Blizzard Of Ahhhhhs

MTT Fest :: March 24 :: Calgary

2012-02-06T09:13:00.000-08:00

Just found out we'll be performing at MTT Fest, March 24/25 in Calgary.

Along with some amazing regional talent (Famines, Ketamines, Deadhorse), MTT Fest will see performances from members of Spaceman 3 (Sonic Boom), Can (Damo Suzuki) and Galaxie 500 (Dean & Britta). Yes, you heard me right.

Band info, tickets available here.

"Winds of Change" :: Live at Tip of the Iceberg

2012-01-31T12:03:00.000-08:00

Video below shot by the Bayonets!!! drummer, NHL rink rat, NextGen board member Blake Betteridge.

Feb. 18 :: McKernan Hall

2012-01-26T13:56:00.001-08:00

Nice poster Hondo

Krang, Borscht in Space

2012-01-25T14:40:00.001-08:00

Gonna be poppin' into the CJSR studios to help host Angela Mason's psychedelic space caravan Borscht in Space. Details below...

Monday, Jan. 30
7 - 8 p.m.
FM 88.5
cjsr.com

photo above taken by Steven Siegel (not that one)

Charts

2012-01-25T14:12:00.000-08:00

Thanks to all the lovely CJSR DJs and listeners for helpin' put Choke Hits at the top of the (week's) charts.

Also, do yourself a favour and listen to the musical yarn spun by our good pal Ben Corno. He's at #12!

Just the tip of the iceberg

2012-01-06T15:11:00.001-08:00

Very excited to rep Edmonton's excellent and dedicated music community. We'll be takin' over Churchill Square with a dozen other unique acts. Our set starts at 1:20 p.m.

Presented by Edmonton's Next Gen and Old Ugly Recording Co.

Tip of the Iceberg during the Edmonton Metropolis Winter Festival

January 29
Churchill Square
All Ages
Bands start at noon

Police Studies

2012-01-03T10:12:00.000-08:00

Shot by Duncan Kenworthy at Wunderbar, April 2011.

January 13

2012-01-03T10:10:00.000-08:00

Stoked for this one. Tickets are $10, available at the usual suspects.

Chronic 2011

2011-11-21T12:46:00.000-08:00

Order copies of our latest release, Choke Hits, direct from Totally Disconnected world headquarters.

Ruin of a trapper's cabin

2011-11-14T13:48:00.000-08:00

Stylus Magazine interviews psych pals Shooting Guns. November 26 promises to be the heaviest of heavies.

Heavy dirge

2011-11-10T06:59:00.000-08:00

November 26 at Baby Seal Club, Edmonton

KRANG
SHOOTING GUNS (Saskatoon)
and
TAIWAN

Moccasin Rock

2011-11-08T08:13:00.000-08:00

Weird Canada review of Choke Hits, care of Jesse Locke (Silver Dapple, Dirty Beaches, salt of the earth).

Bring yer dads

2011-11-03T15:43:00.000-07:00

Presented by Weird Canada, Old Ugly and J-Comm

Krang
Catgut
Diehatzu Hijets

and
FLINT

Wunderbar.

Waynestock

2011-11-03T09:46:00.000-07:00

Always a pleasure to be part of anything our pals at Roses MP do, we're heading down to Calgary to play this year's instalment of Waynestock. Friday, November 11 at Broken City. We were fortunate enough to play the festival last year, and let me say, it was more fun than watching an old man fashion a kayak out of a log!

Sturm and the drang

2011-10-25T09:34:00.000-07:00

Review of Choke Hits from the good folks at Argue Job.

CHOKE HITS

2011-10-13T12:09:00.000-07:00

New cassette comes out tomorrow. It's called Choke Hits, and comes out on Edmonton label Totally Disconnected.

Copies of the tape (plus new t-shirts!) will be available at the show. For now, take a sneaky little peek at the new tracks.

Bo Diddly :: Black Gladiator

2011-10-13T10:08:00.001-07:00

Rare psych-blues from Bo Diddly.

In studio in Nelson

2011-09-23T09:46:00.000-07:00

October 7 we'll be in Nelson, B.C. playing live in studio at Kootenay Co-op Radio. Parker made a poster with all the details and a thick ashen cloud.

Karma to Burn

2011-09-14T12:12:00.000-07:00

We're heading to Vancouver for a show October 8 at the Astoria with Aquanaut and Heavy Lourds. Karma to Burn and Heavy Chains had to cancel.

new cassette, yes.

2011-08-15T08:58:00.000-07:00

Gonna be puttin' out a cassette with the help of Totally Disconnected. Release show planned for mid-October. More info to come. We are all very stoked.

It isn't even raining

2011-07-05T07:10:00.000-07:00

Krang at the Wunderbar

2011-06-29T07:12:00.000-07:00

Our friend Jonah filmed our set from the C'Mon/Eamon McGrath and the Wild Dogs show. Check 'er outttttttttt.

Krang at Wunderbar from Jonah Braun on Vimeo.

ELECTRIC SLOTH

2011-06-29T07:10:00.000-07:00

If you missed our gig at Borden Park last week, check out this link to recordings from the performance.

Nice work

2011-06-13T12:26:00.000-07:00

Generally positive review from Doug Mosurock of Still Single, Dusted Magazine.

DIE POP

2011-06-07T12:53:00.001-07:00

Nice ol' write-up courtesy of Die Pop.

C'mon

2011-06-01T15:12:00.000-07:00

June 25
Wunderbar, Edmonton
C'Mon with Eamon McGrath and Krang.

Words cannot describe what this show will bring. Best show up to Wunderbar to find out.

REVIEWZ

2011-05-31T08:04:00.000-07:00

Couple a reviews of our new 7''...

Styrofoam Drone

7 Inches

A Slice of Edmontonia

2011-04-28T14:12:00.000-07:00

Krang has been included in a compilation of Edmonton artists called Edmontonia Volume One, including Doug Hoyer, Dylan Khotin-Foote aka Happy Trendy, Slates and Smokey.

Thank you, Joe.

KRANG w/ SHOOTING GUNS /// A post-apocalyptic 420

2011-04-03T09:15:00.000-07:00

One night, two bands, a couple days late. The Wunderbar walls will be bulging like a girdle. These are the Masters of riffs, and the Lords of spliffs.

SHOOTING GUNS (Saskatoon, SK)
Giants lurching around through the mountains of psych, locking in on drones and creating avalanches that wipe out entire cities.

KRANG (Edmonton, AB)
Perfect for burning rubber at midnight.

April 23
Wunderbar
Edmonton
$5

Shows

2011-03-22T15:00:00.000-07:00

Photos above taken by Arif Ansari.

Back from a three-day jaunt around Alberta and Saska-bush. The Thursday night Fuckfest at Wunderbar was just that, except with more smoke. Broken City on Friday saw our bellies full of Pogos and our minds blown by the Ketamines. Thanks to Ben and Seth for puttin' together the party.

Saturday night - our first show outside Alberta. Saskatoon to be exact. It was a sincere pleasure playing with the mighty Shooting Guns. The night was one to remember...or forget, depending on who you ask.

With that, we have apparently become the Wunderbar house band. Who cares - that place fucking rules. We're playing with some serious psych bands - please don't miss out.

April 8
Wunderbar
w/ Dead Horse, Jay Crocker

April 23
Wunderbar
w/ Shooting Guns
DJs to follow

April 29
Wunderbar
w/ Fist City, The Group Sound

Shoebox

2011-03-15T08:39:00.000-07:00

On March 9, Krang helped co-host The Shoebox, an eclectic program on CJSR FM 88.5 in Edmonton. Thanks a lot to Brian and Pete for having us on air, and for providing snacks.

Have a listen to show. We talk extensively about donairs

Get the papers, get the papers

2011-03-14T14:34:00.000-07:00

Couple'a lovely writeups for two upcoming performances.

See Magazine (Thanks to Jesse Locke)

Planet S (Thanks to Chris Morin)

Maybe Edmonton

2011-03-07T09:49:00.001-08:00

Nice little shout out on a great local blog, Maybe Edmonton.

Winds of Change

2011-03-04T13:01:00.000-08:00

Few new press shots - care of our buddy Kalvin Lock. Look how happy we are!!

Mem'ries

2011-02-25T09:32:00.000-08:00

Copies of our new 7'', Speed of Tent, are now available for order online from the Mammoth Cave.

Also available are releases from Sharp Ends, Topless Mongos and the new Bloodstains Across BC comp!

TO ORDER:

WITHIN CANADA/USA
$6.00 for 1
$12.00 for 2
$18.00 for 3
$24.00 for 4 (etc.)

ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD:
$7.00 for 1
$14.00 for 2
$21.00 for 3
$28.00 for 4 (etc.)

paypal: mammothcaverecordings@gmail.com

Streaming on the Mammoth Cave Soundcloud is the b-side to our new 7'' record: Spirit Animal. Have a listen and burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrn out

Want a new Krang 7''? Come to one of these showz

2011-02-25T09:27:00.000-08:00

We've lined up a little mini-tour to celebrate the release of our 7'' record on Mammoth Cave Recordings.

Details:

March 17
St. Patrick's Day Fuckfest @ Wunderbar (Edmonton)

March 18
w/ Ketamines @ Broken City (Calgary)

March 19
Psych blow-out w/ Shooting Guns, Grey Owl @ Walker's (Saskatoon)

My_____ ?

2011-02-15T14:55:00.000-08:00

Why has Myspace become so GD un-navigatable and slow? Well, fear not. Krang now has
an easy-to-use Band Camp. Check it out!

2011: Bands to watch

2011-01-21T13:11:00.000-08:00

Thanks to local music soothsayers Tom Murray and Sandra Sperounes, Krang is officially a 'band to watch' in 2011! Check out the article in the Edmonton Journal.

Bass the roof!

2011-01-05T19:02:00.000-08:00

new bass player: Owen Strasky

you may remember him from zebra pulse, and bonspiel! and many others.

NEW NEW NEW

2011-01-04T11:51:00.001-08:00

New year.

New bass player.

New recordings.

Stay tuned...

Wayne Stock

2010-11-17T13:47:00.000-08:00

Thanks once again to Arif Ansari for taking a couple photos of our set at the Palamino for Wayne-Stock, put on by garage rock tastemakers Roses MP.

Live from the ARTery

2010-10-13T11:32:00.000-07:00

Here is a recording from our show at The Artery from October 9th, 2010. We had the Pleasure of sharing the stage with Dot and Action News Team. Amazing night. Thanks everyone.

Download the set here

REVIEW: They Came From Planet D

2010-10-08T07:54:00.000-07:00

Just discovered a video review of our last EP, They Came From Planet D. The review was done by local show-going aficianado Phil Desaulniers. I think the last time I saw him he was DJing at Red Star, and I gave him the new Swamp Sex Robots record - Yes Wave.

Anyhoo, thanks for the kind words Phil. Check er out here.

NEVER EVER FORGET...EVER

2010-09-09T13:27:00.000-07:00

Whoa, s'been a while since we've last chatted. We just had our first jam in the new practice space (RE: Parker's basement)...and it was good.

First, the news: our 7'' is in the mail. Should be arriving in the Mammoth Cave any day now. Psychedelic party info will come soon.

And now, the shows:

September 11 at Likwid Lounge
with
Swamp Sex Robots
Bonspiel!

October 8 at the Anarchist Book Fair
with
TBA

October 9 at The ARTery
with
Action News Team
+more

October 22 at Bohemia
Krang vs Zebra Pulse
with
Holzkopf
Freida Ann
Italian Husbands

October 27 at Avenue Hall
with
TBA

Krang in BeatRoute

2010-08-03T09:51:00.001-07:00

Thanks to Sarah for writing a story 'bout Krang.

7'' on Mammoth Cave coming out very SOON!

Here Comes the Blinding Light

2010-07-29T07:36:00.001-07:00

A nice preview of the Saturday show, care of Joe Gurba and Vue Weekly.

Take a look here.

So hot, it'll melt your eyeballs!

2010-07-20T12:36:00.000-07:00

We've got a few shows lined up over the next month - just lettin' y'all know.

July 29 at Starlite Room opening for Jucifer

July 31 at Sideliner's Pub with Gab'N and Netherward

August 1 in Hinton

September 11 at Likwid Lounge with Swamp Sex Robots

Metal, hip-hop, Krang

2010-07-16T07:30:00.000-07:00

Krang is throwing a party July 31 at Sideliner's Pub in Edmonton. Joining us will be our good friends Netherward and the capital city's trippiest wordsmith, Gab'N.

Thanks to Dean and Kalvin for the sweet poster.

PLANET OF THE TAPES

2010-07-08T08:24:00.001-07:00

Krang has been included on a deadly summer mixtape, care of Jesse Locke at Planet of the Tapes! Check it out here.

Jesse's band of disco-trash miscrients, Mount Analouge, are playing SOS Fest in Edmonton on Saturday July 9. It'll probably be the last Megatunes basement show before it shuts down, so make sure to GO GO GO!

SHRED Island redux

2010-07-08T08:13:00.000-07:00

Sled Island was an absolute shit-show. Bros, dames, shows, parties and hotel room floors. A quick thanks to Paul Lawton for puttin' together an intense Mammoth Cave showcase at Broken City on Saturday night. The Famines slayed. Other highlights include CAVE at the Distillery, the Lips during a hungover Saturday afternoon and Nu Sensae at the BeatRoute afterparty. Below are a couple photos of our set, taken by the effervescent Arif Ansari.

ICE ROAD TRUCKERS

2010-06-03T09:36:00.000-07:00

New track, recorded by Andy Read.

SPEED OF TENT

2010-05-19T10:31:00.000-07:00

Our 7'', recorded deep in the bowels of Paul Lawton's Mammoth Cave, is off to press! If all goes according to plan, they'll be ready for Sled Island. Check here for more info.

SLED ISLAND

2010-05-03T14:21:00.000-07:00

Krang will be taking part in Sled Island 2010! You can see the full lineup here.

Wyrd times

2010-05-03T14:17:00.001-07:00

The Wyrd Alberta Traveling Festival has wrapped up. A big thank you to Paul, Aaron and Sled Island for allowing this type of audio onslaught to happen. And thank you to all the VOLUNTEERS! Festivals like this don't happen without your hard work. Personal highlights from the weekend include Oman Ra II, Topless Mongos and Cosmetics!

Below are some photos from our set at the Legion in Calgary. Photos taken by Arif Ansari.

This one taken by Owen Strasky at WYRD FEST II in Edmonton.

KRANG on BT

2010-04-20T14:33:00.000-07:00

Krang recently stopped by the CITY TV studios for an interview and performance for BreakfastTelevision.ca

REMEMBER: WYRDFEST II AT THE ARTERY ON MAY 1. AVAIL YOUR TICKETZ AT BLACKBYRD MYOOZIK!

Thank to Owen for hookin' it up. And thanks to Ryan Jespersen for lending us all his old CD cases for our EP.

Check out the video here.

Also, have a look at this Hair Police video that Owen filmed from their show at the Black Dog last Wednesday. Great guys, sweet merch, serious noise rock.

WYRD ALBERTA MIXTAPE

2010-04-12T09:22:00.001-07:00

Drew Marshall has put together a nine-song Wyrd Alberta mixtape featuring bands playing during the Wyrd Alberta Travelling Festival. Included in the mix are Grand Trine, Myelin Sheaths, Nu Sensae, Brazilian Money, Grown-Ups, Oman Ra, COSMETICS, Shearing Pinx and KRANG!

Let the weirdness commence.

April 16 - Broken City - Calgary

2010-04-06T08:29:00.000-07:00

Krang is joining an unbelievably noisy bill on April 16. We're heading down to Calgary to open for AWESOME COLOR and HAIR POLICE. Ear plugz will be needed.

WYRD ALBERTA - SATURDAY MAY 1 - EDMONTON

2010-03-29T08:09:00.000-07:00

WYRD ALBERTA - FRIDAY APRIL 30 - CALGARY

2010-03-29T08:07:00.000-07:00

Tiny Tim's Tasty Taters 3 # bag!

2010-03-25T10:39:00.000-07:00

A few shot of Krang in the Mammoth Cave, Lethbridge, Alburrrta.

"They Came From Planet D" #1 on CJSR FM 88.5!

2010-03-23T11:12:00.000-07:00

Thanks to CJSR for all your support!

Track listing

2010-03-19T09:30:00.000-07:00

Album: They Came From Planet D (Cassettes Records, 2010)

1. Electric Farmer
2. Snakes on the Brain
3. Ships
4. Hot Rod Drip
5. Electric Wind

Where are they from? Everywhere.

2010-03-11T08:06:00.000-08:00

Hey Fish, thanks for taking time to listen to and say a few words about They Came From Planet D.

Read the review here.

WEIRD WYRD!

2010-03-10T07:52:00.000-08:00

Our new EP, They Came From Planet D was recently reviewed by Jesse Locke for Weird Canada.

Have a look-see here.

Thanks Jesse!

Southbound, down and back up again

2010-03-09T09:00:00.000-08:00

Smitty's digested. Claresholm fried chicken finished. Back from a couple shows in Calgary and Lethbridge. Recording in the Mammoth Cave went great. Look for a new KRANG 7'' in the next month or two!

Do yourself a favour and listen to each one of these bands. It was a pleasure playing with them all this weekend.

Endangered Ape

Fist City

Bikeland

One more note: copies of our EP They Came From Planet D are now available at BLACKBYRD MYOOZIK and SOUND CONNECTION, both on Whyte Avenue in Edmonton!

Bringin' da noise

2010-03-04T08:17:00.000-08:00

Krang was recently featured on Lethbridge's online arts and entertainment magazine, L.A. Beat. Check out the article here.

Thanks to Richard Amery for the story.

We leave tomorrow for a couple shows with Endangered Ape, and a couple days of recording with Paul at the Mammoth Cave.

More to come...

In the papers

2010-02-25T08:22:00.000-08:00

It's Thursday, which means new issues of local arts weeklies!

Below are a couple links to articles previewing our upcoming CD release at The ARTery.

See Magazine

Vue Weekly

Intercamp

Thanks to Mike, Dave and Kerry for takin' the time...

See you on Saturday.

Krang in Space

2010-02-22T13:30:00.000-08:00

TONIGHT, Krang will be appearing on Borscht in Space, live on CJSR at 7:06 p.m. Hosted by the radiant Angela Mason (who also snapped the photo above), Krang will help steer this ship into psychedelic oblivion. Playing of jazz-rock fusion records haw been bandied about, mostly in my head. And mostly after listening to Weather Report on the weekend.

Tune in, tune out, re-tune.

Psychedelic stew

2010-02-10T15:26:00.000-08:00

Here's what White Whale recording artist Eamon McGrath (who also lent his talents in recording and mixing our latest EP) had to say about Krang:

"Edmonton, Alberta's KRANG is a behemoth of sorts: a monstrous, slithering trainwreck of bass, drums, distortion, stewing in a pit of dehydrated psychedelic stew. The sound of Black Sabbath and Hawkwind filtered through the 90s lo-fi 4-track revolution, with a lunatic noise wizard at the helm steering the spaceship into oblivion. If you took the deformed, inbred brainchild of Wolf Eyes, Guided By Voices, and Sunn0))) you might be getting close to the mutated monstrosity that is KRANG...but even then, you'd be in some distant land, wandering through the desert, tempted by Satan, sucking on some pebble in hopes of pathetically seeing it all through.

"They Came From Planet D" is KRANG's first Cassettes Records offering, recorded live off the floor in an attic somewhere in the frozen winter labyrinth of downtown Edmonton. This is the feeling of being cooped up in a season. "Sometimes," says Parker James Thiessen, assigned to commandeering KRANG's barrage of digital noise and destruction; "when we jam, it's so loud, that I see spots when we're done."

Well if that ain't mean, I don't know what is."

Thanks Eamon.

(photo taken by Manon George)

Shows! Shows! Shows!

2010-02-08T08:05:00.000-08:00

KRANG has a boatload of shows coming up in February and March. Some may or may not involve smoke machines and lazers (lasers?). Either way, here are the details:

Feb. 10 at Likwid Lounge, Edmonton

w/Almanac, Kidnappers

Feb. 27 at The ARTery (CD release), Edmonton
w/JAZZ, Outdoor Miners, Grown-Ups, Sharp Ends

Mar. 5 at Broken City, Calgary

w/Endangered Ape, Sharp Ends

Mar. 6 at Henotic, Lethbridge

w/Endangered Ape, Fist City, Bikeland

They Came From Planet D

2010-01-22T07:27:00.000-08:00

A couple of quotes from the MC of the MacEwan University talent show after our performance...

"A blast from the past!"

"Post-psychedelic craziness!"

Our new EP They Came From Planet D is ready to go! Just waiting on album art - look for it in March. Recorded by Eamon McGrath for Cassettes Records.

You can find new tracks here.

Down the highway, there's an endangered ape

2010-01-19T15:03:00.001-08:00

It's confirmed! KRANG will be heading down to Lethbridge March 5, 6 and 7 to record a 7'' with Paul Lawton at Mammoth Cave Recordings.

A million thanks bestowed upon Paul - not only is he puttin' KRANG on vinyl, but he scored us a couple gigs as well. Extinct Lethbridge garage rock crew Endangered Ape has moved back to the"endangered" list. KRANG will be joining the bill for the Apes reunion, along with the likes of Sharp Ends, Fist City, Bikeland - March 5 @ Broken City (Calgary) and March 6 @ GCBCs (Lethbridge).

KRANG is playing the MacEwan University talent show THIS THURSDAY (Jan. 21) at 5:30 p.m. at the Centre for the Arts Campus on Stony Plain Road and 156 street (phew, that's a lot of conjunctions).

In the meantime, please...enjoy.

Best of Kanadiana

2009-12-23T09:22:00.000-08:00

The end of another year means one thing, and one thing alone: top ten lists!

KRANG has somehow been included in a top ten list of the Best of Local/Kanadiana of 2009, on the Lethbridge blog Midnight Social. The list includes a slew of great bands (Mount Analogue, Moby Dicks, Sharp Ends), many of whom we played with in 2009.

We are just waiting for the finishing touches on our new EP (with guitar), which will be released on Eamon McGrath's Cassettes Records. In March, we are heading down to Mammoth Cave Recordings in Lethbridge to work on a 7'' with Paul and the gang.

Thanks to Sleepy Head and Midnight Social for thinkin' of li'l ol' KRANG.

Krang Live at wyrd fest!

2009-11-23T11:36:00.000-08:00

Krang recently played wyrd fest, currated By Aaron Levin of Weird Canada. It was a great night with a ton of bands playing from all over Western Canada.

Our friend Andy Read was kind enough to record our set

give er a listen.

(there are 4 tracks, you have to click next to get to the next one)

1. Trains

2. Ships

3. Electric Farmer

4. Hot Rod Drip
you can download all the tracks here.

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue

2009-11-23T11:17:00.001-08:00

Cold Bebop is sold out and out of print.

We have a guitar player now, his name is Dean Watson. He is one of the best guitar players this city has ever seen. You may remember him from the band Deadcity Serpents. If you forgot or didnt know... now you know.

We will be recording a new album with Eamon Mcgrath and cassettes records. It should be coming out in december/january.

look for it!!

Cold Bebop! Weird Canada!

2009-11-23T07:43:00.000-08:00

Weird Canada review of Krangs first EP! COLD BEBOP.

From the private pantry of Dr. Jesse Locke:
Edmonton’s Krang began as a drum and bass (not D&B) duo featuring mustachioed main-men Jordan Foster and Jared Majeski, cheekily dubbing themselves the Two Man Electrical Band. However, it wasn’t until the enlisting of Zebra Pulse’s Parker Thiessen on cracked electronics, clarinet and manipulated kids toys that the trio truly cemented their sound. Now, with Foster and Majeski trading off tripped-out, heavily echoed vocals over hypnotic Sabbath riffs (dig the Master of Reality-influenced album art), lonely harmonica and what sounds like a malfunctioning robot squealing away abrasively high in the mix, these teenage mutants have raised the gnar bar high. [Levin's note: I like these dudes because they sound like German art-punk on meth.]

Thanks to Jesse Locke and Aaron Levin of Weird Canada.