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“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!
“Renaissance-man-about-town Slim Twig deals in two kinds of love. Alongside drummer Simone TB, he exorcises his broke-down Birthday Party blues as scrappy garage-rock duo Tropics. But on his own, he indulges his Suicide-al tendencies in a secret laboratory of pawn-shop electronics — and in the stunning 10-minute title track to his recent Whiite Fantaseee EP, Slim’s fashioned a junkie-drone epic to rank alongside Suicide’s ‘Frankie Teardrop’ and Lou Reed’s ‘Street Hassle.’” – Stuart Berman, EYE Weekly
“Rising scene star Slim Twig and his Mercy Mercenaries darkly demented synth-rockabilly jams like the knife-slashing Brothl Hunting! and the hearse-driven Tormen have made their new Whiite Fantaseee EP into the grim grabber of the season.” – Tim Perlich, 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
"Derelict Dialect is definitely the strangest album I've heard in an extremely long time, it sounds weirder than anything I could possibly describe, it's worth checking out if you want to hear a true original." - iheartmusic.net
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 Toronto, and has opened for notable bands like Man Man & Born Ruffians. In 2007 he self-released his acclaimed Whiite Fantaseee EP. Paper Bag Records recently released his Derelict Dialect EP which has been raved about and puzzled over in equal measure.
That was a great set at Rancho Relaxo, embodying that semi-mythical 50's guitarist, unleashing a blitzkrieg of howling fuzzed-out blues riffs. Accompanied by strings, synths, and a drumming assault, Slim Twig ignites a sleazy, yet primal detonation of sound from his axe, prancing around like a spastic courtship-dance. Here. Nailing the essence of rock and rolls urgent restless drive.
I enjoy your music (on here and from Letters of R.) and have seen The Tracey Fragments recently and noticed your rising career, and musical talents.
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This is me attempting to sound cool and smart when really I just want to say that I love your music and hope for more to come (and REALLY loved the Tracey Fragments...EVEN THOUGH your character was a TOTAL DOUCHE BAG!!) =]
suggested you for a shoot on canadian artists for neo2 magazine... it would be on the 3rd of august, are you available if picked??? hope the american trip has been ofF the HooK! xoxo
I just saw Tracey Fragments, and I must say my mouth dropped when Billy Zero just pushed Tracey out of his car, Haha. You were great in the film and I hope to see you in more! I'm very happy I discovered your music as well! :)
yea so i saw the tracy fragments, and was like what an ass. but i was also like hows that good looking dude? and i found this,and im glad i did i LOVE your music!! <3 renee
