Jeff, Brett & Winston of the Exploding Motorcar Collective. It was shot in one night at an artists studio on 2 rolls of Super 8. "The idea for the video was to create a clash between confused negative and positive environments." 'Gate Hearing!' can be found on Slim Twig's VERNACULAR VIOLENCE EP. For better resolution please visit: http://vimeo.com/1865037
"STREET PROPOSITION" - VIDEO BY ZONIAL PICTURES
The 'Street Proposition' video was conceived/shot/edited by the Zonial Pictures team (Ross Turnbull & Jennifer Hazel) with a little help from some friends. In keeping with the song's balladeer leaning it is an elegant take on a performance style video. Re-appropriated imagery from the classic 'Nosferatu' keeps the mystery of the song alive as it interacts with a crooning Twig. 'Street Proposition' can be found on Slim Twig's VERNACULAR VIOLENCE EP. For better resolution please visit http://vimeo.com/1493330
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