This week I’m hitting you with a mix of tunes that I’d classify as “bass music” — because I don’t have a better name. It’s a mixture of ghetto-tech, electro, dubstep and breakbeat. Over the past few years bass has evolved into its own musical scene thanks to people like Diplo and Starkey. The tracklist and mix are after the jump. Continue reading
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Tonight I’m hitting you with a bunch of recent hip-hop releases. This mix is full of Nas, Common, Rick Ross and Wiz Khalifa — for no other reason than that they’ve all been putting out hot shit this summer. Mix and tracklist are after the jump. Enjoy. Continue reading
Hello, children. Do you have your dancing shoes and booty poppin’ shorts on? Okay, good. You’re prepared then. Continue reading
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Great music never goes out of style. Sure, starships are meant to fly and all that, but complex musical arrangements, well-written lyrics, and a classic voice over top – that’s the good stuff. Continue reading
Is there anything worse than showing up to the beach or the pool party and not having some good choons to listen to? Here are five new(ish) releases I’m digging this week. Continue reading
In honor of the Super Moonwalk, I’ve put together a dance music mix for you kids. Tonight’s mix has a bit of everything — electro, bass, dubstep, house and plenty of mash-ups. We got a little crazy on the bath salts while putting this one together, so I apologize well in advance for the many, many fuckups! Continue reading
If you saw this LP sitting in a milk crate with a yard sale price tag on it, you’d probably get a good laugh at its awfulness. And depending on your personal level of irony-laced hipsterness, you might even buy the record and bring it home thinking it’s going to be so-awful-it’s-funny.
But fuck your irony! Because Donnie & Joe Emerson not only make for a fascinating personal story, but their 1979 home-recorded album “Dreamin’ Wild” was recently reissued and is worth checking out. These long-forgotten brothers are actually amazing songwriters and musicians. Continue reading
Listen to it all the way through. You’re welcome.
After spending the greater part of my weekend celebrating the 30th anniversary of Franco-fête, I was inspired to compile another list of Francophone artists worth your time and money. While the previous entry featured only Franco-Canadian artists, today’s list will be mainly international in flavour. Grab your French-English dictionaries and enjoy. Continue reading