SoundProof | July 2007

Top 20 Toronto Albums Ever

9. Holy Fuck - Holy Fuck (Dependent) 2005

Holy Fuck take the lo-fi concept to new heights. Started in 2004 as a sort of "evil supergroup", to quote Eye Magazine (the band contains members from such other Toronto acts as King Cobb Steelie, By Divine Right and Blue Rodeo), they set out to reimagine contemporary electro music without all the fancy fixin's, eschewing the concept of rehearsal along with most other musical conventions and ending up instead with a free-flowing, grinded-up form of glitchy dance music. Well Holy Fuck! — this was just what Toronto needed. Primarily reliant on Casio keyboards, 35 mm film synchronizers, and whatever else can be found to make a pretty noise, Holy Fuck, along with other locals like MSTRKRFT, re-installed the beat in Toronto's indie music and party scene, and their 2007 self-titled EP is a prime example of how it's done. - by James Sandham


Top Ten List:

10. Feist - Let It Die
09. Holy Fuck : Holy Fuck
08. Hayden - Skyscraper National Park
07. Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds
06. Metric - Live It Out
05. Rush - 2112
04. Death From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
03. Maestro Fresh-Wes - Symphony in Effect
02. Neil Young - Harvest
01. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People

www.soundproofmagazine.com for full top 20 list.



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