Archive for May, 2010
What up fam? There’s a fairly severe dubstep/grime/UK funky/UKG party called Heavy going down at Suba tonight, and I think it would be in your best interest to come out. The UKC will be playing, as will Loetech and Proper Villains NYC, so you know it will be a good time. Here’s some UK funky […]
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Tags: Anglophilia, Canada, dubstep, funky, grime, Toronto
The folks over at Wired just released a new edition of their podcast, including new music from The Black Keys. Over the last few years, there has been no “rock” band that’s ruled my world and broken me out of my little hip-hop-and-electro bubble as much as The Keys. I fucking love these guys. I […]
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Tags: rock
Lexington and Whatevski’s Preggers Can’t Be Choosers was one of the first CDs I reviewed for Exclaim. I gave it a fairly positive review, which is not something I do too frequently. While Preggers was a generally decent album, it’s “single” — in as much as independently released Canadian rap can have singles — was […]
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Tags: booze, Canada, hip-hop
What up folks? I’m going to be interviewing Rhymefest for Exclaim later on this week, so I’ve been digging pretty deep into an advance copy of his new album El Che. I was actually tempted to just post a download link on here, but since I know that would just about sink my nascent music writing career, […]
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Tags: hip-hop
If there’s one thing I really love about grime, it’s how these cats take beef to a whole new level. For those of you who don’t know, everyone is basically calling out everyone else all the time. If you want a quick overview of some of the greatest grime rivalries of the last decade, Google […]
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