Magic Weapon – “Charles (The Red One)”

There seems to be a constant influx of talented Canadians making their mark in the music scene these days. Not that this is anything unusual. Our neighbors up north are responsible for bringing us bands like Arcade Fire, Hot Hot Heat, and Broken Social Scene, and even spawned some great classic rock outfits such as The Guess Who, The Band and Bachman-Turner Overdrive. But recently there’s been a growing sense that something closer to a movement is going on with the emergence of one of music’s biggest hits over the past few years, Wolf Parade, and it’s many offspring including Frog Eyes, Handsome Furs and Sunset Rubdown.

It’s no surprise then, that one of the newest additions to the Montreal scene, Magic Weapon, is a side-project of Sunset Rubdown drummer, Jordan Robson-Cramer. Their sound is a bit more technical and math rock than their cohorts but it still comes with that big emotional roller coaster that these guys all seem to be able to bring to their songwriting. They’ve only release two EP’s, the latest of which is available for a whopping $6 CAD (um, that’s less than $5 US) on the Villa Villa Nola website.

Artist: Magic Weapon
Song: Charles (The Red One)
Album: Residue Hymns EP
Label: Villa Villa Nola
Dir: Erik Osberg & Jordan Robson Cramer