Month: December 2008

Soul Power

Soul Power

A couple of Motown/soul/rare groove mixtapes have come across my radar recently. Hawthorne Radio, an exceptionally well crafted mix, integrating actual retro radio ads, brought to you by Mayer Hawthorne of Stone’s Throw Records.  The podcast, found here. Mayer is also playing in Toronto tonight 

Rudely Interrupted

Rudely Interrupted

Tonight, I went to check out an indie rock group at Sneaky Dees that came all the way from Australia.  They are called Rudely Interrupted. They’re kind of a special band, made up of special people.  They’re actually on tour thanks to the United Nations 

Keys n Krates

Keys n Krates

Last night, i had the extreme pleasure of being invited to check out DMC champion, Jr- Flow‘s new live mash-up group, Keys ‘n Krates, which he founded in tandem with the ‘eclectic’ soul singer, Matisse. As far as I know, these are the only kids 

Confessions of a Porn Addict

Confessions of a Porn Addict

We were at the screening of Spencer Rice and Mark Breslin’s new mockumentary “Confessions of a Porn Addict”. and stayed for the Q&A session.  We were really lucky and got some footage of the guys pitching the movie which is opening up tomorrow at Bloor. 

monofonicos: fluid colors

monofonicos: fluid colors

monofónicos are a “netlabel” (according to them). They release music from different artists around colombia, mostly electronic minimal stuff –just what we love– and –obviously (for it to be here)- it’s all available for free online. They also do podcasts, keep a blog and just