Listen! Kelela – Keep It Cool
I’ve been listening to this album all afternoon – and it’s fantastic! L.A’s Kalela was tipped as a ‘sound of 2014’ artist on BBC R1 last week, and if you haven’t heard her yet – here’s why:
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Listen! TC – Get Down Low
TC is a drum & Bass producer from the heartland of the genre – Bristol UK. He’s arguably on the top of the pile for D&B producers at the moment, which means that if he releases something new, it’s worth...
Listen! Odjbox – Made You Look (featuring Nas)
Check out this excitingly funky collaboration between UK producer Odjbox and Queens legend Nas. This track should be popular among both the ‘all I need is a huge bassline’ and the ‘why does all this new hip hop sound like techno?’ crowds.
Weekend Music: Etnik – Vault
Etnik is from Hamburg, Germany and he has been releasing electro monsters on Skrillex’s Owsla label all year. This is a track called Vault from a new, excellent EP Neon Daze that was just released this week. Turn this up...
Better know a musical genre – the story of Go-go and why you should care
So – what is Go-Go? On December 6th 1965, Smokey Robinson’s The Miracles released a song called Going to a Go-go and unwittingly set off a chain of events that would culminate in the writing of this article. Is your...
Weekend Music – Flux Pavillion & Dillon Francis – I’m The One
Big bassline producer Flux Pavillion (London) released a new EP this week called Freeway. There is quite a bit of interesting music on there (a highlight – this collaboration with Turin Brakes), but none of them quite scream ‘weekend music’...
Weekend Music: Nora En Pure – Come With Me (DBMM Remix)
This is what Zurich sounds like. The Discoburger Music Monster (DBBM) production trio have put a stunning remix together for an equally stunning original, released earlier this year by producer Nora En Pure. Fans of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs will probably...
Weekend Music: Riton vs Aaliyah
Riton is a dance music chameleon of sorts. Listen to his catalogue of music and you’ll hear everything from bouncy house music to deep heavy trap. This is an awesome characteristic because every time Riton releases a new piece, it...
Happy birthday, Ed Banger. Breakbot, Busy P, Justice mini review
Last night, Breakbot, Busy P and Justice brought the Ed Banger 10th Anniversary tour to Montréal, and it was epic. How epic? Well, I’d argue that it was THE best party that happened last night. I have prepared my arguments...
Weekend Music: SOHN – Lessons (XO remix)
For your weekend-starting-up pleasure: an excellent remix of SOHN’s Lessons (hear the original in our September playlist) from 18 year old producer XO – better known to his family and friends in Staffordshire, UK as Sunil Heera. Here, XO has...
Weekend Music: Zombie Disco Squad – Bang Ze Box
London’s Zombie Disco Squad (real name Nat Self) has a few things going for him. 1. A cool name. 2. A cool logo 3. This.
Weekend Music: Fedde Le Grand – Rockin’ N’ Rollin’ (Jewelz & Scott Sparks Remix)
Fedde Le Grand is the guy that even the most grumpy, jaded music snobs on the planet eventually break down and crank up as loud as possible in their Prius. The Dutch producer has engineered as monsterously huge-sounding a track...
Concert Review: Kendrick Lamar @ Ottawa Folk Fest
Like its organizers’ other festival, Bluesfest, last night’s Ottawa Folk Festival lineup was a fantastic mixed bag that forced hip hop fans to watch blues, and country fans to watch the most impressive young hip hop artist on the planet...
Weekend Music: Friend Within – The Renegade (Special Request Murder Mix)
We know very little about Friend Within. We know that they/he/she/it has been highly regarded as a name to watch explode in 2013. We know that they/he/she/it is from Liverpool. We know that he/she/it is/are kicking ass right now. With...
Weekend Music: TS7 – Vision
TS7 is the alter-ego of Bradford UK’s Thomas Sampson. In his young career (this guy is only 23), he’s already produced official remixes for Estelle, Afrojack, Lethal Bizzle, Yolanda Be Cool, and a bunch of other major label names. An...
